Monthly Archive for April, 2009

Audio Ease announce Speakerphone 2 update fix

Published on April 30, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

A note on the Speakerphone forum says…

Today we have released the first Speakerphone 2 update. This one fixes a few things regarding loading & importing settings/songs/projects that were made with Speakerphone 1.

You can download and install this update from here.

Speakerphone 2.0.1 update release notes – fixes:

  • Importing SP1 settings in Nuendo & Cubase works correctly now
  • Fixed bug in preset browser: a single click opens the user section.
  • Importing Speaker & Room IR Automation data works correctly now (a speaker selection bug in Speakerphone 2.0.0 prevented some Speakerphone 1 sessions to come up with the wrong speaker selected. The bug is fixed, but the consequence is that sessions made with speakerphone 2 may load with the incorrect speaker selected, so please double check which speaker is selected in the speaker module.)

Another useful Pro Tools zooming tip

Published on April 30, 2009 in tip. 0 Comments Tags: .

In Pro Tools instead of clicking on the audio track vertical zoom buttons in the toolbar at the top of the Edit window, try clicking and dragging them, you will find you can continuously vary the vertical zoom rather than in discrete steps.

PPMulator is moving to a new home

Published on April 30, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , .

PPMulator from Raw Material Software is a great plug-in that emulates the BBC PPM for £50 which is a fraction of the cost of the hardware equivalent and works brilliantly. See my previous post about it. Well it is moving….

Z-Plane, widely respected for their high-quality time-stretching algorithms and plugins, are going to take over the sales, development and support of PPMulator! Their in-depth DSP knowledge means that they’ll be able to add plenty of exciting new features and provide better support for it in the long-term.

More details about the handover and how this will affect new or existing customers will follow soon! For more info about Z-Plane, visit their website.


I do hope this move isn’t the end of this plug-in rather the start where Z-Plane and market and promote it as far as possible.

Brent Heber and Using Import Session Data

Published on April 29, 2009 in tip. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Having been back to Brent’s blog I was reminded about this excellent video he has put together on using the Import Session Data option using a range of scenarios…

This video looks at several key work flows utilising the power of the Import Session Data option from the File menu. Specifically:

  • “Changing the tape” type workflows, where you have an existing mix and wish to import new audio to be mixed by it – particularly relevant with the template system in PT8.
  • Importing a favourite channel of plugin settings.
  • Compiling a “master session” of multiple PT session files, spread down the timeline.

This video explains some of the features and workflows open to you by usiung the Import Session data window in Pro Tools HD

Import Session Data from Brent Heber on Vimeo.

Thank you Brent for doing this, check it out here.

Brent Heber interview with Jordan Glasgow

Published on April 29, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Brent has just posted a video interview with Jordan Glasgow who is Avid’s Post Production product manager….

Jordan Glasgow Interview from Brent Heber on Vimeo.

This video is an interview with Avid’s Post Production product manager at the recent NAB 2009 trade show, a few days after Digidesign was truly merged with the mother company.

Jordan talks about the different Video Satellite products, what they do and how they work and is on record as intending to bring more Mac compatibility to areas of work flow in the Avid environment that have to date only been available on the Windows platform.

Go check it out here.

All Current Macs Now Qualified With Pro Tools 8.0 HD, LE, M-Powered

Published on April 21, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Digidesign have made this announcement…

Pro Tools Compatibility with Newly Released Apple Computers

On March 3rd, Apple, Inc. released new versions of the iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro. We have completed our testing and are pleased to announce that Pro Tools LE and M-Powered 8.0 systems are compatible with these new Apple computers.

In addition to the previously announced Pro Tools HD 8.0 compatibility with the latest Mac Pro “Nehalem Processor” models, the late 2008/early 2009 MacBook Pro models are now qualified with Pro Tools HD 8.0 systems (Magma ExpressBox1 Pro or ExpressBox4 expansion chassis required).

For the most recent information about Digidesign products and updates regarding the qualification of the new iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro, and Mac Pro, please check the compatibility pages at the Digidesign web site.

Audio Ease announce Speakerphone 2

Published on April 21, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Audio Ease sent me an email today telling me about the new version of Speakerphone, Speakerphone 2. Get along to their site and take a look at the video. The email says..

The Speakerphone 2 upgrade adds a tremendous amount of amps, speakers, ambiences, microphones, new modules and sonic tricks unheard anywhere before.

If you want to see and hear for yourself what’s new (or if you just want to hear Arjen lock a guy in the trunk of a Volvo parked on a moonlit business park) do check out the “what’s new” movie:

There are new additions and features all over Speakerphone and the video just blew me away. The best bit for post work has to be the ‘Cover” feature which enables the user to cover over a sound source, like a blanket or a car boot as shown in the demo.

The upgrade costs $149 or €119

Duplicate region backwards shortcut

Published on April 19, 2009 in tip. 0 Comments Tags: , .

We all know that Command and D duplicates a region and places it after the host. But did you know that you could also do it the other way so that the duplicate buts up the the start of the host region. Well you can and it is Cmd-Opt-Ctrl-click the region.

How neat is that! Just found it on DUC and thanks go to Chris Neal at Elephant Media Productions

Minnetonka special NAB offer

Published on April 19, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: , .

Minnetonka have a special NAB 2009 offer on their Surcode for Dolby E plug-ins.

For a limited time, SurCode™ for Dolby® E (both encoder and decoder) has been reduced to a special price of $4,499 and now includes SurCode™ for Dolby® Pro Logic® II RTAS™ ($795 US MSRP) plug-in for FREE! Get All three products for only $4,499! This is a savings of over $2200 from original retail value.

For more information go to Minnetonka’s web site.

Magma chassis availbility announcement

Published on April 19, 2009 in News. 0 Comments Tags: .

Magma make a range of PCI extension chassises that house your PCI cards when you need more slots than your host computer can handle. They also offer a solution that saves you from having to change your PCI-X cards to PCI-e cards. In their most recent newsletter Magma have made some announcements.

Magma PE6R4: Digidesign Distribution Update Digidesign recently announced that the company is no longer distributing the Magma PE6R4 Expansion Chassis. This 6-slot PCIe-to-PCI-X expansion chassis is now available worldwide though Magma. Digidesign will continue to distribute the Magma 7 Slot PCI Express expansion system. For more information on the 6 Slot PCIe to PCI-X expansion system, click here or contact Magma at sales@magma.com. For more information on the 7 Slot PCIe to PCIe expansion system, please contact your Digidesign sales rep or click here to be directed to their website.

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