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Facilities

Recently, the Harold Washington College Music Program has gotten a new facelift. Ever adapting to new technologies, the program boasts the most up-to-date musical resources available in the field. Among these are new facilities, including spacious and soundproof practice rooms (each equipped with an acoustic piano), a large rehearsal hall, and a piano/computer lab, the newly created recording studio (which has already enabled the program to produce a full-length CD in house), and refurbished and technologically enhanced classrooms.

Piano Lab

Hardware:
Kawai and Technics midi equipped Digital Pianos (18)
EMac computers running Mac OSX 10.4.8 (15)
Pro Tools Mbox with Pro Tools Software (2)

Software:
Pro Tools 7, Recording software
MacGamut 2003 OSX, Ear training software
Finale 2006d, Music notation software
Garageband, Personal recording studio software

Large Rehearsal/Performance Space

A newly renovated large rehearsal/performance space equipped with projector, large projector screen and sound system. This space is also equipped with a full PA system, Kawai acoustic piano, Kawai Digital Piano 360, Tama drum set, Fender Bassman amplifier, Kustom bass amplifier and Peavey guitar amplifier.

Our recent acquisitions in Spring 2009 include a new Essex grand 5'3" piano.

Practice Rooms

Harold Washington College has five acoustically treated practice rooms each equipped with a piano, one with a grand piano. All students at Harold Washington College have access to these practice spaces during regular school hours.

Recording Studio

Hardware:
M Audio Project Mix I/O
Yamaha EMX 5000
Naddy Audio HPA-4
Glyph GT 050 Q hard drive
M Audio Keystation 88ES
Mackie Big Knob
IMac Core Duo
EMac
Behringer Truth B2031A Active Monitors (2)
Yamaha HS10W Subwoofer
Ultra-DI DI100 (2)
Numark Turntable

Software:
Pro Tools 7
Bias Peak Pro 5
Reason 3
Recycle
Native Instruments Komplete 4:
Reactor 5
Absynth 4
Guitar Rig 2
Kontact 2
Battery 3
Akoustic Piano
B4 II
FM8
Pro 53
Vokator
Spektral Delay

Microphones:
Rode NT2A (2)
AKG 8000S (4)
Sure SM57 (2)
Sure Beta 52A
Sennheiser e602