When Paul Marquissee compares notes with his buddies pursuing music technology degrees at other schools, they marvel at the resources he can access at Ball State’s School of Music: Tassman synthesizing software programs, Mackie mixing boards, Digidesign equipment, and more.

“Our equipment is as good as and sometimes better than what you’d find in a professional studio,” says Marquissee, who plans to graduate in fall 2010.

Our top-notch facilities house state-of-the-art studios and control rooms. Two large recording studios feature control rooms equipped with Digidesign’s new ICON integrated mixing console—the most advanced technology available. Students get to record, track, mix, and master music and gain the experience they need to land plum positions at top recording studios.

When Marquissee steps into the control room, he faces a series of monitors—all arranged for maximum sound quality—and he sits at the control panel as he works with the musicians in the adjacent recording studio.

It could be New York or Los Angeles, but it’s not. It’s Ball State. The end product, though, is the same: a professional quality recording.

Marquissee, who played violin in high school and dabbled in composing and computers, says Ball State’s music technology professors have helped him to combine his interests.

“They’ve opened my eyes to endless possibilities,” he says.

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