Audio Studio

A professor and a student recording a podcast in the studio.

Studio Equipment

Console:

  • TOFT ATB-16

Computer and audio interface:

  • 2022 MacBook Pro with Pro Tools and Logic
  • AD/DA Interface-Lynx Aurora(n) with Avid HDX cards

Audio monitors:

  • Genelec 8030 with subwoofer

Outboard gear:

  • Mic Preamps
    • Focusrite OctoPre
  • Compression
    • Presonus ACP88
    • dbX 1066
  • Equalization
    • ART EQ
  • Reverb/Effects
    • TC Electronic Fireworx
  • Reel to Reel
    • TASCAM 388

Plugin Suites:

  • Aberrant DSP
  • Celemony
  • Eventide
  • FabFilter
  • iZotope
  • McDSP
  • Soundtoys
  • Waves

Headphone System:

  • Behringer Powerplay

Microphones:

  • AKG C414 XL II
  • AKG C314
  • Cascade Fat Head
  • Neumann KM-184
  • Rode NT1A
  • SE Electronics 2200A II
  • Sennheiser e609
  • Shure PG Drum mic kit
  • Shure SM58
  • Shure SM57
  • Shure Beta 52
  • Shure SM-7b

Who has access?

A student setting up equipment in the studio.

Only students who are enrolled in, or have taken AME 191 are allowed access to the Rettner Audio Studio. Graduate students who have sufficient experience in audio engineering can email Dr. Stephen Roessner to request access and training.

Rules and Regulations for the Rettner Audio Studio (pdf)

Booking the Rettner Audio Studio

The Rettner Audio Studio is bookable on EMS with supervising faculty approval. If you wish to inquire about access, email Dr. Stephen Roessner.

Audio and Music Engineering Program

The Audio and Music Engineering (AME) Program combines studies in engineering and applied sciences with music and audio production to give students a technically detailed, design-based education in the field of audio, music and sonic engineering.

The University of Rochester’s AME program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

Audio Arts and Technology Program

The Audio Arts and Technology (AAT) Program provides students with the creative and expressive abilities and technical skills to build productive careers in many fields in which sound and audio are central.