Ballard Shares Millimeter Knowledge

Dave Ballard, President and Effects Artist for LAB 601, recently shared a little know-how in �Millimeter Magazine.� The magazine, which covers motion picture and television productions, is published by Primedia publisher of titles in the B2B and newsstand sector including �Seventeen, � �Soap Opera Digest, � and �Folio.� Graphic work by 7ate9 accompanied the story.

LAB 601 christened their new audio post suite, implemented by Comprehensive Technical Group. The suite, featuring Digidesign�s Pro Tools|HD3 system with AVOption|XL, is the first audio suite in Atlanta directly connected to a Unity MediaNet system with Avid Workstations. The new audio system realizes LAB 601�s vision of a shared storage concept, integrating video and audio edit suites at the facility, while making non-linear editing tools accessible to clients. Pro Tools with AVOption|XL is the only audio workstation that can playback Avid media without conversion.

Ballard said, �Thanks to CTG�s expert engineering staff we have a new, powerful audio suite that is able to access media from any of our edit systems, making it both time saving and cost-effective for our clients.� CTG executed Ballard�s idea of a synchronous editing environment. �We were able to take Dave�s vision of a shared storage model and make it a reality, � said Jim Wile, President and Owner of CTG. �The final piece was to design and integrate this new Pro Tools HD audio suite into the existing infrastructure seamlessly.�