Music Studios

The Contemporary Music & Technology Program is home to some of the best gear on the planet. Professional studios, high-end labs and private practice rooms—all in beautiful Nelson.

We have a total of 18 digital audio workstations on campus, all running the industry-standard Pro Tools software and hardware.

General Midi Studio

  • Apple Imac Intel Core Duo Computers

  • Pro Tools Digital Audio Workstation Software

  • Sibelius Notation Software

  • Reason Sound and Sequencing Program

  • Sampletank Sampler Software

Advanced Midi Studios

These labs focus on one of the fastest growing niches of the recording industry, the integrated digital audio and MIDI hard disk recording system. Using Digidesign’s Pro Tools, numerous tracks of digital audio can be mixed and mastered to CD.

  • Apple Intel Core Duo Computer

  • Pro Tools DIGI 02 Control Surface/MIxer

  • Event 20/20 Studio Monitors

  • Propellerheads Reason

  • Mastering Software

  • Native instruments Kontakt

The Kitchen

We call our main studio the Kitchen. It houses a ProTools HD system with a state-of-the-art Pro Control mixing board. We still maintain the tradition with a full rack of analogue dynamic processor and out board effects. 

  • Pro-Tools

  • Mics include Sure SM57s & SM58s, AKG 460s & 414s, Sennheiser 441s & 421s, Neuman U87s and more

  • Reverb units by Yamaha, Lexicon and Eventide

  • Dynamics processors by DBX and Drawmer

  • Pearl Master Studio Drum Kit

  • Yamaha Grand Piano

Shambhala Music & Performance Hall

This facility hosts a variety of activities including performances by guest artists and clinicians, faculty concerts, student recitals and monthly performance classes. The studio is outfitted with a professional recording booth, so all performances may be archived directly to a CD or multi-track digital format for mastering in the recording studio.

By integrating the latest in music production technology into the curriculum, you will be able to get training in many of the facets of music not available at most music schools.

  • Record your latest performance in order to fine-tune your presentation.

  • Compose music and hear the results immediately on one of our computer music workstations. Create a DVD of your final recital for a demo showreel.

Learn more about the Shambhala Music & Performance Hall.