Equipment and platforms

3D audio immersion room

The infrastructure of the platform, on the Joseph Aiguier site, is based on two large-volume anechoic chambers allowing the implementation of a high-quality three-dimensional sound field generation system, in particular a High Order Ambisonic (HOA) system comprising 42 loudspeakers equally distributed on a geodesic sphere.

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  • Anechoic chamber 9m x 4m x 4m (fc = 80 Hz)
  • Device of 42 loudspeakers allowing the spatialized sound restitution (HOA, VBAP, transaural techniques)
  • MOCAP device for motion capture
  • Virtual reality headsets (Oculus Quest 2, HTC Vive)
  • 3D microphone set (Eigenmike, Zylia, Neumann KU100 artificial head, DPA 4560 binaural microphones)

Audio recording studio

The Joseph Aiguier site, located in Marseille, has a professional recording studio, acoustically treated, including a recording booth, a mixing and listening room, a digital mixing console connected to a digital audio workstation (DAW).

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  • Acoustically treated recording booth
  • Audio mixing room
  • Digital mixing console (Yamaha 02R96)
  • Studio microphone set (Neumann U87 Ai, Schoeps MK4, Shure, etc.)
  • Multi-channel listening system (Tannoy 1200)
  • Proximity listening system (Neumann KH120 + sub KH750)

Audiometric booths

The Joseph Aiguier site also has two audiometric booths dedicated to listening tests.

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  • Cabins acoustically treated and isolated from external noise
  • Headsets (Stax SR202, Sennheiser HD650, etc.)
  • Physiological measurement equipment (EEG headphones, biopac)

6 DoF audio/video room

The audio/video room with 6 degrees of freedom (6 DoF) on the Joseph Aiguier site allows the participant to be immersed in a virtual environment. This device allows 3D audio and visual rendering and enables the participants to move in any direction. Audio and video capture systems are associated with this device.

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  • 3D audio system WFS
  • Light field video system
  • Dolby atmos 7.1.4 audio system
  • 16 microphone / 16 camera antenna

Audiovisual room: editing, calibration & video mixing

The Joseph Aiguier site has a professional editing and post-production studio, including a computer, a digital mixing console, a calibration screen and a television for viewing.

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  • iMac 27” and storage disk
  • avid-protools and Davinci resolve software
  • Calibration screen
  • Mixing desk
  • Control TV

Shooting platform

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  • Shooting platform of 120 m2
  • Camera and light park
  • HD and DSLR video cameras
  • Aaton XTR Super 16 camera

Image editing rooms (10)

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  • 6 Mac Pro Quad-Core 3.7 Ghz with 10MB M3 cache
  • AMD FirePro D300 graphics processor
  • RAM 16 GB ECC DDR3 1866 Mhz
  • Storage capacity: 1TB

In each station:

  • 2 speakers
  • 1 Mac Full HD 24 inch display
  • 1 4K screen
  • Editing software: Avid Media Composer 8 / Da Vinci Resolve Studio 16 / Premiere Creative Cloud 2020
  • Graphics and special effects software: Adobe Creative Cloud 2020: Photoshop and After Effects / Da Vinci Resolve Studio 16
  • Calibration Software: Da Vinci Resolve Studio 16
  • DCP projection: Easy DCP Player

Additional Hardware:

  • 1 control surface for calibration: Tangent Devices Element BT, KB, MF, TK
  • 1 CG 318 Color Edge 4K calibration screen
  • LTO 6 Quantum Scalar i40 archiving library
  • Blackmagic Ultra Studio 4k graphics card
  • 2 Bluray players/writers

Sound editing rooms (5)

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  • Mac Pro
  • Protools 11
  • Presonus Faderport control surface
  • Plug-ins Digidesign
  • Listening 2 x Adam A7

Music creation booths (5)

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  • iMac 27 – 3.4 Ghz quad-core Core i7
  • 16 GB Ram
  • M-Audio Keystation 88es
  • MOTU Ultralight Mk3 Hybrid
  • 2 x ADAM A7X
  • Beyer DT 770
  • DAW software, virtual instruments and effects
  • Logic Studio 9 (Logic Pro 9, samples and loops)
  • Avid Pro Tools 11
  • EastWest Symphonic Orchestra Gold and Symphonic Choirs
  • Goliath, Stormdrum 2, Silk, Ra, Gypsy
  • Native Instrument, Wave Bundle, Suite Komplete 9, Kontakt 5, Reaktor, Absynth, FM8, Massive, Solide Mix series, Transient Master, Nattery, Abbey Road Drummer, Guitar Rig 5 Pro, The Giant, Session strings…

Multichannel mixing console

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Control room A: 16-track, 5.1 multichannel studio

  • Mac Pro OSX Lion 10.7.5 Quad Core Intel
  • Avid Protools 10.2.0 HDX, Digi 192
  • Avid S3 control surface

Processing plug-in

  • Factory digidesign plug-ins
  • Waves Surround Zone pack
  • Waves Pack (API, SSL, Maserati, etc.)
  • Izotope RX 2 suite
  • Altiverb 7.0

Monitoring

  • SPL Surround Monitor Controller Model 2489
  • 5.1 : 5 x Genelec 1030A + 1 x Sub 1092A
  • Stereo: 2 x Adam P11A
  • Toft Audio ATB console, 16 tracks

Peripherals

  • Avalon VT 737 SP
  • Focusrite Octopre Platinum (ADAT)
  • Alesis Midiverb 4
  • Sony Blu-Ray/DVD/CD BDP S300
  • Tascam MD 301-MKII
  • Behringer Composer MDX2000
  • RANE HC-6 Headphone Amplifier/Distributor
  • ADS Tech Pyro A/V Link Firewire Video Converter
  • Samsung Plasma TV

Music mixer

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  • Booth 50 m2
  • Control room 25 m2

Computer configuration

  • Mac Pro dual core Xeon 2,66 OSX 10.6.8
  • PHILIPS Led Screen HD 107 cm
  • RME Raydat HDSPe sound card
  • AVID Protools 10.2.0

Recording

  • ALESIS HD24 Digital recorder 24 tracks
  • Studer A807 Master tape recorder ¼ inch

Monitoring

  • Adam S3X-H on ZAOR stands
  • Adam A7X
  • Samsung 80 cm led screen/TV with video feedback

Console

  • Audient ASP 8024. Analog console 24 channels In Line, 12 aux, mix bus compressor, integrated patch
  • Audient Dual layer Control. Control surface / Integrated digital console

Peripherals

  • Empirical Labs Fatso Compressor / Stereo Simulator
  • Lexicon PCM96 Effects Processor / Reverb
  • Eventide Eclipse Effects Processor / Harmonizer
  • Enertec Schlumberger Dual broadcast mic preamp I/O on transformer.
  • Benchmark ADC1 192K/24bit A/D Converter
  • Benchmark DAC1 192K/24bit D/A Converter
  • DBX 166XS Stereo compressor
  • Presonus ACP 88 8 channel Gate Compressor
  • Samson C.QUE8 and Presonus HP4 Headphone Amps
  • Technics MASH CD player
  • Rami 4 channel line balancer

Headphones and accessories

  • 2 x Sennheiser HD25
  • 1 x Beyer DT 770

Microphones park

  • Electrostatic microphones
  • 4 x AKG C535 + clamps
  • 2 x AKG C414 + suspensions + anti-pop
  • 1 x Audio Technica ATM 33
  • 2 x Neumann KM184 + clamps + foam
  • 1 x Neumann U87
  • 1 x NeumannTLM 103 + suspension
  • 2 x Royer RE122 Ribbon + clamps
  • 1 x Kit Oktava couple MK012
  • 1 x Shure Beta 91A

Dynamics

  • 3 x Sennheiser MD421
  • 2 x Shure SM 57

Sound recording equipment library

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Stereo case AB MSTC

  • 1 x Couple Shoeps AB MSTC ORTF cardioid
  • 1 x Nagra Seven recorder with case & charger
  • 1 x Sennheiser HD-25 headset
  • 1 x CINELA OSX suspension
  • 2 x Shoeps W20 windscreens

MS stereo case

  • 1 x Couple Shoeps MS cardioid + bidirectional
  • 1 x Nagra Seven recorder with case & charger
  • 1 x Sennheiser HD-25 headset
  • 1 x Rycote MS headset

Double MS case

  • 1 x Double MS Shoeps
  • 1 x Nagra VI recorder with case
  • 1 x Sennheiser HD-25 headset
  • 1 x Rycote 2MS goggle + gun + hair + jersey