In the Multichannel Diffusion Studio, students learn diffusion techniques for live-, fixed media, and generative contexts.

TIMARA alum and Sonic Arts Workshop (SAW) instructor Jack Hamill demonstrates the Pittsburgh Modular to a group of SAW students in Studio 3.
TIMARA alum and Sonic Arts Workshop (SAW) instructor Jack Hamill demonstrates the Pittsburgh Modular to a group of SAW students in Studio 3.

Outfitted with eight DynAudio BM5A Monitors, seven ceiling-mounted Genelec 8010As, and a stereo pair of Mackies, the space currently accommodates diffusion for up to fifteen discrete channels.

Photograph of the multichannel studio, picturing six of the 8 DynAudio speakers, two of the ceiling mounted Genelec 8010As, and a stereo pair of Mackies.

The multichannel studio supports classwork, research, and sometimes special projects: two dedicated TIMARA majors recently used the multichannel diffusion studio to help Oberlin’s Contemporary Music Ensemble in reviving Jonathan Harvey’s ‘Bird Concerto with PianoSong’ for a recent concert season.

The studio 3 workstation, featuring a Mac M1 studio and ASUS 32 inch monitor, a stereo pair of Mackies, and two of eight of the DynAudio BM5As in the studio.
The studio 3 workstation.

For several years, it has also been home to a student-run listening group, first initiated by TIMARA alum Jack Hamill as ‘studio 3 listening‘ in January 2019.