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Saatchi Gallery Multimedia Show Goes Immersive
By Mel Lambert. Famed London gallery uses immersive sound to enhance high-tech art installation.
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Blogs
Movie Review: Score—A Film Music Documentary
Currently to be seen at a number of showcase screenings around the county, Score: A Film Music Documentary from writer/director Matt Schrader follows the progress of modern-day film-score development, and illustrates how the first few notes on a piano...
Blogs
European Art Installations Unsettle with Audio
During a recent trip to Berlin for the AES Convention, and then to London for the V&A Exhibition, guest blogger Mel Lambert encountered a pair of art installations elsewhere that were intriguingly audio-centric: “Moving is in Every Direction -...
Blogs
Inside the V&A’s Pink Floyd Exhibition
To mark the 50th anniversary of the band’s first single, “Arnold Layne,” the Victoria and Albert Museum in Central London is hosting an impressive Pink Floyd retrospective. The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Moral Remains comprises a multi-room audio-visual journey...
Business
Seen on the Scene: AES Berlin Convention
Returning to Berlin after a three-year absence, the 142nd AES Convention’s carefully crafted program of technical programs, seminars and workshops, plus a companion exhibition, ended here on Tuesday at the Maritim Hotel. According to AES executive director Bob Moses,...
Blogs
Reading Roadie
Writing fiction about our complex and talent-focused industry is not for the faint-hearted. That seasoned music journalist Howard Massey has taken on that task so successfully in his first novel, Roadie, is testament to the care and attention that...
Business
Bankrupt Studio Faces Auction
A major recording/production facility in North Hollywood, Calif., that formerly housed LA Sound Gallery and most recently Legends Studios, is being auctioned after Chapter 11 bankruptcy transitioned into a Chapter 7 foreclosure.
Business
A N. Hollywood Studio’s Cautionary Tale
By Mel Lambert. With a storied past, Legends Studios in North Hollywood, CA is being prepped for an auction that could bring the facility back to life.
Business
Technicolor At Paramount Post Facility Formally Opens
Hollywood, CA—Although the complex has been operational since late last year, March 6 saw the formal unveiling of Technicolor at Paramount, an event that attracted close to 350 guests from the local film/TV post community.
Business
CES 2012 Pro Audio Wrap-Up
Las Vegas, NV—As the world’s largest consumer technology trade show, the 2012 International CES provided a unique glimpse into the new tools and services that impact the pro audio industry, both in terms of new business opportunities for content...
Business
NARAS Honors Iovine at Grammy Week Gala
During a packed gathering at The Village Recording Studios in West Los Angeles recently, The Recording Academy awarded its coveted President’s Merit Award to producer and executive Jimmy Iovine, “for his commitment to excellence and ongoing support for the...
Business
P&E Grammy Week Gala Honors T Bone Burnett
LOS ANGELES, CA—The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing celebrated its 10th anniversary during Grammy Week with “Shaken Rattled & Rolled,” a gala event at which 10-time Grammy-winning producer T Bone Burnett was honored by the Wing for his...
Business
Creating the Score, Part 2
Last month, composer Henry Jackman and Geoff Zanelli spoke of their processes and the importance of accurate monitoring.
Blogs
In-Depth Interviews: Film Composers On Monitoring
Supplementing "Creating The Score, Parts 1 & 2" (May and June, 2011 issues of Pro Sound News), we present additional interviews with film composers Henry Jackman, Geoff Zanelli, Bobby Fernandez, James Hill and Tommy Vicari, each discussing their monitoring...
Business
Monitoring the Score
Today’s motion-picture audiences expect high-energy, enveloping scores that complement the director’s vision and ensure a fully involving atmosphere.
Blogs
Pro-Audio Community Remembers Bruce Jackson
During the moving memorial on April 9 for the late Bruce Jackson, some 100-plus family, friends and colleagues paid tribute to the popular and much-missed technologist and live-sound engineer, who died on January 29 when the private aircraft he...
Archives
Avid Talks Digidesign Pro Tools Rebranding
The rebranding that Avid unveiled just over a year ago reaches an important milestone on April 12 with the formal unveiling of a new Pro Tools presence on the company website.
Business
Behind the Scenes at Lynx Studio Technology
By Mel Lambert. Surviving in today's highly competitive and financially challenging pro-audio marketplace is far from easy. An inventory of well-designed and functionally advanced products is a good starting point, to be sure, but the caliber of a firm's...
Archives
Loud Unlocks Pro Tools Debuts Via Viral Campaign
Loud Technologies claims to be the first company to crack Avid's hardware requirements for certain Pro Tools users, as its upcoming Mackie Onyx-i Series analog consoles can reportedly connect directly to computers running M-Powered Pro Tools without any Avid-developed...
Archives
Production Room Profile NPR West
This Culver City, CA installation features networked Klotz VADIS digital mixing systems with Dalet Digital Media System record/playback workstations.
Archives
Installation Profile Summit Church in Fort Myers Florida
Houses of worship represent one of the most demanding of environments for live sound.
Gear and Technology
Mackie Digital X Bus
The Mackie X.200 Digital Medium-Format Production Console is definitely a product for our age.
Archives
CES2007–Convergence Content and Compatibility in an HD World
Las Vegas, NV (January 18, 2007)--Having suffered a less than stellar buying season during the past Christmas holiday season, the consumer electronics industry is frantically searching for the retail Rosetta Stone. What will be the breakthrough technologies that boost...
Gear and Technology
AMS Neve 88D DigitalProduction Console
AMS Neve has been in the digital console business for over 25 years. Its first offering was unveiled to the stunned pro audio industry in 1980, and the firm continues to innovate its range of offerings.
Archives
A Wireless Carmen Courtesy of Sabine
Opera is a demanding medium. Combining large-scale orchestral sections with substantial choruses and on-stage performers, operatic production stretches the audio capabilities of many organizations.
Archives
Stephen St Croix Curtis Marshall – 1948-2006
Los Angeles, CA (May 10, 2006)--We are sad to report the death of Stephen St. Croix - aka Steven Curtis Marshall - who died early Saturday morning, May 6, following a lengthy battle with melanoma. We offer condolences to...
Gear and Technology
Studer Vista 8 Digital Live Production Console
Few can doubt this Swiss company's expertise in the analog domain; for many decades Studer's two-track and multitrack machines have dominated the international marketplace. And in terms of digital transports, the DASH-format D827 Mk II 24/48-track made fans of...
Gear and Technology
Fairlight Dream Constellation XT Digital Post Production Console
For more than 30 years Fairlight has enjoyed an enviable reputation as an innovator of powerful non-linear editors that can be found within leading film and post facilities around the world. The company's forays into console design, however, have...
Gear and Technology
Harrison MPC4-D Digital Post Production and Film Console
In the heady world of mixing sound for motion pictures, the heavy iron still rules on the Hollywood stages. While DAW-based control surfaces are revolutionizing the workflow paradigm, it's not a solution for everyone.
Gear and Technology
ATI Paragon II Live-Production Console
The Paragon II Production Console from Audio Toys, Inc. (ATI) packs a lot of ultra-precision audio processing technology into a compact, easy-to-use package. Combining full Class A analog processing with digital controlled switching, the system represents a high water...
Archives
Lake Technology Contour Pro 26 Series Digital Loudspeaker Processor
Incorporating a powerful arsenal of equalization, crossovers, limiters and measurement tools, the new Lake Technology Pro 26 Contour Digital Loudspeaker Processor offers a degree of control for live performance sound systems that, I would hazard, is unequalled by comparable...
Product Reviews
Solid State Logic AWS 900 Analogue Workstation System
Digital audio workstations are a remarkable advance... sometimes. If your model lacks a decent analog front end, or a properly implemented multichannel monitor section, or a full-function autolocator/transport controller, more than likely your workplace is gonna be... ahem... cluttered.
Gear and Technology
Digidesign ICON Integrated Console
Simply calling ICON a DAW controller is like calling a full-dress Hummer just another SUV. ICON looks like a digital console; it behaves like a digital console; and it will go head-to-head with the best in the world. Don't...
Gear and Technology
Review: Solid State Logic C200 Digital Production Console
Given Solid State Logic's unarguable mastery in console design, and its conspicuous attention to ergonomics and user convenience, the new C200 Digital Production Console offers not only enhanced 24/96 performance with high-precision converters, but also makes fewer demands on...
Gear and Technology
AMS Neve DFC2 Digital Film Console
Opting to follow that tried-and-true design philosophy of "Don't Fix It If It Ain't Broke," the talented team of designers in Burnley, England, has focused its attention on reacting to feedback from the long-form TV and film re-recording community,...
Gear and Technology
Euphonix Max Air On-Air Digital Broadcast Console
No frills, no fuss; Max Air's designers have not cluttered the surface with unnecessary controls and ephemera - such as console automation. It does one job, and it does it extremely well.
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