School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

Key facts: School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology

We're one of the leading centres for practice-based education in the creative disciplines within the North West. We pride ourselves on the specialist programmes we offer which benefit from close relationships with industry.

We have 4,500+ students studying on 50+ programmes including International Foundation Year, Bachelors and Masters degrees, PhD, the UK’s only degree, international exchange and semester study abroad, Continuing Professional Development programmes, short courses and Summer Schools.

Subject areas include: , , Performance, Animation, Computer and Video Games, Dance, English language, Film Studies, Media Technology, TV and Radio, Graphics, Interior and Product Design, Fine Art, English Literature, Creative Writing and Practice, Politics and Contemporary History, Drama, Playwriting, Comedy Studies, Film, Radio and TV Scriptwriting. Journalism at the University of Salford Media City UK Core modules

Broadcast pathway: • Critical Journalism Studies • Broadcast Journalism Multimedia pathway: • Critical Journalism Studies • Multimedia Journalism Optional modules

• • Court Reporting • Feature Writing • Political Communication, Media and Democracy • Quays News News Days Extra-curricular activities Sports Partnerships Admissions Tutor Andrew Fletcher [email protected]

@UoSJournalism @SalfordUniPR @salfordnow @quaysnews Music Directorate International Exchange Co-ordinator Dr Robin Dewhurst [email protected] Why Choose Salford?

• Music degrees at Salford have been established for over 40 years. The tradition and heritage of this remains our core ethos which we are immensely proud of.

• We developed the first degree course in the UK specialising in Musicianship.

• We developed the first degree course in the UK specialising in & Recording. League Table 2020

• Salford now have a top 20 place out 88 institutions who teach music • 2nd in the UK for Popular Music & Creative Music Technology • 2nd in the North West for Music, all styles and genres

National Students Survey

• We have consistently gained a top 5 place for every question asked of our students in last years survey • Teaching • Assessment & Feedback • Academic Support • Overall Satisfaction • Learning Opportunities • Organisation & Management • Learning Resources • Learning Community Our Undergraduate Courses

• Creative Music Technology (W374) • Musical Arts (W304) • Popular Music & Recording (J931)

• Music Foundation Year – Creative Music Technology WH74 – Musical Arts W300 – Popular Music & Recording W341 Music at the University of Salford Creative Music Technology - Musical Arts - Popular Music & Recording Areas of Study: Recording Performance Studio Recording & Production, Ensemble Musicianship, Location Recording, Audio for , Improvisation, Vocal Media, Live Sound Engineering Harmony, Session Musicianship, Latin Percussion Composition & Arranging All styles of Composition All styles of Arranging , Music Journalism Studio Composition

Music Theory Professional Development Core Skills, Aural & Transcription Professional Practice Arts Administration Performance Opportunities at the University of Salford

• Pop/Rock//Electronic ensembles • Salford University • Salford University Brass Band • Adelphi Brass Band – Student Directed • Salford Symphonic Winds • Wind Consort • Adelphi Contemporary Music Group • Ensembles Programme • Salford University • Latin Percussion Facilities

The music department is now housed in the £55 million purpose built ‘New Adelphi’.

• 6 industry standard recording studios • 5.1 Studio Composition room • 7.1 Surround Sound mixing control room • Large ensemble/band room • 11 amplified rehearsal rooms • 14 acoustic rehearsal rooms • Mac Suite with 30 workstations • New Adelphi Theatre-350 seated capacity • Music Archive Library • University Library open 24/7 • Peel Hall-large traditional 350 seated hall. Featured on BBC Radio 3 for a number of BBC Philharmonic . New Adelphi Rehearsal Facilities

27 bookable music practice rooms, all with “room in room” construction for maximum acoustic isolation.

• 11 Ensemble Rooms - for amplified band rehearsals, each containing a vocal PA system, stage piano, drum kit and back-line amplifiers for guitars, bass and keyboards / electronics. Equipment includes: PA from QSC, Mackie and RCF. Drum Kits from DW, Yamaha and Mapex. Keyboards from Roland, Nord, Sequential and Waldorf. Bass amps from Ampeg, Mark Bass, Aguilar and Phil Jones. Guitar amps from Fender, Orange, AER, Vox and Mesa.

• 14 Tuition / Practice Rooms - with pianos, guitar amps and Bluetooth stereo playback with one room housing tuned orchestral percussion (marimba, vibes etc.). There are 2 dedicated Drum Tuition rooms with Drum Workshop kits.

• Band Room - a large rehearsal space with variable acoustics, suitable for rehearsing large acoustic ensembles like our Big Band, Brass Bands and Wind Band. It is also used for performance master classes, small concerts, sound reinforcement classes and as a large live room

Opening hours are long - 09:30am until 10.30pm at night and open at the weekends. Music Studios

• 6 fully equipped professional recording studios

• 7.1 surround mixing studio and a voice acting studio.

• 2 X Critical Listening Rooms

• 5.1 Studio Composition room

We have created a creative and educational environment that aims to mirror contemporary professional studio practise. Our general philosophy is to facilitate the use of both analogue and digital recording platforms, software and hardware signal processing. All studios centre around a large format mixing desk which can feed computer and hard disk recording systems as well as 24 track analogue tape machines. All studios make use of professional quality outboard equipment and software plugins as well as comprehensive patch bays, giving students the opportunity to fully explore traditional signal routing, a skill vital to ones progression into professional practice.

Recording Studio equipment

Mixing Desks: Audient ASP 8024: Heritage Edition (24/36 Microphone Preamplifiers with 48/72 mixdown channels) Avid S3 – control surface software controller

Monitoring: ATC SCM-150A Pro PMC IB2S-A Neumann KH310A Avantone Mixcube Genelec 8030/8040 speakers for multi-channel/surround

Recording: Pro Tools HDX RME M-32 - 32 channels of A/D – D/A conversion RME MADIface USB – 64 channel MADI to USB laptop interface Studer A820 – 24 track 2” reel-to-reel tape machine Tascam MSR24 – 24 track 1” reel-to-reel tape machine Tascam DA3000 – 2 channel digital recorder Focusrite Rednet DANTE interfaces for sending digital audio to/from many other spaces in the building including the TV Studios and Theatre spaces. Software & Plugins: Pro Tools HDX, Logic X, Ableton Live, MAX MSP, Sibelius, Native Instruments Komplete, Sound Toys, Waves, Fab Filter, GRM Tools, Adobe CC Suite amongst others.

Microphone Pre-amplifiers: Neve 4081 – 8-channel microphone pre-amp API 3124+ - 4-channel microphone/instrument pre-amp Warm Audio Tonebeast TB12 – Microphone/instrument pre-amp MOTU 828 – 2-channel microphone/instrument pre-amp, 8 line inputs

Outboard Equipment: 2x Empirical Labs Distressor EL8 – Compressor 2x DBX 1066 – 2-channel compressor 2x Warm Audio WA76 – 1176 style compressor 2x Warm Audio EQP WA – Pultec style valve EQ Briscati M7 – Stereo Reverb MOTU MIDI Express XT – 8-channel MIDI interface Plus other equipment from SPL, Klark Teknik, Lexicon, TC Electronics, TL Audio, Drawmer and Alesis amongst many others. Live Rooms: Large professionally treated live rooms, with separation booths available in some studios. All studios feature wall mounted movable panels and large wheeled baffles to allow adjustment/control of room acoustics. Studio 6 utilises the 100m/sq Band Room with double height ceilings for large ensemble recording. Behringer P16-M Headphone Mixers – 16-channel modular digital headphone distribution system.

Amplification: Fender ’65 Twin Reverb Orange Rockerverb Twin Channel Head and PPC212 Cabinet Vox AC30 HW2X Ampeg SVT-7 Pro Bass Amp and SVT-410 Cabinet Markbass CMD 151P Bass Amp Plus other amplifiers from Marshall, Laney, Peavey, Yamaha and Fender.

Microphones and Other Equipment: In addition to the equipment permanently installed in the recording studios, there are a variety of synthesizers, drum machines, instruments and effects units stored in the studios' facilities office that can be booked out for use in sessions. This office also houses our extensive microphone collection. We stock microphones from manufacturers such as Neumann, Brauner, Schoeps, Coles, AKG, Beyer Dynamic, Electrovoice and many more. Access to microphones is streamed as students begin to specialise in music technology. Instruments: All studios feature Yamaha grand or upright pianos, Fender guitars and basses, Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos and professional drum kits by DW, Gretsch, Ludwig and Yamaha.

Synthesizers & Drum Machines: Dave Smith Instruments - Prophet 6 Dave Smith Instruments - Prophet 08 Moog - Sub 37 Roland - Juno 106 Access - Virus C Korg - MS20 Korg - MS2000BR Doepfer - A-100 Modular System Arturia - Micro Brute Elektron - Machinedrum SPS-1 Roland - TR8 Vermona - DRM1

Computer suites: Our suite of 30 iMacs is equipped with sequencing, scoring, editing, synthesis, signal processing and post-production software. The software in the computer suite is, on the whole, the same as that found in the recording studios, so that work can easily be transferred from one facility to another. Pro Tools, Logic, Ableton, Max MSP, Native Instruments Komplete and Sibelius, amongst many others, are standard across all the machines.

Location Recording: There are a variety of facilities available for location recording assignments, ranging from simple stereo microphone and SD/compact flash card recorder kits to 32 track professional recording systems. We stock location microphone kits that can also be borrowed for recording both large acoustic ensembles and venue based band performances.

Opening Hours: Monday - Sunday: 9.00am – Midnight The recording facilities always have at least one technical demonstrator on hand to deal with technical issues and provide students with advice. Industry Collaboration Zones • The ICZs unite colleagues, students, industry and communities through shared knowledge, learning and innovation. By pioneering exceptional industry partnerships, we lead the way in real world experiences, preparing students for life.

• Opportunities to engage and work with industry.

• LowFour Studio – recently nominated for a Royal Television Society award for multi media.

• Sounds From The Other City

• Kirklees Publishing

• All staff are professionals in the multi-disciplined world of music and recommend students for work throughout the year. • Opportunities come to us every week and all are paid! • Student collaboration within our school is across all subject areas. Jobs Performer Musicologist /Arranger Engineer/Producer Teacher/Lecturer Sound/Audio Designer Conductor Software Developer Brand Manager (Music Business) Musical Director Software Designer Instrument Sales Consultant Audiologist Pilot! Interested? More information at https://www.salford.ac.uk/international- opportunities/study-abroad-programme

Contact: [email protected]