Q Can you company work to picture if I bring a VHS or a Betacam, or Betacam SP?

A: Any of these standards. Usually we work with Betacam SP

Q: Can you work with a click or time-code?

A: We can work both with a click and with SMTE. If you are scoring for film or video and require a click track during the session, you will have to provide an audio click track (AIFF file or CD) or a standard MIDI file tempo map for each cue.

Q: What is the cost of smaller ensembles? Or do you not do that?

A: We signed many agreements with chamber orchestras and also with the performers (some of them world-famous) whose playing can be the highlight of any recording. Session rates depend on the size of the orchestra. We can provide any size orchestra required for your project, but we typically use orchestras from 80 to 96 members. Estimating costs for smaller bands is always more difficult, because much depends on the material. A rehearsal hall is needed for such small ensembles in order to make it with quality. You can send us your scores, and we will tell you the cost of recording with a small ensemble.

Q: I operate protools out of my studio. Will you mail me the protools source files on CD after the recording so that I could master it myself in my studio?

A: We can of course send you ProTools source files on CD or via ISDN. Besides, if you don't require mixing / mastering, reducethe cost of our service will be 10% less.

Q: .Please give me more information about your payment policy.

A: We usually accept payment in Euro. We are ready to offer a 10% discount, if you record a full CD, i.e. more than three 8-hour sessions. A: What do you charge for orchestrating a 'short' score?

Q: Orchestrators are generally paid on a per-page basis, where a page is generally equivalent to 4 bars of fully scored music. Our rates range from 10-20 USD/page depending on the size of the orchestra.

Q:Is full buyout available?

A: All of our recording services are performed on a complete "buyout" basis. The composer or publisher of the work retains all rights to the sound Recording and musical work for any use in any media.

Q: Usually, we are looking for shorter durations like a 30" or 60", etc.

A: Four hours of recording time are required to book a session.

Q: What is the cost of full CD production ?

A: We use 8 hour sessions. (4 hours recording + 4 hours mixing, / mastering). In this one session, we offer approximately 12-15 minutes of music, depending on genre and difficulty of the score. So, a full CD normally requires four 8-hour sessions. Sometimes less, but seldom more. Usually with such amounts we compensate all overtime that may occur.

Q: I presently use a Bulgarian orchestra. I am interested in the price and quality comparison.

A: In fact, we don't feel any competition from Romanian, Bulgarian and Czech orchestras, because the majority of our clients still seek for not only cost-effective but also high-quality cost-effective production. There are many orchestras in the world but not all of them are really top-class. Anyway, the reputation of major Russian orchestras have always been and still is incomparably higher.