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FTP: £10 per FTP/Email upload/download per 500MB per connection if over 20MB. Our high speed upload circuits cost the same as contract-hiring a brace of Porsches! We have our own safe FTP/HTTP sites. STUDIOS: We’ve seven spacious and relaxing sound studios (inc. our bijou Studio 7) - two with outside smoking areas. Our large client reception is available for pre-session meetings/briefings. In-house Wi-Fi is available - log-in details from reception. Coffee, chilled water, soft drinks, juice, biscuits, toast and a range of standard, herbal and fruit teas are provided. Meals can be bought-in and are charged out at cost. DETAILS: To make sure there are no unwelcome surprises please visit www.sound.co.uk/bookingnotes.html. BOOKINGS: Sessions must be confirmed in advance by email/fax with details, session duration, deadlines and persons/ voices attending. Min. booking 1 hr, thereafter in 1/2 hr blocks. CHARGING: We charge for "time booked" - even if not all used, plus any over-runs. We may be able to offer a pre-booked provisional 30 min over-run - but we reserve the right to grab this back - so, please book enough time! Cancelled confirmed sessions will normally be charged. 20% admin is added to most bought-in costs - deliveries, voices, equip hire, cabs, o/going ISDN & phone-patch calls... OUT-OF-HOURS FEES: Our normal office hours are 09.00-18.00. Outside of these times we charge an extra £40 p/hour. There are higher rates and a minimum booking weekends & Bank Hols - see www.sound.co.uk/otime.html. Early and late taxis/meals may be charged - we feel this is only fair. PAYMENT: Our terms are strictly 30 days net – i.e. within 30 days of the invoice date, but first we normally check account applications against a credit risk database. If an adverse report then cash/cheque/plastic/PayPal accepted. We can invoice and receive payments in £/Euros/USD. PRINTING/PHOTOCOPYING: It can be problematical to print/photocopy umpteen copies of umpteen last minute scripts for all our studios & sessions. Printing/copying over 40 pages may be charged at 5p per page. EMAIL DELAYS: Emails can get delayed. Urgent scripts or bookings requests are sent at your risk. Check by phone! KNOWLEDGE: Many "problems" can be caused by the editing/processing/treatment/resampling of the audio once it has left our studios. Some software does a truly awful job in the hands of unskilled practitioners. Talk to us first. Advice is free. OTHER SERVICES: Casting, voice direction, track laying & dubbing, full re-versioning packages, project management - for animations, narration, one-offs... www.sound.co.uk/projects SMALL PRINT: We cannot be held financially responsible for events outside our control - such as, but not limited to, transport delays, staff illness, power cuts, adjacent construction work, poor voices/scripts, bad direction... Geoff Oliver, MD & Founder Geoff.Oliver@sound.co.uk E&OE We've a passion for sound. Our abiding aim is to do the best job possible for your budget. And then some. |
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