The Synth|Ops Research Group is based in the Access Grid facilities of the Rogers Communications Centre. In the creation of control systems for art interfaces and installation, the technology available to, and utilised, by the team includes:

CONNECTIVITY

Access Grid high-bandwidth connection

HARDWARE

G4 Duo with 256MB RAM, 9GB HD
G3 with 120MB RAM, 9GB HD
Pentium III 450 with 120 MB RAM, 9GB HD, running Linux
Pentium III 233 with 128 MB RAM, 6GB HD
Pentium III 850MHz Duo with 256MB RAM, 186GB HD and 3 sound cards
Pentium III 850MHz Duo with 256MB RAM, 186GB HD and 4 Hauppauge winTV cards
Pentium III 850MHz Duo with 256MB RAM, 186GB HD and a duo display video card
Pentium III 850MHz Duo with 256MB RAM, 186GB HD and a quad display video card
6 channel MIDI mixer
Panasonic PTL29U projectors
Furman PL-8 Power Conditioner and Light module
Panasonic digital video cameras
Diversity receiver
Panasonic Video multiplexer
iBot webcams
Gentner AP800 8 port echo cancelling device
Gentner AP10 analog phone switcher
ATI Matchmaker MM100
Robot monkey arm for motion capture

SOFTWARE

Evological's Coolstream for video web-conferencing
softVNS
MAX
NATO
PD
GEM