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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Mike Wireless
03/24/11 02:38 PM,

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One of the topics that I’ve seen poorly understood, and even deliberately used to mislead people, is the issue of wireless microphone transmitter power and the effects said power has on system performance. Let’s start with the basics: all things being equal, more transmitter power = more range for the system, but not in a linear way. In broad terms, when discussing analog wireless systems, the receiver wants to see a signal from a transmitter that is at least about…
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Friday, August 13, 2010
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08/13/10 01:15 PM,
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Lynx Studio Technology has extended its free cables promotion for U.S. and Canada through September 30, 2010. Any customer buying a new Aurora 8, Aurora 16 or Aurora 16-VT AD/DA converter along with any new AES16 model interface from any authorized U.S. or Canada retailer can get up to $420 in analog and digital cables at no charge. This applies to all Aurora models, including those with the LT-HD (for Pro Tools|HD) and LT-FW (FireWire) cards pre-installed. The AES16 models…
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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12/15/09 04:34 PM,
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Cakewalk has just announced a free update for SONAR 8.5 Producer and SONAR 8.5 Studio, available to registered SONAR 8.5 Producer, SONAR 8.5 Studio, and V-Studio 700 customers. The SONAR 8.5.2 update provides 100-plus usability enhancements, plug-in/component optimizations, and new features. These enhancements also address various performance issues across the entire application. Cakewalk notes that all of the features found in the SONAR 8.5.2 update are a direct result of active dialog with users. A comprehensive list of what is…
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
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11/26/09 07:12 AM,
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Cakewalk is currently offering SFZ+ and Square I synth effects and the Audio FX Series of plug-ins for no charge via the Cakewalk store. SFZ+ is rgc:audio’s SoundFont player sample-playback engine, packed in a professional VST/DXi instrument. It offers outstanding sound quality, stereo built-in effects, adjustable CPU/quality settings to adjust it to hardware, fully multitimbral operation, multiple stereo outputs, several loading modes including direct-from-disk streaming and a beautiful interface. Go to http://www.store.cakewalk.com/default.asp?sku=35-CWSZ1.40-20E Square I offers the warmness and classic sound…
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
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09/02/09 07:33 AM,
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Berkleemusic, the online school of Boston’s renowned Berklee College of Music, is debuting the new online course “Audio Mastering Techniques” for their upcoming fall term, beginning September 28. Students will gain a thorough understanding of what is involved in creating a final master recording ready for duplication, replication, or online distribution. Course authors and instructors Marc Einstmann and Jonathan Wyner have over 40 years of professional mastering experience between them. Wyner, associate professor in the Music Production and Engineering department…
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09/02/09 06:41 AM,
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Allen & Heath is shipping a host of new interface cards for the iLive and iLive-T Series digital consoles, including the RAB2 remote audio interface card host; the Mini Multi-Out Card for ADAT, Aviom, iDR 8-bus and Hearbus; the EtherSound Network Card; Allen & Heath’s proprietary ACE (Audio and Control over Ethernet) Card for 64 channel bi-directional link; and the new MADI 64 Channel Multi-link Card. RAB2 is a remote audio card, enabling iLive digital mixing systems to work with…
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
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08/26/09 01:18 PM,
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Boulder, Colorado’s Looking Glass Arts, which provides high school students filmmaking and acting tools, techniques, and craft combines top-flight equipment such as Sennheiser microphones, headphones and wireless packages with a teaching style that that purposefully melds technical skills, art, and philosophy. “As the tools have become cheaper, I’ve watched one art form after another,” Looking Glass Arts Co-founder Mickey Houlihan remarks. “Sound engineering is a great example – people used to devote their lives to understanding the tools and developing…
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Monday, August 24, 2009
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08/24/09 04:47 PM,
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Steinberg Media Technologies has released a set of updates to its software and hardware solution consisting of Cubase 5, MR816 CSX and CC121. The added capabilities include substantially extended control options for CC121, workflow enhancements for MR816 CSX/X as well as functional additions and refinements to Cubase 5. The updates further deepen the integration of the three components within the context of the Advanced Integration technology centred on the Cubase 5 Advanced Music Production System. All three updates are available…
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08/24/09 08:45 AM,
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Lexicon has released new Windows and Mac software drivers for the I∙ONIX Series of desktop recording interfaces. With the new 64-bit Windows driver, these interfaces now operate seamlessly on computers running Windows 64-bit XP and Vista operating systems. The new Mac driver improves performance and now supports all Mac computers operating on OS X 10.4.9 or higher regardless of whether they are based on a PowerPC or Intel processor. The I∙ONIX Series feature newly designed dbx microphone preamps on all…
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Kevin Young
08/19/09 11:01 AM,
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It’s hardly rare to hear the words “major motion picture event” applied to a summer film. Visually stunning or not, whether it’s the latest Hollywood biopic, all-star comedy or action adventure, the phrase is attached to big budget summer flicks so permanently and casually that we hardly take notice. In the case of director Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s environ-epic “Home”, however, that phrase actually rings true… Produced by Luc Besson and backed by PPR, a French holding company that specializes in some…
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