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 Studio 2/DVD Authoring/
Motion Graphics Station:

 HD/SD editing and graphics

Christine Sielaff is at the helm of the Final Cut Studio2 editing suite in our new location. Not only is she an editor, but a graphics person as well.

• Final Cut Pro 6
• Mac dual proc. G5 host computer
• AJA Kona LH capture card, with Kbox
• DVD Studio Pro 4

• Apple “Motion”

• Apple “LiveType”
• Adobe PhotoShop
• Adobe AfterEffects

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

• Harmon Kardon Soundsticks & JBL Control 1 speakers
• Mackie 12-channel audio board

• Medea VideoRaid 4/800 external scsi storage

• (2) large internal SATA drives
• Panasonic P2 workflow

Leitch VelocityHD Room:

 High Definition - Uncompressed, Uncompromising

Room with a view.

• HD-SDi in and out

• AJA R20AD converter, RH10MD 
downconverter

• AJA ADA 4 audio converter

• HP xw8200 workstation computer
• Ciprico MediaVault 5.2TB video storage

• optional Leitch breakout box

• (2) Cinema Display 23” monitors

• Blackmagic HDlink for HD monitoring

• Panasonic 42" plasma client viewing monitor
• Sony 20" NTSC monitor

• Alessis near-field speakers
• Mackie 16-channel audio board
• Lexicon audio effects processor
• Inscriber TitleMotion Pro
• SD/HD switchable
• DVD Recorder in each station

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
• Panasonic AG-1970P SVHS
• Sony Hi8 EVO 9500A
• Sony 20" PVM20M2U NTSC monitor
• Mackie 1202-VLZ Pro Audio Mixer
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Photoshop
• Commotion Pro
• Roxio Toast
• Comet CG character generator
• Cleaner 5

Graphics/FCP 3/Encoding:

 Multi-Purpose SD Edting and Graphics Station

Alderman works the phone while trying to edit.

• Sony DSR-1500 DVCam w/firewire DV input & output
• Mac G4 host computer
• (2) Large internal drives
• 180 GB External FW drive
• Apple Cinema Display monitor
• Adobe PhotoShop
• Adobe After Effects
• Commotion Pro
• Ultra BlueIce card
• Cleaner 6, Squeeze 4
• Contour Shuttle pro
• Peak DV
• Digital Juice Backgrounds

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

Editing doesn't have to begin with "A"

Remember, Aardvark's New Phone Number:
704-348-2523