The Macintosh Laboratory was established in 1990 to support many facets of the Music Department Curriculum, and has been continually upgraded and developed every year thereafter. Large format music and text printing are supported. For instructional presentation the room features an LCD projection and a classroom sound system. The presentation station also features a newly installed Linux workstation Sony Foundry software, a G3 Mac with ProTools editing, DAT, Bias Peak editor and SpectraFoo signal display software. A CD burner will be added this year.
Subjects covered include music theory, ear training, and introductory composition.
Acoustics Undergraduate courses in Basic Acoustics and psychoacoustics use this facility as a laboratory, primarily to teach audio perception, digital recording and editing techniques. Electronic Music Undergraduate courses, and Graduate Seminars in Electronic Music Production and Composition use this facility as a laboratory. Many students continue to use this facility for composition after they complete course sequences. Music Notation Students use dedicated software applications and the laser printer for notating and printing music. UCSD Music Technology Director Peter Otto.