HD System Center is the facility's central machine room. From here multiple matrix routers control the flow of SMPTE 259 and 292 video, AES audio, RS422 control and KVM to each of the production work suites. HD System Center houses multiple media management servers along with host systems for editing and playback of high definition and standard definition video and audio. The system utilizes a switched gigabit Ethernet backbone for sharing production data and is the facility's central distribution point.
Avid Nitris HD Suite is the primary work area for editing and compositing of high definition video. Avid DS Nitris 7.5 system featuring multistream 10-and 8 bit Avid DNxHD editing with real-time color correction, effects and DVE. The multi system control console houses 2 high-resolution flat panel VGA displays, 1 HDTV video monitor and a digital audio mixer with high quality, near-field, stereo monitoring capability. Because all systems are accessible from this suite, secondary uses include recording and mix down of stereo audio, playback to screening room and DV offline.
Euphonix Mix Suite is designed for the recording, mix down, ADR and mastering of audio for picture in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround sound format. The multi system Euphonix control console consists of 2 high-resolution VGA flat panel displays, 1 HDTV video monitor, a surround capable digital audio console, and a near-field 6.1 surround audio monitoring system.
ADR / ISDN Suite
- ProTools HD 7, two ISDN lines, two telephone lines that can be patched into a session.
-Zepher Exteme ISDN Modem, full screen HD playback and a variety of microphones.
- ADR Facility is listed on EDNET for easy linking by off-site facilities
- AVID timeline playback through ProTools with AVID Media Station.
K. 2K HD and 35mm Projection