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Gary Adcock ~ Gary Adcock's MacWorld 2008 Wrap-up
Brandt Sleeper ~ Real-world Mixing with the PSC DV ProMix 6
Brandt Sleeper ~ Recording Multi-cam Audio
Brandt Sleeper ~ Audio Mixing for DV and HDV: PSC DV Promix 3
Brandt Sleeper ~ Why Use a Mixer?
Brandt Sleeper ~ Field Mixing with the PSC AlphaMix
Tim Wilson ~ Adobe talks about the new Adobe Production Studio for Macintosh
Tim Wilson ~ Adobe Soundbooth: A First Glimpse
Steve Crimmel ~ Steinberg Nuendo 2: A Report by Steve Crimmel
Peter Perry ~ Real Basic Audio Stuff: A Tutorial from Peter Perry
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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.
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Audio Professionals
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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.
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Audio Professionals
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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.
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Audio Professionals
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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."
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Audio Professionals
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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.''
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Audio Professionals
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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.''
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Audio Professionals
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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.
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Audio Professionals
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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.
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Audio Professionals
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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.
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Audio Professionals
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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.
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Audio Professionals
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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.
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Audio Professionals
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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?
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Audio Professionals
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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.
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Audio Professionals
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Field Mixing with the PSC AlphaMix
In this review from producer and professor Brandt Sleeper, he takes you on trip through this field mixer's 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.
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Audio Professionals
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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.
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Adobe Audition
Adobe Audition
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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.
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