Professional equipment in a relaxing environment.

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Come in and relax. At Aardvark there are no stuffy editing closets or uncomfortable chairs.

We are equipped to meet the highest quality standards, tightest budgets and shortest deadlines, all in a conveniently located studio near downtown Charlotte.

So kick off your shoes and take a tour of one of the most comfortable editing boutiques in town! We’ll make sure the coffee is on.

Final Cut Studio2/HD & SD editing: The Big Room

Lots of desk space for you producer-types to spread out your paperwork and laptops.

• HD-SDi in and out

• Final Cut Pro 6
• Panasonic P2 workflow
• Adobe AfterEffects
• DVD Studio Pro 4

• Apple “Motion”

• Apple “LiveType”
• Adobe PhotoShop
• Mac dual proc. G5 host computer
• AJA Kona LH capture card, with Kbox
• Harmon Kardon Soundsticks
• Alessis near-field speaker

• (2) Cinema Display 23” monitors

• Panasonic 42" plasma client viewing monitor
• Sony 20" NTSC SD monitor
• Mackie 16-channel audio board
• Lexicon audio effects processor

• DVD Recorder in each station
• Secure wi-fi connection
• Digital Juice Backgrounds

Motion Graphics Station/
Final Cut Studio2/DVD Authoring: Motion graphics and editing

Christine Sielaff is at the helm of the graphics/ editing suite in our new location. Not only is she a whiz at graphics,but an editor as well.

• Final Cut Pro 6
• Macbook Pro Core2Duo host computer
• Coming soon: shared storage
• DVD Studio Pro 4

• Apple “Motion”

• Apple “LiveType”
• Adobe PhotoShop

• (2) Cinema Display 23” monitors
• Sony 14" NTSC monitor

• JBL Control 1 speakers
• Mackie 12-channel audio board
• Sony DSR-1500 DVCam w/firewire DV input & output

Affinity Non-linear Editing:
 A Multi-Format Suite for Uncompressed Standard Def Editing.

Eric seems overly happy to be stuck indoors editing.

• Uncompressed SDi in & out with Digital Betacam
• Beta-SP component in & out
• DVCam and DVCPro component in & out
• 99 layers of Dveous effects on Mac-based system
• Fostex RP-80 speakers
• Medea VideoRaid RT (4hrs. uncompressed storage)
• Pioneer DVR-7000 DVD Recorder
• Panasonic AG-1970P SVHS
• Sony Hi8 EVO 9500A
• Sony 20" NTSC monitor
• Mackie 1202-VLZ Pro Audio Mixer
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Photoshop
• Commotion Pro
• Roxio Toast
• Comet CG character generator
• Cleaner 5

Chyron Lyric/Graphics:

 Finally, a PC in the house!

This is to appease all you Mac haters- you know who you are.

• Basic HP PC with Windows XP (not Vista!)
• Chyron Lyric workstation
• Adobe Photoshop CS2
• Internet connected; LAN connected to Macs
• Large Viewsonic LCD monitor

Aardvark Productions:
704-348-2523