Historical Legacy:

The studio at the university continues a tradition of electronic music production, established in the early 1970s byProf. Bertold Hummel (Composition) and Prof. Werner Berndsen (recording studio), using state-of-the-art technical means and the following objectives:

• Searching for possibilities of altered aesthetic perception based on constantly evolving hardware and software
• Experiments with sounds
• Testing in the interaction field of classical musicians using special MIDI input devices (see below)
• Research in the field of altered compositional techniques through software-controlled algorithmic processes
• Artistic research in the field of live concert forms by incorporating the aforementioned interactions between performer and computer on stage
• Experience with multi-channel technology (equipped with 8 channels on the production and playback side)
• Innovative studies in the field of analyzing traditional sounds as a basis for a more intensive understanding of the inner structures of sound
• Developments in the field of microtonal sonorities

The aesthetic and content planning, technical conception, and teaching were overseen by lecturer and composer Jürgen Schmitt until the move to the Mozarareal.

In the past, the studio included equipment and software packages such as Logic Pro, Max/MSP, OpenMusic, Symbolic Composer, CSound, ViennaLibrary, SuperCollider, Melodyne, Native Instruments Komplete, Microtuner, Scala, and others. A Capybara 320 sound computation engine, controlled by the KYMA software, complements the audio hardware. MIDI controllers used include a Continuum fingerboard, various pressure-sensitive, light-sensitive, and ultrasonic-sensitive IRCAM controllers, a 'Motor Mix' fader controller, a graphic tablet, a MIDI violin, and a Ztar MIDI guitar.

The eem studio was located in room 214 of the Bibrastraße building until the opening of the Mozartareal and was then relocated to MU.27 & MU.28, where it is located today.