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General guidelines / Reservation requests
A/V equipment available in the Library Seminar Rooms and A412 (Active Learning Classroom)
Music Library Seminar Room troubleshooting tips for common technical difficulties
Equipment available for borrowing:
- Portable audio recorders
- Audio interfaces
- Pre-amplifiers
- Mixers
- Microphones and accessories
- Video equipment
- Playback equipment
- Other musical equipment
- Other computer equipment
- Other equipment
Equipment available for borrowing: General guidelines
- Advance reservations are required for most items. This generally means submitting the request form at least 2 days in advance. See below for more details.
- Please refer to the table below to determine which equipment is available for (1) McGill students, faculty, and staff (2) McGill Music students, faculty, and staff; or (3) McGill Sound Recording (SR) students, SR faculty, and SR-Qualifying Year students.
- Equipment is generally available for a loan period of 2 days plus one overnight, due at 5pm on the return date. Loan periods may be shorter subject to availability.
- Example: equipment borrowed on Friday will be due back on Monday at 5pm.
- Equipment borrowed for loan periods shorter than 2 days plus one overnight will be due 30 minutes before the Library closes on the return date.
- While equipment is on loan, borrowers are fully responsible for all items listed on the attached tag. Equipment will not be checked in until all included pieces are accounted for. Borrowers are responsible for any damage or replacement costs.
- All equipment loans are subject to reserve item late fines, calculated at a rate of $0.02 per minute late on a per item basis.
Alternate source for borrowing equipment: McGill IT Services also provides audiovisual equipment loans, at 688 Sherbrooke West, Room 285, for McGill-related and non-commercial purposes.
Reservation requests
Advance reservations are required for most Music Library equipment.
- All equipment listed in the table below must be requested in advance via the online Reservation request form.
- Reservation requests from McGill Music students, faculty, and staff will be prioritized.
- Equipment items not listed in the table below (e.g. adapters, power cords) can be requested as follows:
- Via the online Reservation request form, or
- At the Music Library's AV Hub on the 4th floor (when the AV Hub is closed, requests can be made at the Service Desk on the 3rd floor)
Reservation request form for Music Library equipment (sign in required)
- We'll do our best to respond to your request within 24 hours, excluding weekends, holidays and after hours.
- Questions? Please musiccirc.library [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Equipment%20reservation%20request%20question) (send a message to the Music Library).
Take note! Catalogue links show current equipment availability but do not reflect upcoming reservations.
Equipment available for borrowing
Portable Audio Recorders
| For McGill students, faculty, and staff | For McGill Music students, faculty, and staff | For Sound Recording (SR) students, SR Faculty, and SR Qualifying-year students only |
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Audio Interfaces
| For McGill students, faculty, and staff | For McGill Music students, faculty, and staff | For Sound Recording (SR) students, SR Faculty, and SR Qualifying-year students only |
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Pre-amplifiers
| For McGill students, faculty, and staff | For McGill Music students, faculty, and staff | For Sound Recording (SR) students, SR Faculty, and SR Qualifying-year students only |
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Mixers
| For McGill students, faculty, and staff | For McGill Music students, faculty, and staff | For Sound Recording (SR) students, SR Faculty, and SR Qualifying-year students only |
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Microphones and accessories
Please note that to ensure equitable access due to high demand, only one matched-pair set of microphones will be loaned per person.
| For McGill students, faculty, and staff | For McGill Music students, faculty, and staff | For Sound Recording (SR) students, SR Faculty, and SR Qualifying-year students only |
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Omnidirectional dynamic microphones:
Cardioid dynamic microphones:
Cardioid condenser microphones:
Cardioid condenser USB microphones:
Condenser USB microphones with multiple frequency response patterns:
Microphone accessories:
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Omnidirectional lavalier-style condenser microphones:
Supercardioid condenser microphones:
Supercardioid dynamic microphones:
Classic cardioid dynamic microphones:
Hypercardioid dynamic microphones:
Cardioid condenser microphones:
Cardioid dynamic microphones:
Condenser microphones with multiple frequency response patterns:
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Omnidirectional condenser microphones:
Classic cardioid condenser microphones:
Open cardioid condenser microphones:
Super cardioid condenser microphones:
Cardioid condenser microphones:
Condenser microphones with multiple frequency response patterns:
Microphone accessories:
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Video equipment
Please note that to ensure equitable access due to high demand, only one camera will be loaned per person.
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Playback equipment
| For McGill students, faculty, and staff | For McGill Music students, faculty, and staff | For Sound Recording (SR) students, SR Faculty, and SR Qualifying-year students only |
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Other musical equipment
| For McGill students, faculty, and staff | For McGill Music students, faculty, and staff | For Sound Recording (SR) students, SR Faculty, and SR Qualifying-year students only |
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Other computer equipment
| For McGill students, faculty, and staff | For McGill Music students, faculty, and staff | For Sound Recording (SR) students, SR Faculty, and SR Qualifying-year students only |
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Other equipment
| For McGill students, faculty, and staff | For McGill Music students, faculty, and staff | For Sound Recording (SR) students, SR Faculty, and SR Qualifying-year students only |
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A/V equipment available in the Library Seminar Rooms and A412 (Active Learning Classroom)
Troubleshooting tips for common Seminar Room technical difficulties
| A410 | A412 | A510 | A512 | |
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| Cassette player | • | • | • | |
| CD player | • | • | • | • |
| Document camera | • | • | • | • |
| DVD player | • | • | • | • |
| Laptop stereo connection | • | • | • | • |
| Laser Disc player | • | • | • | |
| Mini Disc player | • | |||
| Smart Panel | • | • | • | |
| Turntable | • | • | • | • |
| VHS player | • | • | • | • |
| Multi-media projector | • | • | • | • |
Pianos in the Music Library
- 2 Yamaha Clavinova Electronic Pianos (stand-alone) with headphones (on the 3rd floor, northwest corner)
- Acoustic and/or electronic pianos are also in each of the Library Seminar Rooms and in A412
Need access to software for specialized music purposes?
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