Well, I'm into my second year of MIA and while I loved working with analog and in the small first year studio, I can't wait to move on. We got to see the control room for the second year studio, and I was amazed. I got to play guitar on a second year's session last year so I saw it before the work they did this summer, and it's a huge improvement. I mentioned earlier that we might be getting a Digidesign Icon desk...well, that didn't happen, but the rest is amazing. First off they re-built everything so it's all built into the walls/desks better and more space efficiently (the room looks huge now, and very clean and professional). I also may have mentioned that it would be 5.1 ready...well, actually it turns out it's 7.1 ready. And all of our second semester assignments are required to be mixed in 5.1 surround. The pictures at the link above are of the old control room, but it's the same console in there. We're running a Mac Dual-G5 (can't remember the speed, but it's fast), and Pro Tools HD, with loads of rack processors. I think we've got 4-6 of the 192-I/Os, but can't remember exactly. We've got a really expensive T.C.Electronics reverb in there, I think it's this one (again, just had a quick walk through).
Fuck the G5... I wanna try the babe 
