Fall 2020 – Music Production Information & Support

Welcome

Welcome to the Electronic and Computer Music Studios @ CalArts website. We are excited to be back on campus for the Spring 2023 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.

Mimi Nissan (She/Her/Hers)

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(B303) WaveCave Sound Art Gallery

WaveCave: By appointment / Email

miminissan@alum.calarts.edu

Audio Production, Logic, Audio Mixing, Field Recording, Guitar, Adobe Premiere Pro, Printmaking, Visual Arts

Pranav Nigam (He/Him/His)

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(B303) WaveCave  / (B304) Experimental Sound Studio

WaveCave:  By appointment

B304:  Wed 1-2pm

pranavnigam@alum.calarts.edu

 

Project Recording, Mixing, Logic Pro X, Pro Tools, Max/MSP, Sibelius, Ensemble Writing and Recording, Soldering, Raspberry Pi, Electroacoustic Music, Experimental Music, ExPop

Maddi Baird (They/Them/Theirs)

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(B304) Experimental Sound Studio

Monday - 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

Michael Bailey (He/Him/His)

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(B305A) Electronics Lab

Wednesday - 8-11am

Friday - 8-11am

michaelbailey@alum.calarts.edu

Natural Processes, Sonification, Biofeedback, Environmental Recording, Digital Sound Processing, Psychoacoustic Phenomena / Otoacoustic Emissions, Deconstructed Instruments and Electronics.

Drew Sensue-Weinstein (He/Him/His)

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(B305B) Modular Synth Studio

Friday - 11-1pm

drewsensueweinstein@alum.calarts.edu

Logic, Ableton Live, Qlab, Electric Guitar, Classical Guitar, Live Mixing, Audio Installation, Audio Patching, Wireless Systems, and Sound Spatialization

Naomi Mitchell (She/Her/Hers)

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(B305B) Modular Synth Studio

Monday 4-6pm

naomimitchell@alum.calarts.edu

 

Modular and other hardware synthesizers, soldering, circuit and PCB design, video synthesis, Ableton Live, OBS, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk Eagle

Gabe LeNeveu (They/Them/Theirs)

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(B305B) Modular Synth Studio 

Wednesday 1-3pm

gabeleneveu@alum.calarts.edu

 

MaxMSP, Logic Pro X, Ableton Live, Musescore, Mixing, Ambient music, Field Recording, Sound Design, Film/videogame Score

Leti Soriano (They/Them/Theirs)

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(DRS) Digital Recording Studio

Monday 1-2pm

Tuesday Noon-1pm

letisoriano@alum.calarts.edu

Recording, mixing, logic pro x, pro tools, field recording, expop, composition, sound design, film scoring

James Thomer (He/Him/His)

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(DRS) Digital Recording Studio

Wednesday 2-4pm

jamesthomer@alum.calarts.edu

 

Audio Production, Pro Tools, Logic Pro X, Electric Guitar, Art Rock/Experimental Pop, Synthesizers, Home Recording, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Suite, Video Directing & Editing, Scoring, MAX/MSP

Brody Scott (He/Him/His)

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(DRS) Digital Recording Studio

Thursday 1-3pm

brodyscott@alum.calarts.edu

 

Studio Engineering, Mixing, Live Sound, Session Recording, AV, Radio & Podcasting, Audio Production, ProTools, Logic, Ableton, Noise, Ambience, Improvisation, Experimental Composition, Graphic Scoring, Saxophones, BAM Performance

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.