Appleton Tower
High quality acoustic recording studio. Self-service with training, or under control of recording technician.
| Available for use by | All PPLS staff and postgraduates. PPLS undergraduates as part of coursework or honours dissertation. |
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| Support | ppls.studio@ed.ac.uk |
| Location | Appleton Tower basement |
| Priority | 1. PPLS staff and students |
| Telephone number | 50 3485 |
| Access | Swipe card. Training is required before using the studio. Access for classes is initiated by the course organizer, who should contact the Undergraduate Teaching Office or Postgraduate Administrative Office with a list of students registered for the class via EUCLID. Access for other students requiring to use the lab in connection with their course work should contact ppls.studio@ed.ac.uk Staff requiring access should contact ppls.studio@ed.ac.uk |
| Booking | Booking system (the booking system is accessible on the university network or via VPN). |
| Lab usage policy | Document
IS Computing Lab Conditions of Use (48.5 KB / PDF)
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Informatics Forum
For very high quality recordings, we use a high-end Pro Tools HD system in conjunction with the anechoic chamber.
A very high quality acoustic recording studio. 4 individual acoustically-isolated rooms. Near-anechoic chamber for very high quality low-reverberation voice recording. Dedicated eye-tracking studio and a pair of studios which can be optionally linked by a soundproof window. All rooms can be operated independently, allowing 4 simultaneous recording sessions.