Music Technology Lab

Music Technology Lab

MU238
Dr. Dan Hosken
Lab Administrator

The Music Technology Lab (MTL) is the general purpose music technology laboratory located in Room 238 of the Music Building. As part of their fundamental course requirements, all music majors are required to take at least one music technology class. Classes in the MTL (Music 191, Music 391 and Music 567) cover a wide range of music software and electronic music techniques, including music notation, MIDI sequencing, multimedia, and digital audio. Other available functions are ear-training, word processing, and Internet access.

There are 24 computer stations in the Music Technology Lab, each station consisting of:

Apple iMac (1.9 GHz G5 processor / 1.5 gigs of RAM)
EMU PK-6 Keyboard Synthesizer
Iomega Zip Drive
MOTU Fastlane USB MIDI Interface
6 channel line mixer (MIDIMan Multimixer 6 or Rolls MX28)

Also located within the lab:

Networked HP Laser Printer
InFocus screen projection system

The software packages currently being used in the lab:

Macintosh System OSX
Finale2004 (Music Notation)
Digital Performer 4.61 (MIDI Sequencing and Digital Audio)
Reason 3 (Synthesis, Sampling, Sequencing)
Microsoft Office 2004 (Word Processing, Spreadsheeting, etc.)
Safari, Firefox and Internet Explorer (Internet)
Computer Music Software such as Csound, Supercollider, SoundHack, and MarcoHack

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