WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Creative Media Production students at Massey University are learning sound design with the help of 25 Audient iD22 audio interface units in a new Mac Pro teaching suite this semester.
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Described as “a great addition to our new School” by Associate Professor and Head of School, Andre Ktori, the iMac lab has been operational since July.
Neil Aldridge, Sound Design program leader says, “We’re loving the Audient iD22s. We are by no means using them to their full potential yet, that’ll come when the Commercial Music degree starts up. Having said that, the iD22s are a great asset to the Sound Design paper.” He continues, “The students find them intuitive and easy to use: simple to set up and straightforward to operate. Combine this with the super clean audio path, and the iD22s have become an integral and seamless part of the student’s artistic process.”
Each iD22 features two Class-A mic pres with additional ADC, helping to transform each of the iMac-based DAWs into a world-class recording system. As far as Aldridge was concerned, choosing Audient was an easy decision. “I have an ASP510 which I use in my 5.1 set up for film work. Based on my experiences with that, the DDA heritage that Audient grew from and the excellent customer support I’ve always received when I’ve been in touch with them, I had no hesitation in wholeheartedly recommending Audient for Massey University.”
The brand new Commercial Music degree which is already enrolling students for its 2016 intake, will also have Aldridge at its helm. Preparations are well under way to ensure that the teaching studio for the new degree is up to scratch, with a 48-channel ASP8024 console on order from New Zealand Audient distributor, Protel.
It turns out that Aldridge’s introduction to audio consoles wasn’t dissimilar to that of his future students. “The very first studio console I ever set eyes on was a DDA D-Series,” he laughs, referring to a console designed by none other than Audient co-founder, David Dearden. “I’m really looking forward to getting my hands on one of your large format consoles for the music degree! Very exciting indeed.”
