Welcome
Welcome to the Electronic and Computer Music Studios @ CalArts website. We are excited to be back on campus for the Fall 2021 Semester! This site provides information about the studios faculty, student teaching assistants, studio access procedures and policies, and technical information about each studio. We are excited to get back to work in our studios! Hope to see you in person very soon.
Clay Chaplin Director of the Electronic and Computer Music Studios
TA Information and Hours
Teaching Assistants are assigned to each studio. They are there to help you! You are welcome to show up to their office hours and ask questions. Just show up! You may also email to make an appointment if you have a scheduling conflict with their weekly office hours.
Drew Sensue-Weinstein (He/Him/His)
(B305B) Modular Synth Studio / Wavecave Sound Art Gallery
Monday - 10am-Noon
drewsensueweinstein@alum.calarts.edu
Logic, Ableton Live, Qlab, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Live Mixing, Audio Installation, Audio Patching, Wireless Systems, and Sound Spatialization
Mimi Nissan (She/Her/Hers)
(B303) WaveCave Sound Art Gallery
By appointment
miminissan@alum.calarts.edu
Audio Production, Logic, Audio Mixing, Field Recording, Guitar, Adobe Premiere Pro, Printmaking, Visual Arts
Maddi Baird (They/Them/Theirs)
(B304) Rory Prum Experimental Sound Studio
Thursday - 1-3pm
maddibaird@alum.calarts.edu
Ableton, Field Recording, Ambient music, Spatialized sound, MAX/MSP, Modular/Granular Synthesis, Soldering, Graphic Scoring, Qlab, Pro Tools, Sound Design, Scoring
Chuck Behring (He/Him/His)
(B304) Rory Prum Experimental Sound Studio
Monday - 1-3pm
chuckbehring@alum.calarts.edu
Audio Production, Logic, Ableton, Melodyne, Vocal Production, Hyperpop, Vaporwave, Field Recording, Experimental Pop, Noise, Cleanfeed, OBS, Twitch, 3D Modeling, Cinema 4D, Maya, OBS, iMovie, Unity
Naomi Mitchell (She/Her/Hers)
(B305B) Modular Synth Studio
Thursday 4-6pm
naomimitchell@alum.calarts.edu
Aron Dahl (He/Him/His)
(B305B) Modular Synth Studio
TBD
arondahl@alum.calarts.edu
Audio production, Experimental pop, composition, Logic, Ableton, ProTools, modular synths, video synthesis, saxophone, vocals, Adobe Premiere Pro, orchestration, Scoring, MaxMSP, Film
Alex Hawthorn (He/Him/His)
(DRS) Digital Recording Studio
Tuesday 11-1pm
alexhawthorn@alum.calarts.edu
Studio recording techniques/mixing, Logic, Max/MSP, Field recording, modular synthesis, ambient music, sound design, various orchestral sample libraries and plug-ins (Waves, iZotope, SoundToys, UAD), video editing, live mixing (FOH and monitors), system tuning
Gemma Castro (She/Her/Hers)
(DRS) Digital Recording Studio
Thursday 10am-Noon
gemmacastro@alum.calarts.edu
Music Production, Songwriting, Sound Design, Recording Engineering, Mixing, Vocal Production, Scoring, Pro Tools, Ableton, Adobe Premiere Pro, Music Publishing
Home Studio & Audio Production Videos
Linked below are videos by Emily Evans and Amy Knoles to help you get started setting up a home studio and learning basic audio production techniques.
Adobe Creative Suite Licenses for Students
CalArts provides Adobe Creative Suite Licenses to all students. Adobe Creative Suite includes many popular programs for media production, web development, and score making including: Photoshop, Premiere, Illustrator, After Effects, and others. Licenses are managed by the CalArts IT Department (CAIT). To request a license, fill out the form below. Please allow a week or so for processing.