Ursinus Unveils New State-of-the-Art Music x Design Recording Studio
The new MxD Recording Studio in Bomberger Hall provides students with hands-on experience in a cutting-edge music recording environment.
This spring, Ursinus College unveiled the new Music x Design (MxD) Recording Studio in Bomberger Hall. The renovated space offers students a professional studio environment where they can gain real-word, hands-on experience with state-of-the-art studio equipment.
“Ursinus’ strong liberal arts framework helps students across all majors discover and nurture their creative talents, with many excelling in their academic fields while engaging in creative and performing arts programs,” said Assistant Dean of the College Johannes Karreth. “The addition of the MxD lab further enriches these opportunities, offering a platform for students to develop professional level recording skills, giving them a competitive edge in creative expression and communication.”
The studio includes an isolated vocal booth for singers and voice over artists, a larger live room for instrumental ensembles of 4-5 musicians, and a separate control room for mixing recorded materials. In addition to these physical spaces, the studio also contains an array of professional audio equipment, including studio microphones, audio processing hardware, and instruments and amplifiers suitable for studio musicians.
Students will gain practical experience manipulating the flow of audio signals within a recording studio and experimenting with different microphone techniques on a wide variety of instruments, with the goal of producing release-ready music and other recording projects.
“I’m immensely excited that students now have the opportunity to experience the multi-room recording process, both as engineers and musicians,” said Michael Quick, studio recording manager of the MxD Recording Studio. “It’s a drastically different experience to record in a collaborative space like this compared to recording alone in your bedroom.”
Along with the new studio, a new MxD Mac Computer Lab has been established in the Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center. This lab will support music technology and creation courses.