Facilities and equipment

We have world-class facilities and equipment including three studios, edit rooms, practice rooms and a TV studio.

We are doubling our facilities space

The existing facilities in our Performing Arts Technology Studios will be upgraded and complemented by our new £1.7m state-of-the-art production and media suites, which will be ready for use by students from September 2022.

All studios, edit rooms and acoustic rooms in the new space will be linked by a new Dante digital audio network, providing audio interconnection between each room, plus video interconnects for flexible configurations of the recording spaces and studios.

Phase 1 

To be completed by August 2022:

  • Mac lab (118 sqm)
  • Audio Lab (35 sqm)
  • Self-study computer lab (46 sqm)
  • TV studio sound stage, gallery, sound room, vision and lighting room, and machine room
  • Dolby Atmos equipped surround sound recording studio
  • Creative music technology workshop/performance room
  • New postgraduate research student room
  • New film and TV equipment stores facility
  • Acoustic works to the synth lab studio
  • Acoustic works to studio 2, accommodating a new Neve 88RS mixing console.

 

Phase 2

To be completed during the 2022/23 academic year:

  • Two sound isolated recording rooms
  • New synth room
  • Foley/voice recording room
  • Colour grading/edit room
  • Three audio edit suites.

Music facilities

Students performing in a recital

Studio 1

Designed for recording classical music. The studio floor is designed to be acoustically similar to a chamber concert hall, with a reverb time of around 1.1 to 1.5 seconds.

Male student playing the guitar

Studio 2

Designed for pop recording. The studio floor is acoustically treated to limit the recorded reverberation and allow for greater separation between the instruments.

Students being shown how to use a soundboard

Studio 3

Used primarily for mixing recordings made in the other studios. There is an overdub room for adding additional parts to recordings.

Male using MOOG equipment

Synth Lab

This world-class facility has a unique selection of Moog synthesisers centred on a modular System 55.

Piano and music stand

Practice and teaching spaces

We have a series of practice rooms for both acoustic and amplified instruments ​​​and spaces equipped specifically for music teaching.

Media facilities

We are home to a TV studio, edit rooms, the ITU-R BS.1116 critical listening room and audio laboratory and Mac labs.

Camera set up for an interview with two males in background sitting on chairs
TV studio
Hands using editing equipment on Mac
Media suites
Microphones in stands

Equipment

We are home to a vast collection of professional quality microphones, mobile equipment and band gear.

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‘The Lady is a Tramp’ by Frank Sinatra, performed by the University of Surrey Big Band

‘The Lady is a Tramp’ by Frank Sinatra, performed by the University of Surrey Big Band, with Alex and Jacob on lead vocals. Filmed and produced by Tonmeister students.