Institute for Language Sciences Labs

Institute for Language Sciences Labs

Facilities

Flex lab

The flex lab (room K.03A) can be used for experiments involving recording video of the participant, and/or exposure to stimuli in a learning phase. The lab provides digital audio and video recording equipment and an experiment computer connected to a large display in the test area. The test area can be sectioned off by curtains to provide a non-distracting testing area for infants. A remote controlled pan-tilt-zoom camera is situated below the test display. The test environment is child friendly.

This facility can be reserved through the Online Babylab Reservation system; contact Desiree Capel for details.

Technical specs

Room

  • Approx. 7 m2 with no windows
  • With regular test desk (monitor, keyboard, mouse)
  • A pan-tilt-zoom camera allows capturing participant activity
  • Room is child friendly, but not decorated as a children’s room: yellow carpet, white walls; test area can be sectioned off with unbleached cotton curtains.

Test area equipment

  • 46″ monitor Philips 46PFL6606H/12
  • 3x speaker Tangent EVO-E4 (left, right, front)
  • Pan-tilt-zoom remote controlled color camera Sony EVI-D70P
  • Microphone Beyerdynamic MPC 66 (acoustical boundary mic.) on 3m cable
  • Headphones with high ambient noise attenuation AKG K109SB

Control equipment

  • Stimulation PC (gw-lab-flex-01)
    • iiyama Prolite E2273 HDS 22″ monitor
    • Dell Precision 3640
      • Intel Core i5-10500 CPU
      • 16 GB RAM
      • 1 TB SSD + 1 TB SSD
      • Windows 10, 64 bit + Ubuntu Mate 20.04
      • Radeon Pro WX 2100
      • audio card Asus Xonar D2
  • Recording PC (gw-lab-flex-02)
    • iiyama Prolite E2273 HDS 22″ monitor
    • Dell Precision 3640
      • Intel Core i5-10500 CPU
      • 16 GB RAM
      • 1 TB SSD + 1 TB SSD
      • Windows 10, 64 bit + Ubuntu Mate 20.04
      • BlackMagic video-capture card
  • CD-player Denon DN-C110 (+ MP3 & WMA support)
  • Microphone preamplifier/mixer Phonic AM440
  • 2x Headphones (with mouthpiece) with high ambient noise attenuation Viking V1 AKG K109SB

Room details

Usage rules

Keeping the facilities in this lab in the best possible condition requires your cooperation; please read the house rules and stick to them. Especially important:

  • Never ever change or remove any wiring; don’t pull out any plugs
  • No eating or drinking (except coffee, tea, water)
  • Clean up
  • Ask for help, report all problems