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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
PSW Staff 04/11/12 12:00 PM,When legendary Dutch cinematographer and film director Jan de Bont was approached to produce an art project which promotes the country’s HSL-Zuid high speed rail project, his concept of a 3D film of the route was technically challenging. But with the assistance of an Alcons Audio system, audiences of the finished film, Surfing on Light, enjoyed a complete sensory experience. De Bont has worked on many high profile films, including Twister, Basic Instinct, Die Hard and Lara Croft Tomb Raider.… View this story
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Monday, October 11, 2010
PSW Staff 10/11/10 07:48 AM, 0 CommentsAs one of the leading post-production facilities, Picture Head has offered a full scope of creative solutions for the audio/video, film, television and new media industries since opening its Hollywood headquarters in 2000. For a decade, they’ve provided full-service finishing and supervision in the areas of high-definition video, sound, color-correction, advertising and promotional services, and new media technologies for a host of clients. In April of 2010, the studio underwent a build-out of a 5.1 mix room/sound stage—Sound 7—under the… View this story
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Monday, September 20, 2010
PSW Staff 09/20/10 08:10 AM, 0 CommentsMicrophone manufacturer SoundField has launched a software version of their UPM-1 stereo-to-5.1 upmix processor at IBC 2010. Originally released in hardware form at IBC 2008, the UPM-1 has already been adopted by major broadcasters such as Sky, SIS Live, and NDR as an easy-to-use, reliable means of generating realistic-sounding, broadcast-quality 5.1 surround sound when only a stereo mix is available. While the hardware UPM-1 is ideally suited to live broadcast applications, the new plug-in version is designed for post-production workflows.… View this story
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
PSW Staff 05/12/10 08:36 AM, 0 CommentsBritish progressive rock pioneer King Crimson recently remastered their catalog for release in 5.1 audio with the help of PenteoSurround processing. The group’s co-founder Robert Fripp chose Simon Heyworth to master the project at his Super Audio Mastering studios in southwest England. Engineer Steven Wilson re-mixed the album in 5.1 audio from original multitrack masters, except for a few crucial tracks available only in stereo. “The problem we have faced with ‘The Devil’s Triangle’ is our inability to find the… View this story
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Monday, April 19, 2010
PSW Staff 04/19/10 10:30 AM, 0 CommentsDTS, Inc. today announced significant news that it is entering into a partnership with Pantech Co., Ltd., to integrate DTS digital surround audio decoding technology into select models of Pantech smartphones. The first line of Pantech products to feature DTS technology will launch in Korea in April 2010. This partnership teams one of Korea’s largest mobile phone manufacturers with the leading audio technology provider for HD entertainment. Most importantly, it will further enhance the consumer entertainment experience by matching DTS’… View this story
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Friday, April 09, 2010
PSW Staff 04/09/10 10:55 AM, 0 CommentsNeyrinck has announced that SoundCode For Dolby E version 2.0 is now shipping for Mac and Windows systems. Version 2.0 is a major update to the Dolby E software tools making it easier and faster to work with Dolby E. Version 2.0 features a highly accelerated Dolby E encoding engine for faster encodes, a new Final Cut encoding plug-in, Audio Unit and VST decoding plug-ins, and hot folder Dolby E decoding. Also, version 2.0 features a new Mac utility called… View this story
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PSW Staff 04/09/10 07:45 AM, 0 CommentsNeyrinck has announced that V-Mon version 2.0 for Pro Tools is now shipping. The new plug-in increases the surround input sources from six to ten for 5.1 stem monitoring. Version 2.0 also adds support for both Windows and Mac based Pro Tools systems. It also lets the user select between two V-Mon plug-ins, type 1 and type 2. Type 2 features ten 5.1 surround input sources while Type 1 implements the legacy V-Mon system with six 7.1 inputs. The VMC-101… View this story
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Monday, March 29, 2010
PSW Staff 03/29/10 11:40 AM, 0 CommentsOrban is introducing at NAB the new Optimod 8685 with Penteo Surround. The Penteo stereo-to-5.1 audio process allows the 8685 to provide two-band and five-band audio processing for surround sound broadcasting and netcasting. Orban and Penteo now make it possible for television stations to broadcast all of their legacy stereo programming and stereo commercials in discrete 5.1 Surround. Penteo 5.1 is completely compatible with televisions that have stereo audio systems because these sets will reproduce the original stereo that was… View this story
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
PSW Staff 03/25/10 08:45 AM, 0 CommentsRecently, the New England School of Communications (NESCOM) upgraded one of the consoles in its control rooms, choosing a 48-channel API Vision surround production console for Studio D. “There are a variety of schools of thought about whether it is better to mix ‘in the box’ or ‘out of the box’,” said Dave MacLaughlin, executive director of audio for NESCOM. “There are even regional variations. Nashville engineers, for example, tend to treat their DAWs like tape recorders, relying on external… View this story
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
PSW Staff 03/23/10 09:00 AM, 0 CommentsFor decades, German sport on television has been associated with one program above all others – Sportschau, the weekend sports roundup produced by West German Broadcasting (Westdeutsche Rundfunk, or WDR) and broadcast on the main German public-service terrestrial channel ARD. As the Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver and German public-service TV channels began their long-planned transition to high-definition broadcasting, Sportschau moved to a new timeslot and began transmission in high-definition with 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound. WDR needed to ensure… View this story
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