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College of the Canyons\u2019 Music Department recently turned an under-utilized classroom into a brand-new recording studio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Santa Clarita, CA (December 2, 2025)\u2014Aiming to prepare its students for recording workplaces and facilities available in Los Angeles, College of the Canyons<\/a>\u2019 Music Department recently turned an under-utilized classroom into a brand-new recording studio. The space allows students to learn Pro Tools, recording, mixing, and session workflows using industry-standard equipment in a professional environment.<\/p>\n With support from Perkins and CTE funding, instructor Bill Macpherson and his team transformed the classroom into a purpose-built recording environment. Key Code Media<\/a>\u2014already a trusted partner for the COC Media Entertainment Arts Department\u2014was brought in to design, integrate and train faculty and students on the new systems.<\/p>\n Working in an existing space meant that Key Code faced a number of challenges, chief among them being the need to adapt the classroom to its new use. The site had to be acoustically isolated and rebuilt to create a classic \u201croom within a room\u201d studio space. That was only the beginning, however, because modern studios require modern technologies and the supporting structures that come with them; that created new wrinkles when the studio designers faced integrating with the college\u2019s IT infrastructure, which was initially designed for high-bandwidth AVoIP and Dante audio networking.<\/p>\n Key Code Media ultimately created two main spaces for the college\u2014a Music Lab Studio and Music Technology classroom.<\/p>\n The studio has been acoustically isolated and treated with dense wall insulation, custom-angled wall geometry and numerous ceiling baffles. Inside that space sits an Avid S6 M40 24-fader console with a variety of modules. The S6 system interfaces with dual Avid Pro Tools | HDX workstations and Avid MTRX Studio interfaces, while eight-channel Neve 1073OPX preamps provide warmth and remote-controlled gain, integrated via Dante for total recall. Monitoring is provided by a Genelec 7.1 surround system, built around Genelec 8351B coaxial monitors and 7380A subwoofers, calibrated using Genelec GLM software for precise room tuning.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, across the hall sit the new Music Technology classroom\u2014 a teaching studio featuring an Avid S4 24-fader console, matching Pro Tools | HDX system and a smaller Genelec 7.1 monitoring setup. Both rooms share mirrored Mac-based systems and identical software configurations, ensuring continuity in student training and file interchange.<\/p>\n Tying the two studios\u2014and other rooms on campus\u2014together to enable collaboration across the music facility, Key Code designed a facility-wide Dante AV-over-IP workflow, connected via Netgear PoE+ Gigabit switches. This allowed multiple studios and classrooms to share I\/O, preamps and playback systems over standard Cat6 infrastructure. A single Dante link now connects the studio to the college\u2019s upstairs rehearsal hall, letting students record full ensembles from multiple rooms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.mixonline.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" College of the Canyons\u2019 Music Department recently turned an under-utilized classroom into a brand-new recording studio. College of the Canyons\u2019 new Music Lab Studio centers around an Avid S6 M40 24-fader console with a variety of modules. 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