Studios

Music Technology Studios

One 24 I/O SSL-based recording studio, with two recording booths and a window on to the Phipps Concert Hall), containing:

Four 5.1 composition and mixing studios with plasma screen for post-production, containing: 

Three overdub, composition and foley studios, each with a small recording booth, containing:

One critical listening room / Interactive Sound Design / new interface laboratory, with adjacent workshop, containing:

One eight-channel composition and mixing studio, containing:

A selections of DAWs (Protools, Reaper, Logic, Live, Nuendo, Digital Performer) and plugins (Altiverb XL, Flux, NI Komplete, etc.) as well as Max and M4L

One Spatialisation and Interactive Research lab (SPIRAL)

A striking 6m2 cube containing a 25-channel digital loudspeaker array.
A facility that is mainly used by our postgraduate and research community, featuring:

The loudspeakers are phase/time aligned using Genelec’s GLM system. All connections in the studio are digital with analogue (mic and line) inputs being catered for via a Yamaha O1V with 16 channel digital I/O card. All connections to the computer are made through a MADI-AES bridge and patchbay.

The studio is used for research into the development of new control mechanisms for the spatialization and diffusion of sound in performance and composition. Additionally, the studio is used for composing multi-channel electroacoustic pieces to be played in concert and installation environments.

EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE FOR ALL STUDIOS:
Our technical store within the Richard Steinitz Building is manned by two student placement technicians, supervised by our studio manager, who are on hand from 8.45am to 6.30pm to offer friendly and professional advice on the use and deployment of a large selection of state-of-the-art recording equipment. All the equipment listed below can be borrowed free of charge: