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Windows Hardware & Software | HP Skyroom: Power & Simplicity for Remote Workgroup Tasks
In this article, Ron Lindeboom looks at the powerful HP Skyroom technology, which allows team members to interact in high definition video with one another, as they work on projects and approvals remotely. Highly powerful, yet priced within reach of many small to medium-sized companies -- nevertheless, the system is powerful enough for even major players like Dreamworks Animation, who used the system during the making of the blockbuster 'Monsters vs Aliens.' Powerful, elegant, simple to use.
Review, Feature 09/22/2009
Author: Ron Lindeboom |
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SmartSound - Sonicfire Pro | SmartSound SonicFire Pro 5: Low-cost Scores at The Speed of Sound
The COW's man in Nepal, Jiggy Gaton, has found a balance between easy, automated music production, and high-quality results with SmartSound SonicFire Pro 5. He has also been impressed with how easy it is to create variations of his custom scores, and has come up with some unexpected workflow innovations.
Review 04/14/2009
Author: Jiggy Gaton |
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Audio Professionals | ADR: Hollywood Dialogue Recording Secrets
Correcting dialogue is one of the most important parts of the old saying, fix it in post. They're part of a process called ADR -- Additional Dialogue Recording, or Automated Dialogue Replacement -- that has been going on since movies had audio, and is still being done today, from the smallest indie films to the biggest blockbusters. Here's an overview of the world of ADR, some of the Cows who are working in this field, and where to go when you are ready to ADR to your own productions.
Feature 03/03/2009
Author: Cowdog |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Controlling Time with Sound - Part 2
In this episode, Aharon continues to explore how audio can be used to control time, but he expands on that by showing you how it can be used to change the look of the footage as well.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 02/09/2009
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Red Giant plug-ins | Controlling Time with Audio - Part 1
In this episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use audio to control time. Youll learn how to make your video automatically move forward in time to the beat of the music - a technique used in tons of music videos and commercials.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 02/09/2009
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Gridiron Software | Gary Adcock's MacWorld 2008 Wrap-up
Creative COW Community leader Gary Adcock was one of many COWs at MacWorld. He shares his impressions with us, including one product that will be shaping things for a long time to come. And because it's MacWorld, something cool for your iPod and iPhone.
Feature 01/22/2008
Author: Gary Adcock |
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Audio Professionals | Real-world Mixing with the PSC DV ProMix 6
PSCs DV ProMix 6 has everything you need for multi-channel audio mixing, even on a DV-sized budget. Brandt Sleeper takes you through its ins and outs, and shows how it stands up to the rigors of real-world production.
Review 01/19/2008
Author: Brandt Sleeper |
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Audio Professionals | Recording Multi-cam Audio
Editing multi-cam audio is a hot NLE feature. Maybe youre ready to shoot the video -- but are you ready to capture multiple audio sources for your multi-cam shoot? Brandt Sleeper offers tips for multi-cam audio shoots, from ENG to the front row.
Tutorial 12/27/2007
Author: Brandt Sleeper |
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Audio Professionals | Audio Mixing for DV and HDV: PSC DV Promix 3
Brandt Sleeper shows how PSCs DV ProMix 3 will help your DV and HDV recordings sound better than ever -- bars and tone, calibration, for one or several cameras. Could this be the field mixer youve been waiting for?
Review 12/15/2007
Author: Brandt Sleeper |
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Audio Professionals | Why Use a Mixer?
Want to know why you should be using a mixer and an external mic instead of your cameras onboard mic? After years shooting for clients including National Geographic, NFL Film and Oprah, as well as production for his own company, hell give you the background you need to make your work sound its best.
Feature 12/13/2007
Author: Brandt Sleeper |
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Audio Professionals | Field Mixing with the PSC AlphaMix
In this review from producer and professor Brandt Sleeper, he takes you on trip through this field mixers exceptional feature set, including support for multiple cameras and NP-1 power. He also puts it through its paces on a segment for Good Morning America.
Review 12/09/2007
Author: Brandt Sleeper |
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Audio Professionals | Building a Recording Studio
Here are some tips from a guy who has worked with Ringo Starr, Sting and many others. Sure, there's the easy way. Then there's Doug's way...obsessive, but still on a budget.
Tutorial 07/10/2007
Author: Doug Hansel |
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Audio Professionals | Avoiding Whirrs, Rattles and Hums
In this Creative COW Magazine article Michael Hanish gives some great free tips, tricks and techniques on how to do professional audio and avoid all the headaches that can go along with it. Michael covers video shoots, music, performances and more real world environments where you can apply this helpful training.
Tutorial, Feature 04/17/2007
Author: Michael Hanish |
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Adobe Audition | Adobe Soundbooth: A First Glimpse
Tim Wilson previews the new Adobe Soundbooth audio sweetening and soundtrack creation tool planned for 2007 release. In this article, Tim talks with Adobe's Hart Schafer, Senior Product Manager of Adobe Audio Products, and explores many of the features and functions in the newly announced Soundbooth.
Review, Tutorial, People / Interview 10/26/2006
Author: Tim Wilson |
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Audio Professionals | Cinescore 1 Review
Sony releases a soundtrack creation tool and it's a winner - Cinescore just began shipping in the last few months and the program is a new kind of audio tool for Sony. It is not a loops program like Sony Acid, but is clearly targeted to compete against tools like Smartsound's Sonicfire Pro.
Review 10/05/2006
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Audio Professionals | Audio Techniques for Video Editors
Are you a video editor hoping to add more richness to your audio? In the world of video editing, its not uncommon for video editors to rely on others to perform audio post production on their projects. But in this article, well focus on ways that you can get better audio without having others do it for you.
Tutorial, Feature 05/13/2006
Author: Marco Solorio |
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Audio Professionals | Steinberg Nuendo 2: A Report by Steve Crimmel
Steve Crimmel looks at Nuendo 2 from Steinberg. Steve comes from a pro audio engineer background and his personal experience includes working as a staff engineer for a number of years at Hollywood's famed Ocean Way Studios, where Steve engineered many of the top-selling records of all time -- including hits like those from Lionel Richie, Talking Heads, Neil Diamond and many others. From this rich bed of experience, Steve reports that ''...Nuendo goes deep in its capabilities and has spoiled me in many ways.'' In this article, Steve examines some of these reasons and shows why he's been so favorably impressed by Nuendo 2, so much so in fact that he gives it a 4 Cows rating.
Review 07/26/2004
Author: Steve Crimmel |
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Audio Professionals | Real Basic Audio Stuff: A Tutorial from Peter Perry
This article by Peter Perry is intended for those new to the audio side of video production. As many discover when they go to post with their first project, achieving good sounding audio requires attention to details often overlooked by inexperienced shooters, and that many audio problems are difficult or impossible to fix in post. The focus of this article is to help anticipate and avoid many of those problems.
Tutorial 03/22/2004
Author: Peter Perry |
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Audio Professionals | Glenn DeLaune reviews: iZotope Ozone 3
Glenn DeLaune puts iZotope Ozone 3 through through its paces on a CD project for an R&B band down in New Orleans, Louisiana. Glenn concludes his review with, " iZotope Ozone 3 is really six very high quality sound effects processors in one complete package. For $199.00 you are getting all you will ever need to master your recordings and be confident that the next time you hand out your CD, your music will have that 'radio ready' sound."
Review 12/02/2003
Author: Glenn DeLaune |
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Audio Professionals | SonicFire Pro: Great Audio Made Easy
In this article, Ron Lindeboom shows why SmartSound's Sonicfire Pro is a video content creator's dream tool. If you have a studio filled with MIDI equipment, you write your own stuff, or you love to build loops layer upon layer upon layer for hours ... then SFP is probably not for you. But if you need great audio and you need it now -- and most importantly, you need it to fit your exact edit requirements -- then Sonicfire Pro is well worth exploring. Ron concludes that this is one tool that he refuses to be without.
Review, Tutorial 06/15/2003
Author: Ron Lindeboom |
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Audio Professionals | John Hartney reviews: Producing Great Sound for Digital Video, Second edition
John Hartney examines Producing Great Sound for Digital Video, Second edition by Jay Rose and published by CMP Books. John concludes with, ''Folks, this book is a treasure chest. Jay has written a delicious compilation of tips and tutorials that I can honestly recommend to anyone looking to produce great sound for digital video.''
Review 04/16/2003
Author: John Hartney |
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Audio Professionals | Jim Harvey reviews PC Audio Editing: Broadcast, Desktop & CD Audio Production
Jim Harvey takes a look at PC Audio Editing: Broadcast, Desktop & CD Audio Production by Roger Derry. ~ This book is published by Focal Press. Read why Jim gives this book 4 1/2 COWs and says,''It really belongs on your shelf if you are starting out with audio editing, and if you are already fairly comfortable with audio it is an excellent reference work.''
Review 04/13/2003
Author: Jim Harvey |
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Audio Professionals | Jim Harvey reviews An Introduction to Digital Audio
Jim Harvey takes a look at An Introduction to Digital Audio by John Watkinson. ~ This book is published by Focal Press. Read why Jim says this book is a comprehensive book in every respect, but not for the faint of heart or those wishing to have guidance of a more practical nature in producing their audio.
Review 12/07/2002
Author: Jim Harvey |
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Audio Professionals | Audio Post Production for Digital Video by Jay Rose
CreativeCOW leader Timothy Allen takes an in depth look at Jay Rose's Audio Postproduction for Digital Video and determines that every serious non-linear editor should have this book. Read why Timothy, who is a multiple Emmy award winner as well as an accomplished musician, gives this new book in the CMP Books DV Experts Series such high marks.
Review 11/29/2002
Author: Timothy Allen |
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Audio Professionals | Creative Cow meets a Flying Cow
CreativeCOW leader, Marco Solorio reviews the Flying Cow. Whether you need digital audio conversion for your NLE video system, or your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), the Flying Cow will please even the most bovine shoppers.
Review 08/03/2002
Author: Marco Solorio |
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