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November 22nd, 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 9 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 10 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 12 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 | | | | |
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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: Need advice on fixing up audio
by Peter Groom in the Audio Professionals Forum
Good point Ty. I think, just watching the cow audio forum over the past year or 2, that its apparent that a massive number of people end up with audio problems in their film making endevours. Which seems to prove or support 1 statement. They dont look at the cow...
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| | | | | Re: Audio scrubbing with the arrow keys
by Graham Hutchins in the Apple Soundtrack Forum
Hi Brad, Thanks for responding. This isn't exactly what I'm talking about. In FCP, you can move one frame forward or backward at a time with the arrow keys and one frame of audio will play back. This function can be toggled on and off with shift+s. I use this...
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| | | |  | Re: Need advice on fixing up audio
by Ty Ford in the Audio Professionals Forum
Peter, Sadly, this is very typical for a newbie or even semi-experienced film maker in the US. I go to meetings where shorts are played and am usually appalled at the sound. Somehow there is an expectation that because someone has a camera, he or she is capable of making...
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| | | | | Re: Need advice on fixing up audio
by Peter Groom in the Audio Professionals Forum
Hi Personally I rate izotope pretty highly. That said its not something that just magics away sound. It takes some time and effort to learn how to manipulate the audio and the software. id say you should look at it. There is a demo version and it works as a...
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| | | |  | Re: downloads
by Scott Clark in the SmartSound - Sonicfire Pro Forum
Bob, I would recommend contacting support directly so they can tailor the answer to your specific needs. This avoids posting the answer to a public forum where it might confuse someone with a different setup. SmartSound offers two types of downloads and the instructions are different for each. In addition,...
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| | | | | Re: Need advice on fixing up audio
by Jacob Kirby in the Audio Professionals Forum
Thanks for the help, For the record, we're not professionals and I wasn't even on set... If I was I would have definitely said something about it. It was a learning experience for everyone involved and I'm just trying to help them piece it together. I'm not looking for perfect...
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by Bob Cole in the SmartSound - Sonicfire Pro Forum
As I understand the license, I'm entitled, as a single user, to have tracks on both my desktop and my laptop, so long as I'm only using one at a time. If I choose to download an album, may I (and how can I) still put them on both computers?...
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| | | | | Re: Measuring loudness?
by Stace Carter in the Apple Soundtrack Forum
I think this may be a question of language and translation but "loudness", as I understand it, really is talking about playback level. If you're talking about metered levels of the material in STP, I've found you can reliably use the built-in metering for professionally accurate results. However, the kind...
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| | | | | Re: Film Dialogue Levels
by Stace Carter in the Apple Soundtrack Forum
It really depends on your delivery medium; i.e. For DVD -12 to -6db, -20db and -12db for broadcast (approx), don't peak 0 ever, but you can get closer if delivering to YouTube. etc etc... Cheers, Stace Apple Certified Trainer...
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| | | | | Audio scrubbing with the arrow keys
by Graham Hutchins in the Apple Soundtrack Forum
Hello all, This is pretty simple. I'm just trying to get audio playback when moving the play head forward in the time line with the arrow keys, also known as scrubbing. This is a feature of Final Cut that can be turned on and off with Shift+S. The manual in...
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