| NewBay Media Re-Launches AV-iQ
Debuts New Online Interface and Newsletter Series via SVC Online
NewBay Media has announced the highly anticipated re-launch of AV-iQ, the AV industry's largest and most detailed database of over 440,000 AV products and services, now online at www.av-iq.com. The new AV-iQ.com now boasts a significantly improved user interface with more intuitive and visually driven navigation, easier filtering tools, and a responsive design to better accommodate visitors using tablet devices. The company has also launched a series of weekly newsletter designed to help the AV industry better utilize the newly improved AV-iQ Website.
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| | Robair Report | | Education Through Teamwork
Although the major stars don't often admit it in public (except, perhaps, on the awards podium), success in the music business is the result of teamwork. Yet, many self-help books work hard to convince independent artists that they should become a jack-of-all-trades. And the list of things they have to know in the Internet Age has greatly increased over the past two decades.
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| | SoundWorks Collection | | The Sound of 'Godzilla'
In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection sound profile Michael Coleman talks with Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Erik Aadahl and Supervising Sound Editor Ethan Van der Ryn about the sound of Director Gareth Edwards' Godzilla. This 45-minute conversation covers the creative and technical process that the sound team of E2 pursued to create the dark and powerful sound of the king of all monsters: Godzilla.
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| | Top Stories | | Cracker: New Rock and Country California Travelogue
David Lowery can't get California out of his mind. Though he has mostly divided his time in recent years living in Athens, Ga., and Richmond, Va., his ties to the Golden State remain strong. He still makes music with both of the major bands he started there—Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker. And Cracker's fine new double-CD, featuring the group's classic lineup of Lowery, guitarist Johnny Hickman, bassist Davey Faragher and drummer Michael Urbano on much of it, is a concept album of sorts about California, called Berkeley to Bakersfield. New Hardware Processors and Channel Strips
Although we live in a world dominated by digital audio workstations, hardware releases for the front and back end have been strong of late, especially in the a la carte category. In this collection, we round up a selection of compressors, EQs and channel strips, in both rackmount and 500 Series formats, that have debuted beginning around the 2013 AES Convention. Note that the channel strips usually include a preamp. The products covered here include solid-state and tube processors, which gives you a range of flavors from which to choose. Skip Lievsay to Receive 2015 MPSE Career Achievement Award
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) will honor Academy Award-winning Supervising Sound Editor and Re-Recording Mixer Skip Lievsay with its 2015 MPSE Career Achievement Award. Lievsay will receive the award at the 2015 MPSE Golden Reel Awards ceremony, to be held on February 15, 2015, in Los Angeles.
Darren Aronofsky to be Honored with MPSE Filmmaker Award
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) will honor Academy Award-nominated director Darren Aronofsky with its annual Filmmaker Award. The director of Noah, Black Swan, The Wrestler and other films is being recognized for his outstanding contributions to the art of cinema. He will be presented with the award at the 62nd MPSE Golden Reel Awards, February 15, 2015, in Los Angeles. P&E Wing Announces 2014-2015 Steering Committee
The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing has announced its 2014-2015 Steering Committee, which will build upon the work of prior Steering Committees. The P&E Wing's leadership group researches and recommends solutions for technical, creative and economic issues facing today's music production professionals.
Warner/Chappell Production Music Appears in Golden Globe Award-Nominated Projects »
Dialog Editor Ray Beentjes Relies on iZotope RX 4 Audio Repair and Enhancement Toolkit »
Recording Engineer Philip Rohr Wins Sanken CU-55 Microphone Autographed by George Massenburg » |
| | Featured Products | | Black Lion B12A MKII Preamp
The B12A MKII ($549) is a single-channel microphone preamp in the style of an API 312A. The MKII version features an upgraded input transformer, higher gain and lower noise than the original B12A. It also features an output transformer, a Hi-Z input, switchable phantom power, -10dB pad, and a polarity button, all housed in a 1U, half-rack chassis. Other features include +26dB to +70dB of gain (no pad), THD+N at 01% @ +26dB gain, .011% @ +40dB gain, .049% @ +60dB gain, and .15% @ +70dB gain. Positive Grid Final Touch App
Developed alongside Apple engineers, Positive Grid has released Final Touch Audio Post Production System for iPad ($19.99), featuring the new AAC format preview. The update adds real-time auditioning through the Apple AAC encoder, providing accurate level metering and preparation for Mastered for iTunes process on a Mac. Final Touch combines seven essential mastering tools into one integrated system: Pre and Post Linear Phase EQ modules, a Dynamics module with a highly flexible stereo/mid-side multiband compressor/limiter, Stereo Imaging, Reverb, and a Maximizer with Comprehensive Dithering and noise-shaping options. The final mix can be exported and shared via email, Dropbox, iTunes and SoundCloud.
Vienna Symphonic Library Vienna Solo Voices, Vienna Whistler
Vienna Solo Voices features four female voices (coloratura soprano, soprano, mezzo soprano, alto) and three male voices (tenor, baritone, bass). All singers have been carefully selected with a special focus on smooth and consistent timbres over the full registers. Vienna Whistler offers a wide range of whistled tones in various lengths and articulations.
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