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Production Studios

Studio A - 80' x 80' studio with loading dock entrance, 21 foot high lighting grid, 60 x 80 x 60 feet of cyc wall (can be lit to your liking), black draping. Watch Video

Studio B - 60' x 40' studio with hard cyc and painted "green screen" wall. Watch Video

Studio C - 35' x 35' studio with built in working kitchen set. Watch Video

Studio Production / Equipment

2 Full-Service Production Control Rooms, each room equipped with:

• Sony MFS2000 switcher w/ frame memory
• Color correction & 2channel DME
• Harris Inscriber G3 dual channel graphics/character generator system
• Telos 6 line telephone hybrid

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Cameras and Lenses

• 3 - Sony HDC 1000 studio cameras
• 3 - Sony HDC 1500 portable studio cameras
• 3 - Sony HDW730S camcorders
• 3 - Canon 23 x 7 studio lenses with 2x extenders
• 3 - Canon 17 x 7.7 standard zoom lenses with 2x extenders
• 3 - Vinten Quattro studio pedestals w/ Vector 900 pan heads
• 3 - Vinten Osprey Elite pedestals w/ Vision HD250 pan heads
• 3 - Vinten VB100 tripod systems w/ Vision 100 pan heads
• 6 - QTV Super Bright teleprompter monitors w/ WinQ prompting system

2 Audio Control Rooms

Audio Control Room 1:

• 2 - Yamaha DM2000V2 48 channel 7.1 surround capable mixing consoles
• 1 - Dolby E encoder
• 1 - Dolby E decoder
• 1 - Dolby multi channel processor
• 1 - Dolby Surround & Pro Logic Encoder
• 1 - Dolby Digital encoder
• 1 - Dolby Digital decoder
• 5 - Genelic 8050 near field monitors
• 2 - Genelec 8030 near field monitors
• 1 - Genelec 7060 sub woofer
• 2 - Alesis 24 track ADAT recorders
• 1 - Tascam 601 CD player

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Audio Control Room 2:

• 1 - Yamaha DM2000V2 48 channel 5.1 surround capable mixing console
• 1 - Dolby E encoder
• 1 - Dolby E decoder
• 1 - Dolby multi channel processor
• 1 - Dolby Surround & Pro Logic Encoder
• 1 - Dolby Digital encoder
• 1 - Dolby Digital decoder
• 5 - Genelec 8030 near field monitors
• 1 - Genelec 7060 sub woofer
• 1 - Alesis 24 track ADAT recorders
• 1 - Tascam 601 CD player

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Production Audio Equipment

• 1 - Yamaha 02R 24 channel audio console
• 1 - Peavey Q231FX dual 31 band graphic equalizer
• 1 - Peavey PV1200 power amplifier
• 1 - Horizon HPP1, 8 channel phantom power supply
• 6 - Yamaha SM151V monitor wedges

Microphones

• 5 - Lectrosonics UM195 wireless lavalier microphones
• 6 - Sony ECM77B wired lavalier microphones
• 3 - Sony ECM88B wired lavalier microphones
• 8 - Shure Beta 58 hand held microphones
• 4 - Shure Beta 98 supercardioid microphones
• 4 - Peavey PVM 480 condenser microphones
• 10 - Audio Technica MB 1000L dynamic microphones
• 2 - Sennheiser RE416 shotgun microphones

Recording and Playback

• 4 - Sony HDW 1800 HD Cam VTRs
• 2 - Sony HDW M2000 HD Cam VTRs
• 1 - Sony DVWA500 Digital Betacam VTR
• 4 - Sony DNWA75 Beta SX VTRs
• 1 - Panasonic AJD450 DVC Pro VTR
• 4 - Sony BVW75 Beta SP VTRs

Optional Facility Services

• Direct connection to Pittsburgh teleport
• Make up coordination
• Catering coordination
• Various flats and set pieces

Additional Facility Benefits

• Green room for facilities onsite
• 2 dressing rooms
• Wireless internet connection
• Tables and chairs onsite
• Additional meeting rooms available

Field Production Equipment

3 HD Field Equipment Packages, each package contains:

• Sony HDW 730 HDCam camcorder
• Sony HKDW702 down converter board
• Sony HKDW705 slow shutter board
• Sony WRR855B66/68 wireless receiver
• Sony WRT822B66/68 wireless transmitter
• Sony ECM88B lavalier microphone
• Sony ECM670 short shotgun microphone
• Sennheiser EW100 wireless microphone system
• Sony BCM150 battery charger
• Sony LMD9050 LCD monitor
• Sony VF509 field kit for LCD monitor
• Canon HJ11x47BIRSD wide angle lens
• Anton Bauer UL2/6 ultralight 2
• Vinten VB100FT2M tripod system
• IDX Endura E10s batteries
• Portabrace RB4 run bag
• Portabrace CC22PW camera case
• Sony HVR Z1U HDV camcorder
• Sony ECM674 shotgun microphone
• Century Optics wide angle adapter
• Portabrace PB2400F hard case
• Bogen 501HDV tripod kit
• Photoflex Starlite light kit
• Lowell Omni & DP fixtures w/stands
• Lowell silver & white umbrellas