MWCC Adds 6th AUDIO Studio to Facilities
For decades, Mount Wachusett Community College has trained students in the operation of AUDIO and Video equipment and most recently has maintained 5 AUDIO Studios. On February 7, 2025, the Mount will dedicate its 6th AUDIO studio to retiring Chief Engineer of Media Services, Arthur Collins.
“Robust audio programs with facilities like ours are rare in Communications and Media programs,” says Professor John Little, Media Arts & Technology Department Chair. “Equipment like we have here is almost only found in music recording schools. We’re thrilled to offer this level of audio training in a two-year school toward disciplines in television, film, and music. We know how lucky we are to be able to train at this level, and so do our students. Some of them commute an hour and a half to study here.”
What’s Special About This Studio?
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. “No other school in New England is doing anything like this,” says Rick Scott of Pason’s Audio LLC in Woburn, MA who consulted in the studio’s design. 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. 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’s brand-new course on Live Sound Reinforcement.
The Designers
The room was acoustically engineered by Lou Clark of Sonic Space, an architectural company in Portsmouth, NH, who also designed MWCC’s Audio Studio 5. Every surface, angle, color, and placement of every component is set to the architect’s design. The room was built by Dave Ruthart of Ruthardt Woodesign, in Sudbury MA. The equipment was installed and commissioned by MWCC’s Media Services team. For more information on the 4 curriculum paths offered at MWCC’s Dr. Vincent S. Ialenti Media Arts and Technology Center, visit the website, CLICK HERE.