Curriculum Map
Clemson University Symphonic Band
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:00 pm - As the top auditioned group of wind and percussion musicians at Clemson University, the Symphonic Ba Learn More...
Clemson University Choral Ensembles
December 1st, 2009 at 8:00 pm - The Department of Performing Arts introduces its new choral director, Justin Durham, in a program of Learn More...
Clemson University Symphony Orchestra
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:00 pm - Popular orchestral hits fill this winter program, from the “Waltz” and “Polonaise” of Tchaikovsky’s Learn More...
The Spirit of Christmas
December 8th, 2009 at 8:00 pm - The Spirit of Christmas takes you on a magical journey to a winter wonderland of fun and festive che Learn More...
Tony DeSare, vocalist
January 14th, 2010 at 8:00 pm - Singer, pianist, and songwriter Tony DeSare has earned critical acclaim for his performances at the Learn More...
Audio Technology at Clemson
The Audio Technology emphasis within the Production Studies in Performing Arts major at Clemson University allows students to focus on recording techniques, live sound reinforcement, and music technology. Coupled with the core Production Studies curriculum, the Audio Technology emphasis prepares students for a wide variety of career choices in music technology. Classes within the Audio Technology curriculum include acoustics, music technology, live sound reinforcement, and audio engineering courses. Courses in music theory and music history are complimentary components of the curriculum. All students produce a CD in their senior capstone course. Professional experience (and part-time employment) is available to advanced students using the state-of-the-art Brooks Theatre as a living laboratory for audio engineering projects, such as recording concerts and running sound for professional shows. Students also have the opportunity to run sound for athletic and special events in Littlejohn Coliseum.
Student Work Sample #1 
"Intuition" - Composed, performed, and engineered by Luke Walters
AUDIO FACILITIES
The Music Technology Lab has 12 student workstations with Music XPC computers and Korg N5 synthesizer/keyboards. Software in the lab includes ProTools LE for audio recording, mixing, and MIDI work, and Finale for music notation. The instructor’s station is equipped with networking software that allows the instructor to observe any student’s screen and to display the instructor’s screen on all of the students’ monitors. This allows the professor to offer assistance, and increases the communicative and pedagogical potential of technology in the classroom, thus humanizing the experience. Each student computer has a CD-R/DVD drive, and the master station is equipped to handle all types of recording media including CD-R, DAT, cassette, and LP. The student workstations have dual-port MIDI interfaces that allow a second synthesizer to be connected, and the lab has Alesis Nanosynths available, and keyboards by Kurzweil and Yamaha.
Student Work Sample #2 
"Send Down Your Rain" - Composed and performed by Hannah Dixon.
Engineered by Zac Broyles
The Recording Control Room features a Macintosh Dual-Processor G5 computer running Digidesign’s ProTools HD3 hard-disk recording system. The system is equipped with multiple external hard drives providing more than a terabyte of storage space . The mixing console is a Focusrite Control 24 with 16 microphone preamps, and additional preamps from DigiDesign, John Hardy, and Universal Audio are available. The ProTools system is capable of recording up to 32 tracks simultaneously, but the track count of a session can be much higher through overdubbing. Numerous professional quality microphones are available, including models from Audio Technica, Neumann, AKG, Earthworks, Shure, Sennheiser, Electro-Voice, Audix, and Soundfield. The control room is wired to two adjoining recording rooms plus two isolation booths, offering flexibility in acoustics and space to accommodate various styles of music.
Student Work Sample #3 
"Believe" - Composed, performed, and engineered by Andrew Stroeber
The Digital Media Production Room is a multimedia suite with a 5.1 surround sound monitor system. This room is designed to be used for both music post production and sound for picture. The primary systems are Pro Tools HD and Final Cut Pro. The room features a DigiDesign D Command mixing board, and the systems are hosted on an Apple 8-Core Mac Pro. Some of the industry’s best signal processing software is available, including major packages from McDSP and Waves. Audio monitors are systems from Genelec and Meyer, and video monitoring is provided by a 46-inch wall-mounted LCD.
Faculty
Dr. Bruce Whisler, Director of Audio Engineering
Prof. Hamilton Atstatt
Prof. Woody Moore
