This week, Mix featured a new facility at the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business at Belmont University. M3 is proud to have been a collaborator in building the project, working with the university and industry experts to build the space:

[G]round was broken on the new 134,000-square-foot R. Milton and Denice Johnson Center in Summer 2013. Roughly 24 months later, the new Curb College debuted, with the first university-based Dolby Atmos stage in the world, pictured on this month’s cover, as its centerpiece. The building also houses a smaller film/TV mix stage, 26 edit suites, a shooting stage, green screen room, video and broadcast control rooms, a Foley stage (coming in the spring), and four computer labs. Media is shared over a 5x 64TB Avid ISIS 5500 server; interconnection is through an advanced Focusrite RedNet system.

To read more about the project, check out the full spotlight in Mix.

Last week, M3 (and 600 of our closest friends) attended Schmoozapalooza in Knoxville. There was a large University of Tenneesee theme at the event – go Vols! – and a very energetic crowd. Along with giving away a bunch of Epson goodies, there was much talk about M3’s structured cabling, and AV and IT managed services. M3 was joined by over 100 other exhibitors, making for a tremendous networking night.

Overall, it was a great event. If you missed our booth, drop us a line on our Contact page and say hi! Stay tuned for more updates about the next Schmoozapalooza as well, and hope to see you there.