MPS Hardware and Software

West Campus — Hardware

Computers

  • 6 Mac Pro Towers
    • Dual 2.8 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors
    • 6 GB RAM
    • ATi Radeon HD 2600 PCI Express x16 256 MB Graphics Card
    • 500 GB Hard Drive
    • 300 GB Secondary Storage Hard Drive
    • DVD Burner
    • Mac OS X
  • 9 23-Inch Apple Cinema Displays (3 with Dual-monitor setups)
  • 5 iMac All-In-Ones
    • 2.8 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
    • 4 GB RAM
    • 500 GB hard drive
    • DVD Burner
    • Mac OS X

Peripherals

  • 1 Final Cut Pro shortcut keyboard
  • 1 M-Audio Oxygen-8 25-Key USB MIDI Keyboard
  • 1 HP Photosmart 7550 photo printer
  • 1 HP LaserJet 4100dtn Printer
  • 1 Epson Perfection V700 Photo Scanner
  • 1 Epson Perfection 2450 Photo Scanner
  • 1 Nikon COOLSCAN IV ED 35mm/IX240 film scanner with Nikon SA-21 Strip Film Adapter
  • Video Importing Stations with support for DV, VHS, and DVD

MPS Pro Audio Station*

  • 1 Shure KSM27 Microphone
  • 1 Samson C01U Microphone
  • 1 DigiDesign MBox2 Pro with support for XLR, 1/4” TRS combo jacks, S/PDIF I/O (RCA), and standard 1/4” analog jacks.
  • 1 Microphone Shock Absorber
  • 1 Microphone Pop Filter

MPS Pro Video Station*

  • 1 Video Importing Station with support for HD DV
  • 2 Yamaha Studio Speakers
  • 1 Yamaha Sound AV Receiver
  • 1 DV Tape Preview CRT Monitor
  • 1 Samsung 550 37” Full 1080p HD LCD TV (MPS Pro Video)
* The MPS Pro is the room in the back of MPS West and is only accessible during staffed hours.

East Campus — Hardware

Computers

  • 4 Mac Pro Towers
    • Dual 2.8 Ghz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processors
    • 6 GB RAM
    • ATi Radeon HD 2600 PCI Express x16 256 MB Graphics Card
    • 500 GB Hard Drive
    • 300 GB Secondary Storage Hard Drive
    • DVD Burner
    • Mac OS X
  • 8 23-Inch Apple Cinema Displays (4 with Dual-monitor setups)
  • 4 iMac All-In-Ones
    • 2.8 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
    • 4 GB RAM
    • 500 GB hard drive
    • DVD Burner
    • Mac OS X

Peripherals

  • Nikon COOLSCAN V ED 35mm/IX240 film scanner
  • Video Importing Stations with support for DV, VHS, DVD, and RCA-based devices
  • 1 Blackmagic Video Recorder
  • 1 Epson V700 scanner

Software

  • Adobe Creative Suite (CS5.5): Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, AfterEffects, Encore, Fireworks, Premiere, Soundbooth
  • Apple iLife Suite ‘11: GarageBand, iDVD, iMovie 8, iMovie HD, iPhoto, iWeb
  • Final Cut Pro 7 and Final Cut Pro X
  • Audacity
  • BlackMagic (for digital to analog conversion)
  • Firefox 
  • FlipShare
  • iWork: Keynote, Pages, Numbers
  • MS Office
  • Motion
  • ProTools (MPS Pro Audio Computer Only)
  • Safari
  • Soundtrack Pro