Our computers in the main space, Audio Recording Booth and two Edit Studios are high-end media-editing computers, running Windows 10. Each has a large monitor, standard keyboard & mouse, with a webcam attached. SD card readers are available upon request at the Services Desk.

The computer in the Audio Booth is used solely for recording purposes. Adobe Creative Cloud, Audacity and Reaper have been installed on this computer and there is a Blue Yeti mic that can be checked out at the Services Desk for use in the room, as well as headphones, if needed.

USB microphones (Blue brand microphones - primarily Yeti mics, though there is a Nessie available as well) which plug into the computers in the Edit Studios and Audio Recording Booth may be borrowed from the Services Desk in Lyons New Media Centre. A pop-filter and headphones are available for at the desk as well.

This equipment is solely for use within Lyons in the rooms mentioned.

Users are expected to provide their own USB drives or portable hard drives. Lyons New Media Centre does not provide this for users. Other options may also include cloud storage, but users are expected to have their own accounts for such storage (eg. Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc).

Although our computers have large storage spaces, it is not recommended to save files on them indefinitely. There is no guarantee that files will be there longer than a day, nor that anyone else may not have access to them. Remember that these are public computers and anyone has access to them.

Lyons New Media Centre and the McMaster University Library are not liable for any loss of files or information left on our computers.

Although the resources within Lyons New Media Centre are available to anyone on campus, it is considered to be a media lab. Misuse of the computer workstations may result in users being asked to move to another location.

• The computers are for media creation/learning purposes only. All other usage (working on papers, doing online quizzes/exams, surfing the internet, checking email, etc.) should be taken to the computers in other areas of the Library.
• The computer workstations are not to be used for studying, group meetings, nor as a table for eating food. These workstations are only for using media software.
• These computer workstations are not equipped with plugs for external devices such as laptops. Please use the laptop bar, soft seating or table seating at the far end of the Centre (past the computer pods) to plug in and use laptops.
  • Note that there are no electrical outlets available for usage from the main doors to the computer pods (any plugs found are for staff use only). The booth seating also has no electrical available at either booth.

Fun Fact: There are 15 computers in the Centre for a campus population of nearly 40,000, and is the only location on campus where any McMaster user can access some of the high-end specialty media software (such as Adobe Creative Cloud software).