Archive for October 5th, 2009

Ohio High School Relies on NewTek TriCasterâ„¢ to Produce and Live Stream 2009 Football Season

SAN ANTONIO – October 5, 2009 – NewTek Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, announced that Valley Local Schools in Lucasville, Ohio are using NewTek TriCaster™ to produce and live stream every home game of the 2009 football season. more

BOWIE, MARYLAND – OCTOBER 2009: Prodigy Engineering has developed the first-ever, remote-controllable, microphone preamplifier for the API 500 Series format, called Bella.

Bella features relay stepped gain from 18 to 69dB in 1dB increments, switchable high-pass filter (-3dB @78Hz), phantom power (48V), polarity inversion (0/180Ëš), attenuation pad (-22dB), and mute functionality. Additionally, Bella can be remote controlled from professional standard Digital Audio Workstations like Apple’s Logic(r) software and Digidesign Pro Tools(r) | HD systems, as well as ICON(r) control surfaces. more

Training for Both Audio Professionals and End Users

WEST CHESTER, PA, OCTOBER 5, 2009—Aviom, exclusive developer of the world’s most powerful audio transport protocol, A-Net®, announces its October 2009 Applications & Technical Training Program webcasts. This month the company will be offering two types of seminars: one session designed for contractors, consultants and other audio professionals and a second a how-to for end users. This month’s featured end-user seminar is Lowering Stage Volume in the House of Worship taking place on October 8, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern (5:00 p.m. Pacific) and October 22, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern (5:00 p.m. Pacific). Aviom’s Pro64: The Next Generation of Digital Audio Connectivity will be the featured seminar for audio professionals and will be held on October 22, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern (12:00 p.m. Pacific). more

New Edition of SSL’s Ground Breaking Hybrid Analogue Console & DAW Control Surface Makes the Best Even Better

NEW YORK — Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional digital and analogue consoles, is proud to announce the release of Duality SE at the 127th AES Convention, Booth 321 at the Jacob Javits Center from October 9 to 12. more

Rhino (formerly RhinoFX) is pleased to announce the launch of its new Los Angeles-based studio. The recent move expands Rhino’s reach and follows 18 months of integrating the company’s Connecticut, New York and Tel Aviv offices; transforming it into the Rhino-Gravity Group with offices around the globe. The expanded company will closely collaborate internally on various projects, as well as take a two pronged approach; focusing on film and television projects as a VFX vendor and also serving as an outsourcing solution to the larger houses in the area. more

Audio Engineer Keith Reynaud of Sound Lounge puts his skilled mixing techniques to work on a trio of wry new spots for the iconic Boston restaurant Legal Sea Foods via DeVito/Verdi, NY.

Each of the spots open with vintage footage of various fishing boat captains marking the seminal day they finally caught seafood good enough to sell to Legal Sea Foods, those sticklers of high quality fresh seafood. more

New Plug-in Introduces a Unique Take on Six Essential Mixing Tools

CAMBRIDGE, MA (October 5, 2009) – iZotope, Inc., a leading innovator in audio signal processing, announces Alloy, a new audio plug-in that combines six essential sound shaping tools into one integrated interface. more

NEW YORK: An enduring commitment to education has earned Audio Engineering Conventions a reputation for being not just student friendly, but student indispensable. Scheduled for Oct. 9-12 at NY’s Javits Center, the 127th AES Convention will offer another outstanding program of Student Events. Convention Chair Dr. Agnieszka Roginska reports that, “Education Committee Chair, Alex Case; SDA Chair, North & Latin America, Teri Grossheim and our other Education Committee members have pooled their extensive resources to develop one of the most comprehensive programs in AES history. We and the next generation of audio professionals are deeply indebted to them.” more

See it on You Tube

Ready for a ‘Green’ and ‘Sustainable’-themed PC game to balance out the vehicles, sports, violence, babes, beasts, and gore?

City Rain, the new PC download ‘game-with-purpose’ began shipping this week from Ovolo Corporation, Inc. (Montréal, Québec). Created as an initial student concept project, City Rain is a puzzle and simulation game based on urban planning and sustainability. Players must rescue cities that are being ‘black listed’ from the World Environment Protection Agency (WEPA) by quickly making decisions to establish and re-organize urban developments that will make cities more sustainable and ‘green’. City Rain is available now as a free trial and for purchase at: www.ovologames.com/cityrain. The game sells for US $9.95 as a PC download, and is expected to be available soon for Xbox Live Indie Games. more

Professional Level Functionality at Breakthrough Pricing

Wilmington, NC – October 5, 2009 – Digieffects,® a developer of popular visual effects software plugins, today announced that Aged Film is available for purchase.  Aged Film creates an aged “old movie lookâ€?, an effect which helps viewers understand what era the shot is set and believe that the story is set in the past. Priced at only $29, Aged Film is the best value for achieving this effect in today’s post production applications. more