'The full range of more conventional musical activity is all there, of course, but the Academy is embracing the new technology and new musical directions to be found in the worlds both of eductation and the music profession... the developments at the Academy are many, and would probably have horrified a lot of its denizens of 30 years ago.'
Classical Music, September 2006

Workstations are available throughout opening hours, equipped with the latest software including word-processing, spreadsheets, desk-top publishing and music notation. The Academy is also enabled for wireless networking from students' personal computers. Students have free access to email and the internet as well as to an increasing range of e-learning initiatives. The Academy provides computer training, enabling students to master essential management and promotional skills.
 

Creative Technology Lab (CTL)
The Academy has recently invested substantially in creative technology and collaborates closely with the Media Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT.

The newly-built Creative Technology Lab (Winner of the ULU Laurel Award) is a professional recording, composition, synthesis, restoration, mixing and mastering studio of the highest level and sits at the heart of the Academy's musical vision for an increasingly high-tech future. The CTL hosts an annual programme of events and research projects, and provides resources for the teaching of music technology at the Academy. The CTL offers composers, performers and researchers access to audio and video recording/editing, and to the latest developments in electroacoustic/ electronic music and audio analysis.

The Creative Technology Suite incorporates a number of studios and teaching rooms with an array of music technology including Powerbook mobile audio systems, wireless motion sensors, hyper-instruments, MAX/MSP, Jitter, the IRCAM software suite, plus Sibelius and Finale notation software and Sequoia/Samplitude editing software on desktop and Tablet PCs. The CTL is run by a team of friendly musicians with a wide range of expertise including audio analysis, psycho-acoustics, cross-media music, and research into the musical applications of Artificial Intelligence.

Audio production
The Creative Technology Lab is the production hub for the Academy's web-based 'radio' station, which is produced by students and showcases Academy-generated music and events. Production, broadcasting, and multimedia skills are taught formally and shared outside the classroom through the Academy's intranet.

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The Academy's intranet is the portal for all electronic communication, including news, diaries, timetables, email, digital coursework and audio materials.

Email: technology@ram.ac.uk