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Technical Capabilities

Tech talk found here. This is where all the language resembles something from B-grade sci-fi movies. If this is not your cup o' joe, feel free to listen to our creative work, review our blog, take a tour of our downtown Minneapolis recording studio, or find out whose web site this is anyway. Go back to Kansas here.

  • 44.1/48 kHz 24-bit digital recording to Digidesign Pro Tools HD2 systems.
  • Studio C is fully equipped to do Surround Sound mixing up to full 5.1.
  • Clients can walk with mixes, parts, or splits on audio CDs, CD ROMs, DVD ROMs - even R-DATs, and timecode DATs if you're living in the 80's.
  • Mixes, parts, or splits can be sent via e-mail or posted directly on any FTP site. Babble-On Recording Studios has both a traditional FTP and an HTML based file transfer site. Final mixes (in AIFF, WAV, SDII or MP3 formats) and work parts (full takes, edits, Pro Tools session data, OMF version 2 or AAF files, etc.) can be posted easily to either one of them. (see specific specs below)
  • Hard-disk capture and random-access playback of video from 3/4” U-Matic, VHS tape, DVD, or from a QuickTime movie (DV/DVCPRO-NTSC compressed video file). (see specific specs below)
  • Import of video and/or audio in OMF version 2 or AAF file format from Avid or Final Cut Pro editor. (see specific specs below)
  • Mono or stereo ISDN digital patch capabilities (apt-X WorldNet Pro-Link 3D2, Telos Zephyr Xstream, and Source-Connect from Source-Elements).
  • ADR for television shows, pilots, movie trailers and films.
  • Digital location recording to HHB MiniDisc, Marantz PMD670 flash recorder or Digidesign Pro Tools with mono or stereo condenser microphones.
  • Synced layback of audio to 3/4” U-Matic video tape, creation of reference VHS video tape, DVD or QuickTime movie.
  • Phone patching, posting to FTP or e-mailing of MP3 files for spot approvals.
  • File conversion among all common audio formats…and, even some weird ones.
  • Ability to record multiple voice-overs in separate voice-over booths.
  • Electronic distribution of radio spots.
  • Extensive production music and sound effects libraries: on-line, instantly audition-ready, and importable into Pro Tools

If you aren't finding the answers to your technical questions here, you might find them in our FAQs or Session Planner. Otherwise, feel free to contact us and ask to talk to one of our studio engineers.

Specs

When sending video & audio files to Babble-On Recording Studios, please follow the specification instructions below.

Video files

Babble-On can use pretty much any type of Quicktime movie. If you're creating the movie just for us, however, it would be nice for you to make a less compressed version than the size of movie files that are often emailed or posted for client approval since it will look better on our TVs (larger file size, ideally 720x480 pixels and in DV format [or 853x480 pixels for 16:9 aspect ratio]). Video DVDs are also acceptable but obviously require more time to load.  

All movies should have a visible 2-pop at the head and have an audible 2-pop and reference audio in the audio track.

Audio files

Pro Tools can import an AAF or OMF 2.0 (also called “OMFII”) sequence with linked or embedded audio but not embedded video. Video should be provided as separate Quicktime movies as stated above.

Pro Tools can import, play back, and export an AAF or OMF sequence that either links to media files or has audio embedded within it. It may be most foolproof to use the “Consolidate and Embed” option when creating an AAF or OMF files in Avid, as this creates one file with both sequence information and imbedded media. The other option, “Consolidate and Link to Consolidated Media” will also work without creating such a huge file. For occasions when an embedded OMF file will exceed the 2GB file size limit, the solution would be to create an embedded AAF file (no file size limit) or create an AAF or OMF with linked media. It’s up to the editor. An AAF sequence may refer to (via linked media) or include (via embedded media) MXF media files (audio only), but OMF sequences cannot refer to or include MXF files.