Equal Rights Institute is now renting out its video and podcast studio for use. The studio is located eight minutes northwest of downtown Concord, NC.

Audio Equipment List:

• 1 Tascam DP-24SD Digital Multitrack Recorder;
  • Simultaneous 8-track recording; 
  • Intuitive channel-strip-style controls make tracking and mixing easy;
  • Able to bring on up to two FaceTime/Skype guests;
  • Easily save finished tracks to an SD card or export them to your computer via USB.
• 3 Heil PR 40 Dynamic Studio Recording Cardioid Microphones, including pop filter, shock mount, and adjustable stand;
• 3 dbx 286s Microphone Pre-amp Processors;
  • Studio quality Mic Preamp/Channel Strip Processor;
  • Classic dox Compression puts great sound within easy reach;
  • Frequency tunable De-Esser reduces sibilance and high-frequency distortion;
  • Enhancer increases the detail and definition of the high and low frequencies;
  • Program adaptive Expander/Gate.
• 1 Mackie HM-4 Headphone Amplifier
  • Share a single stereo source with up to 4 pairs of headphones
  • Individual level control for each output

Video Equipment List:

• 2 Panasonic GH5 4K cameras with Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f/2.8 II ASPH. POWER O.I.S. Lenses;
• 2 Atomos Ninja Inferno 7″ 4K HDMI Recording Monitors with 1TB Solid State Drives (4.5 hours of 4K recording time before needing to transfer data to external hard drive);
• 2 Manfrotto 055 Aluminium 3-Section Tripods with Horizontal Columns, combined with 2 Manfrotto 2-Way Pan/Tilt Heads;
• 2 Litepanels Astra 6X Bi-Color LED Panels with Softboxes (keys/fill lights);
• 2 Quasar Q-LED T8 dimmable light bars (backlights) – 5600k version;
• 1 StarTech.com USB 3.1 (10Gbps) Dock for SSD Drives (for transferring the video to your external hard drive);
• 1 Teleprompter w/ iPad interface (use your own phone or tablet, or use our iPad Air with PromptSmartPro app;
• 3 Wired lavs: DPA 4080 Miniature Cardioid Lavalier Microphones with DPA MicroDot to 3-pin XLR Adapters (Belt Clips);
• 1 Sennheiser ME66/K6 shotgun microphone;
• 4 C-stands for the lights and/or shotgun microphone.

For pricing and terms, read our studio rental agreement.

Follow the steps below to request a reservation:

Step 1: Check our studio availability:

First, click this link to open our studio calendar in Google Calendar. By adding this as a calendar you’ll be able to see when the studio is already reserved. You won’t see the reservation details, but you’ll see blocks of time that say “busy.”

Step 2: Request a reservation:

After submitting the reservation request we’ll check on our tech’s availability and get back to you with options. Thanks!