(John demonstrating the Avid)
Our new Avid XPress 2.0 Editing System is aPowerMac 9600 with a 300 MHz Processor. It has 64MB of RAM, a 4GB hard drive, a 24X CD-ROM drive, and an internal 100MB ZipDrive. It used with 2 external 23 GB SCSI hard drives, two17" Sony 200GS monitors, and one 14" Sony VideoMonitor, complete with a pair of Roland MA-12C Speakers.
(John demonstrating the Avid)
At WDHS, videos can be shot in the field on awide range of cameras. We
have two regular Sony Hi-8 cameras, oneSony TR-101, three Sony TR-700’s, one Sony
Dockable Hi-8 and three DSR-200 DVCAMs. With the exception of the DSR-200s, all of the
cameras use the Hi-8 tape format. The DSR-200s require DV formatcassettes.
When shooting inside the studio, students can use up to fourstudio cameras; three of which
are Sony M2’s and the other a Sony M3. These four cameras are wired into the Main
Editing Suite through four Sony CMA-8 camera adapters, where they are recorded onto
U-Matic tape. We can also record on SuperBeta, VHS, Hi-8, 8mm, SP U-Matic, and DV.
(our main suite/control room)
The Main Suite is also where the majority ofvideos are edited. It is comprised of three U-Matic decks; a BVU-950 as R-VTR, a BVU-900 as player one, and a BVU-920 asplayer two. One Hi-8 deck acts as player three. Most of thevideos edited here are from Hi-8 to U-Matic. There is a Sony BE-900 Edit Controller and a Sony BVS-3200 switcher. We also havea CEL Electronics P152 for adding special effects andmanipulating video. To add graphics we have an Amiga Scala Character Generator. For audio we have a Technics CD player, an AIWA cassette player and a Videonics digital effects processor,all running through two audio boards; one MXP-290 and one MX-P21.There are two crown D-75 signal amplifiers. For checking our video signals, we have a Tektronics WVR-500 waveform monitor and vectorscope.
(Carla Gilbert on our Hi-8 editing system)
The Hi-8 editing system is comprised of the SonyFXE-100, and three Sony EVO-9850 decks. The graphics are laidwith a PC_CODI CG system, and audio is laid by a Kodak CD player running through another Crown D-75 amplifier.
(Mike Sassak on our web server)
In addition to the editing stations, WDHS also owns five computers, which serve as CG’s, paintboxes, and a 3D Modeler. For CG’s, we have an Amiga Toaster and a VideoDesigner. For 3D Modeling we are running 3D Studio MAX under Windows NT Server 4.0R4 on a Pentium Pro 200 MHz with 128 Megs ofRAM. On the same computer, we also have a Targa 1000 video cardfor full-motion video capture. And finally we own the server that hosts this web page. It is a Pentium 120 MHz with 40 megs of RAMrunning Slackware Linux v2.0.32.
(Mike Feldkamp on our Windows NT4 machince)
For our newly-implemented StudioCam, which streams live video of WDHS 24 hours a day, we assembled quite a powerful server. Itis a Pentium II based server, with two 300 MHz PII processors, 256 Megs of SDRAM, and a 9.1 Gigabyte SCSI 3 drive. This computer is runningWindows NT Server 4.0R4.
