A community studio for researching
the social possibilities of immersive
audio for public performance.
The MIT Spatial Sound Lab is a community studio for researching the social possibilities of immersive audio for public performance. The Lab was founded by Prof. Ian Condry (CMSW, MIT) in November 2019 as a collaboration between d&b Audiotechnik, the department of Comparative Media Studies / Writing, and the MIT Office of the Arts.
Our lab has a 14.2 speaker system that runs the d&b Soundscape, an object-based mixing platform.
We organize workshops, listening sessions, sound events and ongoing research, experimentation and production.
Our research themes include: spatial sound for live performance and DJ; accessible technology, disability justice and multimodal sensory engagement; data sonification; interactive spatial design, spatial justice and more.
If you’re interested in learning more, please send us an email to receive periodic updates. The best way to get involved is to come to our events and introduce yourself. We hope to see you!
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Finding the Lab: We are located on the 4th floor of the Stratton Student Center (Building W20) at 84 Massachusetts Avenue. The nearest T stops are Kendall/MIT and Central Square on the Red Line, both are approximately 1/2 mile from Stratton. The #1 and CT1 buses run along Mass Ave.
The Massachusetts Avenue entryway is fronted by stairs that lead into the main lobby. A step-free route is available from the Kresge Oval side, where passengers can be dropped off and a ramp leads up to a two power-assisted doorway to the lobby. From the lobby, there are three elevators and a central staircase serving the upper floors. Take either to the fourth floor to reach the Spatial Sound Lab, room W20-429. Note that the building is open to the public from 6A to 7P and switches to MIT card access from 7P to 1A, so plan accordingly, and reach out if you need access!
MIT’s accessibility map can be found here: https://gismaps.mit.edu/campus/accessibility/index.html
