Software
All USSS PCs are dual boot (Windows and Linux)
Windows Software specific to the studios:
- Steinberg Nuendo
PCs also have under Windows
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Sibelius
- Cubase 4
Here at Sheffield we are pioneering the use of open source software for music. We use Ubuntu Linux and we strongly encourage students to consider installing this operating system on their machines. Packages that we use include:
- Ardour (Digital Audio Workstation) for audio mixing
- Audacity for audio editing
- Pure Data (pd) for computer music programming
- Csound and Blue - Text based computer music programming
We don't just throw you in at the deep end however. In both pd and csound we have ready-made instruments that allow you to make music immediately. Once you begin to figure out what is happening to your sounds, we 'peel back the interface' and show you how the instrument works. Then you can modify it and take whatever you need to make your own set of tools.