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EEMS offers a laboratory environment with a community of professors and scholars, excellent hardware and software resources. All together, they create a dynamic space of investigation for new compositional projects.
EEMS offers five different studios, including: a recording studio, two mixing studios, an intermedia lab room, and an electronic instruments studio. All house high-quality equipment and software. These spaces allow excellent working conditions for students to develop their personal works, make recordings, conduct rehearsals, and more.
Below is a detailed look at our studios, including equipment lists.
EDITION STUDIO I
Edition Studio I is a single user facility reserved for students in the introductory courses (MUS 329E and 329G). It has a Mac Pro with an RME Fireface UFX audio interface and a Mackie MCU Pro control surface, a Yamaha Disklavier Upright, an Oxygen 8 Keystation and Oxygen 88 keyboard controller, and a variety of audio software and sample libraries.
HARDWARE
- 4 speakers BM12
- Subwoofer Genelec 7040
- iMac
- Piano with
- Mackie control
SOFTWARE
- Ableton live
- Max Msp
- Logic pro
- Reaper
- Ircam Forum complete
PLUGINS
- Grm tools
- Arturia
- Komplete 8
- Kontakt
- Ircam Tools
- Uvi plugins
- Ircam instruments 2
- Ircam prepared Piano
- Swam instruments 2
- Wave Gold
- RX 8
Studio II
Intermedia Lab
HARDWARE
- 5 speaker Genelec 8340
- 2 speaker Dynaudio BM15
- 1 Subwoofer big bag
- 5 Tannoy DM12
- 3 Amplifiers ….
- Microphone Pre-Amp
- Audio control
- Mackie Control
- Microphone
SOFTWARE
- Ableton live
- Max Msp
- Logic pro
- Reaper
- Ircam Forum complete
PLUGINS
- Grm tools Complete
- Arturia
- Komplete 8
- Kontakt
- Ircam Tools
- Uvi plugins
- Ircam instruments 2
- Swam instruments 2
- Ircam prepared piano
- Wave gold
- Reverb
- Forum Ircam
- RX
Edition Studio III
Edition Studio III contains essentially the same hardware and software as Studio II, but is a smaller project studio designed for advanced users. Like Studio II, it is easy to connect a laptop to the audio playback system, keyboards, and control surfaces. Studio III can also serve as the control room for recording sessions in Studio IV, using a Yamaha DM-1000 mixer and tie lines that connect the two studios.
HARDWARE
- 2 speaker Genelec 8330
- 1 Subwoofer Genelec 7040
- 4 Tannoy DM10
- Amplifier
- Microphone Pre-Amp
- Audio control
- Mackie Control
SOFTWARE
- Ableton live
- Max Msp
- Logic pro
- Reaper
- Ircam forum softwares
PLUGINS
- Grm tools [plugins]
- Arturia
- Komplete 8
- Kontakt
- Ircam Tools
- Uvi plugins
- Ircam instruments 2
- Swam instruments 2
- Ircam prepared piano
- Wave Gold
Studio IV
Recording & Multichannel Studio
Studio IV functions primarily as a recording studio, using tie lines that connect it to the Yamaha DM-1000 mixer and patch bay in Studio III. When not being used for recording, Studio IV is designed to be used as a stand-alone quad mixing studio. It has a baby grand (C3 model) Yamaha Disklavier, RME Fireface UFX audio interface, and a Yamaha O2R Mixer.
HARDWARE
- 8 Genelec 8330
- 1 Subwoofer Genelec 7060
- G3 Yamaha Grand Piano with
- Mixer Yamaha OR2
- Rme UFX
Studio V
Studio V is a large lab space dedicated to real-time performance and multichannel projects. It has an antique Serge modular synthesizer that has recently been refurbished and is in excellent working condition. It also has a quad playback system (Tannoy System 12 DMTs), as well as stereo Genelec nearfield monitors with a subwoofer.
EMS Live Performance Equipment
The department has up to 14 sets of speakers for live performances along with a wide variety of microphones for amplification and recording.
Additional Equipment
Microphone
Mixer
Audio station
Camera
Projector
Sensor