Perlstein Editing Room
Equipment for audio and video production and post-production, game design, 3D and graphic design, data visualization, animation, and more.
Access the space
The room is available to all students, faculty, and staff who complete our online training in Canvas. You’ll receive instructions on how to book the space after you complete the training.
When you arrive for a reservation, visit the Shapiro Lobby Information Services Desk to check out the room key and equipment needed.
If you expect to need recording assistance or have any questions, please email shapirodesignlab@umich.edu.
What’s available
The space has hardware and software to support media conversion and digitization, audio and video, 3D modeling and design, and graphic design and motion graphics.
General hardware
- Mac Pro with Pro Display XDR
Media conversion and digitization hardware
- VHS videocassette digitization deck
- Audio cassette digitization deck — you can make your next pause-record mixtape as it can accomodate two cassettes!
Software
Audio
- Audacity
- GarageBand
- Adobe Audition
- Audio Hijack
- ProTools
- iZotope RX7
- Waves plugins
Video
- iMovie
- Adobe Premiere Rush + Pro
- Da Vinci Resolve
- Final Cut Pro X
- Red Giant Universe
3D modeling and design
- Blender
- Meshmixer
Graphic design and motion graphics
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe After Effects
Data analysis and visualization
- R / RStudio
- OpenRefine
- Gephi
- Cytoscape
