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Plan it together
"It took a lot of planning, communication, coordination, and time to create this new Recording Lab at GCU."
Send us your floor plan and how each room will be used. We'll lay out the rooms with you.
How Grand Canyon University Built a Student Recording Lab in One Summer
GCU's Recording Studio wanted rooms where students could record music and podcasts and practice on their own projects. With WhisperRoom's help on the design, the equipment list and the shipping, their team built the lab in the summer of 2021 and opened it for the fall semester.
The brief
The Recording Studio at Grand Canyon University wanted rooms students could use for their own projects: music, podcasts and practice, each in its own room with the gear already set up.
Getting there took real planning. WhisperRoom worked with them on the design, the equipment list and the shipping logistics.
They asked for a mix of sizes: small rooms for solo work, mid-size rooms for duets and quartets, a large room for a drum kit or a podcast table, and one room built for wheelchair access.
"Thank you to WhisperRoom, Inc. for helping with the design and equipment list and shipping logistics, you guys are AWESOME!"
How GCU pulled it off
In their words, from the Recording Studio's YouTube channel.
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Build it in a summer
"We built the lab in the summer of 2021 in order to be up and running for the fall semester."
Modular panels your own team can put together.
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Ready to record
"All of the rooms are supplied with interfaces and microphones, and the two largest rooms are supplied with computers and recording software."
Room sizes run up to 8' x 16', big enough for a podcast desk.
What's inside the lab
The gear is from GCU's own description. Sizes and options are from the order.
- Rooms
- Four modular isolation booths in one classroom
- Largest room
- MDL 96192, 8' x 16', with a podcast desk and a computer
- Also in the lab
- MDL 7296 E, 6' x 8', double wall
- Access
- An ADA room with a wide door for wheelchair access
- Headroom
- Height extensions on the rooms
- Gear
- Interfaces and microphones in every room. Computers and recording software in the two largest.
- Acoustics
- Studio foam in orange, blue, burgundy and purple
- Lighting
- Recessed ceiling lights and LED strips
Each of these sizes and options is available for your school too.
Inside the Recording Lab
The large room: podcast desk, boom mics and a lit ceiling The lab during a tour, booths side by side Three rooms open: orange, blue and burgundy Electric guitar in the orange room Recording vocals in the purple room Another vocal session in the purple room Acoustic guitar in an orange room A student and a staff member at a booth door Bass and an iMac session in the orange room Working a session at the iMac
"At GCU, we have seen about 20 different student groups create their own podcasts in the WhisperRooms."
Studio Manager, GCU Recording Studio
