METU SPARG Lab

METU SPARG Lab is a structure specially designed by Mezzo Studyo to eliminate standing waves. No two surfaces in the lab are parallel including the tilted ceiling. The shape of the lab is very special in that it also inspired our logo (see the orange shape at the top of this page). The floor area is 11 sq-meters with a background noise less than 40 dB SPL. The reverberation time is ~80 ms (T30). Our lab is housed in METU/TSK Modsimmer Building.

Equipment List

  • Eigenmike em32 spherical microphone array

  • Zylia ZM-1 microphone (x10)

  • Neumann KU-100 binaural microphone

  • DPA 5100 Surround microphone

  • DPA 4060 (omnidirectional) miniature microphones (x13)

  • Rode M5 (cardioid) stereophonic microphone pairs (2 pairs)

  • Alctron M6 (omnidirectional) measurement microphones (x2)

  • BM-800 (cardioid) vocal microphone (BM-800)

  • MOTU 896 Mk3 Audio Interfaces (x3)

  • Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 Audio Interface

  • Zoom H6 portable audio recorder (with XY and MS microphone pairs and shotgun microphone)

  • Genelec 6010A studio monitor loudspeakers (x14)

  • Genelec 7050B Subwoofer

  • MacPro (Quad Core 3.7 GHz Intel Xeon, 16 GB RAM) Audio Workstation

  • Oculus Quest 2

  • Lenovo workstation

  • Lenovo mini PCs (x10)

  • Superlux HD-330 Headphones

  • Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro Headphones

  • Wacom Intuos tablet

  • Antilatency ALT 6DoF position tracker (10 m2 tracking area)

  • Myo Armband

  • Leap Motion Controller

  • Intel Galileo Gen 2 Cards

  • Bosch PLR25 Laser Range finder

  • Bosch Quigo Green Laser Level

  • LG 360 camera

  • Insta 360 One X2 camera (x3)

  • Software: MATLAB, Enthought Canopy, PyCharm, CLion, Audiodesk, Ardour, PD, Faber Acoustics SoundMeter, JUCE