Music Computer Lab

The University of Pennsylvania Music Computer Lab installation was completed in January 1996. This facility was funded by SAS Computing, grants from the Instructional Computing Development Fund, a Pew grant from the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Music Department. The lab, located on the third floor of the music building, has ten networked workstations consisting of a Macintosh computer, MIDI interface, synthesizer, and audio interface. The instructor's station has additional sound resources, and audio transfer and editing equipment. All stations are equipped for audio synthesis, editing, sequencing, notation, and basic video editing.

Access

Hours: monday through friday, 9:00AM to 4:30PM.
Location: Room 306, third floor of the Music Building.

Except for reading days and finals week, the lab is closed when classes are not in session.

The lab is designed primarily to serve undergraduates registered in music classes.
Priority users are students in classes requiring or recommending lab work; at times of heavy usage students will be limited to one hour per session to accommodate other users.
Students should attend an orientation session before using the lab. Times will be announced in classes and posted in the lab.

Additional Practica Musica stations are located in Van Pelt Library
(Rosengarten Reserve & Ormandy Listening Center)

Basic Information:
• headphones are provided for use in the lab.
• Under no circumstances are food, drink, or smoking permitted in the lab.
• The desktop configurations of the computers should not be altered.
• No student work is to be left on the hard drives- DVD/CD-R burners are available for saving your work.
• Access to the instructor's station is limited to music department intructors.
• Copying and installing software is prohibited.
• Software documentation is not to be removed from the lab; CD-ROMs and other peripherals may not be taken out of the music building.
• Any student who abuses lab privileges will lose the right of access to the lab.
• Teaching Assistants will hold office hours in the lab; times will be posted in the lab.

Please report any problems with equipment or software to one of the lab/teaching assistants or email music-lab@sas.upenn.edu.