Archive of the Sound for Picture Category

UK AV specialists Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) created a new record at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed, by building the largest Christie MicroTile video wall yet for a temporary installation in Europe.
The Wall measured 12.25 metres wide by 2.754 metres high and was created using 270 MicroTiles. It was a major element in the indoor exhibition pavilion area of the high-profile Audi stand. more

Composer/producer Greg Allan leads new creative collective of composers, sound designers and mixers serving the advertising, television, film and gaming industries.
Sonixphere, a globally-connected music and sound company, launches today. Headed by award-winning composer and executive producer Greg Allan, the new company will serve as a total audio resource for the advertising, film, television, gaming and interactive industries nationwide.
Featuring an international network of creatively-curated composers, sound designers, mixers and other talent, Sonxiphere offers everything from music and sound design for commercials, television shows, films, trailers and video games, to audio branding and audio finishing. It also features a custom library of original tracks available for licensing.
“Sonixphere addresses the ever-expanding role music plays in the media and in our lives,” said Allan. “Music today lives in many different spaces and places—both with and without picture—and that has created growing more

NORTHRIDGE, California — After a successful first week of educational sessions and product demonstrations, HARMAN’s Studer Broadcast Academy continues with dates this week in the New York and Washington D.C. areas. The SBA truck will be at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey on Monday, July 18 through Wednesday, July 20, and at Communications Engineering in Washington D.C. on Thursday, July 21 and Friday, July 22.

Last week included SBA dates in Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. The Broadcast Academy sessions include hands-on training for Studer’s Vista consoles as part of broadcast certification modules that will provide engineers with proof of efficiency with the Vista line. In addition, the Open House sessions offer product demonstrations, with no requirement to pursue certification.

“Last week’s Studer Broadcast Academy sessions could not have been more successful, as more than 20 engineers more

DACport LX Packs Big Audiophile Performance into a Tiny Tube

The New DACport LX 24-bit 96kHz USB converter

Chicago, IL – July 12th, 2011 – CEntrance, Inc. announced today that the world’s smallest, 24-bit, 96kHz USB DAC just got more flexible. The new product called DACport LX(tm) follows the legacy of the company’s award-winning DACport(tm), a Stereophile Magazine recommended audiophile component. “I wholeheartedly recommend DACport: a great-sounding product at a great price!” wrote John Atkinson in his Stereophile review. The new DACport LX is a fixed-level version of the DACport, featuring a line output and no headphone amplifier. It’s perfect for connecting a computer or a music server to a stereo system, easily and without taking up precious space. DACport LX features bit-perfect 24/96 audio and does not require custom drivers. It takes its power from USB and is instantly compatible with MacOS, iOS, Windows and Linux. DACport LX is available now with suggested retail price of $349.95 US. more

Faster than the ‘speed of sync,’ brand-new versions of DualEyes™ and PluralEyes® are supercharged to synchronize video and audio clips at 3 to 10x previous speeds; free update for existing users

Vancouver, British Columbia – Singular Software™, developer of workflow automation applications for digital media, is pleased to announce DualEyes and PluralEyes 2.0. Thanks to a combination of algorithm improvements and multiprocessing techniques, DualEyes and PluralEyes 2.0 automatically synchronize video and audio clips at speeds three to 10 times greater than their predecessors – allowing users to finish projects even faster. “In terms of speed, both DualEyes and PluralEyes version 1 releases were already miles ahead of any manual synchronization methods, but faster is always better and we are pleased to introduce new versions of the software with enhanced sync capabilities that perform at record-breaking speeds,” says Bruce Sharpe, CEO, Singular Software. “Daily rushes, same-day edits and quick-turnaround more

Three Sonnox Fraunhofer Pro-Codec Plug-ins To Be Won

OXFORD, UK: To mark the introduction of its new Fraunhofer Pro-Codec plug-in, Sonnox

has announced a fun competition on Facebook, where three Pro-Codec’s will be awarded on September 1st !

Following a lengthy collaboration with mp3 creator Fraunhofer IIS, the resulting Pro-Codec software introduces real-time auditioning, encoding and decoding of audio, using Fraunhofer’s professional codecs, within a DAW environment.

“The Pro-Codec represents a huge advance in enabling engineers to precisely audition codecs in real time,” explains Sonnox Sales & Marketing Manager, Nathan Eames. “It’s now possible to make highly informed mix decisions with the knowledge of exactly how it will sound when encoded to various different formats.”

To aid contestants in answering the three basic questions posed on their Facebook page, Sonnox has hinted that all answers are included more

Pro Audio Distributor of Focal Monitors and Vovox Cables Adds Lauten Audio Microphones

Lauten Audio Microphones distributed in North America by Audio Plus Services

Champlain, NY – November 18, 2010 – Audio Plus Services, the distributor behind Focal Professional and Vovox products in North America, announced today that they have signed a new exclusive value-added distribution agreement with Lauten Audio for their full line of microphones. Lauten Audio products have evolved over the years to include four distinct microphones: the “Clarion” solid-state low-noise FET, the “Horizon” cardioid tube, the “Oceanus” condenser transformer-less tube, and the “Torch” pressure gradient condenser tube. Each microphone has received rave reviews from both experienced recording engineers and leading pro audio magazines around the world.

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Oberlin’s Paul Eachus in the Joseph R. Clonick Studio

OBERLIN, OHIO (July 6, 2011) – The Oberlin Conservatory of Music brought together leading professional audio industry manufacturers to outfit its new world-class recording facility, the Joseph R. Clonick Studio, which also serves as a performance venue. To create the finest in recorded sound-and an unparalleled educational and pre-professional experience for its students-the Clonick Studio utilizes products from BAE; Ed Meitner of EMM Labs; Gotham; Grace Design; iZ Technology Radar; JL Audio; Mogami; Richard Schram and Parasound; Maurice Patist and PMC; Rupert Neve Designs; Gus Skinas and DSD; and Sterling Modular Systems.

“The room was designed for surround sound-an immersive musical experience in which the music is captured with more depth,” says Michael Lynn, Associate Dean of the Conservatory, more

SuperAnalogue™ Sound Perfect for All Styles of Music

SHREVEPORT, LA – Blade Studios, the newly opened name-sake studio for super drummer and co-owner Brady Blade, was built to bring the New York/LA recording experience to the growing recording and film industry in Louisiana. To meet that design expectation, Blade chose a 48-channel Solid State Logic Duality SE as the centerpiece for Studio A. Duality’s signal routing flexibility combined with sophisticated DAW control addressed the needs of all working styles, while providing SSL’s benchmark, industry standard SuperAnalogue™ sound quality.

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Hollywood— Re-Recording Mixer Michael Keller has returned to Todd-AO, the industry’s leading independent sound company. Keller, who has mixed more than 75 films, including Oliver Stone’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Roland Emmerich’s 2012 and Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, will team with Re-Recording Mixer Mike Prestwood Smith. The pair is currently mixing Abduction for Director John Singleton and Lionsgate. more