Nacogdoches, TX (March 20, 2024)—In East Texas, Stephen F. Austin State University’s School of Music recently completed an expansion that includes a new Dolby Atmos studio equipped with an SSL System T console.
The new room, Studio B, which opened in January in time for the start of the current semester, is in a recently completed expansion of the Griffith Fine Arts Building that houses the college’s sound recording technology, filmmaking, theatre, dance and musical theatre programs. Supplied by Vintage King, the System T features an S500 64-fader, 4.5-bay console integrated with a range of SSL’s SuperAnalogue Network I/O including, A32 and dual SB i16 interfaces. Additionally, the outboard rack contains an SSL Ultraviolet EQ 500 series module.
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James F. Adams, Associate Professor of Music, and Director of Sound Recording Technology at the School of Music, reports that the school’s Studio A is a fully analog room. We wanted Studio B to be our modern studio,” he says. “We have a graduate program as well, so we knew that we needed to be on the cutting edge for tomorrow’s professionals. We also wanted it to be an Atmos room.” The Studio B control room, measuring approximately 400 square feet, is attached to a 500-square-foot live room with a single iso booth for vocals and solo instruments.
The System T fit the needs of the School of Music’s teaching staff, he says. “It’s designed for music, so its ability to very easily track and do post-production mixing was a big deal to us. We also found that the SSL’s flow and routing—everything about System T—fits our pedagogical styles and our goals.
