Music and Sound Recording Studios

Our brand-new music and sound recording studio complex enable students to use high-end professional technology to get the best results from complex recording sessions.

Students use and explore these facilities to create a wide range of projects, which include sound design, composition and post-production for film, animation, and video games.

Our studios have several recording spaces, a live performance room, and recording control rooms. Each contains high-specification equipment, which students can use to record, process, and mix sounds to professional standards.

Explore our Music and Sound Recording Studios

Equipment and amenities

96-channel Neve Genesys Black console
Solid State Logic (SSL) Matrix2 16-channel recording console, with ten Neve 1074 preamplifiers, eight SSL E series EQ and Dynamics, and eight Neve EQ and Dynamics
Dolby Atmos 7.1.4 surround studio
Manley Massive Passive sound equaliser and Maselec sound compressor for mastering recordings
Buchla System 7 synthesiser, built by Don Buchla
Hardware synths, including emulations of classic synths
Musical instruments, including the Fender Stratocaster and Jazz Bass guitars, Pearl Export drum kits, and Roland SPD electronic drum pads
Instrument and voice microphones from brands such as Neumann, AKG, Sennheiser, and Sontronics
Marshall and VOX Valve amplifiers
Kemper guitar head

Editing suites and tools

There are five editing suites containing iMac machines, SSL audio interfaces, Genelec monitoring, and assorted software relevant to the course.

Students can also access approximately 60 iMac computers in the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries' Eldon Building. These are installed with software for video game creation, sound creation, and manipulation software, including: