La Muse En Circuit has five studios, occupying a total space of 450 sq.m.
CAGE Studio
A large daylight studio with wooden floors, two soundproof booths, and Bösendorfer Model 225 grand piano, suitable for electronic music sessions and 20-piece ensembles.
FLEURET Studio
A small workspace for interdisciplinary projects combining audio-visual and performing arts, equipped with octophonic sound diffusion and a stage for musicians.
BOTTICELLI Studio
Studio for composition, multi-track recording, mixing and mastering, also acts at as a control room for CAGE Studio.
Mixing console
- Sonosax SX-T 16-ch
- TL Audio Valve Master 8-ch
Preamplifiers
- Millenia HV – 3D
- Avalon 737 SP
Converters
- Myteck 8 x 192 ADDA (master clock)
- 3 x Digidesign 192
Monitoring
- Yamaha 02R96 V2 mixer
- 2 x Genelec 1031 stereo speakers
- 7 x A2T 4027 speakers + 2 x A2T subwoofers
Computer
- Power Mac G5 Quad Intel, OS 10.6.8
- Pro Tools 8 HD2
- Pack Waves Diamond 8
- Pitch'n Time Pro
- Altiverb 7
- GRM Tools Evolution
- GRM Tools Classic
- GRM Tools ST
Peripheral
- TC 6000 MK II reverb/mastering
- Yamaha PCM 81 reverb
- Studer A810 ¼" tape recorder
- Tascam CD-RW901 recorder
ANALOG Studio
This studio hosts several modular and early analog synthesizers, including a few historically significant instruments, such as Ring Modulators made for Henri Pousseur, or Serge Modular system used by Eliane Radigue and Jean-Claude Eloy. All systems are pre-installed for convenient patching, and comes with analog mixing console, high-quality digital converter, monitor speakers, and ProTools LE for storage and mixing.
Synthesizers
- Serge Modular Music Systems
- EMS Synthi (VCS 3) II
- Korg MS-50
- PPG Wave 2.0
- Yamaha DX 7 ( I & II)
- Kurzweil MIDIBoard master keyboard
- Roland TR-808 drum machine
Mixing console
- Soundcraft 6000 24-ch
Monitoring
- Yamaha NS-10
- UREI 809
- Genelec 1031
Computer
- Mac G5 quadcore PPC
- Digi002 audio interface
- Apogee Rosetta 800 converter
- ProTools LE
2-tracks
- Denon DN-C630 CD player
- Sony DTC-2000ES DAT recorder
- 2 x Revox PR99 tape recorders
Peripheral
- 2 x Ring modulator (originally made for Henri Pousseur studios)
- Publison Infernal Machine 90 effects processor
- Alesis QuadraVerb
- Valley People Dyna-mite Stereo compressor
- Ashly Dual Chanel compressor/limiter
- Ashly Stereo noise gate
CREATION Studio
A workspace for sound design and digital/computer synthesis equipped with multi-channel speakers system, adjustable for stereo, quadrophonic, 5.1/6-ch, and octophonic sound diffusion.
Hardware
- Mac Pro G5 quadcore Intel Xeon 2.80 GHz, 8 Gb RAM
- RME Fireface 800 interface
- MOTU 828 Mk2 interface
- Fatar Grand Touch 88 keys controller
Software
- ProTools LE
- Ableton Live 8 + Max for Live
- Native Instruments 7 complete suite: Reaktor 5.5 / Kontakt 4/ Reflektor / Absynth 5 / Prism /…
- Pack Waves Diamond 8
- Pitch'n Time Pro
- GRM Tools Evolution
- GRM Tools Classic
- GRM Tools ST
- Ircam Tools Flux
- Max/MSP
Monitoring
- Yamaha 01V96 mixer
- Mackie HR 824 speakers
- Mackie 1510 subwoofer
