Studio Spaces and Equipment
The Studio for Electroacoustic Music of the Academy of Arts consists of the following production units:
Studio 1
Studio 1 is the central production location of the SEM. The acoustically optimized and daylight-flooded room is 57 square meters in size and can be used very flexibly. The studio is equipped with professional analog and digital technology and is particularly suitable for multi-channel productions. It can be used for recording, mixing, mastering, digitizing and as a rehearsal and small event room. The permanently installed crossbar allows for an individually adapted configuration of the total of 24 available loudspeakers for each project
Central components of the equipment:
Computer
- 2 x MacBook Pro 15'' 2,2 GHz Intel Core i7
- Interfaces: RME FF802, MOTU MIDI XT, u. a.
Speakers
- 4 x Musikelectronic Geithain RL900
- 4 x Musikelectronic Geithain RL900A
- 8 x Musikelectronic Geithain RL904
- 8 x Genelec 8030
- Hermann Scherchens Nullstrahler
Routing & Mixers
- D.O.Tech M.1K2 MADI Matrix
- Behringer WING
- Neumann N20, 24 Channels
- Dante Network
Playback
- Alesis ADAT XT
- Tascam DA 88
- Tascam DA 30
Instruments
- Kawai grand piano
- Subharchord synthesizer
- Landscape Stereo Fields synthesizer
- Soma The Pipe synthesizer
- eowave quadrantid swarm synthesizer
- Yamaha DX7 synthesizer
- 2x AMS3 modular synthesizer
- Formant modular synthesizer
- 3x Eurorack modular system
Software
- Max 8
- Pro Tools 2020
- Ableton Live 11
- Logic Pro X
- Cockos Reaper
- Wavelab
- Komplete 12
- Waves Diamond Bundle
- GRM Tools
Studio 2
Studio 2 provides space for two-channel productions and recordings, as well as for artists to work independently on their projects.
Central components of the equipment:
- 2 x Musikelectronic Geithain RL900A
- Yamaha DM1000 with MADI, ADAT and Dante cards
- STAX Lambda Pro + SRM Amplifier
- Studer A 812
- Mac Pro 2019 - 3,2 GHz 16-core, 32 GB RAM with Radeon Pro 580X, 8 GB
Software
- Pro Tools 2020
- Logic Pro X
- Ableton Live 11
- Cockos Reaper
- Komplete 12
- Max 8
- Wavelab 10
- HOFA CD & DDP Bundle
- Waves Diamond Bundle
Recording Room
The recording room is located between the two studios and can be used by both studios. It is particularly suitable for voice and small instrumental recordings. The microphone equipment consists of a wide range of small and large diaphragm microphones, as well as some rarities such as an artificial head or a larynx microphone.
There is also a small editing station with 2x Genelec 8030 speakers, Mackie 1404 analog mixer, a 49-key MIDI keyboard, and a USB-C hub available here.