CAMIL
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About
CAMIL (Computer Assisted Music Instruction Laboratory) is located at the School of Music at the University of Illinois. It contains two independent, multi-disciplinary computer labs. CAMIL I is a special-purpose lab supporting computer music classes and independent research projects in software sound synthesis, computer-based composition and interactive performance control. It is only accessible to students and faculty with an activated i-Card. The CAMIL II lab is a general-purpose facility supporting technology-related classes in Music Education. It is staffed by School of Music students and is open to all Illinois students, faculty and staff on a walk-in basis.
Visitors of the lab can use the Guest Account log in option. To register for a permanent account with backed-up dynamic-quota storage and remote-access, contact the assistant administrator.
Classes
- Mentor Reach - Music 199 JS
- Musical Acoustics
- Algorithmic Design of Music - Music 404A (1)
- Algorithmic Design of Music II - Music 404A (2)
- Algorithmic Design of Music III - Music 404A (Supercollider)
Room Schedules
Software
Illinois Software
- Harmonia — a Music Theory Platform
- CAMIL also hosts several open-source music technology software applications. Go to the Software page for more information.
Commercial Software
- Intaglio - CAMIL I/II (select stations)
- Isadora - CAMIL II (select stations)
- Logic Pro 8 and Main Stage - CAMIL I only
- Mathematica
- Max/MSP 5 - CAMIL I only
- Microsoft Office 2011
- Sibelius 6 - laptop checkout available
- Xcode 4
Open Source Software
All machines are currently running Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard.
Information
- Sibelius 6 — Sibelius 6 is now available for free to School of Music students via the CAMIL Sibelius Server. The software can be easily checked out on student laptops for up to 2 weeks at a time. Go to the Sibelius page for more information.
- Recording — CAMIL I has recording equipment available for checkout. An 8-channel phantom-powered DAW is built-in to the rack with a breakout box that allows easy multichannel access to the center of the room. See the Recording page for more information.
- New Domain Name — We have transitioned to camil.music.illinois.edu. For the time being camil.music.uiuc.edu will be supported as a hard redirect, but is not guaranteed to be available in the future.
- Computers — As of June 2012, there are 37 new iMacs running Snow Leopard. The machines in CAMIL I and the server are owned by the School of Music. The machines in CAMIL II are owned by FAA. The lab is on a three-year refresh plan in which new machines are purchased for the labs. The displaced machines are then given to staff and faculty within the department.
- Audio Renovation — As of August 2012, a complete audio overhaul was done in CAMIL I aimed at increasing access and quality of audio in the room. All audio is now digital and is mixed without the use of a patching console.
- Networking — Ethernet service is 100Mbps for stations in CAMIL and 1 Gbps for the server. Wireless internet service has been added in both labs as well as throughout the School of Music.
- Lab Construction — The CAMIL labs were designed from the ground up to specifically support School of Music instruction and music-related activities. They are comfortable, well-lit, acoustically neutral workspaces furnished with the highest quality materials, furniture and equipment.
- Web and File Server — The web and file server has been upgraded to a 2 TB RAID disk array providing ample and reliable soft-quota storage for hundreds of CAMIL users' documents, audio, and video.
- Backup — Incremental retrospective backup of user accounts occurs nightly. In addition, lab machines are synchronized bit-for-bit each night to ensure that each machine will behave identically to its neighbor, and to guarantee that what the teacher sees is what the student will see.
- Access and Security — CAMIL I and II have specially designed acoustic doors. The door to CAMIL I is locked at all times; the door to CAMIL II is unlocked during open lab times and locked during closed times. When the doors are locked, access to the rooms is only possible for specially activated i-Cards. The card reader in the door handle automatically logs the card number and time of day that the door is opened. Additionally, CAMIL II is protected by a motion sensor and CAMIL I by a monitored fiber-optical cable.
FAQ
- Accessing your files outside the lab with AFP
- Working with iMovie on a networked account
- Working with Sibelius outside the lab
- Machines with Isadora in CAMIL II
Academic Responsibilities
Related
- All pages on this wiki
- Composition-Theory Division
- Experimental Music Studios
- Computer Music Project
- Musicology
- School of Music
- Administrator Wiki (restricted)
Contact
- M.O. Abbott - Lab Teaching Assistant Administrator (help)
- email mabbott3@illinois.edu
- Prof. Heinrich Taube - Lab Director
- email taube@illinois.edu
