Facilities

Black Box Theater

Berklee NYC’s Black Box Theater is a future-facing, multiuse space that can be arranged for countless configurations, including concerts, workshops, classes, events, and music video shoots. 

This cutting-edge space is at the heart of student collaborations, performances, productions, and design projects. 

Features:

• Large 20' LED wall
• Full lighting grid featuring an array of theatrical, cinematic, and FX lighting
• Fully sprung dance floor
• Engineer/lighting booth
• Modular stage platforms
• PA capable of multispeaker spatial audio configurations
• Projection-mapping capabilities
• Green room, dressing rooms, and pantry

The Origin Room

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Berklee NYC is equipped with a brand-new critical listening classroom and mixing studio, centered around a 32-channel Solid State Logic Origin console. In this space, students attend classes and can schedule individual lab time for recording, editing, and mixing, using a variety of analog outboard gear. 

Students also have the opportunity to learn about music video production, broadcasting, and livestreaming in a world-class facility designed to adapt to the evolving landscape of content creation.

Features:

• Solid State Logic Origin 32-channel Analog Studio Console
• ATC loudspeakers SCM25A PRO MK2
• Dante I/O for Black Box Theater capture and broadcast mixing
• Professional outboard gear by Grace, Universal Audio, and DBX 

Writing Rooms

Berklee NYC features three individual production spaces where students can schedule time to record, write, and produce a variety of projects. Each space is equipped with built-in keyboards, synthesizers, monitors, a microphone, and an audio interface that connects directly to a laptop, providing students with all the necessary tools to work on their material.  

Each room includes:

• JBL monitors
• Shure SM7 microphone
• API 500 series outboard gear
• MOTU audio interface
• Korg Minilogue analog synthesizer
• Moog Minitaur analog synthesizer
• MIDI keyboard

Video Facilities

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Video content, including music videos, live studio performances, and behind-the-scenes footage, is central to today’s music and performing arts landscape, providing artists with impactful tools for their digital branding.  

Students have the opportunity to learn about music video production, broadcasting, and livestreaming in a world-class facility that is designed to adapt to the evolving landscape of content creation.

Video capabilities:

• Video control room with professional switcher, remote PTZ camera control, multicam and multichannel audio monitoring and capture for post production, live streaming and broadcast
• 4K PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) cameras are situated in studio spaces as well as the Black Box Theater, where the LED wall and professional lighting grid provides countless creative options 
• Professional 4K Panasonic cameras and mirrorless Sony cameras
• Lighting equipment, tripods, jibs, and other tools used to enhance video production value
• Industry standard video editing and post production software

DJ Lab

The DJ Lab houses a wide array of both digital and analog DJ systems, from vinyl turntables and mixers to modern CDJs and digital DJ controllers.

The lab features hardware and software from Rane, Numark, Akai, Pioneer, Roland, Ableton, and Serato.

Content Creation Lab

audio, and immersive content creation. Featured tools include the Adobe Suite (Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop), Apple Content Creation Apps (Logic, Final Cut Pro, Motion), Unreal Engine, Touch Designer, QLab, Vectorworks, Resolume, Pro Tools, and Ableton Live.  

Lighthouse

The Lighthouse is a spacious classroom and technology lab designed for a variety of uses, including general meetings, work sessions, and rehearsals.

The Arch

Showcasing the arched window of the building’s facade, the Arch is a multipurpose space used for classes, meetings, and rehearsals.

Equipment Room (ER)

Students have access to a wide range of instruments from the Equipment Room, including guitars, basses, keyboards, and various models of the latest MIDI controllers. Digital audio interfaces from Apogee, Universal Audio, and Focusrite are also available, along with microphones from Shure and AKG. For visual media projects, students can check out Sony mirrorless cameras capable of 4K video and still photography, as well as 360 cameras and headsets.  

Historic Building

The Power Station at Berklee NYC is an iconic studio where David Bowie, Madonna, Diana Ross, Bruce Springsteen, the Jonas Brothers, H.E.R., Bruno Mars, Herbie Hancock, and countless others have made landmark recordings. The soundtrack for Barbie (the motion picture), most Broadway cast albums (including Hamilton), and music for many television projects (including Succession) are recorded in the studios. 

Though active professional recording sessions happen throughout the building, there are select studios that are used primarily for student projects and activities. For the other commercial spaces, students can apply for studio time to record portions of their projects to benefit from some of the larger iconic spaces.

Studios G and E 

Both of these studios are devoted to educational applications and provide excellent recording and mixing capabilities for student work.

Studio G 

Studio G is the primary studio at Berklee NYC where engineering classes are taught. It features a live room capable of tracking a band, vocalists, or various overdubs. At the heart of Studio G's control room, a top-tier mixing environment, is a G+ SSL console.  

Studio E 

Studio E is an excellent mix room and collaborative space, featuring an accessible vocal booth for overdubs. It is also outfitted with a Dolby ATMOS system, perfect for meeting the ever-growing demand for spatial audio delivery.

Studio A

Studio A is one of the largest recording studios in New York, known for its unique acoustics and instantly recognizable architecture, which are often imitated. While primarily used for professional recording projects, Studio A also frequently hosts classes, workshops, and special student events. Students can apply for recording time in Studio A for their culminating experience projects.

Studio C

Studio C is nearly as large as Studio A and hosts select classes each year, in addition to workshops, master classes, and student sessions. While primarily used for professional recording projects, students can also apply for recording time in Studio C for their culminating experience projects.