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News From the
Showfloor, Day 1
We've been coming to the NAB Convention for more than 20
years now and can't ever remember it being this packed on opening day.
It was shoulder to shoulder everywhere in the South Hall, and with the
audio companies moving back to the North Hall, it was packed there as
well. This is definitely the year for HD, which sounds odd, but when you
consider that they've been showing HD gear for 15 years, this is the
year it's finally fully realized. Nothing like a February 2009 deadline
to get people buying. Sony was touting its one-stop, right-now
initiative. Avid/Digidesign was pushing its full product range across
every imaginable market. And Apple got a lot of early Sunday morning
buzz with its much anticipated release of the new Final Cut Pro suite
that includes Soundtrack Pro 2.
We'll have a lot more product news and themes tomorrow, but for now,
what hit us this time around is how much Vegas is becoming a music
destination. Celine Dion is here, Elton John, Prince, plus the regular
host of Barry Manilow types. And there will be more. This morning, we
got a tour of the Palms' studio and new live venue complex, The Pearl,
an $80 million, 2,500-capacity premier showplace built just for music.
No jugglers, no fire eaters, no multipurpose. Just music. Evanescence
opened the place in March. Saturday night we're going to stop in and see
Gwen Stefani. Both artists and concertgoers are going to love this
place.
Tune in tomorrow for a full report from Day 2, and in the meantime,
be sure to check out our blog.
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Apple
Upgrades Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion,
Compressor
At NAB, Apple announced major upgrades of its Final Cut Pro Suite,
including Soundtrack Pro 2. The new Final Cut Studio 2 production bundle
includes Final Cut Pro 6, which introduces Apple's ProRes 422 format for
uncompressed HD quality at SD file sizes; Motion 3's intuitive 3-D
environment; Compressor 3 batch encoding; DVD Studio Pro 4.2 for SD/HD
DVD authoring; and Soundtrack Pro 2, with new tools for multitrack
editing, surround mixing and conforming sound to picture. Final Cut
Studio 2 also introduces "Color," a pro color grading and finishing
application. MORE
DIGIDESIGN REFERENCE MONITOR SERIES
Developed jointly with
PMC, Digidesign's RMS series active biamped monitors are offered as
5.5-inch two-way (RM1) and 6.7-inch two-way (RM2) versions, both with
DSP-based digital crossovers and XLR analog and AES/EBU digital inputs.
All models employ PMC's Advanced Transmission Line technology. Shipping
in May 2007, the RM1s are $1,249/each; the RM2s are $1,749/each. NAB
booth: SL106.
www.digidesign.com
CALREC AUDIO OMEGA WITH BLUEFIN
Calrec Audio unveils Omega,
a brand-new console at NAB 2007. Omega uses award-winning Bluefin
high-density signal processing technology, and features 160 mono DSP
paths packaged as 48 stereo and 64 mono channels, and allows up to 24x
full 5.1 surround channels. Available in three frame sizes, Omega with
Bluefin has 8x 5.1 surround, stereo or mono audio groups, 20 auxiliary
outputs and 48 multitrack outputs. NAB booth: N8529.
www.calrec.com
DPA 4017 SHOTGUN MIC
The new 4017 shotgun offers a "zoom
lens" quality of pickup unique to the world of highly directional
microphones. Offering the same characterless, high-resolution sonic
signature for which DPA has become known, the 4017 also captures
off-axis sound with a linearity uncommon to other shotguns. With a 130dB
SPL capability and weight of a mere 2.6 ounces, the 8.3-inch-long DPA
4017 redefines the term "state of the art" for shotgun mics. NAB booth:
N2227.
www.dpamicrophones.com
VIRTUAL KATY VK CONNECT
To provide file-based workflows for
audio post and project management for facilities using Pro Tools, VK
Connect bridges the gap between the sequence-oriented picture editing
world and session-structured audio post world. The result is an
extremely organized exchange of audio editing assignments, centralized
hand-off of projects, simplified reporting of assignment status and
highly controlled media and data exchange. The company also unveiled VK
version 2.5, an update of the the popular software, now with expanded
format support. NAB booth: SL1413F, in the Avid Partner Pavilion.
www.virtualkaty.com
SONY DIGITAL WIRELESS
Comprising the DWT-B01 bodypack
transmitter, DWR-S01D portable tuner and DWA-01D wireless tuner adapter,
the Sony Digital Wireless system provides a significant improvement in
audio quality and operational flexibility for ENG and EFP professionals.
An innovative Sony codec chip enables the system to deliver
extraordinary 24-bit/48kHz digital transmission quality with
low-latency, secure, reliable operation and up to 50-percent more
simultaneous channels than conventional analog systems. NAB booth:
SU906, S230.
www.sony.com/news
ABALTAT MUSE
Not a search engine with a large database of
library music or music loops, Abaltat Muse is a video-driven soundtrack
composer. The software actually composes music to already edited
pictures, so re-editing video due to copyright/clearance issues or "best
fit" will be a thing of the past. It can also give a first draft of a
composition so the editor has a guide track, which can be updated and/or
recomposed at any stage during or after the edit. NAB booth: SL7424.
www.abaltat.com
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Soundtrack
of the Pros
Apple's Final Cut Studio 2 is now equipped with powerful
new multitrack editing and recording tools and a streamlined interface,
plus a spotting display that lets editors precisely align effects and
dialog with picture. Stereo and surround mixing tools enable users to
create 5.1 and stereo mixes in the same project. The bundle also comes
with a royalty-free library of more than 5,000 Foley and sound
effects...MORE
Mac Daddy
Will Eggleston over at the Genelec booth in the
South hall had great news today. Their speaker management software is
now avaialble for Mac and PC. The software lets you run their AutoCal
room correction and control up to 25 8200 speakers and 5 7200 series
subs via standard Cat5...MORE
Digi Speaks
At an Avid press event, Digidesign unveiled,
yes, monitors! Two high-end speakers were designed in collaboration with
PMC. The RM1 is a 5.5-inch two-way ($1249 each) amped at 80w/50w while
the RM2 is a 6.7-inch two-way ($1749 each) amped at 100w/50w. Both
monitors feature PMC's Advanced Transmission Line technology...MORE
Digital Wireless Ready
Avlex (U.S. arm of Mipro) has a hot
digital system out and shipping, the ACT-81 single-channel and ACT-82
dual-channel. At roughly $3500 a channel, the system is certainly
competitively priced...MORE
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