{"id":62,"date":"2019-10-28T10:52:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2024-09-10T15:22:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T14:22:37","slug":"research-facilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gre.ac.uk\/sound-image\/research-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Spatial Audio Studio and VR Lab [Editing and Production]<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Designed to enable work across a range of different spatial audio formats including \u2013 Higher Order Ambisonics (up to 4th Order), Dolby Atmos, Auro 3D, DTS-X \u2013 this flexible facility will be equipped with Genelec 8331 loudspeakers, with their concentric tri-axial drivers offering unrivaled spatial reproduction ensuring maximum immersive fidelity. World leading digital to analogue conversion via RME MADI interfaces and the latest Oculus Quest VR headsets complete this studio to provide fully immersive AV rendering with the highest resolution in sound and image.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Digital Immersive Theatre [Presentation & Performance]<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Extensive upgrades to the existing traditional theatre space will transform its functionality from a single purpose front-facing theatre to a fully flexible immersive theatre, enabling reverse presentations or \u2018in-the round\u2019 performances. This new theatre space will enable presentation of immersive media works at scale with robust and flexible infrastructure to accommodate a wide range of needs and research imperatives.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Virtual Production Film Studio [Performance Capture]<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

State-of-the-art Virtual Production filmmaking facility with a 6×3 meter ultra-high definition LED wall (1.5mm pixel pitch and calibrated maximum brightness of 1200 nits), to render virtual environments as fully interactive and flexible backdrops, upgrading \u2018green screen\u2019 technology to provide superior photorealistic rendered virtual worlds.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Loudspeaker Orchestra<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a standard we use Genelec<\/a> loudspeakers in all of our studios, edit suites and in multichannel concerts and installations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IKO<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generating immersive 3D soundfields, the IKO uses an array of twenty speakers to project Higher Order Ambisonic sound spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sound Studio 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADR and Stereo Studio for mixing and voice work<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound Studio One has been designed as an entry-level professional studio for the purpose of creating, recording and editing sound and
music for use in audio and visual work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sound Studio 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stereo Sound Studio for mastering and composition.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

+ Colossus Analogue Synthesiser<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound Studio Two has been designed as a professional studio for the purpose of mixing, editing and recording sound and music for use in
audio and visual work undertaken as part of university studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sound Studio 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bespoke Sound Studio, for recording Foley, ADR and 5.1 surround sound mixing.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound Studio Three has been designed as a professional surround sound studio for the purpose of mixing, editing and recording sound and music for use in audio and visual work undertaken as part of university studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has a live room for recording ADR, Foley, Voice, Instruments and an acoustically treated main studio for mixing and mastering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Microphones and Location Sound Equipment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a wide selection of microphones for recording, including Neumann<\/a>, Sennheiser<\/a> and Rode<\/a> microphones with Rycote<\/a> accessories. In addition to ambisonic microphones Eigenmike, Zylia etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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