Production Hardware & Software

Here's a list of some software and gear the team uses or has used in production...

Music sequencing/audio software:

  • ANIMUSIC|studio (proprietary)
  • Steinberg Nuendo
  • Steinberg Cubase SX
  • Fruity Loops
  • MOTU Digital Performer 3

Music/Audio hardware:

  • Axiom 25 mini keyboard
  • Haken Continuum Fingerboard
  • Behringer MIDI Faders
  • Roland D-70
  • Roland D-550
  • Roland R8-M
  • Yamaha DX7
  • Kurzweil K2000R
  • Kurzweil GX1000
  • Nord Lead 2
  • Emu Proteus1
  • Emu UltraProteus
  • MOTU MIDI Timepiece (x2)
  • MOTU 2408mkIII, 24i
  • UAD-1 (x2)
  • Panasonic DAT
  • Soundcraft Spirit Auto 32 mixer
  • Hafler Power amp, Tannoy System-8 (x2), Auratones (x2)
  • Mackie HR824 (x5 for surround mixing) plus Sub

Software synths:

  • Reason
  • SampleTank
  • Battery
  • V-Station
  • Halion
  • The Grand
  • Atmosphere
  • Trilogy
  • Albino
  • FM7
  • PPG Wave 2.2
  • SimSynth
  • Wasp
  • Absynth

Content Creation software:

  • ANIMUSIC|studio (proprietary)
  • modo
  • mental ray
  • Softimage XSI
  • Pixar RenderMan
  • 3ds Max
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Painter
  • Z-Brush
  • DVD Studio Pro
  • CinemaCraft SE

Development software:

  • Microsoft Visual C++
  • Trolltech Qt
  • OpenSceneGraph (open source)
  • MIDIShare (open source)
  • LTProf
  • OnTime Defect Tracker
  • Beyond Compare

Computers and misc gear:

  • BOXX workstations, dual processor, high-end nVidia cards
  • 24” widescreen monitors, and various others
  • About 16 render servers, all dual processor, and growing
  • Apple G4, G5, iMac’s
  • Sony 35” flat screen Trinitron
  • Sony 34” widescreen Trinitron
  • Panasonic Plasma TV
  • Sharp Aquos LCD TV
  • Other TVs
  • DVD players - Sony and various other brands
  • PS3, XBox 360, Wii