Creative Technology Studios | Clephan Studios | PACE | Other
Creative Technology Studios (Queens Building)
Audio Production Suite (Q1.29a)
The playback system is connected to a 5.1 surround system as well as a set of stereo speakers. The studio is connected to Live Room A, plus it has its own sound booth.
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SSL Studio (Q1.29c)
Features an SSL AWS900+ analog mixing desk. The playback system is connected to two sets of stereo speakers. The studio is connected to Live Room A.
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Live Room A (Q1.29b)
Connected to the SSL studio and the Audio Production Suite and large enough to record bands and small ensembles.
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Dolby Atmos Studio (Q1.26)
Playback is provided via an industry-standard and fully callibrated Dolby Atmos surround system as well as a set of stereo speakers. The studio is connected to Live Room B.
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Audient Studio (Q1.28)
Outfitted with an Audient desk. Playback is provided via several stereo speakers to compare your mix. The studio is connected to Live Room B.
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Live Room B (Q1.27)
Equipped with a dedicated microphone cupboard and moveable wall panels. The room is also equipped with a TV monitor for foley or ADR work.
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Soundbooths (Q1.06)
Four individual sound booths provide sound-isolated music and audio workspaces with an iMac, an M-Audio Track Eight audio interface, a Novation Launchkey 25 MIDI controller and a set of stereo speakers.
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Teaching and Workstation Lab (Q1.33)
The Macintosh workstations can also be used for audio production and composing when not booked for teaching. The lab also contains a Doepfer A-100 analog modular synthesiser.
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Clephan Building
Courtyard Studio (Clephan Courtyard, CL 0.43/0.45)
A high-end creative surround-production, mastering, and recording studio with a large live room and a double-isolated vocal/drum booth. A video monitor is available in the live room.
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Multichannel Studio (CL 00.16)
Provides a spacious room with a surround ring of 9 speakers, and upper dome of 4 speakers, a primary stereo pair, and a subwoofer.
Surround Studio (CL 00.02b)
Supports composition, production and audiovisual work with stereo and 5.1 monitoring and a large-scale display.
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The Project Studio (CL 00.02/00.02a)
Supports 8-channel recording from a sound booth, plus stereo monitoring. Students can also bring in their own laptop for finalising mixes on professional stereo monitoring in a sound-treated room.
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Rehearsal Studio 00.16a (CL 00.16a)
The Rehearsal Studio provides a large-scale sound isolation booth for group and individual music practice, tied to a workstation for general production purposes. Note that, due to traffic rumble from Oxford Road, this is not recommended as a tracking studio.
Performing Arts Centre for Excellence (PACE)
The PACE building was awarded to DMU for being centre for exceptional teaching and learning for dance, music, and drama.
PACE Studio 1
The primary performance space used by the MAT programmes. This 16m x 16m room was acoustically designed to provide an outstanding, spectrally balanced venue for multi-channel diffusion concerts.
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PACE Studio 1a
For individual and group rehearsals and personal study, it contains a stereo PA (Mackie), a mobile 8-channel mixing console and a Clavinova.
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PACE Studio 2
The double-height ceiling and full lighting rig of Studio 2 lends itself to interactive dance performance, installation art and research applications. Breakout rooms around the side of the studio allow for a mix of large-room and small-room activities.
Other Facilities
Music, Technology and Innovation Research Lab (MTIRL)
The MTIRL is situated in Clephan 0.19. It is the key research facility of the MTI Research Centre, for use by postgraduate students and research staff. It includes a large-scale diffusion/composition studio, a dedicated 5.1 surround studio, and a ‘Sound Art Lab’. More details are available on the MTI Institute for Sonic Creativity website.