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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By Mel Lambert. Famed London gallery uses immersive sound to enhance high-tech art installation.
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...
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 -...
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...
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,...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
Last month, composer Henry Jackman and Geoff Zanelli spoke of their processes and the importance of accurate 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...
Today’s motion-picture audiences expect high-energy, enveloping scores that complement the director’s vision and ensure a fully involving atmosphere.
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...
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.
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...
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...
This Culver City, CA installation features networked Klotz VADIS digital mixing systems with Dalet Digital Media System record/playback workstations.
Houses of worship represent one of the most demanding of environments for live sound.
The Mackie X.200 Digital Medium-Format Production Console is definitely a product for our age.
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...
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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,...
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.