INTERACTIVE MEDIA CENTER TOOLS
The Interactive Media Center has a wide selection of software and hardware available to support many different interactive media projects. Video editing, Web site creation, audio editing, and image building are all possible in the lab.
Software in the Interactive Media Center |
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| • Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional | ||
| • Adobe Audition 3 (on selected machines) | ||
• Adobe Web Premium CS5 including:
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• Adobe Web Premium CS4 including:
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| • Adobe Flash & Shockwave plug ins | ||
| • Adobe Media Player | ||
| • Audacity | ||
| • DataStream 2.2 | ||
| • Dragon Naturally Speaking (on one machine) | ||
| • Duxbury Braille Translator (on one machine) | ||
| • DVD player | ||
| • DVD Flick | ||
| • FileZilla(FTP program to connect to S drive) | ||
| • Final Cut HD Express | ||
| • Final Cut Studio (on one machine) | ||
| • Finale 2011 (on one machine) | ||
| • Final Cut X | ||
| • Firefox browser | ||
| • Flip 4 Mac (to view & create WMV files on the Mac) | ||
| • Freez FLV to AVI/MPG/WMV Converter | ||
| • Full Shot Professional 9 (on selected machines) | ||
| • Garageband 09 | ||
| • Google Chrome | ||
| • GRM Tools Classic RTAs (on one machine) | ||
| • GRM Tools ST RTAs (on one machine) | ||
| • Handbrake | ||
| • Internet Explorer | ||
| • iDVD, iMovie, iPhoto, GarageBand, iWeb, (iLife 11) | ||
| • iTunes | ||
| • Jaws (on one machine) | ||
| • Jitter (on one machine) | ||
| • Kurzweil 1000 ( with scanner application) (on one machine) | ||
| • Max/MSP (on one machine) | ||
| • Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 | ||
| • Microsoft Office 2010 | ||
| • Microsoft Windows Movie Maker | ||
| • Nero 8 (CD/DVD burning) | ||
| • OmniPage Pro 17, OCR (text scanning) (on selected machines) | ||
| • Peak and Peak LE (on selected machines) | ||
| • Practica Musica 4.5 (on selected machines) | ||
| • Pro Tools 8 (on one machine) | ||
| • Quicktime Pro 7 and Quicktime Player | ||
| • Real Player | ||
| • Toast Titanium (CD/DVD burning) | ||
| • Safari browser | ||
| • Sony Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum v.11 (on selected machines) | ||
| • Sony DVD Architect v.10 (on selected machines) | ||
| • Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio v.10 (on selected machines) | ||
| • Sound Hack (on selected machines) | ||
| • SoundSlides Plus (on selected machines) | ||
| • Snapz Pro | ||
| • Stuff-It Expander | ||
| • VLC Player | ||
| • Windows Media Player | ||
| • Winrar 3.5.1 | ||
| • Zoom Text (on one machine) | ||
Hardware & Equipment Available from the Interactive Media Center |
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| • 16 PCs with CD-RW/DVD-RW combo drives, and 3.5" floppy drives, USB 2 ports, headsets, (2 PCs have IEEE 1394 port, and video inputs) | ||
| • 15 Macintosh with Web cameras, CD-RW/DVD-RW combo drives, USB 2, firewire support, headsets, analog/digital converter boxes to import, edit and export video; and midi keyboards | ||
| • Audio digitizing equipment including Mbox, sound mixer, cassette player, sound module, etc. on one Macintosh | ||
| • Flatbed scanners with ADF and transparency adapters (See a scanner workstation) | ||
| • 1 scanner for 35mm film negatives abd slides | ||
| • Color laser printer (fee) | ||
| • Black and white laser printer (fee) | ||
| • 3 MIDI keyboards | ||
| • Braile Embosser (on one machine} | ||
Equipment Available for Loan in the Interactive Media Center |
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| Some of these devices, marked with " * ", are very popular and may not be available on a walk-in basis. Please telephone 442-3608 or send email to rconboy@albany.edu to check availability and to reserve pickup times. A PDF document listing the audio recording equipment availble in the IMC is available for download right here. It provides brief descriptions of the equipment. A PDF document listing the video recording equipment availble in the IMC is available for download right here. It provides brief descriptions of the equipment such as camcorders, microphones, and more. |
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| • Canon digital still cameras (point and shoot)* | ||
| • Canon Mini-DV digital camcorders* (See what is in the kit) | ||
| • Canon SDHC card digital camcorders* (See what is in the kit) | ||
| • Digital voice recorders (optional telephone and lapel mics are available) | ||
| • H2 Zoom digital audio recorders* | ||
| • Audio-Technica ATR97 omnidirectional boundary microphones | ||
| • USB Flash drives | ||
| • Marantz cassette tape deck* | ||
| • Portable hard drives (USB)* | ||
| • Professional tripods for still and video use* | ||
| • Variable Friction Magic Arm with Camera Bracket with Super Clamp (See examples of the Magic Arm in use) | ||
| • USB memory card reader/writers (see an example) | ||
| • Headphones and splitters | ||
| • Stereo Headsets with flexible boom microphone | ||
| • Labtec USB microphones | ||
| • Telephone interview recording devices for cell and landlines | ||
| • Transcription Kit | ||
| • Handheld microphones (see an example) | ||
| • Table-top mic stands | ||
| • Microphone floor stands* | ||
| • Boom arms for microphone floor stands* | ||
| • Telex Pro Star wireless lavaliere microphone system* | ||
| • Audio-Technica wireless lavaliere microphone system* | ||
| • Audio-Technica wireless handheld microphone system* | ||
| • Portable cassette recorders (see an example) | ||
| • Handheld Presentation Remote Control devices (suitable for use with PowerPoint presentations on Windows and Macintosh notebook computers) (see what is in the kit) | ||
| • Portable radio/CD/cassette player | ||
| • Web Cams | ||
| • Zip Drives and Zip Disks | ||
| • 2 Anchor Audio An-100 portable PA systems | ||
| • Skype Kit | ||
| • External floppy drive | ||
| • Various audio and video cables and adapters | ||
A/V Playback Area in the Interactive Media Center |
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| The Interactive Media Center has equipment to view and listen to any media format available in the library. (Click here to see a 360O panorama of the area.) This part of the IMC includes the following equipment: | ||
| • VHS VCRs including 1 VHS VCR with PAL, SECAM, & NTSC capability NOTE: An additional DVD/VHS combo station is available on the first floor, North Side |
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| • DVD players, including models that will play all regions and NTSC or PAL formats | ||
| • Laser Disc players | ||
| • Phonograph turntable | ||
| • Sony "Boombox" with cassette tape player, CD player, and radio | ||
| • Telex Caramate 35mm slide viewer | ||
| • Optilec Viewer (page magnifier, color adjuster) | ||
Equipment Available from the Circulation Desk of the University Library (not part of the IMC collection) |
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| • Notebook computers | ||
| • Mini projectors | ||
| • USB microphones | ||
| • Calculators | ||
| • Cassette tape recorders | ||
| • Headphones | ||
| • Kindles | ||
| • USB drives | ||
Items for sale at Circulation Desk |
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| Contact Circulation at 442-3569 for more information | ||

This is one of several types of handheld
microphones we have



MIDI Workstation with Macintosh