resources /facilities
Currently we are located at Porter College (and a bit at Kresge). Here is an 
out of date map of Porter. You can also try to glean information about where things are by visiting maps.ucsc.edu.
Porter 120: Social Computing Lab
A good meeting place for about 6 people with two G5's with various applications.
Porter 140: Electronics Lab and Media Lab
The main room holds most of our tools including a fairly well stocked electronics lab. A smaller projection room holds some historic game consoles, and media playback devices with a big projector. This projector is sometimes checked out for art projects, like yours?
Porter 127: WET Lab
Still looking for an acronym definition this room can take a beating, and is currently used as storage. It has okay light and a tile floor. It might be the place to do mold making, plaster, paint, and other wet messy stuff. Has Omni Lock.
Porter 245: Lecture Lab
Phone number 459-5782 There are chairs and desks for 25 people plus a teacher workstation with an Intel iMac, VCR/DVD, amplifier with speakers, and a data projector. You will spend a lot of structured time in this room. To schedule this room, see/contact the DANM office staff. Has Omni Lock.
Porter 221: DANM Lounge
Kitchen facilities include fridge, toaster oven, microwave, coffee maker and a place to hang. There is a lot of wall space in this room, if you have art to put up, do it, or ask Lyle and Felicia if you require feedback.
There is an Linux machine and sound system as well. Has Omni Lock.
Porter 217: EAR Lab
Experimental Audio Research Lab. Still being worked on, this is our space for audio work, if you need more assistance or different equipment get to know Peter Else who manages the Electronic Music Studios at the Music Department. Has Omni Lock.
Kresge 354: Dickens
This space is a conference room and small computer lab. It also has an adjoining student office. Has Omni Lock. Phone 9-3829.
Student Offices
Please take a look at our / Student Offices for room assignments.
Other Facilities in the Arts Division
If you need access to equipment, studio space, or other facilities, please contact Lyle Troxell. Not all facilities are available all of the time, but, if you have a need for something specific, we'll either find a way to accomodate the request or offer you a viable alternate solution.
Art
As DANM Students and Faculty you have assess to the Art Department's Print room,
Film Facilities
Sign up with SlugFilm. There are also several
Sample Editing Suite: Room 206 PowerMac G5 Dual 2 GHz with 19" TFT LCD screen, NTSC monitor, Dual DV/VHS deck, and stereo audio monitors.
Transfer Room: Room 135 Video and audio format transfer including MiniDV, DVCAM, S-VHS, VHS, Hi8, 3/4", DAT, MiniDisc, CD, and Cassette Tape.
Studio A: Small Theater Screening room with raised theater style seating, 16mm film and video projection, 5.1 surround sound.
Studio B: Green Screen Large studio with broadcast green screen and lighting grid.
Studio C: Large Theater 95 seated person capacity, 14 speaker Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound system, hign end video 16mm projection, podium with laptop integration for audio and video.
Communications 113: Small Classroom Classroom with video projection, DVD, MiniDV/DVCAM and 7.1 surround sound.
Sample Screening Room: 119 ,Still Images , QuickTime VR, Seminar and screening space.
Computer Lab: Room 11 - 11 station lab featuring Dual 2 GHz PowerMac G5s with 19" TFT LCD screens, NTSC monitors, Dual DV/VHS decks. Instructor station with audio and video projection.
Music Facilities
The graduate studio is designed for intense advanced work. There is little difference in equipment between the grad and undergrad labs, but there is more emphasis on research tools like lisp. Equipment includes: A four channel sound system (Mackie HR824s, which are standard in all of the studios except the classroom.),8 tracks of ADAT, A classic 24 track console with stereo inputs and high quality mic pres, DAT, CD and cassette recorders.
G3 Macintoshe, G4 with 8 channel sound card, G3 two racks of audio processers, Video scoring equipment, A Kyma system, A cart with assorted MIDI synthesizers and processors.
recording studio- room 109 : ext. 9-4139 (off campus: (831) 459-4139 Or by writing to: UCSC Music Center Recording Services, UCSC, Santa Cruz, Ca 95064
or by email: billski@ucsc.edu
Supported recording/playback stereo formats include:digital; DAT (Digital Audio Tape); ADAT (Alesis digital 8 track x2 = 16 track digital multitrack); CD-R (recordable CD); PCM-F1 (VHS and Beta).
Other equipment avaioable from Music Facilities include a music library, Microphones, Signal Processors, Analog Recorders, Digital Recorders, Mixers, Computers, Analog Synthesizers | Moog, Digital Synthesizers, Video.
Theater Arts
Theater Arts has several facilities including the mainstage. Check the website for detailed information concerning equipment available including LIGHTING (Dimmers, Control Boards, House Lights, Circuiting) and Sound resources (Control Locations, Assisted Listening System, Monitoring and Paging, Production Communications, Equipment Inventory (pop up window), Amplifiers, Cable, Processing), as well as area plans.