Facilities

• The UNCA Recording Studio includes 24- and  16-track analog recorders, multiple MDRs, and  direct-to-disk recording via Pro Tools.  This facility also houses a variety of microphones, limiters/compressors, noise gates, dbx and Dolby noise reduction units, single-ended noise reduction, various signal processors, etc.  various audio measurements. Audio ties from our 614-seat auditorium to the control room for use as an auxiliary studio for recording large ensembles. Cakewalk Pro Audio, Sound Forge, CD Architect, and a CD-R drives for burning and duplicating compact discs.
  
• The UNCA Pro Tools Room provides students with a fully-professional digital and editing environment complete with 5.1 surround sound capability.
  
• The UNCA Computer Music Laboratory currently houses various microcomputers  with MIDI interfaces, synthesis and sampling modules such as the Kurzweil K2500/RS, E-MU Classic Keys, Roland D-110, S-550, Proteus II, Yamaha TX-81Z, as well as numerous digital signal processing devices, SMPTE synchronization to video. Software includes MAX, Reason, ACID Pro, SONAR, and other similar programs.
  
• Our Aural Skills Laboratory includes ear training software and other computer-assisted instructional software.

• Music Performance Spaces include Lipinsky Auditorium (614 seats), and the Music Department's dual purpose Rehearsal/Recital Space with movable seating which is used for rehearsals of our larger performance groups, as well as for informal recitals, workshops, and other special events.

• All of the Music Department's practice rooms are acoustically treated for maximum sound isolation, as are our teaching studios and percussion studio.

email: music@unca.edu

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