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Studio 88 MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION

Fibre Channel (FC) networked editing facility with mixed format real-time editing and post production capabilities.

  • 20 Terabyte SAN (storage area network) w/ redundant metadata controller and RAID array
  • 4Gb Fiber Channel network with distributed rendering (render farm) capabilities
  • 10 Editing Workstations on the Fiber Channel network
  • DV/HVD/DVCPro/DVCAM ingest stations
  • Voice-over booth w/ VideoCue

Average workstation configuration:

  • Dual Quad-Core Xeon 3GHz, 5GB RAM, Graphics Card w/ 512MB VRAM
  • 30" 1920x1440 Monitors
  • Major Software: Final Cut Studio (video production suite), ProTools (audio production tools), Maya (3D animation software), Adobe Photoshop (digital imaging software), Adobe CS4 Master Suite (digital effects, web development and publishing)

Field Cameras

  • 1 Sony PMW-EX1R  
         3-CCD 1080p Camcorder (Full 1920 x 1080 HD)
  • 3 Sony HVR-Z1
         3-CCD 1080i Camcorder (HDV, DVCAM and DV formats)
  • 2 Canon Vixia HFS10
         AVCHD Camcorder
  • 2 Sony 950
         3CCD SD Camcorder

Studio 47 AUDIO PRODUCTION
400sq/ft sound studio with control room

FC networked digital audio recording

  • FC networked digital audio recording
  • ProTools based acquisition system
  • Macki Onyx 1640i 16-Channel Digital Recording Mixer
  • Mackie 1602 board with 16 analog audio inputs

Studio 65 STUDIO TELEVISION
1000sq/ft 3-camera television studio with control room
Fiber connection to Time-Warner system and campus television network

Studio

  • (3x) Pedestal Mounted Panasonic AW-E600 Cameras with Canon BCTV f1.9 Zoom Lenses
  • Listec A-6000 Instant-Edit Prompter
  • Lowel Flow-tec Lighting
  • Strand 100 Lighting control board
  • 6 input XLR audio patch board

Control Room

  • (3x) Panasonic WV-RC500 Camera Control Units
  • Listec A-6000 Teleprompter workstation
  • Soundcraft RM100 Audio Board
  • Panasonic AG-MX70 Digital AV Mixer
  • Compix CG Character Generator
  • Leitch Neo MST ND Multi-image interface with Epson Powerlite 7800p rear screen projection
  • Clear-COM PL Pro MS-232 2 channel Intercom System

Input/Output

  • Panasonic AG-DV2500 tape deck
  • (2x) Sony RDR-VX515 DVD/VHS recorder
  • Tascam CD-A500 CD-Audio Cassette Deck
  • Coax/fibre interconnect into campus audio/video distribution system

(Updated on April 1st 2011)