Instructional/Open Labs
The College of Arts and Letters has five labs available for instruction and open lab hours. Lab statistics are used in conjunction with faculty and student input in order to make decisions regarding lab services and resource allocation. Please read the Lab Policies and Procedures.
Click on a lab to see more details about that lab:
- FA 225 & FA226 Computer Graphics and Animation Labs
- MUS 211 Multimedia Lab
- MUS 220 Music & Multimedia Lab
- KHD1041 Modern Language Lab
Computer Graphics and Animation Labs FA 225 & FA 226
Graphic Design Studio FA226
Aninmation Studio FA225
The Fine Arts labs are used for computer animation and computer graphics design. FA 226 currently features 25 work stations and FA 225 currently has 23 work stations. Both have Apple MacPros with 2.8 GHz Processors and 4GB of RAM and all have 23" Apple Cinema Displays. Software in both of these labs include:
- Adobe CS4 Master Collection
(Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop Extended, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, Adobe Flash Professional, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Contribute, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Soundbooth, Adobe Encore) - Final Cut Studio 2 (Final Cut Pro 6, Soundtrack Pro 2, Motion 3, Live Type, DVD Studio Pro 4, Compressor 3)
- Logic Studio (Logic Pro 9, Mainstage, Soundtrack Pro 2, Studio Effects, Studio Instruments, WaveBurner)
- iLife 2010
- iWork 2008
- MS Office 2008 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint & Outlook)
- Maya 2012
- Animate Pro
- Weavemaker
Multimedia Lab MUS 211
Music 211 holds a toal of 37 Apple Intel iMacs with mBox 2 mini audio interfaces connected to the computers via USB cable. All workstations include a wide variety of software for all Arts and Letters students that includes:
- Adobe CS4 Master Collection
(Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop Extended, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, Adobe Flash Professional, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Contribute, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Soundbooth, Adobe Encore)
- Final Cut Studio 2 (Final Cut Pro 6, Soundtrack Pro 2, Motion 3, Live Type, DVD Studio Pro 4, Compressor 3)
- Logic Studio (Logic Pro 9, Mainstage, Soundtrack Pro 2, Studio Effects, Studio Instruments, WaveBurner)
- iLife 2010
- iWork 2008
- MS Office 2008 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint & Outlook)
- Maya 2010
- ToonBoom Studio
- Reason 4
- Final Draft 7
- EP Scheduling
- EP Budgeting
- ProTools 8
Music & Multimeadia Lab MUS 220
The Music & Multimedia Lab features 18 Apple MacPro workstations with large cinema displays for the ultimate computing experience. Workstations have keyboard midi controllers and mBox 2 audio interfaces. All workstations include a wide variety of software for all Arts and Letters students that includes:
- Adobe CS4 Master Collection
(Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop Extended, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, Adobe Flash Professional, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Contribute, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Soundbooth, Adobe Encore) - Final Cut Studio 2 (Final Cut Pro 6, Soundtrack Pro 2, Motion 3, Live Type, DVD Studio Pro 4, Compressor 3)
- Logic Studio (Logic Pro 9, Mainstage, Soundtrack Pro 2, Studio Effects, Studio Instruments, WaveBurner)
- iLife 2010
- iWork 2008
- MS Office 2008 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint & Outlook)
- Maya 2010
- ToonBoom Studio
- Vectorworks 2008
- Reason 4
- Finale 2011
- ProTools 8
- Digital Performer 7
- Komplete Synths
- MachFive 2
Modern Language Lab KHD 1041
Available for students who wish to learn foreign languages including Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. Students are able to use interactive software in audio or video format to help them learn a particular language. This lab features 30 Windows XP PC computers. Some of our language lessons are available upon request for students that provide us with their own blank CDs. The software available in this lab includes:
Instructional Labs
There are two labs available for instruction only. They must be reserved via the University Scheduling office. Contact your department administrators to reserve these rooms.
Music Studios
There are three music studios available only to students of the Commercial Music program that must be reserved via the Arts and Letters Help Desk with aproval from the Music Department. Click on a lab to see its current schedule:
- Music 17: Film Scoring Studio
- Music 19: Pro-Tools HD Studio
- Music 20: Recording Studio
Open Access Labs
In addition to the college of Arts & Letters Labs, CSULA has several open access labs for all CSULA students to use. Please visit the Open Access Labs website for more information.
