Archive for September 1st, 2011

Ross Ashton from London, UK based The Projection Studio and Himanshu Sabharwal of Delhi-based Two’s A Film Company were guests at Christie Digital’s 2011 Asia Pacific Partners Meeting, where their collaborative project to produce India’s first permanent full moving image son et lumière – ISHQ-e-DILLI – The Love of Delhi – won the ‘Special Mention Award’.
The Awards ceremony was staged in the atmospheric Reed Flute Caves in Guilin, Guangxi, China.
The Projection Studio were the technical, design and installation consultants for the projection hardware and control elements of the project and also responsible for overseeing the creation of the project’s show material, for which Ashton specified the first Christie 20K video projectors to be used in India for a son et lumière application.
Says Ashton, “It’s a huge honour for us to receive the Award and a recognition of the truly groundbreaking more

The Hollywood Post Alliance Presents Honors to Dolby, Sony, Lightcraft and IBM at Awards Gala

LOS ANGELES, CA – The Hollywood Post Alliance(r) has announced the recipients of the organization’s Engineering Excellence Award. The coveted honor, sponsored by NAB Show, is intended to showcase and reward inventors, manufacturers, vendors and/or peer post production companies for their outstanding product or technology application offerings. The Engineering Excellence Award is a central part of the HPA Awards, which have become the standard by which creative and technical excellence in the art, science and craft of post production is measured.

To enter the Engineering competition, companies had to submit a written description followed by a presentation to an expert panel of judges. The Engineering Award presentations and blue-ribbon judging session were held earlier this month at LaserPacific. This lively session played host to some of the most significant new more

— Compact backing keyboard creates full arrangements to aid the composer —

MELVILLE, NY, September 1, 2011 — The microARRANGER is the latest addition to Korg’s line of “micro” keyboard instruments. Using its extensive Style Engine, the microARRANGER can quickly turn a simple idea into a complete song featuring a full backing arrangement. The specifications and capabilities are based on Korg’s Pa50SD Professional Arranger.

Following the composer’s tempo selection, chord changes and voice leading, the microARRANGER can create a full backing arrangement in real time, based on the selected musical Style. Each of the over 300 Styles is a complete composing environment that includes intros, breaks, fills, endings and four variations for a realistic performance. Each Style also includes four preset instrument selections. The user is always free to change any element to his or her own liking. These same features allow the more

— System Version 1.5 Provides Added Memory for New Sounds —

MELVILLE, NY, September 1, 2011 — Korg has announced new custom Sound Libraries that take advantage of the nine sound engines in the flagship Kronos Music Workstation. Korg will be offering two types of Kronos Sound Libraries: The EXs Expansion Sample Series and The KRS Professional Sound Series.

The EXs Expansion Sample Series takes advantage of Kronos’ built-in SSD, providing large amounts of PCM data. The KRS Professional Sound Series was created by pro musicians and programmers who are intimately familiar with each of the Kronos sound engines. These libraries contain skillfully crafted programs, combinations and drum patterns with infectious grooves, all designed to maximize the nine sound engines that power the Kronos.

To support these new libraries, Korg is also introducing Kronos Music Workstation System Version 1.5 (required to load more

MELVILLE, NY, September 1, 2011 — Korg offers a new color choice for its SP-250 portable digital piano. The new SP250BK version features an all-black body and speaker grill, accented by a stylish wood grain panel, plus a matching black stand.

Like the original SP-250, the Korg SP-250BK provides an expanded range of expression and performance with an outstanding stereo piano sound, which is matched to Korg’s finest RH3 graded action keyboard. Three dynamic touch curves tailor the piano’s response to any player’s touch or style. This piano is ideal for any pianist looking for rich piano sounds and the convenience of a lightweight, portable instrument.

The robust sound of a concert grand piano has been carefully and lavishly sampled for this digital stage piano. Differences in playing dynamics and position in the stereo field have been faithfully captured, delivering naturally expressive piano more

See YoYo in Action at Tangent Devices (Stand 7.B16) and Sony (Stand 12.A10)

London: Sept. 1, 2011… YoYotta will be showing the latest version of the YoYo postproduction workflow system at IBC 2011 in Amsterdam, Sept. 9-13. Already deployed around the world at major postproduction facilities, the new YoDailies application was recently installed at a major Los Angeles studio for file-based digital dailies workflows.

This year at IBC, the YoYo suite can be seen at the Tangent Wave and Sony booths.

At the Tangent Wave stand (7.B16), YoYotta will be showing the new YoMobile configuration, which makes use of the new Thunderbolt 10 Gbps interface. YoYo connects to RAID and HD monitoring via Thunderbolt, which makes YoDailies even more portable for on-set use. YoMobile will be shown with the latest Tangent control panels.

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MELVILLE, NY, September 1, 2011 — Korg USA announces a new rebate promotion for its M50 Music Workstation. From September 1 through December 31, 2011, anyone who purchases a new 61-, 73-, or 88-key M50 from an authorized Korg dealer in the USA is eligible for a rebate of $200 (88-key), $150 (73-key), or $100 (61-key). Promotion details and a downloadable rebate coupon can be found at www.korg.com.

Korg’s M50 Music Workstation is a powerful performance instrument delivering new sounds, combis, splits and layers, effects and extensive real-time control. As a workstation, the M50 contains Drum Tracks, poly-arpeggiators and classic sequencing tools, as well as TouchView control, editing software and more. The 61- and 73-key versions sport a semi-weighted Natural Touch keyboard. This fast and responsive synthesizer keybed facilitates both expressive and dynamic performing. Tipping the scales at a mere 46 pounds, the more

Qube Cinemawill introduce QubeMaster Xpress 2 at IBC in Amsterdam, Sept. 9-13.

Easy Digital Cinema Mastering on the Windows® Platform

IBC 2011, Hall 7 – booth 7.F45

Amsterdam: Sept. 1, 2011… Qube Cinema, a world leader in digital cinema technologies, will introduce QubeMaster Xpress 2 at IBC in Amsterdam, Sept. 9-13. With QubeMaster Xpress 2 users can master DCI-compliant Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) on Windows-based machines quickly and easily. As a result, cost-effective digital cinema is now available to a wider circle of filmmakers, postproduction facilities and pre-show content creators.

QubeMaster Xpress 2 offers users an attractive, uncluttered graphical interface whereby DCP mastering is completed in three simple steps. First the source material is collected. In the second step the aspect ratio is more

— New unit combines Monotron and MS20-style analog synthesis with Electribe-style programming—

MELVILLE, NY, August 30, 2011 — Korg is now shipping their Monotribe Analogue Ribbon Station. It builds on the analog synthesis in Korg’s popular Monotron, with intuitive ease of use and the addition of three-part discrete analog drums, plus the appeal of Korg’s Electribe-style step sequencing. A built-in speaker and optional battery power add to its portability.

Adding further music-making possibilities, Korg is also offering their Korg SyncKontrol app on the iTunes store. SyncKontrol lets users sync a Monotribe to an iPhone/iPod/iPad, and offers tap tempo and swing functions, plus WIST Wireless sync technology to sync a Monotribe to an additional i-device running iElectribe, iMS-20, iElectribe Gorillaz Edition, or other WIST-enabled apps. Click here to download the free Korg SyncKontrol app from the iTunes store.

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MELVILLE, NY, August 29, 2011 — Korg USA has launched a collection of free Ringtones, all created with real Korg instruments. Musicians can choose from a variety of Korg-quality synth sounds: bass, lead, vocoder and more. Also offered are more acoustic sounds including piano, harp or even a complete orchestra. Korg ringtones are now available to download free of charge at http://korg.com/ringtones or on Korg USA’s Facebook page.