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January 20, 2008

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Game Audio Digital Edition Live!
Sims Audio Infra-Sonic Blow5d Digital Monitors
Gamers Still Go to Movies
Where You Should Be


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Game Audio Digital Edition Live!
Check out the January "Game Audio Digital Edition" online at www.mixonline-digital.com/mixonline/gameaudio200801/

Attention Game Sound Developers
We're guessing you didn't always work in videogames; we know a lot of you have roots in music and post. Tell us why you made the switch to the game world, and the name of the first title you worked on. E-mail us at mixeditorial@mixonline.com.

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 New Products

Sims Audio Infra-Sonic Blow5d Digital Monitors
Featuring onboard D/A conversion using Burr-Brown op amps, these new monitors from SIMS Audio feature room-compensation controls and a low-frequency response switch, letting the user adjust the monitors to the listening space. The speakers ($550) support up to a 24-bit/192kHz sample rate, and can accept a wide range of inputs including S-PDIF, RCA, AES/EBU, XLR, TRS or TS. The 14-pound, front-ported monitors feature a 5.25-inch LF driver and 0.75-inch silk-dome tweeter with waveguide and measure approximately 7.5x12x10 inches.

Vovox Digital Cables
New to the digital cable arena, Switzerland's Vovox has released a hat trick of digital connectivity in the unbalanced Vovox Link Protect AD (75 ohms), the balanced Vovox Link Direct SD (110 ohms) and the 8-channel cable Vovox Mucolink Direct SD (110 ohms). The cables are available in lengths ranging from three to 33 feet, and offer either gold-plated RCA, BNC or XLR Neutrik connectors. Like all other Vovox multichannel cables, Mucolink direct SD is assembled according to the customer's requirements.

URS Motorcity/Vintage Cinema Equalizers
These two EQ plug-ins from URS (www.ursplugins.com) re-create the legendary 7-band passive equalizers used by Motown staff engineers during the '60s and '70s and the 6-band passive EQs used for film and professional cinema in the 1930s. The MotorCity EQ offers proportional Q, a feature where small boost/cuts will have a very broad Q and greater boost/cuts will have a narrower Q, while the Vintage Cinema Equalizer offers six bands at 80/200/500/1.25k/3.2k/8k Hz. Expanding on the original design, the Cinema EQ also offers a seventh band at 16 kHz. When both plug-ins are used together, the frequencies overlap for a total of 14 bands. The $499.99 TDM license includes TDM/RTAS for Power PC and Intel Mac OS X, with Audio Units, VST, Windows XP and Vista support coming soon.

DACS Headlite 2 Headphone Amp
Digital Audio and Computer Systems' (DACS, www.dacs-audio.com) HeadLite 2 headphone amp is a 4-in/4-out unit with input selection for each amplifier and the ability to drive any impedance headphone to its maximum output level without distortion. Input sensitivity is variable; other features include conductive plastic pots and a balanced input option using the THAT InGenius IC. Outputs for each channel appear on the front and rear, and it can drive long lines to headphone outlets in remote rooms. Users can select from the four inputs (A, B, C and D) to hear A and B, or C and D as stereo and A, B, C or D as mono.


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 News You Can Use

Gamers Still Go to Movies
According to a study released by Integrated Media Measurement Inc., a provider of data to media companies and advertisers that links media exposure to consumer behavior, videogame enthusiasts who received the third installment of Halo 3 still found time to watch television and go to the movies. MORE

Neural Audio, VoiceAge Team Up
Neural Audio Corporation and VoiceAge Corp. have release their latest mobile audio compression solution: Neural-AMR-WB+ upgraded with Neural-THX Surround. Capable of delivering surround sound content at bit rates lower than 72 kbps, Neural-AMR-WB+ with Neural-THX Surround allows next-generation mobile services and devices to deliver TV-like high-quality surround sound content at low bit rates. MORE

Fonix Used in Top Game
Fonix Speech Inc. announced that a videogame uses a Fonix Speech software engine. This karaoke-style videogame, which was released to the public November 20, 2007, experienced initial success in a unique sector of the gaming market made popular during the past few years by the videogame Guitar Hero. MORE

Red Mile Licenses Unreal Engine 3
Red Mile Entertainment has entered into an agreement to license the Unreal Engine 3 from Epic Games Inc. for use in its upcoming Sin City videogame. MORE

Events

Where You Should Be
MIDEM, Cannes, France; January 27-31, 2008. Check out the "Music for Images" shared keynote between Jesper Kyd and Nitin Sawhney. www.midem.com

Game Developers Conference, February 18-22, 2008; San Francisco. www.gdconf.com

Game Design Expo, Vancouver, B.C.; January 19-20, 2008. Listen to keynote speakers Jay Weinland and CJ Cowan, who were part of the Bungie Studios team that worked on Halo 3. The two-day event will take place at Vancouver Film School, and also features lectures and panels by designers, producers and CEOs presenting topics ranging from "Console Wars" to "Digital Acting & Interactive Narrative to Game Audio." www.gamedesignexpo.com

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