Category Archives: Audio

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Quick Fix for Bad Tracks

Finding the right archival clip is one thing-clearing the secondary music rights to the audio track that runs beneath it is quite another. There's finally an alternative to all the hair pulling: Let the more »

Taking Altman’s Sound Challenge

It's one thing to get up to speed on a typical feature film, but production sound mixer Drew Kunin had to ramp up in a hurry working on the Robert Altman -directed musical Prairie Home Companion, a project more »

FX Brings the War Home with Over There

With the debut of Over There, the new military drama from executive producer Stephen Bochco, Hollywood-based war scenes will co-exist for the first time with the images shot by embedded photojournalists. To more »

Creative PCMCIA Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook Card

Do you know the audio specs for your notebook computer? I don't, and I suspect you don't either. You can usually find the technical details of the processor, screen, hard drive and memory, but just try and more »

Apple Logic Pro 7

About half the video editors I know are musicians or former musicians. The percentage gets even higher in audio post. Apple's Garage Band and Soundtrack programs have really captured a lot of attention more »

Adobe Audition 1.5

I've worked in recording studios, and as a broadcast engineer. As a kid I even remember editing sound with a razor blade. Audition 1.5 has power beyond anything I could have imagined only a few years ago. It more »

The Producers Pushes Location Audio Envelope

Maitland is doing more than recording the film's sound- he's making history: this is the first major Hollywood production to rely on software to capture its location audio. The fact that it's a musical more »

Artbeats HD lifestyles

Extending its library of royalty-free stock footage, Artbeats has added more than a dozen new high definition international lifestyle and establishment collections. Derived from seven film shoots in twelve countries, the newest titles feature footage of lifestyles, portraits, landmarks, religions … more »

Roxio Toast 6 Titanium

Many applications, including Apple Macs, have the ability to burn CDs and/or DVDs without additional software. However, if you do a lot of burning, you might want to consider using Roxio Toast 6 more »

Sony ACID Pro 5

Success has its drawbacks. Once your competitors figure out what you're doing, you become everyone's favorite target. Lower your guard, and your lead can suddenly evaporate. That's the challenge faced by more »