
Lab and Equipment
In 2007, the new concert hall, Studio Acusticum, whose ceiling can be raised and lowered up to five meters by an electric motor, was inaugurated. Thereby, a significant variation in the acoustics can be achieved (between 1.2 and 2.6 seconds of reverberation), which means that the hall can be adapted for different types of concerts and can also function as a musical, sound engineering and acoustic laboratory, where the relationship between acoustic properties and music making are examined.
The Acusticum organ at Luleå University of Technology, located in Studio Acusticum concert hall, is a ground-breaking innovative organ by one of Europe's leading organ builders, Gerald Woehl, Marburg, Germany. The organ has a classical core with connections to the German 18th century, as well as a large number voices representing various 19th and 20th century traditions. It also contains a number of so-called percussion-type effect registers. It has a unique overtone mechanism that enables completely new timbres. The organ is also playable via the internet. Organ Acusticum has been the subject of a doctoral thesis, Joaõ Segurado's Never Heard Before: A Musical Exploration of Organ Voicing, and is part of the research project “Tolkningsrum” (“Spaces of Interpretation”), where the connection between musical interpretation and room acoustics is explored.
The professional chamber ensemble Norrbotten NEO, formed in 2007, is also of great importance to the artistic research and development work, which is a leading ensemble specialising in new art music. Norrbotten NEO is based in Studio Acusticum.
The department is also otherwise well equipped for interdisciplinary research where music and technology are combined. The recording equipment is among the best in Sweden and includes advanced digital equipment for recording and editing as well as microphones and mixers of the highest class.
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