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Facilities
The School of Arts new multi-million pound Medway development at the Chatham Historic Dockyard includes industry-standard facilities for Music and Audio Arts, Fine Art and Event and Experience Design students.
The new music facilities include a spatial audio studio, a Foley studio, an ensemble rehearsal space and a flagship recording studio. All of the new studios are designed by DACS and complement the existing Music and Audio Arts facilities on the main Medway campus.
Studio 1
Studio 1 is the first of our two tracking studios. It features a Yamaha 02R96 digital mixing console, an Apple Mac G5 computer workstation primarily running Logic Pro, an ADAT HD24 hard disk recorder, Genelec and KRK VXT bi-amplified monitors, a Yamaha P60 electronic piano and a host of peripheral equipment. |
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This studio has two dedicated soundproof performance booths which can be recorded from simultaneously. |
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Studio 2
Studio 2 is the second of our two tracking studios. This studio is built primarily around a Pro Tools HD 8 system featuring a Control 24 digital mixing console, Digidesign 192 and 96 interfaces and an Apple Mac G5 computer workstation. Stereo monitoring is provided by a choice of Mackie or Genelec active monitors, but Studio 2 also has additional Genelec monitors for true 5.1 mixing. |
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Studio 2 has also been designed as a tutorial studio, and the majority of practical lectures take place here. A class of twenty students can work comfortably within this space. |
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Like Studio 1, this studio also has two dedicated soundproof performance booths. This studio has the benefit of an IP camera system that allows a live video feed from the booths to be displayed on a large monitor in the main control room. |
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Studio 3
Studio 3 is a smaller studio facility designed to operate as an overdubbing suite and as a post production facility. This studio features an Apple iMac, a Focusrite Saffire audio interface, an X-Station 61 MIDI controller keyboard, KRK VXT bi-amplified monitors and JBL monitors.
Studio 3 has a dedicated recording booth containing a Kemble upright piano, two Behringer V-Amps (bass and guitar), a Behringer Eurorack UB2222FX mixing desk and a Behringer Powerplay Pro XL headphone amplifier.
Post Production
We have two designated post production studios within our department. Both are specifically designed for mixing and mastering purposes. The first of our post production studios features a Yamaha 02R96 digital mixing console, an Apple Mac G5 computer workstation primarily running Logic Pro, an M-Audio Keystation Pro Midi controller keyboard, a range of outboard effects and processing units and a quadraphonic Genelec monitoring system. |
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The second of our post production studios features a Digidesign 002 digital mixing console, an Apple Mac G5 computer workstation primarily running Pro Tools 8 and a Novation X-Station synthesiser. |
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Silent Rehearsal
We have two silent rehearsal booths featuring a Roland Juno-D keyboard, Roland V-Drums, two Behringer V-Amps (bass and guitar), a Behringer Eurorack UB2222FX mixing desk and a Behringer Powerplay Pro XL headphone amplifier. |
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Our silent rehearsal booths are independently bookable and prove to be a popular feature for students who wish to use these facilities to rehearse or jam with other musicians. |
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Computer Suite
Our computer workstation suite comprises of twenty five Apple iMac computer workstations, running music applications such as Pro Tools 8, Logic Pro, Finale score writing software and Reaktor 5, as well as a host of multimedia and bespoke applications such as Director, Puredata, Sonic Birth, Photoshop and Microsoft Office. |
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All of our computer workstations are networked, allowing students to access their work on any workstation in the department. Each computer workstation setup features Evolution MIDI Controller Keyboards, Digidesign M-Box hardware and Beyer-Dynamic headphones. |
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The computer workstation suite, like our studio facilities, can be accessed out of hours, providing a flexible working environment for our students. |
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Equipment
In addition to the equipment in our studio suite, our students have access to a wide range of equipment to allow them to experiment with a variety of different approaches to the same audio problem. This equipment is available for use by our students for many different assignments throughout their course. This list is not comprehensive and is subject to change. |
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Mixing desks Allen & Heath ZED 420 20:4 channel mixing console Alesis Multimix 12 Firewire 12 channel portable mixing desk |
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Monitors Genelec 8030A studio quality monitors (pair) and stands Mackie SRM350 PA/foldback speakers (pair) and stands These are in addition to the monitors in all the studios, post production rooms and seminar room. |
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Portable recording equipment Alesis HD24 (24 channel, 24 bit, 96kHz) in flight case Edirol R-4 four channel audio recorder Marantz PMD670 professional solid state recorder Macbook and Digidesign M-Box with Logic 8 and Pro Tools M-Audio Microtrack (x3) Zoom H2 Portable 4 channel recorders (x2) |
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Microphones AKG C414 with switchable polar response (x2) AKG C400 boundary microphones (x2) AKG CK91 & CK94 in Mid/Side configuration with windshield (x2) AKG drum microphone collection Audio Technica AT2020 Audio Technica AT3032 matched pair Neumann KM184 matched pair Røde Broadcast large diaphragm capacitor Røde M3 (x2) Røde NT2 large diaphragm capacitor Røde NT4 stereo microphones (x2) Røde NT5 matched pair Røde Video stereo microphones (x3) sE Electronics Gemini twin valve microphone Samson drum microphone collection Sennheiser HD421 (x2) Sennheiser K6 shotgun microphone Shure Beta 52 Shure SM57 (x3) Shure SM58 (x3) Sony ECM-959DT mid-side based stereo microphone Sony ECM-989 mid-side stereo microphone with adjustable angle T.Bone EM900 (x2) A large number of professional microphone stands in various sizes |
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Keyboards Kemble modern upright piano (in seminar room) Yamaha P60 electronic piano with weighted keyboard (in Studio 1) Roland Juno-D modern sample-based synths (x2, in Studio 2 and Performance Booth 1) Novation X-Station combined analogue modelling synthesiser and audio interface: 61 (in Post Production room 2) and 25 (with portable PC workstation) Roland Juno 6 vintage analogue polyphonic synthesiser Korg PolySix vintage analogue polyphonic synthesiser with patch memories Yamaha DX11 classic four operator FM synthesiser (in Post Production room 1) Yamaha SY35 combined FM/AWM vector synthesiser Casio CZ-101 phase distortion synthesiser A large number of MIDI keyboard controllers |
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Drums Yamaha Stage Custom kit with Zildjian Avedis cymbals (in Performance Booth 2) Premier Cabria kit with Zildian ZBT cymbals ( in Performance Booth 4) Roland V-Drums silent/electronic drum kit (in Performance Booth 1) Toca congas A large selection of world percussion, including djembes, bongos, shakers and claves. |
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Other equipment Dell PC Windows XP portable workstation on trolley. Includes various freeware PC only audio software, and a Novation X-Station 25 MIDI keyboard/audio interface/analogue synth simulator. Silent practice booth (Performance Booth 1) independently bookable including Roland Juno-D keyboard, Roland V-Drums, Behringer V-Amp (x2, bass and guitar), Behringer Eurorack UB2222FX mixing desk and Behringer Powerplay Pro XL headphone amplifier. Silent practice booth (Performance Booth 4) with Behringer V-Amp (x2, bass and guitar), Behringer Eurorack UB2222FX mixing desk and Behringer Powerplay Pro XL headphone amplifier. Yamaha electric guitar and bass guitar, Tanglewood electro-acoustic steel-strung guitar, and an electro-acoustic nylon strung guitar. |
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