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Room 257c is a high-specification all-digital studio,
built around a Cubase PC and the Yamaha 02R
digital mixer with automation and onboard effects,
synchronised to the ADAT recorder. Sound sources
include a Korg Prophecy, a Kurzweil K2500, and an
Akai S3000XL.
257c: Korg Prophecy synthesiser, Kurzweil K2500 synthesiser,
Roland JV-2080 module, Akai S3000XL sampler, PC/64 MB/2. I
GB, A WE64, Portman 2x4 MIDI interface, Samson Servo-240
iamplifier, Yamaha 02R digital mixer, P&R PB48 patchbay x2,
Soundcrqft Spirit Absolute II speakers, Alesis ADAT-XT,
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recording medium is the Akai DR-16 hard disk
recorder, with mastering to DAT.
255: Fatar Studiologic SL-I100 keyboard Emu Ultraproteus
module, Alesis QSR module, Alesis DM5 drum module,
Behringer dynamic processor MDX2100, Behringer Ultraflex II
enhancer EX3100, PC/64 MB2.1 GB, A WE64, Samson Servo240 amnplfier, Mackie CR 1604 VIZ mixer, P&R PB48patchbay
x2, Soundcraft Spirit Absolute II speakers, Tascam DA-30 Mk II
DAT, Akai DR-16 hard disk recorder
Portable: PC/32 MB/I GB, Sound Galaxy NX16, P&R PB48
patchbay, Tascam DA-20 DAT, Akai S3000XL sampler, Technics
SU-VS00 amplifier, Technics SL-PG370A CD player, Technics
RS-TR373 tape deck, Forefront FFT MIDI interface, Yamaha
MUSO module, Alesis Midiverb 4, Phonic PCL3200 compressor,
Technics A900 Mk2 speakers, Macintosh SE
Microphones - Shure 588SD-LCx4, AKG C1 000Sx2, Rode NT2
x2, Sennhesier E604 x4, Sennheiser E602, RS dynamic
4 Activities
A range of performance opportunities exist at APU.
Students and staff perform at a variety of events
within the department, in the Mumford Theatre, and
in the Paradise Street studios of the Music
Department. Both departments participate in the
annual Cambridge Digital Arts Festival, along with
musicians from the city's other university.
5 Research
Some members of staff and their research interests
are:Geoff Batty (Acoustics; Musical Instruments; Organ
Performance, Construction and Development)
Dr Allen Brown (Real-time DSP; Music
Technology; High Resolution Spectral Analysis;
Multimedia Technology)
Dr Douglas Nunn [Studio manager] (Music
Technology; Auditory Scene Analysis; Software
Synthesis; Gestural Controllers; Brass Instruments)
Dr Geoff Sweet [Pathway leader and Admissions
tutor] (Music Technology; Modem Piano Music;
DSP; Inverse Problems of Fuzzy Instrumentation)
John Ward (Music Technology; Computer
Applications; Dance Music)
Peter Wilkinson [Technician] (Music Technology;
Studio Design)
James Nelson [PhD student] (Real-time Wavelet
Analysis)
Further information is available on the website at
http://www.anglia.ac.uk/appscwww/mped/
Studio 257b
Room 257b is a compact digital studio. It includes a
Cubase PC, a Kurzweil PC-88 synthesiser, another
S3000XL, and other modules and effects, routed via
a 16-channel mixer to ADAT.
257b: Kurzweil PC-88 keyboard Korg XS-DR drum module,
RolandJV-1080 module, Behringer dynamic processor
MDX2100, Alesis Midiverb 4, PC/64 MB/2.1 I GB, AWE64,
Samson Servo-240 amplifier, Mackie CR 1604 VLZ mixer, P&R
PB48patchbayx2, Yamaha NS10-M speakers, Alesis ADAT-XTk
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Room 255 is another PC-based studio, this time
using Cakewalk. A Fatar SL-1100 keyboard controls
various modules and processors. The primary
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