Electro-Acoustic Studios
The School has a suite of three up-to-date Electronic Studios which are for the use of Year 2 and Year 3 students taking electro-acoustic modules.
Studio 1
This is for use by Year 3 students and is focused on hard-disk recording using ProTools hardware and software.
Studio 1 currently has a PowerMac, Alesis XT20 ADAT, ProTools ADAT Bridge, ProTools 888/24, Mackie HUI, Roland JV-1080 and CD writer, plus various other items of audio equipment and software.
Studio 2
This is for use by Year 2 students and is focused on MIDI work using a variety of MIDI equipment including a sampler and JV-1080 sound module.
For sequencing there is Studio Vision Pro (which is compatible with such as Cubase, Logic and Cakewalk) and Sibelius.
Studio 3
This studio is used by students in both years 2 and 3 and has a range of Roland and Korg MIDI equipment, plus an Akai S6000 sampler.
Software includes Steinberg Rebirth and Reason.
Recording Booth
Overlooking the Concert Hall, there is a small recording booth with a 16-track Mackie mixer.
The Hall is permanently wired so that live recordings can be made to an 8-track ADAT or mixed straight to DAT or cassette ready for further processing in Studio 1.