Our Facilities & gear

In order to book anything, we ask you to become a member first.

Once a member, you can book here. You can also book by calling (902) 422 6822, or emailing production@cfat.ca.

Gear

Facilities

We offer Free Thursdays to all our members. As the name implies, you can book any of the facilities listed below at no additional booking fee every Thursday*

*for Student members, Editing members and Production & Editing members you always get these suites at no additional booking fee)

  • $10/hr or $50/day, free on Thursdays

    A great place to host talks, prototype and shoot footage in.

    This is a multipurpose space where we hold artist talks, small screenings (about 30 people), meetings, and are able to shoot small productions. We are also able to feed audio back into the Audio Suite.

    For production work:

    • The room is equipped with a Chromatte Screen for chroma-key (green or blue screen) shooting with a ReflecMedia LiteRing

    • Black-out curtains

    • Removable / re-configurable sounds baffles on the walls

      For presentations, screenings, artist talks and meetings:

      • A Panasonic PT-AE400 projector is mounted to the ceiling and an automated projection screen can descend in front of the Chromatte screen

      • Scarlett Focusrite 2i2 sound interface, two Yorkville near-field monitors (speakers)

    • 20 folding chairs

  • $10/hr or $50/day

    We love tapes and can digitize them here.

    • Our rate is $1per/minute. You can drop them off with a USB or harddrive, and we will send you an email when to pick them up. The files will be your drive.

    or

    • You can become a member with us at an annual fee, and we can digitize your tapes for $.50per/minute. 

    and/or

    • Every Thursday at our space we offer free facilities and studio access to our members. We can walk you through how to digitize the tapes yourself and you can digitize as many tapes as you want at no cost, every Thursday!

    Software: The computer runs Mac OS 10.10.5 (Yosemite). Final Cut Studio 7 (includes DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, Cinema Tools, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Livetype), Adobe AfterEffects, DVD Studio Pro 4, iMovie, Adobe CS4, DaVinci Resolve

    Hardware: Mac Pro (early 2009), 16 GB RAM, 250GB Storage, ATI Graphics, DVD R+W

    Monitors: Apple Cinema Display 23” HD LCD, Sony PVM 14M2U Broadcast Monitor (interlaced)

    Audio: Scarlett Focusrite 2i2 sound interface, Yorkville near-field monitors

    Transfer from: DVCAM, DV-SP, HDV, DVD, Digital 8, Hi8, 8mm, Betacam SP, 3/4” Umatic, VHS

  • $15/hr or $75/day

    Software:The computer runs Mac OS Sonoma.Adobe CS6 Production Suite (includes AfterEffects, Photoshop, Premiere, Audition, Flash, Illustrator), Pro Tools 12 (Ultimate), Final Cut Studio 7 (includes DVD Studio Pro, Compressor, Cinema Tools, Soundtrack Pro, Livetype), iMovie 10.1.8, Logic Pro 9.1.8, PluralEyes 4.1.4, TC Electronic Loudness Radar, Audition, BitWig, Ableton 11.

    Monitors: 2 x LG 21” HD LCD, Panasonic 50” plasma TV

    Digital Hardware: MOTU Interface, Behringer ADA 8200 A/D/A converter

    Analogue Hardware: Blue Sky 5.1 Studio Monitors / subwoofer, HeadAmp headphone amp, Sonome HeadphonesHardware: Blue Sky 5.1 Studio Monitors / subwoofer, HeadAmp headphone amp, Sonome Headphonestext goes here

  • Free for all members.

    We aim to create a safe space for people of any skill level to experiment with electronics, programming, and DIY technology within the context of art making. Some ideas for things that you can use the e-lab for:

    • Electro Mechanics (motors)

    • Sound Manipulation

    • Timed events

    • Video Manipulation

    • Computer Programming

    • Soldering

    • PCB design

    • Repair and troubleshoot equipment (save money)

    • Interactive environments

  • $15/hr or $75/day

    This suite has two computers, one Mac and one PC. Adapters available on request.

    PC

    Windows 10. Game designers include Unity, Unreal Engine. Max. Comes with Steam downloaded with Painting Simulator game. Kinect.

    MAC

    Mac Computer runs Mac OS Sonoma.

    There is no CD/DVD burner, though we have an external one we can provide on request. Let us know when you book the suite if you will need it.

    Adobe CC (includes AfterEffects, Photoshop, Premiere - other CC programs installable on request),

    DaVinci Resolve 2024, Final Cut Pro 10.4.8, iMovie 10.1.8, Logic Pro X 10.5.1, PluralEyes 4.1.8, TC Electronic Loudness Radar plugin. 3.3GHz 12-Core Intel Xeon W, 64GB RAM AMD Radeon Pro Vega II 32GB graphics card a Samsung SyncMaster E2320 and Sony PVM-2541 OLED display (24.5") are mounted on a heavy-duty monitor arm for adjustable heights / angles a second Sony PVM-2541 OLED display (24.5") is attached via SDI to Decklink card (usable for Da Vinci Resolve), Scarlett 2i2 Focusrite audio interface 2 x Yorkville near-field monitors

    Headphones available upon request.

  • Audio Suite

    $15/hr or $75/day - 2023 Artist-in-residence Alek Green working on the project, “Sound Resevoir”.

  • e-Lab

    Jesse working on the prototyptal synth,”The Drumpet” for their synth building workshop in 2023. The e-Lab is free for members.

  • Transfer Suite

    $10/hr or $50/day - free bookings for every Thursday! We can give you a brief orientation on how this space works to digitize your material.

  • Project Room

    $10/hr or $50/day, comes with a projector that is mounted, chairs and speakers. No rental fees to book on Thursdays!

  • Project Room

    Artwork: “Mr. Business” by Trevor Novak and “Untitled” by Jenny Yujia Shi made during the 35th MAS show.

  • e-Lab

    Free to use for members to tinker, repair and build electronics. We have soldering units on site and some odds and ends parts to get started.

  • Project Room

    An installation set-up n the project room by Gabe Moore. Using monitors we have on site and tapes from our transfer suite.

  • Audio Suite

    $15/hr or $75/day

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