The LSU School of Music Recording Facility includes:
- a concert recording station with mixer
- DAT and cassette recorders
- simple video recording system
- equipment for tape playback
- live sound microphone reinforcement in the Recital Hall
- a Macintosh-based system for hard-disk recording and editing of stereo digital audio
- 24-track digital recording system, including:
- a Mackie 32 x 8 mixer
- three Alesis ADAT 8-track digital recorders (S-VHS tape format)
- Alesis BRC (Big Remote Controller) with autolocation and SMPTE/MIDI synchronization capabilities
- Alesis AI-1 Digital Interface with Sample Rate Converter (for transfer of digital audio to/from DAT and hard drive)
- high quality dynamics processors (compressors, gates and EQ by Aphex, dBx, Alesis and Orban)
- effects processors by Lexicon, Yamaha and Digitech and a professional patchbay, cabling
- monitor system
The Recording Facility has the capability to do multi-mic location recording and sound reinforcement with an array of microphones by Neumann, AKG, Sennheiser, Shure, and Crown.
