Records music and dance performance; digitizes older recording media
This state-of-the-art recording studio and digitization lab is capable of professional quality audio and visual recordings for research purposes. The performance room features a Steinway grand piano, a wooden floor suitable for dancing, and an isolation booth, as well as high-quality microphones and recording equipment. As a fully sound-proofed space, it is also suitable for the study of sound and movement. We also use the space for the dissemination of music- and dance-related research. The adjacent digitization lab is capable of recording performances, audio, video, photo and records digitization, and of playback. It is outfitted with sound equipment such as microphones, speakers, monitors, mixing boards, reel-to-reel machines, cassette decks, record players, as well as video cameras, stereo equipment and playback units in a variety of formats. It also houses computers, CD and DVD burners, older format audio and video machinery, audio and video editing software, encoding hardware and software, server storage and transcription hardware and software to facilitate musical analysis and transcription.
Digitization of audio and visual recordings, audio visual and photographic recording- both on- and off-site, editing audio and visual recordings, transcription of audio and visual recordings
- Arts and cultural industries
- Education
- Tourism and hospitality
Specialized labs and equipment
Equipment |
Function |
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Pro Tools HDX Audio work station |
Used for transferring archival audio media to a digital format. It is also used to create and edit born digital media. |
Final Cut Pro/Blackmagic 4K Extreme Video work station |
Used for transferring archival video media to a digital format. It is also used to create and edit material that originated in digital form - “born digital media.” |
Bravo SE duplication system |
Used for duplication of CDs and DVDs |
Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner |
Used to scan text and images as documents for archival preservation. |
Tandberg Storage Library T24 LTO |
Used to back up all digital media created while conforming to the Digital Archives of Canada Standards for long-term backup. |
D7100 with micro and macro lens Photography kit and lighting kit |
Used to photograph archival materials, making them more accessible to researchers. It is also used to create born-digital content for researchers who require the capturing of new content |
Sony HDV cameras Video kit and lighting kit |
Used to create born-digital content for researchers who require the capturing of new content. |
Assorted portable digital audio recorders |
Used for recording interviews or field work |
Additional information
Title |
URL |
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Review of Prefer Performance, a promotional CD produced at the RMPR and Digitization Lab (2011, Ethnologies 33/1: 320-22) |
http://www.erudit.org/revue/ethno/2011/v33/n1/1007814ar.html?vue=resume&mode=restriction |
Sounds of Preserving Culture Loud and Clear |
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Interview with Richard MacKinnon and Victor Tomiczek (re: protest song CD project) |
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Protest Songs project website (including song recordings) |
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Cape Breton’s Diversity in Unity (Beaton Institute virtual exhibit) |
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Beaton Institute – Ethnocultural Resources Inventory |
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm4/description.php?phpReturn=typeListing.php&id=56 |