USSS Equipment

USSS comprises six studios with a wide range of hardware and software for use in composition, sound recording, production, editing, design and performance.

A large mixing console in a recording studio
On

Studio Hardware and Resources

A large analogue mixing console in a recording studio
Recording sound for film
A MIXING DESK IN A RECORING STUDIO
A student producing music at a computer
Audio interfaces and compressors in a rack
Two guitar amplifiers in a recording studio
playing instruments guitar and piano
pair of students setting up drum kit in studio
Women singer recording into mic
A LARGE MIXING CONSOLE IN A RECORDING STUDIO
● ● ● ●

The USSS has a wide collection of microphones from leading brands such as Neumann, DPA, AKG, SE, Shure, AudioTechnica and Sennheiser.  

The six studios are designed with different approaches to sound creation in mind:

USSS 1 Large Control Room

  • Audient ASP8024HE 24 channel analogue console with patchbay and Dual Layer Control (DLC)
  • Mac M2 Studio Max
  • Neve 33609/N stereo limiter/compressor
  • Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor compressor
  • Ferrofish A32Pro Dante audio interface
  • Audient ORIA Immersive audio interface and monitor controller
  • Stereo, 5.1 and 8 channel Genelec monitoring

USSS 2 Large Live Room

  • Live room variable acoustic
  • Marshall Origin 50 Head & Origin 2x12 cabinet
  • Orange CR60 amplifier
  • Ampeg SVT-7 Pro bass head and Pro Neo 410HLF cabinet
  • Yamaha Stage Custom drum kit with Sabian AAX cymbals

USSS 3 Stereo Composition and Playback Room

  • Mac Mini M2 Pro
  • RME Fireface UCX
  • Genelec monitoring

USSS 4 Surround Sound Composition and Playback Room

  • Mac Mini M2 Pro
  • RME Fireface UFX
  • Genelec 5.1 monitoring

USSS 5 Stereo Control Room

  • Mac Mini M2 Pro
  • RME Fireface UC
  • SSL Control Surface
  • Octopre microphone preamps
  • Genelec stereo monitoring

USSS 6 Foley Studio & Live Room

  • Foley pits and materials
  • TV with connection to USSS 1
  • Upright Piano

Software 

  • Logic Pro
  • Sibelius
  • PureData & USSS Tools
  • Reaper
  • GRM Tools
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Supercollider
  • Csound

Concert Sound System

An audience at a concert surrounded by loudspeakers

The USSS Sound Junction concert system is a 32-channel 3-dimensional diffusion system with custom software and hardware. The majority of the 32 loudspeakers are Genelec (10*8040A, 1032, 1031, 8030, 7070subs). Playback is from a dedicated PC running the SuperDiffuse software (written by James Surgenor in Supercollider) through a control voltage fader-box. Audio interfaces are MADI RME (MADIface and M32DA).

See the Sound Junction pages for a history of diffusion and projection of acousmatic electroacoustic music at Sheffield.

The development of the concert sound system has been made possible by the generosity of alumni and staff through contributions to the University’s Alumni Fund. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/giving/home

Related information