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November 7th, 2009
Adobe : Audition Home
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| | | | Hyperbolic Audio Mixes & Records The Animated Pilot, "Enchanted Thyme"
Innovatively Integrating Skype & ISDN Technology Allowing Director To Work Face-to-Face New York-based Voice Over Talent
Hyperbolic Audio was recently called upon by award-winning Florida-based animation director Mark Simon, when he needed to direct a who’s who of New York-based voiceover talent for a new animated pilot entitled, Enchanted Thyme, a series based on award-winning playwright Ariane Smith’s popular children’s book of the same name.
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| | | | Sony Creative Software Introduces New Download Delivery Option for All Products in its Royalty-Free Content Line
Instant Access to Popular Loop Libraries, Cinescore Themes, Sound Effects and Animated Video Backgrounds Now Offered at Discounted Prices
Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio production applications, has introduced a download delivery option for its entire royalty-free content catalog. All Sony Creative Software loop libraries, Cinescore Themes, sound effects and Vision Series content collections, including previously discontinued titles, are now available for purchase via download at discounted prices.
published 11 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | New Adobe TV Programming Comes Online
Unique Creative Suite 3 Video Content Available Via Adobe Media Player and New Web Destination
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® TV, a free online video resource for expert instruction and inspiration about Adobe products, including the company’s Creative Suite 3 family of world-class creative tools.
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| | | | 5 Alarm Music Launches Intuitive Online Search & Download Solution for Music Editors and Producers
The nation's largest independent music library has partnered with Soundminer to develop a robust, easy-to-use online music search engine.
5Alarm Music, a division of strategic music branding company DMI Music & Media Solutions, has harnessed the power of Soundminer's Web portal in a revolutionary approach to Web-based audio asset management, creating a user-friendly Web browser experience that offers producers and music supervisors a dynamic and easily navigable online search engine to find, download, manage and store music for any and all production applications.
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| | | | Digital Juice Releases 3 New Volumes of StackTraxx
Digital Juice® announced today that it is adding three new titles to its royalty-free StackTraxx™ music library. The three new titles bring the rapidly expanding production music collection to thirty-nine available volumes covering an array of different styles, themes, and genres including Jazz, Urban and Classic.
published 2 years ago read more | | | | |
| | | | News: Adobe Announces Audition 3
New Software Brings Creative Power to Audio Creation and Production
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Adobe® Audition® 3 software, a major new release of the all-in-one solution for professional audio production.
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| | | | News: Digital Juice Unveils 10 New Volumes of StackTraxx
Digital Juice® announced today a fifty percent expansion of its royalty-free StackTraxx™ music library. The ten new titles will bring the rapidly expanding production music collection to thirty-one available volumes covering an array of different styles, themes, and genres including business, world, broadcast, sports, country, cinematic, island, romantic, and R&B.
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| | | | Ad Biz Has a New Way to 'Trackdown Music' for Spots
Industry Vet Korbin Kraus Launches Revolutionary Database/Service Dedicated to Searching and Securing Music Originally Created Specifically for Spots
Typically, music companies compete to deliver the perfect track for a spot as work-for-hire composers. Also common is the process of licensing existing music created by recording artists. Trackdownmusic.com offers the ad community an entirely new approach to finding music for spots.
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| | | | Web Streaming - Audio|Video
New VDN network from Sorenson Media: Sorenson 360
 Need high quality encoding with a more than reasonable way to serve the videos you need to put online? One of CreativeCOW's leaders, Jerry Hofmann takes a look at Sorenson Media’s new Video Delivery Network (VDN) called 'Sorenson 360'.
Review by Jerry Hofmann on 05/23/2009 | | | | |
| | | | Audio Professionals
ADR: Hollywood Dialogue Recording Secrets
 Correcting dialogue is one of the most important parts of the old saying, fix it in post. They're part of a process called ADR -- Additional Dialogue Recording, or Automated Dialogue Replacement -- that has been going on since movies had audio, and is still being done today, from the smallest indie films to the biggest blockbusters. Here's an overview of the world of ADR, some of the Cows who are working in this field, and where to go when you are ready to ADR to your own productions.
Feature by Cowdog on 03/03/2009 | | | | |
| | | | Audio Professionals
Real-world Mixing with the PSC DV ProMix 6
 PSCs DV ProMix 6 has everything you need for multi-channel audio mixing, even on a DV-sized budget. Brandt Sleeper takes you through its ins and outs, and shows how it stands up to the rigors of real-world production.
Review by Brandt Sleeper on 01/19/2008 | | | | |
| | | | Audio Professionals
Recording Multi-cam Audio
 Editing multi-cam audio is a hot NLE feature. Maybe youre ready to shoot the video -- but are you ready to capture multiple audio sources for your multi-cam shoot? Brandt Sleeper offers tips for multi-cam audio shoots, from ENG to the front row.
Tutorial by Brandt Sleeper on 12/27/2007 | | | | |
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Audio Mixing for DV and HDV: PSC DV Promix 3
 Brandt Sleeper shows how PSCs DV ProMix 3 will help your DV and HDV recordings sound better than ever -- bars and tone, calibration, for one or several cameras. Could this be the field mixer youve been waiting for?
Review by Brandt Sleeper on 12/15/2007 | | | | |
| | | | Audio Professionals
Why Use a Mixer?
 Want to know why you should be using a mixer and an external mic instead of your cameras onboard mic? After years shooting for clients including National Geographic, NFL Film and Oprah, as well as production for his own company, hell give you the background you need to make your work sound its best.
Feature by Brandt Sleeper on 12/13/2007 | | | | |
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Field Mixing with the PSC AlphaMix
 In this review from producer and professor Brandt Sleeper, he takes you on trip through this field mixers exceptional feature set, including support for multiple cameras and NP-1 power. He also puts it through its paces on a segment for Good Morning America.
Review by Brandt Sleeper on 12/09/2007 | | | | |
| | | | Audio Professionals
Building a Recording Studio
 Here are some tips from a guy who has worked with Ringo Starr, Sting and many others. Sure, there's the easy way. Then there's Doug's way...obsessive, but still on a budget.
Tutorial by Doug Hansel on 07/10/2007 | | | | |
| | | | Audio Professionals
Avoiding Whirrs, Rattles and Hums
 In this Creative COW Magazine article Michael Hanish gives some great free tips, tricks and techniques on how to do professional audio and avoid all the headaches that can go along with it. Michael covers video shoots, music, performances and more real world environments where you can apply this helpful training.
Tutorial, Feature by Michael Hanish on 04/17/2007 | | | | |
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| | | |  | Re: Ever get this error message?
by Sharon Knight in the Apple Soundtrack Forum
Hi All - I just logged in to say THANK YOU!! to a fellow named Charles Manson for solving a problem that I could not figure out for days and had given up out of sheer exhaustion. Apparently Charles' post got deactivated for some reason so I am reposting his...
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| | | |  | Re: Replacing System Drive & RAID
by Frank Marsilio in the SmartSound - Sonicfire Pro Forum
Hi Bob, The software was not really designed to run off of an external drive like you are doing, however I think the Network version will still help you. Basically the standard version of Sonicfire Pro allows you to store just the sound files in a custom location, but relies...
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| | | |  | Re: lav mic help
by Jordan Wolf in the Audio Professionals Forum
Not unless you have a sound mixer (on location) who is controlling the levels of each microphone as they are recorded. If you do, then they should be able to monitor the feeds and do their job. If not, then yes, you will definitely get bleed from the other voice(s)...
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| | | |  | Re: Sound Level Issues
by Peter Groom in the Audio Professionals Forum
I dont understand how come your ears cant tell you if youve sufficiently closely matched the 2 level types with the fcp mixer (NB I wouldnt be using a compressor at all, this will only make loudness issues worse. ) Just use the FCP faders in the audio tool There...
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| | | | | Re: Voiceover clean-up
by Peter Groom in the Audio Professionals Forum
1) id never gate a recording ever. Infact Id NEVER process a recording ever no compression, gate reverb eq. That is something that is exclusive to the final mixdown, where it can always be un picked and more importantly processed with all of the final mix elements in mind so...
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| | | | | Replacing System Drive & RAID
by Bob Cole in the SmartSound - Sonicfire Pro Forum
Thanks Frank. Could you point me to the place on the SmartSound website where the Network Edition is described further? I only see the 4.5 version. But I'm not sure the Network Edition would help. When I use the laptop, it's for editing on-location, with an external firewire drive that...
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| | | |  | Re: lav mic help
by Ty Ford in the Audio Professionals Forum
Jen, After the fact it's very tough. During a shoot, actors are usually directed not to "cross each others lines" to keep this form happening. So how about this. Look at the overlapped sections of the two tracks. Zoom way in. Cut the overlapped section of the off mic so...
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| | | |  | Voiceover clean-up
by Tony Ostrovsky in the Audio Professionals Forum
Hello, Is there any way of getting rid of those gulping(?)/lip sounds? I've tried to search the forums (I'm probably not the only person facing this problem), but I don't know how do you call them :) Here is a sample: http://www.mediafire.com/file/tvdz05dyznc/voice.mp3 I've tried manually cutting out the 'lip' sounds,...
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| | | | | Re: lav mic help
by Ty Ford in the Audio Professionals Forum
Hello Jenny and welcome to the Cow Audio Forum. The conventional approach is to "checkerboard" the dialog from multiple lav; .turning off any mics that aren't being spoken into with the mix automation of the editing software. If the mics in question have significantly different ambiences or noises, you will...
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Adobe has opened a public beta for its upcoming CS3 tools. Kudos, says Boomer. Here's why...
