Q & A

What is 86 Productions?
86 Productions is an independent audio and video production company. We mainly do podcasts, but we also do the following: web sites, audio/video editing, and radio shows. We also record live shows for small bands in the area.

How many are in the crew?
Depends on the show. We have found certain shows only need a couple of people. We have done only a few shows, but the quality of each show is great.

How much does it cost?
We were just taping the shows that Paradigm played, but we will tape any band for a fee. For a simple one camera angle dvd, it will cost $75.00. For multiple angles, the dvd, it will cost $200.00. If you want something more (custom menus, picture section, etc…), it will depend on the hours spent on the dvd.

What are you using for your Equipment?
Canon EOS EFi 18.1MP T2i
I use 1 MiniDV (Canon ZR 950) and 2 Super High-8 cameras.
I also use my Canon T2i as my HD (720p (60 FPS) and 1080p (24/30 FPS)) recorder.
I also have four digital cameras (3.2M, 3.2M, 5.1M, and 18.1M)

I use five computers:

Laptop #1 Alienware m17xR2 -
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
IntelĀ® Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz (2.8 GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
4GB Dual Channel Memory (2x 2GB DDR3)
320 GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM
500 GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM
Slot Loaded Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Burner
TV Tuner (Video Upload)
2GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
1394 Firewire/eSATA/4 USB 2.0 (1 Powered) Inputs
HDMI and Display Port Outputs
5.1 Surround Sound
10/100/1000 Ethernet
Intel(R) Centrino(R) Ultimate-N 6300 AGN

Laptop #2 Dell XPS m1730 -
Dual Boot Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit / Windows XP SP3 32-bit
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz
4 GB of Ram
320 GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM
320 GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM
Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Burner
TV Tuner (Video Upload)
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
Firewire Input /DVI Output
Sound Blaster Live
10/100/1000 Ethernet

Laptop #3 Dell Inspiron 6000 -
Windows XP Pro SP3 32-bit
1.6 Pentium M
2 GB of Ram
160 GB Hard Drive 5400 RPM PATA
DVD/CD Burner
USB TV Tuner
Firewire
128MB ATI Video Card
10/100 Ethernet

PC #1 (Backup/Encoding) -
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz
2 GB of Ram
500 GB Hard Drive 7200 RPM SATA
DVD Burner/Lightscribe SATA
10/100/1000 Ethernet

PC #2 (Server) -
Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz
4 GB of Ram
320 GB PATA Hard Drive 7200 RPM
2048 GB SATA Hard Drive 7200 RPM
1024 GB SATA Hard Drive 7200 RPM
500 GB SATA Hard Drive 7200 RPM
500 GB SATA Hard Drive 7200 RPM
500 GB SATA Hard Drive 7200 RPM (External)
500 GB PATA Hard Drive 7200 RPM (External)
DVD/CD Burner PATA
DVD/CD Burner Lightscribe SATA
TV Tuner
10/100/1000 Ethernet
10/100 Ethernet

other:
Comcast 20/4 Service and Linksys WRT610N router with Western Digital 2TB USB Drive attached

Do you take photos?
Yes. Andrew takes all pictures himself. He mainly uses the Canon T2i 18.1 MP for all the pictures, but he also use both 3.2 Meg Pixel and 5.1 Mega Pixel cameras.

When can you do shows?
Depends on the date, time, and some other factors. If you are interested, please visit the contact us page.

Why do you do this?
We have always loved editing audio and video shows. Even though our main focus are taping podcasts now, we got our start taping shows for paradigm. Video is something we love to do and we would love to tape your show!!!

If are there any questions that we have not been able to answer, visit the contact us page and you will receive a response.