The laboratory is well equipped with resources for speech perception and acoustic phonetics research (e.g., recording high-quality speech in the sound booth and in the field, running multiple perceptual experiments simultaneously, doing acoustic analyses, etc.).

Equipment:

  • Recording booth (Model 7286 enhanced 6’ × 8’ WhisperRoom Sound booth)
    • In the booth: a computer monitor, Earthworks M30 omnidirectional microphone, and KRK ROKIT 5 G2 Studio Monitor (speaker)
  • Audio Interfaces (Sound Devices USBPre 2, MOTU Audio Express 6×6)
  • Headphone pre-amplifiers (Aphex HeadPod 4, PreSonus HP4)
  • Head-worn microphones: Shure SM-10As (unidirectional dynamic), Beyerdynamic Opus 55MK II (omnidirectional condenser), AKG C520 (cardioid condenser), and Sennheiser HMD 280-XQ dual-ear headset with supercardioid dynamic microphone
  • Headphones: AKG K 240, Sony MDR-VJ700DJ, & Sony MDR7506
  • Marantz PMD660 Solid-state digital recorders (portable)
  • Extech 407732 Type 2 Digital Sound Level meter
  • Apple MacBook Pros with OS X
  • Apple iMacs with OS X
  • Dell PC desktop and laptop computers
  • E-Prime 2.0 Professional setup with the Serial Response Box
  • SuperLab 5 setup with the Serial Response Pad (RB-740)
  • Paradigm setup