Audio Lab
The Audio Lab is a self-serve recording studio resource available to WSU students, staff and faculty, located in the Dimensions Lab (Holland 1st floor, rm 120). The Audio Lab provides a quiet acoustic space and technology for music recording, voice overs, podcasts, and sound for video. It opened in January 2022 (after COVID-related delays), funded by Student Technology Fees in 2019 and a generous donor that provides funds for semi-regular updates.
The Audio Lab is available by reservation only. The Audio Lab may be checked out for up to 4 hours a day, with no renewals, available Monday – Saturday on school days during the Fall and Spring semesters. The Audio Lab may be checked out once in a 7-day period, and sessions may be booked up to 2 weeks in advance. Reservations can be made here.
View the Audio Lab Manual to learn more about the lab (updated July 2026). The Audio Lab is now equipped with simple USB switches that allow patrons to use their own computers with equipment in the lab, view Hooking Up My own Computer to the Audio Lab instructions.
Equipment
- Whisper Room
- Audio Lab media creation workstation
- Windows 11
- CPU: Intel Core i9 7920X 12-Core, 24-Thread 4.3GHz Turbo
- RAM: 112GB DDR4 RAM
- Video Card: NVIDIA 2080 TI graphics card
- Additional studio hardware:
- 2x 27″ 4K UHD BenQ Monitors (model PD2705)
- Thunderbolt 3 dock
- Motu 828es audio interface
- 1x Audio-Technica AT4033a microphone (w/ stand, shock mount and windscreen)
- Novation 61SL MIDI Keyboard
- 2x JBL 305P 5″ monitors, 1x JBL LSR310S 10″ subwoofer
- Art Voice Channel Tube Strip
- Patchbay
- 2x USB Switches
Software
Ableton Live 12 and FL Studio are available on the Audio Lab workstation, in addition to the standard Dimensions Lab software suite.