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November 7th, 2009
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| | | | Apple Unveils New iMac With 21.5 and 27-inch Displays
Features LED-Backlit Displays, Available Quad-Core Processors & the New Wireless Magic Mouse
Apple® today unveiled an all new iMac® line featuring brilliant LED-backlit 21.5 and 27-inch widescreen displays in a new edge-to-edge glass design and seamless all aluminum enclosure. The new iMac line, starting at $1,199, is the fastest ever with Intel Core 2 Duo processors starting at 3.06 GHz, and Core i5 and i7 quad-core processors for up to twice the performance.*
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| | | | Apple Unveils New Logic Studio with Major Upgrades to Logic Pro and MainStage
Apple® today unveiled the next version of Logic Studio® with major upgrades to Logic® Pro and MainStage® and more than 200 new features that simplify complex tasks. Logic Pro 9 features new Amp Designer and Pedalboard plug-ins that provide realistic virtual guitar amps and stompbox effects to create amazing custom guitar rigs.
published 4 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Apple Introduces New Mac Pro
Features Intel “Nehalem” Xeon Processors & High-Performance Graphics
Apple® today introduced the new Mac® Pro using Intel “Nehalem” Xeon processors and a next-generation system architecture to deliver up to twice the performance of the previous generation system.* The new Mac Pro starts at $2,499 and features the latest graphics technology and an updated interior that makes expansion even easier than before.
published 8 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | iLife ’09 Shipping January 27
Major Upgrades to iPhoto, iMovie & GarageBand
Apple® has announced that iLife® ’09 will be available today, January 27, and features major upgrades to iPhoto®, iMovie® and GarageBand®, with breakthrough new ways to organize and manage photos, create movies and learn to play music.
published 9 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | San Francisco State University Adds Abaltat Muse to their Multimedia Program
Worlds first video-driven sound track creation tools for Final Cut® users now part of the educational workflow for the university’s digital multimedia studies
Abaltat ™, a developer of innovative audio workflow solutions for postproduction and broadcast markets, announced today that San Francisco University (SFSU) has begun to teach the new Abaltat Muse audio soundtrack creation workflow in their Digital Video Intensive (DVI) program; a special educational offering designed to broaden the horizons of any student wishing to pursue a career in the digital arts.
published 11 months ago read more | | | | |
| | | | Abaltat Ships Express 2.0
Abaltat ™, a developer of innovative audio workflow solutions for postproduction and broadcast markets, announced today the release of Abaltat Express 2.0.
published 1 year ago read more | | | | |
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| | | | 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 | | | | |
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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 | | | | |
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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 | | | | |
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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 | | | | |
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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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Cinescore 1 Review
 Sony releases a soundtrack creation tool and it's a winner - Cinescore just began shipping in the last few months and the program is a new kind of audio tool for Sony. It is not a loops program like Sony Acid, but is clearly targeted to compete against tools like Smartsound's Sonicfire Pro.
Review by Aharon Rabinowitz on 10/05/2006 | | | | |
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Audio Techniques for Video Editors
 Are you a video editor hoping to add more richness to your audio? In the world of video editing, its not uncommon for video editors to rely on others to perform audio post production on their projects. But in this article, well focus on ways that you can get better audio without having others do it for you.
Tutorial, Feature by Marco Solorio on 05/13/2006 | | | | |
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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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