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NDR Broadcasting Council elects Marmor and Beyer
Lutz Marmor becomes the new NDR Director General, Dr. Arno Beyer Deputy Director General. On Friday in Hamburg, the NDR Broadcasting Council elected the two candidates proposed by the Administrative Board on July 8.
Di-O-Matic Plans Voice-O-Matic for Autodesk Maya and Softimage XSI
The Voice-O-Matic program has been used for Autodesk 3ds Max for over four years. Di-O-Matic is currently working on a version of Voice-O-Matic for Autodesk Maya and Softimage XSI.
MCI Builds Dual-Media Studio for RBB
MCI is building an RBB regional studio in Frankfurt an der Oder for both television and radio production.
NAB: Seminar Helps with Podcasting
A good example of NAB's extensive seminar and conference program was David Lawrence's “Audio Podcasting Essentials” workshop
NOB Studios Renames Itself nobeo GmbH
Extensive investment in high-definition control-room technology and structural infrastructure
Gear Media Tech (GMT)
Three-day seminar on audio and video content for the Internet and mobile applications, organised by Pixel Corps, TWiT.tv and Podango Production.
Studio Hamburg MCI Takes On Audio and Video Technology for Erfurt MAGZ
Media application and start-up centre is intended to attract small and medium-sized media service providers in the vicinity of MDR
HDinside GmbH Invests Extensively in HD Rental Equipment
HD technology pool was expanded to include SuperSlomo recorders, an HD audio console and peripherals, among other things
Exozet Interact Implements Online Radio Station for Hit-Radio Antenne
"Project Reloaded": access a 24/7 live stream via a desktop player with interaction functions
NDR Adds Grass Valley Outside-Broadcast Unit
Grass Valley supplied NDR with a ten-camera outside-broadcast truck and a support vehicle carrying a complete postproduction unit.
Wellen + Nöthen Builds Training OB Van
A five-camera mobile production vehicle gives Düsseldorf's Robert Schumann University practical television and audio facilities.
Harris Launches Multiformat On-Screen Monitor Videotek VTM-2000
Tool enables monitoring of SD-SDI and analogue composite signals
Free Update for Sony Vegas 7
Vegas 7.0c supports Progressive Scan on the Sony HVR-V1 series of HDV camcorders and the HVR-DR60 hard-disk recorder
Filmmonopol Launches Industry-Specific B2B Film Exchange
License and rights trading portal goes online in the first quarter of 2007
Roxio DVDit Pro HD with Blu-ray Support
The DVD authoring software now also supports the next-generation format
Symposium: Realtime Behavior of Data Networks for Audio and Video Transmission
A live broadcast, for example at the Soccer World Cup, requires the transmission of audio and video signals in real time and in high quality over data networks. The symposium shows the requirements of realtime applications on the transmission networks, presents these using examples and opens an outlook on future networks using the example of current developments from research.
Accreditation is required to participate in the symposium. Participation fee 90.- euros plus VAT. Registration deadline: November 2, 2006.
Windows Media Player 11 Is Here
The new release of Microsoft's playback software is available immediately
Adobe Soundbooth: Addition to Production Studio
Easier-to-use audio tool intended to replace Audition in the medium term/ Audition to be tailored to broadcast use in future
IBC: Surround Sound for Digital Broadcasting
Coding Technologies and DTS offer a single-chip solution for outputting aacPlus-encoded sound on DTS-capable sound systems without loss of quality
IBC: Media100 Shows Version 11.5
Thanks to the update, Media100 software will also support DV25 via Firewire, Panasonic’s P2 standard and SDI embedded audio
IBC: Telecast Supplies New Modules for Viper II
The fibre-optic specialist expands its offering for video and audio data transfer
IBC: Miranda Announces Kaleido-X
Multi-image display with built-in router / Available from October
IFA: Fraunhofer Institutes Demonstrate “Multimedia Dome”
360-degree vision and 3D hearing in the first digital dome cinema with natural spatial sound
Character Animation: LipSync MX Version 2
Di-O-Matics’ new version of its character-animation software for Flash supports MP3 files as well as an improved workflow
Pro Tools HD 7.2 Available
Digidesign has provided a larger upgrade for its Pro Tools HD audio software. It brings, among others, expanded video functions
S4M’s VPMS in Use at n-tv and Radio Bremen
Video Production Management System provides content distribution in TV, radio and the web
Deutsche Welle Replaces Newsroom System
A tri-media newsroom for radio, television and online production is scheduled for completion by the end of 2007.
SIGGRAPH Art Gallery Bridges Digital and Analogue
Works by 107 artists explore the boundary between digital systems and physical media.
8th International Eyes & Ears Awards with new participation record
Awards ceremony on October 19 in Munich
New training programs for the games industry
Berlin Games Academy launches “Game Producing” and “Interactive Audio” training programs in the fall
T-Systems Builds World Cup Network for ARD and ZDF
The contribution network provides 2 Mbit/s to 270 Mbit/s links among Munich, Cologne, Mainz and Berlin.
AJA Announces Kona LH Video Capture Card
Flexible capture product for Power Mac G5 systems running Final Cut Studio
IBC: Avid Consummates Marriage with Pinnacle
IBC Is the First Trade Fair for the Joint Company, Which Is Now Divided into Three Company Divisions. Munich Remains a Pinnacle Location.
IBC: Premiere Broadcasts HDTV Programming in Dolby Digital 5.1
Canal+ and BSkyB Also Opt for the Dolby Digital 5.1 Digital Audio Standard
Siggraph: Access Grid Conference System Networks Up to 3,000 People
High-end video and audio transmissions via dial-up connection or leased line
WDR Broadcasts 5.1 Surround Radio with Nuendo
WDR’s Digital Surround Radio uses Steinberg Nuendo and the Nuendo Dolby Digital Encoder
Toon Boom Studio 3 Available
Toon Boom Studio is now available in version 3; on the occasion of the Flashforward conference in New York, the manufacturer of the same name announced the immediate availability of the software.
Media Festival in Mittweida with Video Awards and Workshops
Awards in the Digital Film and Computer Animation categories / Workshop with former head animator from Disney
“Open Day” at All German-Speaking SAE Institutes
On June 5, 2005, interested parties have the opportunity to have the training programme explained to them
Affordable Icon Console from Digidesign
Icon D-Command offers many of the functions of the flagship Icon D-Control
NAB: Apple Introduces Final Cut Studio
Apple combines Final Cut Pro 5, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2 and DVD Studio Pro 4 in one production suite
SAE Institute Hamburg Moves to St. Pauli
The Hamburg branch of the training provider is moving its location to the "Media Bunker" and occupying larger premises there.
DIGITAL AUDIO Seminar 23
For over ten years, the DIGITAL AUDIO seminar series has seen itself as an independent forum for the exchange of ideas on future topics in the field of professional audio technology. The last event took place some time ago. Due to many requests and the exciting current developments, we have decided to dedicate this seminar to the topic of surround sound again. As always, we will be focussing on the future, but this time we have placed particular emphasis on complementary acoustic demonstrations. At the seminar, away from the hustle and bustle of the trade fair, you can find out in detail about the latest developments in multi-channel sound technology, which is playing an increasingly important role in music production, theatre, sound reinforcement and broadcasting.
Audiotrak Introduces MAYA EX5 USB Interface
The MAYA EX5 succeeds Audiotrak's earlier MAYA EX with multichannel USB audio connections for Windows desktops and notebooks.
Audiotrak Releases MAYA1010 Audio Card
Audiotrak's MAYA1010 provides ten inputs and ten outputs, 24-bit/96 kHz operation, MIDI I/O and real-time internal routing.
Avid Completes Purchase of M-Audio
The planned purchase by Avid of M-Audio, based in Irwindale, California, which had already been announced, has now been successfully completed.
Audiotrak Updates MAYA44 and Prodigy Drivers
New MAYA44 MKII and Prodigy 192 drivers add DirectWIRE 3.0 routing, plus expanded Sensaura, AC-3 and DTS support.
SmartSound Releases Sonic Fire Pro 3
Sonic Fire Pro 3 builds royalty-cleared music to match the mood, style, instrumentation and duration of visual material.
New Diamond Cut Five Version 5.22
A New Version of the Diamond Cut Five Audio-Restoration Software Is Available Immediately. Compared with the Previous Version 5.15, the Program Contains a Whole Series of Useful Additional Functions, Improvements and Bug Fixes.
Lynx AES16 Offers 16 Digital AES/EBU Channels at 192 kHz and 24-bit
Lynx Studio Technology presented its new Lynx AES16 192 kHz multichannel AES/EBU interface at Summer NAMM in Nashville.
Groove Tubes Ditto – The Swiss Army Knife for Recording and Live Performance
Digital Broadcast Systems GmbH is adding the Groove Tubes Ditto product line to its professional-audio distribution portfolio with immediate effect.
“Soundtrack” from Apple: Now Available Separately
Apple’s Soundtrack music production software - originally available only together with Final Cut Pro 4 - will soon also be available as a separate product.
Sonoton Offers Exclusive Production Tracks
Sonoton offered hundreds of completed production-music tracks online with exclusive licensing across specified media and territories.
Mastertracks Offers Royalty-Free Music
Mastertracks offered reusable production music through private, commercial, subscription and per-title licensing models.
Studio Funk Opens Film Mixing Stage
Studio Funk’s Hamburg mixing stage supported 35 mm projection and Dolby and DTS multichannel finishing for film, TV and DVD.
Total Control Offers an Audio-DVD FX-PAC
The DVD Contains the Previously Released Total Control Audio SFX CDs X-FX, AD-FX, Action Cutz and PSY-FX as Well as Additional Bonus Sounds and Looped Versions of Many Layer and Atmosphere Sounds.
RadioMelodie.net Launches mp3PRO Internet Radio
RadioMelodie.net and Coding Technologies launched what they describe as the world’s first Internet radio station using mp3PRO.
MPEG-4 aacPlus Solutions for Digital Signal Processors
Coding Technologies has signed a licensing agreement with Imagine Technology for MPEG-4 aacPlus DSP implementations.
Canopus Announces ACEDVio Video-Editing Solution
Bundled with Vegas 4.0 and DVD MovieFactory, ACEDVio provides analogue and DV I/O for video editors.
Lynx Technik 3000 Device Series
With the 3000 and 5000 series, Lynx is presenting two signal-processing lines at once that are closely related.
CTP Animation Software for Windows Updated to 1.53
CTP Pro 1.53 is available for 2D animation production on Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000 and XP.
SmartSound Expands Royalty-Free Music Library
SmartSound has added two contemporary titles to its royalty-free music library.
NAB 2003: SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 3
SmartSound presents version 3 of Sonicfire Pro at NAB 2003.
DTS demonstrates 96/24 Surround Sound for DVB
At the recent AES Convention in Amsterdam, DTS demonstrated the reality of 96/24 multichannel broadcast sound, with live transmission by Swedish Radio of its DTS Digital Surround 5.1 DVB signal, received from an on-site satellite dish.
Native Instruments Announces TRAKTOR DUO
TRAKTOR DUO and TRAKTOR SCRATCH DUO brought two-deck mixing, sync, effects and timecode control to a lower-priced product tier.
Akushinn Begins Collaborative Online Theatre Project
The six-month Akushinn experiment invited internet users to contribute text, sound, images and video for a collaboratively assembled theatre work.
Roxio Ships Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Platinum
Roxio’s Creator 6 Platinum combined DVD authoring, photo editing, audio management, disc backup, copying and label design.
Intuitive MX Ships with a German Interface
Intuitive MX added a German interface, online help and quick-start guide to its 128-track Windows audio workstation.
Tektronix Combines Video and Audio Monitoring
The Tektronix WVR600 rasterizer monitored analogue and digital SD video plus audio in a one-rack-unit design with four-view FlexVu output.
Audiotrak XP MIDI Mate Connects MIDI over USB
The compact XP MIDI Mate provided one MIDI input and output with 16-channel support for Windows XP and Mac OS X without a separate driver.
Reason 2.0: Music Production in a Virtual Studio
A German guide to Reason 2.0 explained its instruments, effects, samplers, audio and MIDI tools through a complete computer-based production.
Fraunhofer Demonstrates a Cinema Sound-Field System
Fraunhofer researchers equipped an Ilmenau cinema with 192 loudspeakers to demonstrate sound-field synthesis across the entire auditorium.
Intuitive MX: A Music Recording Studio for Windows PCs
Intuitive MX was a multitrack Windows audio workstation designed to bring recording-studio functions, mixer automation and 3D sound positioning to a standard PC.
NAB 2003: Media 100 Announces 844/X Version 2
Media 100 announced “The Finishing Release,” version 2.0 of its 844/X software, with expanded colour correction, compositing, editing and audio tools.
Cyberarts 2002 Surveys Prix Ars Electronica Winners
The bilingual 250-page Cyberarts 2002 volume and companion DVD documented work in interactive art, animation, visual effects and digital music.
Slither DVD Blends Digital Animation, Art and Electronic Music
Jeffers Egan’s 41-minute audiovisual work layered After Effects imagery with electronic sound collages in Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS.
Diamond Cut Five Expands Audio Restoration Toolkit
Diamond Cut Five added de-clicking, clipping repair, 192 kHz audio, live processing, time stretching and broad format conversion.
Wellen+Nöthen Builds Four NDR Editing Vehicles
Four generator-equipped NDR editing vehicles combined Sony IMX decks, customised audio mixing and optional four-channel servers.
Lynx Adds Multichannel AES/EBU and ADAT Expansion Cards
Lynx LS-AES and LS-ADAT cards expanded LynxTWO and L22 systems with multichannel digital audio I/O at up to 192 kHz.
Edirol DV-7PR Delivers Real-Time Video Presentation
Edirol’s DV-7PR combined video and audio sampling, clip playback, live crossfades and multiple control options for presentations.
Digital Juice Offers Royalty-Free Graphics, Animation and Music
Digital Juice bundled 55 GB of production graphics, looping backgrounds and a 1,000-track music collection for editors.
Sonic DVD Producer 3.5 Shown at IBC
DVD Producer 3.5 added menu-design tools, automated motion buttons, transcoding improvements and complementary DVD proofing and audio-authoring products.
Audiotrak Introduces the MAYA 5.1 USB Audio Interface
The portable MAYA 5.1 USB provided two inputs, six outputs, optical S/PDIF, microphone and headphone connections for Windows PCs.
Audiotrak Prodigy 192: 24-bit Multichannel Audio Card
The Prodigy 192 combined six-channel analogue output, 24-bit converters, surround support and DirectWIRE routing for Windows PCs.
OPTOPlay: 24-bit USB Audio Interface with Analogue and Digital Outputs
Audiotrak’s OPTOPlay converted USB audio to analogue stereo and optical S/PDIF output at up to 24-bit resolution.
Audiotrak MAYA 7.1 Gold Brings Multichannel Playback to Desktop PCs
The MAYA 7.1 Gold offered eight audio outputs, ASIO 2.0 support and multichannel DVD playback for Windows desktop systems.
Audiotrak Introduces the MAYA44 Audio Card
The MAYA44 combined four analogue inputs and outputs with S/PDIF, microphone and headphone connections for desktop music production.
Lynx L22 24-bit/192 kHz Audio Card for Windows and Mac
Lynx Studio Technology’s L22 PCI card combined professional 192 kHz conversion, flexible digital mixing and expansion for Windows and Macintosh workstations.
New ECHOlab Mixers Designed for Mobile Production
ECHOlab introduced compact 2.5 M/E digital video mixers with up to six DVEs, Ultimatte chroma keying and support for multiple video formats.
Diamond Cut 4.80 Expands Restoration
Diamond Cut 4.80 revised its MP3 decoder, accelerated peak-file creation and added persistent markers to real-time audio-restoration workflows.
AUDIOTRAK DeskTop Music Production
AUDIOTRAK. AUDIOTRAK is a pure audio card equipped with high-quality components.
Media 100 MediaPress Pro – New realtime MPEG-2 encoding systems for Macintosh
MediaPress Pro SDI delivers SDI capturing capabilities for DVD production
24-bit/192 kHz multichannel audio card for Windows PC and MAC
LynxTWO is the perfect centrepiece for any Windows or Macintosh based audio or video workstation.
MPEG-2 HDTV PCI Card
The HD-PCI is a PCI-bus card covering MPEG-2 HD video and audio decoding, which offers an affordable solution for HDTV playback applications. MPEG-2 data stored on the PC systems hard disk can easily be brought to the screen.
New Diamond Cut demo version available
A new Diamond Cut demo version is available with immediate effect. This is a fully functional version of the Diamond Cut Millennium and Live audio restorations, which is only slightly limited in two areas.
Scenarist v2.5 – DVD authoring with new decoder card
Thanks to support for a new MPEG2 hardware decoder, complex DVD-Video titles can now also be created on Windows 2000 platforms and offer DTS sound