B4
Completion requirements
2. Studio Computer
General Information
| Mac Mini (Late 2014) | |
| OS | macOS Sierra (10.12.6) |
| Processor | 3 GHz Intel Core i7 |
| Memory | 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 |
| Internal Storage | 256GB PCIe-based Flash Storage |
| Graphics | Intel Iris 1536 MB |
| Processor Name | Intel Core i7 |
| Processor Speed | 3GHz |
| Total no. of Cores | 2 |
The studio Mac Mini is stored in the right-hand bay of the Sonnet RackMac Mini, which is mounted in the left-hand rack unit, just below the patch bays. The 'On' button is on the right hand side of the front panel. Connect the Mac Mini to the Belkin Thunderbolt 2 Express Dock via the orange-marked white Thunderbolt cable.
The Admin user is 'ems' - the password is also 'ems'. Students are welcome to install additional software, drivers, plugins etc.., but please don't uninstall anything or update the operating system without first asking permission. Some software developers are quicker at adapting to macOS updates than others.
Please do not store project files, audio or video locally on the internal SSD. There is very little space available, and this must be kept free to enable users to record and playback directly to and from the internal drive. The easiest way to stay on top of this is to store your files on the desktop whilst you work, then to move them to your own disk, the Staff+Student Drive and/or the EMS File Server once you're finished. Any files left on the Desktop will be moved to the 'Desktop Tidy' folder on the Staff+Student Drive, and any files left elsewhere and improperly labelled will be deleted. For more information about file storage, see the dedicated storage section of this document.
Software
The following software is owned by the department, and is installed for use on the studio Mac Mini. Note: software installed by students, or for which we don't hold a valid licence is not listed here.
| Application | Version |
| Ableton Live 9 | 9.7.4 |
| Ableton Live 8 | 8.2.1 |
| Arduino IDE | 1.6.7 |
| Cubase | 7.0.7 |
| Equator | 1.11 |
| Euphonix EuControl | 3.3 |
| Focusrite Control | 1.0.2 |
| Garageband | 10.2.0 |
| iLok Licence Manager | 3.1.7 |
| iZotope Ozone | 6.1 |
| Logic Pro X | 10.4.1 |
| Max | 7.3.5 |
| Melodyne | 3.2 |
| Pro Tools | 12.3.0 |
| Reaper (+ ReaMote) | 5.80 (64-bit) |
| ROLI Dashboard | 3.1.5 |
| Soundhack | 1.1 |
| Spear | 0.7.4 |
| 3rd Party Plugins | Format |
| Focusrite Red 2 EQ | AU, AAX, VST |
| Focusrite Red 3 Compressor | AU, AAX, VST |
| iZotope Insight | AU, AAX, VST |
| iZotope Meter Tap | AU, AAX, VST |
| Michael Norris Soundmagic Spectral | AU |
| Native Instruments Komplete 8 | AU, AAX*, VST |
| Softube Saturation Knob | AU, AAX, VST |
| Softube TSAR-1R Reverb | AU, AAX, VST |
| Softube Tube Delay | AU, AAX, VST |
| Spitfire Symphonic Strings Ensembles** |
*Note: Battery 3 is 32-bit RTAS only, and thus not compatible with Pro Tools 12.
**Note: The samples are stored on the Staff+Student Drive in the 'Audio' folder. This is not the Kontakt Player compatible pack, so requires a full version of Kontakt 5 to run. You cannot add the entire library to Kontakt as you can with the full version, but instead you'll need to load files manually. This can be done via the ‘Files’ browser, at the top left hand side of Kontakt, or by simply dragging the instrument files over the Kontakt window to load them.
Storage
Please do not store project files, audio or video locally on the internal SSD. There is very little space available, and this must be kept free to enable users to record and playback directly to and from the internal drive. The easiest way to stay on top of this is to store your files on the desktop whilst you work, and to move them to your own disk, the Staff+Student Drive and/or the EMS File Server once you're finished. Any files left on the Desktop will be moved to the 'Desktop Tidy' folder on the Staff+Student Drive, and any files left elsewhere and/or labelled ambiguously will be deleted.
The Staff+Student Drive is a 4TB Hard Disk Drive, connected permanently to the studio Mac Mini via Thunderbolt. It is has a Hard Drive speed of 7200RPM, and a data transfer rate of 20 Gbit/s. Navigate to the correct area of the drive using the 'Student' and 'Staff' aliases on the Mac Mini desktop. Here you can create a personal folder to store / backup up to 100gb of data per student. Please note that the department is not responsible for data loss; any data stored on the Staff+Student Drive must also be backed up elsewhere. Student folders will be moved to their new location over the summer vacation: eg. folders in the 3rd Year area will be moved to the 4th year before the start of the new academic year. Please do not eject the Staff+Student drive.
