SRS announced this by sending users and resellers an email announcing they were stopping support for the TDM plug-in. This is what it said…
Dear SRS Circle Surround® TDM Pro Reseller and User,Since its introduction in 2005, SRS Circle Surround TDM Pro has empowered broadcasters and post-production facilities to deliver professional quality audio. We thank you for your support and your continued interest in our Circle Surround TDM Pro software over the years.
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that SRS Labs has decided to exit the TDM Pro software business and we will no longer be supporting the product with upgrades or patches. Currently, SRS Circle Surround TDM Pro 2.1 software supports Pro Tools® 7.1 and 7.2 systems; however, with Pro Tools 8 now available, we will no longer be able to dedicate resources to update our product.
We will continue providing technical support for the SRS Circle Surround TDM Pro within the Pro Tools 7.2 and earlier environment for the next six months, until September 4, 2009.
Sincerely,Cyndee Pelino
Senior Marketing Manager
SRS Labs, Inc.
I for one, am very disappointed at this and it is a sudden announcement that makes a significant investment worthless. Folk are already commenting on the DUC. I used it as a way to easily create an LtRt stereo compatible mix from a 5.1 stem as it was easier than using the Digidesign Dolby Surround plug-in because you have to get the 5.1 stem into LCRS before putting into the plug-in.
Also the SRS plug-in could be used as an Unwrap plug-in too as I explored in my article in Sound on Sound, for those you can’t afford the excellent TC Electronic UnWrap plug-in.
Has anyone got it to work in Pro Tools 8? Comments on the DUC are mixed, but I will try and find some time to check it out.
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Seven radio producers – all based in the north of England – have joined forces to launch a new co-operative venture – ‘Radio Wizards’. It’s equally remarkable that their aim now is to work together on every kind of sound production... except radio!
"It’s taken over a year to get to this point," says ‘wizard’ Mike Thornton, "but now we’ve got a viable business plan, we’ve launched our website and we’re already starting to attract commissions. As a facilities provider we decided to facilitate this partnership and set them up with a web site to help kickstart this excellent partnership."
