• (12/2020) A Train Productions recently designed and installed multicamera streaming video systems at Temple Emanu-El in Westfield, NJ. The systems incorporate multiple high-quality PTZ cameras, multichannel sound, and are capable of streaming to multiple CDNs simultaneously.
• (4/2020) A Train Productions recently designed and fabricated six remote-controlled audio/video interview recording rigs for Entertainment One and Blackfin Productions. The lightweight and portable rigs are designed for single-person setup in an interviewee's home or office, and feature ProRes 1920 recording at various frame rates, permitting high quality television production to continue during COVID-19 social distancing/quarantining restrictions
• (4/2019) A Train Productions recently completed technical design and installation of the new Anomaly Entertainment facility in lower Manhattan. The 14 room installation includes a 10G 'video data" network with a 4-chassis Avid Nexis Pro and a 160TB QNAP NAS, a wired LAN/Phone network, multi-point wifi, Ubiquiti and Dell networking gear, and custom fabrication (by A Train) of key pieces of technical fixtures.
• (1/2019) Jonathan Applebaum, A Train's President, is currently developing a FileMaker Pro database to manage Aspera users at AMC Networks. The database will provide both web-based and FMP client-based interfaces, and perform automated reporting on usage.
• (1/2019) A Train Productions has completed a networking upgrade and the installation of a third Avid Nexis server at Blackfin Productions.
• (12/2018) A Train Productions has completed the installation of a second Avid Nexis Pro server at Hit+Run Creative.
• (9/2018) A Train Productions has been engaged by Anomaly Entertainment to design and build the technical infrastructure and systems for its new 14 room facility in lower Manhattan.
• (4/2018) A Train Productions has completed the relocation of Blackfin Productions from temporary offices at 75 Broad Street, NYC to 40 Exchange Place, NYC. The project involved the orderly shutdown/dismantling/relocation of two Avid Nexis systems and the build-out of a server room at the new location.
• (2/2018) A Train Productions has been commissioned by the global Vantage Airport Group to design a FileMaker Pro-based database to track work orders at Laguardia Airport, with eventual expansion to other Vantage-managed properties.
• (12/2017) A Train Productions was selected to specify/install/configure all technical facilities for Hit+Run Creative, a Hoboken-based production company. The facility currently consists of 13 Avid seats, 80 TB of Nexis storage, Resolve color grading, and ancillary technologies.
• (10/2017) A Train Productions was selected to specify/install/configure new network and wifi equipment at InsomniaTV, a NYC-based production company.
• (9/2017) A Train Productions completed the refurbishment of the sanctuary sound system at Temple Emanu-El in Westfield, NJ. The project involved the complete rewiring of a full-height equipment rack, testing/repair of 24 ceiling-mounted monitors, complete reprogramming of the DSP-based mics and mixers, upgrades to the wireless mic antenna system, and extensive tuning to complement various configurations of the multi-purpose venue. To be noted: When other vendors recommended replacing the core of the system's electronics (at great cost), A Train determined that there was no need for that, and saved the temple thousands of dollars. And as the building's superintendent recently commented: "The sanctuary has never sounded better."
• (12/2016) A Train Productions has completed the upgrade/migration of the FileMaker Pro-based VENUS database at Viacom's Music and Entertainment Group. The database is used to manage and track all deliverables for upcoming programming on Comedy Central and Spike.
• (2/2016) A Train Productions was commissioned to create a FileMaker Pro-based subtitle editor/formatter for a prominent movie distribution company. “Subtitle Wrangler Pro,” as it’s called, provides simple, comprehensive manipulation over all aspects of DCI-compliant subtitle creation and editing, including font and text styles (for TTF subtitles), screen position, and timings. A flexible timecode engine allows trimming by frames, miiliseconds, ticks or timecode; applied globally, on individual subtitles, or groups of subtitles, with SWP continuously testing for overlaps. And using technology developed for A Train’s ProLog logging software, SWP also includes QuickTime integration, allowing the user to preview subtitles against a reference movie in real time.
• (12/2014) A Train Productions was featured in a Panasonic news release: http://news.creativecow.net/story/877939
• (9/2014) For our Wedding and B'nai Mitzvah clients, we are pleased to offer a Flash Drive option in addition to delivery of your video on Blu-ray disc.
• (9/2014) Beginning this month -- and for a limited time only -- the ProLogMDB™ application is now free of charge.
• (1/2014) A Train Productions is proud to present ProLogMDB™, a suite of software applications designed to enhance and streamline the process of logging, transcribing, reviewing, and organizing media assets. ProLogMDB provides a complete end-to-end workflow in a package that costs considerably less to deploy than other comparably-featured asset management solutions.
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