Contemporary Music Studios

Studio A

Large control room (D112) with shared large recording area (D118), and two shared isolation booths (D116 and D113). This is the main recording studio of the D Block complex and is used for the teaching and practice of music production, audio engineering and composition.

Equipment

• Apple Macintosh G5 with 2 x BenQ displays
• Amek Langley Big Console with supertrue automation
• ME 1400 & 550 - Power amplifiers
• Yamaha NS 10M - Studio monitor speakers
• JBL 4430 - Studio monitor speakers
• Genelec 1032A - Studio monitor speakers
• Sony DAT recorder and CD player
• TL Audio 5021 stereo comp.
• TL Audio 5052 stereo pre/EQ/comp.
• Avalon 2022 stereo pre.
• Focusrite ISA115HD stereo pre/EQ
• Lexicon 300 - Digital effects system
• Eventide H3000S ultra harmonizer
• 2x Drawmer DS201 dual gates
• 2x Drawmer DS201 dual gates
• 2x DBX 160XT compressor limiters
• Roland SDE Delay
• Urei model 1178 limiter
• Aphex type C aural exciter
• Powerplay Pro - Headphone amp, 10 x Sony MDR7506 Headphones
• Yamaha upright piano
• Hammond C3 with Leslie tone cabinet
• Yamaha Stage Custom drum kit

Software

• Digidesign Pro Tools HD2, Pro Tools 8
• Waves Bundle and Essential Studio Collection

• Other Plug-ins from EMI, Massenburg, Focusrite, Fairchild
• Cubase 5
• Professional Audio Analyser and Spectral Shaping Tool

Microphones

• Neumann M147 Tube, U87A, TLM103, 2x Km84i
• AKG 2x 414XLS 2x 414EB, 451-CK1, D112E, 2x C30000
• Sennheiser 2x 421, 6x E604, MD441-U, 604's and 609's
• RODE NT5, 2x Microtech Gefell, Octava MC 012-01
• Shure SM58, SM57, Beta 58, B52
• DI's; EMO, BSS, Behringer, Radial Engineering

Studio B

Small acoustically designed control room (D115) with recording areas and microphones shared with Studio A. Used for the teaching and practice of music production, audio engineering and composition.

Equipment

• eMac - Computer/OSX operating system
• Digidesign 003 - Firewire Audio Interface
• Digidesign Control 24
• ProTools LE - Digital Audio Workstation software
• Cubase 5 and Reason software applications
• Waves Bundle plug-ins
• Mackie HR824 - Studio monitor speakers

Studio C

Small multitrack studio (D117) used for teaching, demo recordings and practice. Linked to D118-CentreSpace.

Equipment

• eMac - Computer/OSX operating system
• Digidesign 003 - Firewire Audio Interface
• ProTools LE - Digital Audio Workstation software
• Cubase 5 and Reason software applications
• Waves Bundle plug-ins
• Allen & Heath Mix Wizard - analogue mixing console
• Mackie HR824 - Studio monitor speakers
• Axiom 49 - Controller keyboard
• Ultragain Pro - Digital Pre
• ADA8000 - A/D converter
• SRC249C - A/D converter
• Sony digital camera on tripod with lighting

Studio D

Medium sized studio (D218) with access to large recording/performance space (D129) Studio One29. Used for digital audio research and the teaching and practice of advanced digital recording, editing and mastering.

Equipment

• G5 Macintosh /OSX operating system
• Digidesign Pro Tools 96 I/O HD system
• Waves Bundle and Essential Studio Collection
• Other Plug-ins from EMI, Massenburg, Focusrite, Fairchild, T.C. and Steinberg TDM plug-ins
• Digidesign Pro Tools SMPTE slave driver
• Focusrite Octopre - Mic pre
• Genelec 1032 active monitors, 5.1 monitoring
• Digidesign Control 24 - control surface
• Dynaudio BM6A studio monitor speakers
• BenQ and Acer display monitors
• Sony data projector - display

Studio E (Composition Studio)

Small multitrack studio (D140) used for teaching, demo recordings and practice. Linked to D137-Bass.

Equipment

• eMac - Computer/OSX operating system
• ProTools LE - Digital Audio Workstation software
• Cubase 5 and Reason software applications
• Digidesign 003 - Firewire Audio Interface
• Allen & Heath Mix Wizard - analogue mixing console
• Yamaha NS 10M - Studio monitor speakers
• Axiom 49 - Controller keyboard
• Ultragain Pro - Digital Pre
• Ultramatch Pro - A/D & D/A
• Powerplay Pro - Headphone amp

Studio F

Small multitrack studio (D144) used for teaching, demo recordings and practice. Linked to D139-Ensemble.

Equipment

• eMac - Computer/OSX operating system
• ProTools LE - Digital Audio Workstation software
• Cubase 5 and Reason software applications
• Digidesign 003 - Firewire Audio Interface
• Allen & Heath Mix Wizard - analogue mixing console
• Yamaha NS 10M - Studio monitor speakers
• Axiom 49 - Controller keyboard
• Ultragain Pro - Digital Pre
• Ultramatch Pro - A/D & D/A
• Powerplay Pro - Headphone amp

Updated: 04 January 2012