New Broadcast. On this edition of The.Point, I briefly discuss audioFile, the sleek and simple media file player that I have developed. Also, have you ever wondered how motion picture film projects are edited on computer workstations? As promised, I explain how Cinema Tools helps with this process. Lastly, I discuss a term and process […]
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New broadcast. I mention a new set of plugins and software updates provided by Digital Heaven, and DV Monitor, a cool application that will transform your Mac display or portable computer into a field monitor. Also, we take an in depth look at Frameline 47, a powerful and stylish media asset annotation and management tool.
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New Broadcast. I mention iAspect, a free utility that is used for aspect ratio numerical conversions, and FootTrack, a sleek software tool that will help you catalogue and organize digital video media. This broadcast also features a special interview with Joel Johnson, product manager for Electrovoice and Blue Wired Microphones. We discuss the longevity of […]
New Broadcast. With the acceleration in popularity of video podcasts, pro applications like Final Cut Pro are very accessible, and will enhance your post production work-flow. I offer some personal insight on how to approach the process of teaching yourself Final Cut Pro. Also, I discuss how to integrate a digital telephone hybrid with an […]
New Broadcast. I mention the Public Radio Exchange, a fantastic resource for independent radio producers, program directors and listeners. I recommend DH_Fade, a plugin filter offered by Digital Heaven. This filter simplifies the process of adding fades to multiple clips in a Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express project. I spend some time explaining […]
New Broadcast. I mention the new Sound Effects Series bundle by Sony Pictures, and the fantastic audio plugins offered by Nomad Factory. Also, I reference an interesting theory by Bob Katz, the mastering engineer and author of ‘Mastering Audio: the art and the science’, in reference to balanced vs. unbalanced signal chains. I describe the […]
New Broadcast. I mention new studio upgrades, including the Bias Master Perfection Suite and the Marantz PMD 570 CF digital recorder. I also make reference to a few free audio tools including AudioLeak, used to measure RMS values, and Switch, a converter for all audio file formats. Lastly I discuss new products on the […]
New Broadcast. I discuss software compressors by Anwidasoft and PSP Audioware. Also, a very useful CD burning application called BurnX Free, and a cool multitrack recording tool by Vosgames. Lastly, I mention a very interesting white paper published by Bias Software which documents the quality of sample rate conversion performed by Peak and many other […]
New broadcast. I mention the new Entry System I designed at Podcastrigs, and two cool inexpensive Mac applications used for video encoding and MP2 management. I also discuss similarities and differences between Bias Peak and Apple Soundtrack Pro, and why I feel both applications are necessary.
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Nattress Film Effects
Marantz PMD 570
The Bitterest Pill … Vol. I
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New broadcast. I discuss the great time I had at The Podcast Academy and The Portable Media Expo in Ontario California. Also, I focus on 3 issues I referenced during my sessions which have generated a good amount of interest - Quality Audio Cables, the Heil PR-40 Broadcast mic, and the MP2 file format. I […]
New Broadcast. I discuss a new Knowledge Base article form Apple which explains proper Timecode Frame Off Set Calibration when capturing Serial Timecode , and the in’s and out’s of Flattening Actions in Soundtrack Pro. Also, I mention Rapid Preview, a cool sound file previewer.
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Nattress Film Effects
Accelerate Your Mac
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New podcast. I discuss afforadable external storage solutions and how to export mp3 audio files from Apple Soundtrack Pro. I also mention a future review of the Heil PR-30 and PR-40 Dynamic Broadcast microphones.
Referenced external Raids:
Mercury Pro Elite
G Raid
Mini G
SoundConverter Batch sound format conversion tool
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This is a special podcast update. It has been a very busy month and I thought I’d pass along the details.
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Talking Portraits
Podcast Solutions
New Podcast. I mention FrameVault, the management tool for digital video assets by einstein’s legacy, the Inspector XL plugin suite by Elemental Audio, and Peak 5 Pro by Bias. I also discuss recording Automation Data in Apple Soundtrack Pro.
The Mackie Firewire routing bus diagram is here.
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Graeme Nattress, the creator and developer of the Film Effects plugins for Final Cut Pro joins me on this first installment of The.Point Interview Series. We discuss Graeme’s early days as a software developer as well as how to get the most out of his Film Effects plugins.
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New Podcast. I mention the latestet release of Feeder by Reinvented Software, the new audio Wave Editor by Audio-file Engineering and Radio Magazine, an interesting information resource that focuses on the professional radio broadcasting business. I discuss exporting projects using Compressor from Soundtrack Pro and creating buses in your multitrack projects.
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Nattress Film Effects […]
New Podcast. I mention Sample Manager, the Batch Audio Processor by AudioFile Engineering and iDive, the unique digital video catalog and exploration toll by Aquafadas. I also discuss the essentials of a ‘mix-minus’ bus and recording multiple take voice-overs using Apple Soundtrack Pro.
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New podcast. I recommend the Pro-App Tips website, a great place to share information regarding Apple Pro Apps. Also I speak about maximizing your RMS levels using iZotope’s Ozone and Wave Arts Final Plug, and BWAV Reader, a handy app. by Quesoft.
Great article on the Apple Pro site entitled ‘The Tapeless Post-production Workflow’
Aja Video […]
New podcast. I recommend NWEQ, the free VST parametric plugin, Ask Video Interactive Media, featuring Cubase training DVD’s and the new update to Bias Peak-ver.4.14. I offer more Sountdrack Pro Tips and reference a tutorial explaining the Match EQ bundled with the application.
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New podcast. I mention the Fostex FR-2 compact flash recorder as well as Control Surfaces by Mackie and Tascam. I finish up with my initial impression and review of Apple Soundtrack Pro.
New Drivers: XServe RAID ver. 1.0—AJA Video ver. 2.0b1
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New podcast. I announce the formal release of Tracktion 2, the recording application by Mackie and Sample Manager, the batch audio processor for Mac OSX. I also make note of some of the new capabilities of Compressor 2 from Apple.
I briefly review basic features of the following recording/audio interfaces:
•Lexicon Omega Studio
•DigiDesign Mbox
•Focusrite Saffire
•Mackie […]
New podcast. I discuss my experience with Mac OSX Tiger, including installation and compatibility issues, as well as new versions of DSP Quattro, the 2 channel audio mastering/editing utility and iDive, the media cataloging utility.
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New podcast. I mention SoudConverter, an easy to use audio format converter and the new Panasonic HVX-200 HD camcorder. Also, I discuss my post production work-flow for The.Point.
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New podcast. I mention the new control panel application made available by AJA Video along with Final Cut Pro 5 and Apple Soundtrack Pro.
The Quicktours for the new Production apps. from Apple are here.
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New podcast. I speak about Bias Peak 5, new products from Tapco and pro broadcast gear from AKG. I discuss various options available in the Ozone mastering processor by iZotope, and Tracktion2, the audio production application from Mackie.
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New podcast. I recommend the Akg K141 headset and the sleek VST Plugins offered by Anwidasoft. Also, here is the press release that references the new Pro USB Interface by Digigram designed specifically for broadcast and pro audio applications.
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New podcast. I mention Ray Gun Pro, the audio restoration application for Mac OSX, ‘Mastering Audio’ a book by Bob Katz, and ‘Audio in Media’ by Stanley Alten. Also, Balanced Prolink Interconnects by Monster Cable.
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New podcast. I mention Flip4Mac, an application for editors to deliver Windows Media Files using Final Cut Pro, Jasmine Audio, a sleek and simple audio recorder/editor and MegaSeg dj, an application that will help produce professional quality radio track cueing and playlist management.
Effects Processor Integration article is here.
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New podcast. This installment focuses on various aspects of audio and podcast production. I mention Sample Manager, the cool Batch Audio Processor, Apple Computer’s entry into The Blu-ray Disc Association, and my new Mackie Onyx 1620 Mixer.
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New podcast. I discuss the Saffire audio interface by Focusrite, the Firewire Extender 800 by Gefen, new software from Sony Pictures and Sheer Video HD Pro, a set of fantastic video codecs.
Check out the great articles available in the support section on the Focusrite site that reference aspects of dynamics and equalization.
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New podcast. I discuss the new Quicktime 7 codec and reference a pdf that explains the HE.AAC audio codec. Also, AAChoo, the slick AAC file encoder. Here is the link to an interesting article at Apple.pro.
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New podcast. I mention the new external Firewire 800 RAID Array by FireWire Direct, AudioXplorer, the handy graphical sound analyzer, and the rumored enhancements for Final Cut Pro 5, expected to be announced at NAB in April.. Today’s tip explains how to highlight a specific area of a clip using the Garbage […]
New podcast. I mention the new version of Standards Conversion 2.0 by Nattress, available sample clip Catalogs for iDive by Aquafadas, and a new article posted on the Apple Pro Site that references The Sundance Film Festival’s Production Workflow. Also hear my initial review of DSP Quattro 2, the Editing and Mastering application […]
New podcast. I mention the VST compressor by Anwidasoft, the new Firmware Update for the Aja IO and IO/LA breakout boxes, various products by BlackMagic Design, and XML2Text, a handy application for Final Cut Pro XML’s.
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New Podcast. I mention the Sound Solutions Database on the Shure website, ‘Motion for Mac OSX’, the new visual quick start guide book, a new free application from AJA Video, and the slick audio editing application DSP-Quattro 2. Here is a link to the cool audio plugin that will help you […]
New podcast. I discuss Lumiere HD software for HDV editing in Final Cut Pro, and the interesting article that talks about The Edit Center here in NYC. Various aspects of Final Cut Pro audio integration are discussed as well.
This site contains the article in reference to iMovie/Final Cut Pro/HDV integration. Great site recommended […]
New Podcast. I mention various products by AJA Video, the real time video production application by Livid Instruments, Union, the Digital Video Essentials DVD by Joe Kane productions, and BounceUs II, a handy XML utility for Final Cut Pro.
The C3 MultiBand Compressor Plug-in is here
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New Podcast. I speak about ‘Live Cut’ the free multi camera editing application, the reference files for the ‘Ozone’ software dynamics processor plug-in, ‘Mackie Onyx’ mixers, and the great article by G. Nattress ‘Beyond DV with FCP HD’.
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New Podcast. I mention the Support Library at Rane, the cool iZotope plug-in ‘‘Vinyl , ‘iAAPL‘, the handy stock price monitor, and the new podcast project by WNYC radio, ‘On The Media‘. Also the link to the featured article in reference to ‘Podcasting Will Save Radio’ is here
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New Podcast. I discuss ‘Deck‘ by Bias, ‘ChannelStrip‘, a DSP plug-in for audio mastering, and a new FCP training DVD by DMTS.
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New Podcast. Software recommendations, iStabilize and The Pro-Apps Hub, …Nattress Final Cut Pro Filters, ‘Final Cut Pro Editing Essentials ver.3‘ by Tom Wolsky, and the excellent product overview pdf. for Apple’s XServe RAID.
Also, go here to view the excellent podcasting tutorial by Michael Geoghegan at Reel Reviews.
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New Podcast. I talk about ‘Audacity‘ a free recording application, SoundSoap Pro by Bias and PlayPod, a neww RSS/Podcast Client application. I mention an interesting article in reference to Cooling Data Servers in Rack Enclosures, tips on creating Freeze Frames in Final Cut Pro, and tips to help your Apple Compressor workflow.
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New Podcast. I discuss my initial impressions of the new book ‘Behind the Seen’…, AquaFadas ‘iDive’, a fantastic media management application and a great new Podcast entitled ‘Podcasttools‘. Also, you can download the widescreen masks that I created for framing purposes here.
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New Podcast. I discuss analog mixer system integration, bundled Final Cut Pro Audio effects and a new higher quality MP3 bit rate format for my podcast in this special Audio edition of ThePoint.
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