Archive for April 13th, 2009

New Features Include Under- and Over-Cranking, 24P Capability, Standard-definition Recording and Linear Editing

PARK RIDGE, N.J., April 13, 2009 – Sony’s newest additions to the XDCAM® HD422 Series of optical disc products deliver enhanced flexibility for motion picture and TV episodic production, and for ENG/EFP applications. more

Chace Audio, a full service audio post production facility, has upgraded one of its premier near field mix suites – Studio R – with a 24-channel ICON D-Command™ control surface from DigiDesign. The console is supported by a Pro Tools® HD3 Accel system with 48 channels of I/O.

Chace is well-known in the fields of audio restoration and re-mastering. A variety of 5.1 soundtracks for acclaimed feature titles such as On The Waterfront, Dr. No and Raging Bull, as well as award-winning television series including Mission Impossible seasons 1 through 7, Twin Peaks, and 7.1 mixes for the current season of CSI, were all completed in Studio R. Other notable feature film projects mixed in the room include a 5.1 upmix of Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition (on Blu-ray), Midnight Express and extensive commercial and promo spot mixing. more

Compact Powered Monitors Offer Impeccable Sound and Easy Installation for Broadcast and Post-Production

Champlain, NY – April 13, 2009 – Focal Professional announced that they will be demonstrating the CMS (Compact Monitoring System) professional monitoring speakers during the 2009 NAB show in Las Vegas. The new powered audio monitors were developed to solve recurring problems for demanding broadcast and post-production audio professionals. The CMS series is a compact system that combines impeccable sound quality along with easy installation and key features for the audio for visuals studio. The CMS series has two models, the CMS 50 integrates a Focal 5″ woofer, and the CMS 65 contains a Focal 6.5″ woofer with an extended low-end response, both models utilize a Focal inverted dome tweeter made from aluminum and magnesium. Both models are self-powered and bi-amped, and can also be paired with a CMS subwoofer (set to be released later in 2009). Focal’s CMS audio monitors are available now through professional audio dealers throughout the US, Canada and Europe, suggested retail prices are: CMS 50: $650 ea. US; and CMS 65: $950 ea. US. more

SAM sponsors RTNDA Happy Hour Cocktail Party and Offers Chances to win Five “Road Worn� Fender Guitars

Stephen Arnold Music is heading on their annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for the NAB and RTNDA conventions, and this year the world leader in sonic branding has really gone all out! more

Access to First Full 5.1 Podcast Content Through iTunes Store

ONTARIO, CANADA, APRIL 13, 2009 — Holophone, a pioneer of surround recording technologies, is helping to take on a whole new immersive audio experience with the introduction of Holophone TV 5.1, the world’s first full 5.1 podcast series. more

Company Apologizes for Website and Online Store Outage

San Diego, Calif., April 9, 2009 — iZ3D Inc., designer, developer and pioneer of advanced stereoscopic 3D visualization systems apologizes to its customers, fans, and other website visitors for the recent www.iZ3D.com website outage. During the outage, access to the company’s 3D drivers, forums, support, and sister-site, www.3Drulez.com, remained available. more

Creative Production Studio Provided 190 Visual Effects Shots for CGI-Intensive Promo Directed by P.R. Brown

Creative production studio Fulltank announced today that it provided visual effects, including on-set supervision, for a CGI-intensive promo for “Chocolate Box,� the new single from Prince’s “MPLSoUND� album released on March 29th. The video, helmed by music video director P.R. Brown, features an all-digital fantasy world inspired by the dark urban aesthetic of “Sin City.� more

Award-winning VFX studio Frantic Films VFX, a division of Prime Focus Group, has contributed 334 shots to the forthcoming feature film “Dragonball: Evolution� from Twentieth Century Fox. Directed by James Wong, the movie releases in the U.S. nationwide on April 10, 2009 and stars Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum, Jamie Chung, and Chow Yun-Fat in the live-action film adaptation of the popular Japanese manga comic book series. more

Integrated shared production storage and video servers provide automated, realtime, playout for fast-paced news and sports workflows

Boston, MA – April 13, 2009 — EditShare®, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, announced that they have teamed with Vector 3 to integrate their award-winning EditShare Storage and XStream Series solutions with VECTORBOX playout servers. The integrated solution will be demonstrated at NAB 2009, (April 20 to 23 in Las Vegas, NV) on the EditShare stand (SL6420). more

Showcasing enterprise applications for multi-platform, multi-channel programming and air time sales scheduling; New MediaBench module that streamlines promo creation for multi-platform distribution

Metz, France – April 13, 2009 – ProConsultant Informatique, a forward-thinking developer of enterprise workflow solutions for broadcast program and business management, today unveiled the new MediaBench technology at NAB 2009 on stand SU9602. The new MediaBench technology offers broadcasters the ability to simplify non-linear promo production and distribution within the Proconsultant Informatique flagship business management solution LOUISE. The intuitive MediaBench interface offers user-friendly content management tools to search, select, and assemble program content promos – including graphical images from cover art and posters, as well as video promos created from clip extractions. The promos are automatically distributed to multiple linear and non-linear platforms. more