Our Audio Studio

Bowen Technovation specializes in many services for the planetarium and space theater community such as: dialog/narrative recording and editing, sound effect design, sweetening, location audio, and custom composed, original music scores. These completed materials are typically used in planetarium or large format film shows, but may be produced for free standing kiosks or waiting area exhibitry, as well.

Our beautiful office/studio complex is centered around a comfortable control room, complete with dimmable lighting, a curved and elevated producer’s console, and elevated client sofas...complete with a set of fake faders...so you can give your client a “pretend” something to do during those long sessions.

Our studio features 10 foot ceilings with many, many angled and curved surfaces. Different areas in the studio are designed for recording different types of sound sources...dialog/narrative in one area, singers in another, musical instruments at one end, and sound effects at the other.

The Hardware
We utilize the following excellent hardware package:

Digital Tape Recorders

Fostex D-25 SMPTE time-code digital DAT for sync to picture
Panasonic SV-3700 digital DAT
Fostex and Alesis ADAT digital 8-track machines, time-code sync to picture (up to 32 tracks available upon request)
Tascam DA-78-8898 compatible 8mm.

Analog Tape Recorders

Fostex E-2 2-track 1/4 machine with SMPTE time-code cue track sync to picture

Digital Audio Workstations/Editors

Soundscape PC-based Direct-to-Disk non-linear workstation. 8-channels 64 tracks, Digital I/O, surround-sound capable four channel output, SMPTE time-code sync to picture. Fabulous sound quality and speed. Running on Gateway 2000 Pentium.

Vegas Audio PC-based Direct-to-Disk non-linear workstation. unlimited channels and tracks, Digital I/O, surround sound-output, SMPTE time-code sync to picture.

Mackie SDR-24 24-track hard disk recording system.

Audio Mixing Consoles

Dual Tandem Panasonic DA-7 Digital Mixing System. Up to 64 input channels. Equipped for fully automated multichannel surround sound mixes. Sync to pic.

Mackie 1202 location audio mixer. Up to 12 inputs. Phantom power.

Alesis12R location audio mixer. Up to 12 inputs. Phantom power.

Signal Processing

Fully equipped patchbay system
Various compressor/limiters
Symetrix 511 expander/noise reduction unit
BBE sonic exciter
Behringer Edison stereo enhancer
Lexicon LXP-1 digital reverb
Alesis QuadraVerb digital reverb/effects
Roland SRV-2000 digital reverb
Yamaha D1500 digital delay/chorus/flanger

Video Lock-up Hardware

Video monitoring is provided for lip-sync and Foley SFX work Sony BetaCam SP VTR with address track time code Sony 1/2 VHS machines Video monitors in control room and studio Layback to any format video master is handled at your request.

Sony BVU-900 3/4 SP VTR as well.

Audio Monitors

Tannoy System 800 phase-coherent monitors
Audio Technica multimedia monitors
Boston Acoustics A/V monitors

Peripheral Hardware

Sony audio cassette deck
Marantz CD player

Other

A selection of microphones and an excellent headphone cue system with talkback are featured in our studio. Telephone patch, FAX, and internet capabilities make long-distance work no problem.

Musical Instruments

A gazillion guitars, saxes and other. Large collection of native percussion instruments. MIDI digital recording system with 200 or more tracks, with many synths and samplers by Kurzweil, Akai, Roland, Yamaha... whatever is hot this month!


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