Lewis Music Library Student Manual: Equipment in Lewis

A breakdown of what can be found in each room at Lewis:

14E-108M Study room equipment:

• a whiteboard

14E-106M Conference room (dedicated to the late MIT Professor Roy Lamson) equipment:

• Large screen with HDMI cable already hooked up
• An adaptor for Mac computers (to connect to HDMI cord) is available for checkout at the desk
• A box of conference call equipment is also available at desk

14E-114M Gaming room equipment:

• Contains large screen TV with VCR, laser disc player, & DVD player
  • TV remote available at desk

• Xbox 360
  • controllers, guitar controllers, and Xbox games all available at desk
  • *info on Lewis Xbox login is in the black binder at desk
     

14E-115: the Lewis Music Library Audio Lab has two iMac workstations containing identical software. (Click on the link for full list of available software/hardware in the Audio Lab.) Some further notes below:

• Station #1 is hooked up to Mother 32 and to Minotaur. There are patch cords in the drawers of both equipment stands.
• Station #2 has a mic for speech input to record a podcast
• The theremin can be used with either station
• There are additional microphones and cords behind the circulation desk that are available for check out and "in-room" use.
• Users can check out a set of the special Beyer headphones (kept in the barcoded bags on the Zoom shelf)
   

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iMacs & special music software

• Lewis has 5 iMacs that host specialist music notational and audio editing software. (e.g. Finale, Sibelius, REAPER.) 
  • Full list of software on our website.
• Audio and music software are intended for the MIT community. Kerberos login required.
• One iMac is located on the first floor in the reading room, for accessibility reasons.
• The other 4 iMacs are upstairs on the mezzanine level. 
• The iMac at the very top of the stairs has different software from the others. It has Wavepad and is a digitization station. 

Public Computers

• Public catalog computers are intended for library use. They do not support encryption.
• 2 public computers are by the circ desk, 1 is by the stairs.

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Upstairs on the mezzanine level, you will find 4 numbered study carrels that host some analog machines, available for public use:

• Study Carrel 1: CD player, cassette deck, and turntable
• Study Carrel 2: VCR and DVD player
• Study Carrel 3: CD player and turntable
• Study Carrel 4: Laserdisc player

In addition, there are 3 CD player stations by the tub chairs:

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We have both a scanner and black & white printer located on the 1st floor of Lewis, next to the stairs.

• The printer is searchable on print.mit.edu as “lewis-p.” (Click for more Info on printing at MIT.)
• Currently, print jobs are immediately released upon being sent to print.
• In the event of a machine malfunction, direct users over to Hayden for their printing/copying needs.

A note on music copyright:

Users may not connect anything to our listening equipment to make copies. The scanner/copier and the audio reproduction software should meet most users' needs for copies. Users who feel that they have a special case should talk to Avery.

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Electronic pianos:

Lewis has two electronic pianos available for practicing that are first-come, first-served:

• 1 is next to the board games, near the scanner/copier
• 1 is upstairs on the mezzanine level
• Users will need a set of headphones (headphone jack is located under the left end of the keyboard). Can check out at desk.

Studio upright piano in reading room:

This was purchased with the Class of 1982 Music Library Fund in late 2013. It may be used for events held at Lewis.

Info on other campus pianos:

• Outside of Lewis, Building 4 has practice rooms and the Student Center has a few piano practice rooms as well. Students will need to have their IDs activated to access these rooms.
• MTA is responsible for the Building 4 practice rooms.
• The Campus Activities Complex is responsible for the piano rooms on the 4th floor of the Stratton Student Center; MIT ID, application and activation of ID required. For applications or questions contact W20-500, x3-3913.

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