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Electronic Music StudioThe Electronic Music Studio comprises sophisticated digital audio/visual equipment to facilitate faculty and postgraduate research in electronic music composition, computer music, acoustics, sound design, interactive performance, and music production. It comprises a professional soundproof recording studio and adjacent electronic studio, where the main recording operations, teaching, and research take place.

The electronic studio houses a Sony DMP-R100 48-track digital mixing console, three 6-foot racks mounted with a number of 24-bit/96kHz effect processors, pre-amp units, and finalizers from Drawner, Eventide, Focusrite, Lexicon, and T.C. Electronic. It also has the latest SACD/DSD equipment, and a dCS 904E A/D Converter. Digital audio processing is made possible by a G5 Macintosh computer and a 192-bit Pro Tools audio system with a number of DSP cards installed. The computer is linked to more than ten sound modules and synthesizers of various kinds. Video equipment and time code generators are also set up for audio-visual synchronization work.

The recording studio can accommodate up to ten musicians, and has a Yamaha EL-87 Electone, Yamaha DC1IIXG Disklavier, digital and acoustic drum sets, as well as guitar and bass amplifiers. More than one thousand minutes of music have been recorded and produced in the studio to date, some of which have been published on CDs.

 

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