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Avatar Sound Panel - SoundWorks Collection Exclusive

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:57:26 +0100

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8 Bit Trip

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:02:52 +0200

Star Wars�: The Old Republic� voice over

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:35:42 +0200

As revealed during E3, Star Wars�: The Old Republic� will be a fully voiced massively multiplayer online roleplaying game. Watch our third Video Documentary where we explore how voice-over conversations deliver a deeper level of immersion and connection to the story and characters. Every playable character and every non-playable character in the game will be brought to life by voice actors - resulting in several thousand speaking roles and hundreds of thousands of recorded lines of dialogue!

GameDaily : George R. R. Martin Downs Cyanide

Thu, 14 May 2009 10:59:53 +0200

Cyanide announced today a partnership with George R. R. Martin. The independent video game developer will work on games based upon the author's A Song of Ice and Fire series. The fantasy novels have already been adapted into card and board games, while HBO recently acquired the rights to make the franchise into a TV show.

"We are all huge fans of A Song of Ice and Fire, so it is a true honor for our teams to be entrusted with creating the first video games inspired by this masterpiece," stated Patrick Pligersdorffer, Managing Director of Cyanide. "The twists and turns of the plot will allow us to deliver an experience which can be enjoyed by both long-time fans as well as gamers new to the series."

Launch of Record, Propellerhead Software

Tue, 12 May 2009 08:55:37 +0200

"Record gives you unlimited audio tracks, world class effects and mixing gear, and a whole new take on music recording. With an intuitive, straightforward interface and a hands-on approach to capturing performances, Record was designed for musicians - not audio engineers. This is recording done right."

More informations at www.propellerheads.se/products/record/

Dell vient tacquiner apr�s Apple et sort le Studio One

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:37:54 +0200

Dell vient d'annoncer la disponibilit� de sont nouveau Studio One 19 pouces.

Prenez un iMac, mettez le � jour techniquement :

- rajoutez un �cran plat HD 16:9 tactile multipoint,
- un processeur Intel Quad Core,
- ainsi qu'un lecteur BlueRay,

et vous obtenez ce nouveau produit diablement excitant !!!

Le design est superbe, et la compacit� de ce mod�le tout en un (repris sur l'iMac...) est atout consid�rable !

Comme � son habitude, Dell propose diff�rentes versions � customiser, pour un prix oscillant entre 699� et 1299�

Il est disponible en plusieurs coloris

Plus d'infos : www1.ca.dell.com

Ubuntu Studio 9.04 is out

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:40:01 +0200

Ubuntu Studio is a multimedia editing/creation flavor of Ubuntu, built for the GNU/Linux audio, video, and graphics enthusiast or professional.

The Ubuntu Studio team is proud to announce its fifth release: Ubuntu Studio 9.04. With this release, which you can download in a 1.2GB DVD, Ubuntu Studio offers a pre-made selection of packages, targeted at audio, video and graphics users. Ubuntu Studio greatly simplifies the creation of Linux-based multimedia workstations.

For Ubuntu Studio 9.04 we have continued to update packages and fix critical bugs to better the Ubuntu Studio user experience.
We are happy to announce the real time kernel will be installed by default in Ubuntu Studio in this release, if the audio task is selected. We have tested it heavily and are happy with it's performance in audio environments.

The art has had a cool facelift. The gtk theme has been improved staying in the 'Studio' style. Plus the gdm theme has been switched to some great new eyecandy.

New applications included:

* FFADO firewire soundcard drivers
* Calf audio plugins
* LMMS (updated and included in the meta packages)

Features/Fixes/Improvements:

* Heavily tested 2.6.28 realtime kernel for low-latency audio work
* Jack Connection Kit upgraded to 0.116.1 (a major improvement)
* Ardour upgraded to 2.7.1
* Fresh ubuntustudio-looks improvements
* Addition to Ubuntu Studio Controls to allow users to maintain
o Ctr+Alt+Backspace behavior

See the Ubuntu release notes for other non Ubuntu Studio specific changes.
See calf.sourceforge.net/ for more information about CALF.

As our wiki page at wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio states, "our aim is to make it more accessible for new users to get into the tools that GNU/Linux has to offer for multimedia creation and production. We also want to spotlight what's out there, and show users tools they might not know to exist."

Thanks to all who helped in Ubuntu Studio 9.04's creation!

Bluezone Corporation launches new product : Trance Traxx

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:45:09 +0200

Trance Traxx brings together several elements in order to create complete and professional tracks. Trance Traxx has been designed to meet today's high standards in musical grain production.

The pack includes drumloops, bass, lead, fx and pad-atmosphere. Many of the leads come in a variety of chords enabling the rapid composition of lines worthy of the greatest names in Trance and HardTrance. This pack is by no means limited to a few ideas but opens up a wide possibility of arrangement between all the banks in this series. It is the ultimate pack for producers of Trance and HardTrance.

Trance Traxx contents:

Drumloops
Drums: bass, clap, hihat, perc
Fx
Pad-atmo-layer
Synth bass
Synth lead
Synth misc

Technical Specifications :

387 MB uncompressed
258 MB zip
696 files
WAV & AIFF
Royalty-free

Clubic : MySpace s'ouvre � Silverlight, Facebook choisit Flash

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:58:57 +0200

Apr�s PHP et JavaScript, les d�veloppeurs d'applications Facebook pourront maintenant faire appel � la technologie Flash gr�ce � une nouvelle biblioth�que open source ActionScript 3 mise � disposition par Adobe. MySpace, principal concurrent de Facebook sur le terrain des r�seaux sociaux, a quant � lui annonc� la mise en place d'un partenariat technologique avec Microsoft, visant � introduire la technologie Silverlight dans ses pages.

S'il �tait d�j� possible de proposer sur Facebook des applications Flash, comme en t�moignent les nombreux jeux tirant parti de cette technologie, les d�veloppeurs disposeront maintenant de ressources et d'interfaces de programmation (API) d�di�es, qui leur permettront notamment d'exploiter Facebook Connect.

MySpace a pour sa part d�cid� de se rapprocher de Microsoft, puisque le r�seau social du groupe News Corp annonce qu'il permettra bient�t l'int�gration d'applications Silverlight, associ�es cette fois au protocole OpenSocial mis en place par Google. L� encore, une s�rie d'outils destin�s aux d�veloppeurs int�ress�s est mise � disposition par les deux partenaires, qui signalent �galement l'arriv�e prochaine d'une application MySpace destin�e aux smartphones Windows Mobile.

Audiokinetic unveils new partnership with McDSP

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:23:38 +0100

New effect plug-ins to be available for Wwise

San Francisco, CA, USA. � March 25, 2008 � Audiokinetic Inc. and McDSP announced today that they have entered a technical partnership. As part of this agreement, McDSP will develop plug-ins for Wwise, Audiokinetic�s audio pipeline solution.

Audiokinetic is the leading audio solution provider for the video game industry. Its flagship product, Wwise, revolutionizes the traditional game audio development process and allows users to audit, profile, and modify sounds in real-time within the game itself.

McDSP, a California-based software company, has been providing high-quality effect plug-ins for the last 10 years. Products like ML4000 (Multi-band Dynamics and Mastering Limiter) and Revolver (Flexible Convolution Reverb) reflect the company�s reputation of excellence, and have won several industry awards. Until now, McDSP plug-ins were available for Pro Tools only, and targeted the film and music industry.

As part of the partnership with Audiokinetic, McDSP will provide Wwise users with a selection of effect plug-ins, which will be accessible directly in Wwise�s user interface. Details about the plug-ins that will be available, as well as licensing particulars will be made public shortly; the plug-ins will be available in Wwise later in 2009.

�McDSP is delighted to deliver high quality real-time audio effects to the gaming market via the Wwise platform�, said Colin McDowell, McDSP�s founder and CTO. �The growth of the Wwise customer base is impressive, and we�re pleased to be a part of this new generation of audio capabilities for games.�

This new partnership fully supports Audiokinetic�s long term vision and strategy. �We want Wwise to become a comprehensive platform for sound design,� said Simon Ashby, VP Products Strategy, Audiokinetic. �Eventually, Wwise will be enhanced with a series of partners� plug-ins, and will interface with tools that share its mission: create better audio for games.�