RECORDING / TESTING / ANALYSIS

Professional soundproof recording studio for 16-track recording

Computerized Bösendorfer Concert Piano:
Expanded octave range, force sensors and motors on every key, records and reproduces piano performance with great precision.

Available at BRAMS laboratories – Contact info

• Fifteen computer data analysis work stations

Available at BRAMS laboratories – Contact info

• One Apple Mac Pro (8-core, 64GB of RAM) data analysis station for heavy data such as MRI or MEG data.
• One windows data analysis station.

Available at BRAMS laboratories – Contact info

EEG/MEG data analysis software.

Available at BRAMS laboratories – Contact info

Echo-free simulation of complex 3D acoustic environments and testing of spatial hearing

Twenty m2 soundproof and echo-free chamber

80-channel spherical loudspeaker array (~2m diameter):
Allows controlled simulation of sound environments.

KEMAR mannequin:
Binaural recording and calibration.

Polymus 3D head tracker:
3D localization of head position and orientation.

32-channel spherical Eigenmike microphone array:
Captures 3D sound environments, allows real-time control of directional microphone characteristic.

Binaural in-ear microphones:
Recording of individualized directional transfer functions, recording of spatial stimuli for MRI experiments.

Available at BRAMS laboratories  – Contact info

In the McGill Language Acquisition Lab, a number of methods and techniques are available to researchers running language acquisition studies. Three labs support behavioral studies using Visual Habituation, Head-turn Preference and Intermodal Preferential Looking procedures. Also available is equipment for observational studies and reaction time studies.

The Language Acquisition Lab also provides AV equipment for on-site audio and video presentation and recording. For further information and a list of equipment, please download the AV equipment reservation form or contact the lab coordinator.

Fixed Equipment:

• Dome camera-Swivel x 3 (Panasonic WV-CS564)
• Multiplexer (Panasonic WJMP204C)
• Control System (Panasonic WVCU360C)
• Video Changer (Panasonic WJMX20)
• Mini DV VCR (Panasonic AG-DV1000P)
• Audio Mixer (Mackie 1402VLZ Pro)
• Lavalier Microphones x 3 (TOA WM4310)
• UHF Receivers x 3 (TOA WT4810)

Available at Stewart Biology building – Contact info

• Five general-purpose soundproof booths
• One soundproof booth for behavioral testing on infants
• One soundproof booth for audiological assessment
• One large general-purpose soundproof booth with large viewing window

Available at BRAMS laboratories – Contact info

• One sound-attenuating booth

Available at Rabinovitch house – Contact info