Film & Media Facilities

Audio Facilities

Audio at The Banff Centre offers professional, well-equipped recording and editing facilities, which make the program especially attractive for musicians, engineers, and researchers in the audio field.

• Luscar Recording Studio and Control Room
• Rice Audio for Video Post Production Suite
• Multi-Channel Audio Edit Suite
• Rolston Recital Hall

Luscar Recording Studio and Control Room

This is the primary recording/mixing studio with a Euphonix CS-3000, 56 channel digitally controlled analogue console with 32X8 Cube for surround mixing and full automation and a 24-track digital recorder. Linked to all audio and video production areas by audio, video, time-code video sync, speaker, and intercom tie lines with a good selection of outboard gear and professional microphones. The studio is 450 sq. ft.
Luscar Studio Technical Details

Telus Studio

This is a 1600 sq. ft. live space in a variable acoustic environment, linked to all audio and video production areas.

Rice Audio For Video Post Production Suite

Control room linked to all audio and video production areas. Isolated Narration/Voice-Over booth. Includes a Yamaha DM-2000 digital console, Digidesign ProTools HD, and a variety of processing equipment.
Rice Studio Technical Details

Multi-Channel Audio Edit Suite

Includes CD pre-mastering software, CD writer, Exabyte, Manual Declicking, Broadband Denoising, Complex Filtering.
Multi-Channel Suite Technical Details

The Rolston Recital Hall

The beautiful 200 seat Rolston Recital Hall is located in the Music & Sound Building and looks out at the picturesque Mount Rundle. The seating configuration can be changed to accommodate different ensemble settings so seating is general admission. Depending on the set up, some seats are flat on the floor, and some are on risers.
Rolston Recital Hall Technical Details

Film Facilities

Film & Media’s digital film production and post-production facilities include Rice Studio, a fully-equipped 230 square-metre (2,500 square-foot) television studio space with painted chroma key green cyclorama and computerized lighting board. Our production complement includes BetaCamSP, DVCAM 570, Panasonic Varicam HD cameras, a Panther dolly, and an extensive lighting package with both tungsten and HMI lamps.

Within a fully networked environment, our post-production facilities include an Avid Media composer 2000, Avid Express HD, Avid Adrenaline HD, and non-linear systems. Playback and recording devices include support of BetacamSP, DVCAM, DVCPro, DVCPro HD, and D5. We also run Spruce Technologies’ DVD authoring software with Pinnacle capture and encoding hardware, and Primera DVD/CD duplicating systems.

The Banff Centre’s Digital Film facilities also house a multi-platform computer lab which features web access, CD/DVD burning, video editing, printing, and comprehensive digital imaging support with slide/film scanning, flatbed scanning, image-editing software, and technical support.

The cost of some services may be subsidized through participants’ Banff Centre residencies and programs.

Rice Studio

A fully-equipped 230 square-metre (2,500 square-foot) television studio space with painted chroma key green cyclorama and computerized lighting board. Control room linked to all audio and video production areas. Isolated Narration/Voice-Over booth. Includes a Yamaha DM-2000 digital console, Digidesign ProTools HD, and a variety of processing equipment.
Rice Studio Technical Details

Digital Media Facilities

Digital media facilities are world-class spaces dedicated to research and project work in the areas of visualization, collaborative systems, and mobile media. These labs facilitate post-doctoral training opportunities, work study opportunities, applied research residencies, and partnerships and alliances with organization and industry stakeholders in information technology and digital media. With specialized equipment such as the 3D visualization CAVE, 3D printer, multitouch tables (including a Microsoft Surface), high-end imaging devices, and more, there exists an incredible opportunity for experimentation and collaboration across varieties of advanced media.

Advanced Research Technology (ART) Collaboration Lab

The Advanced Research Technology Labs (ART Labs) were founded at The Banff Centre to enhance new media research and project work in the areas of visualization, collaborative systems, and mobile media. These labs also facilitate post-doctoral training opportunities, work study opportunities, applied research residencies, and partnerships and alliances with organization and industry stakeholders in information technology and digital media.

Advanced Research Technology Mobile Lab

The ART Mobile Lab was created in 2005 to enable research into mobile and location-based media design, art, technology and cultures of use. In particular, we focus on media created for outdoor spaces and communities - innovative technologies, interactions, and experiences designed for remote locations from cultural heritage sites and wilderness areas to urban parks. Our primary activities include technical R&D (mainly software development for mobile devices), content creation, design research, participant ethnography and audience evaluation, and mobile media outreach and training.
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