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Mount Wachusett Community College has added a sixth audio studio to its Dr. Vincent S. Ialenti Media Arts and Technology Center.聽 After years of planning and design, the new control room is was dedicated on February 7, 2025 in honor of Chief Engineer of Media Services, Athur Collins, who originally proposed the studio and its capabilities.聽 Collins is a 31-year employee of the college whose expertise in Audio / Visual design and maintenance has been instrumental to the success of the Media Arts program and the A/V needs of the college.

鈥淩obust audio programs with facilities like ours are rare in Communications and Media programs,鈥� says Professor John Little, Media Arts & Technology Department Chair. 鈥淓quipment like we have here is almost only found in music recording schools.聽 We鈥檙e thrilled to offer this level of audio training in a two-year school toward disciplines in television, film, and music.聽 We know how lucky we are to be able to train at this level, and so do our students.聽 Some of them commute an hour and a half to study here.鈥�

The new audio studio is unique in that it is built around a state-of-the-art sound board that is designed for shows in large arenas, concert halls, and stadiums.聽 鈥淣o other school in New England is doing anything like this,鈥� says Rick Scott of Pason鈥檚 Audio LLC in Woburn, MA who consulted in the studio鈥檚 design.聽 The system is appropriate for stereo music production, 5.1 surround sound mixing in films, and training the concepts of high-end equipment used in mixing sound at live shows.聽 A slightly smaller portable version of the same sound board will be used throughout the campus with various sound systems for training in the program鈥檚 brand-new course on Live Sound Reinforcement.

The room was acoustically engineered by Lou Clark of Sonic Space, an architectural company in Portsmouth, NH, who also designed 开元棋牌鈥檚 Audio Studio 5.聽 Every surface, angle, color, and placement of every component is set to the architect鈥檚 design.聽 The room was built by Dave Ruthart of Ruthardt Woodesign, in Sudbury MA.聽 The equipment was installed and commissioned by 开元棋牌鈥檚 Media Services team.

The Media Arts and Technology program at 开元棋牌 offers four curriculum paths: a non-concentrated degree in Media Arts, a concentration specializing in Video / Film production, a concentration in Audio Engineering, and a Liberal Arts track in Media / Communications.聽 The department offers six different audio courses, six different video courses, four media / communications courses, and a course in photography.