Adding MIDI to Your Shop
As multimedia shops have matured our needs increasingly expand into the areas of music production. Not long ago adding music to client projects meant hiring outside composers, musicians and recording studios. This is still the option of choice for high-end projects, but is beyond most modest production budgets. While modest projects can be satisfied with stock music and lower end music tools, creative control is stymied.
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Hardware Reviews
Viewsonic 20 Pro Line Monitor»Here we look at their 20 inch model, the middle of the pack of 19”-21” offerings. It should be noted that Viewsonic offers four lines of monitors, another of which is dubbed the “Graphic Series”. This other line is intended for corporate graphics work and gaming, whereas the “Pro Series” we review here is their top quality offering.
Software Reviews
Adding MIDI to Your Shop»As multimedia shops have matured our needs increasingly expand into the areas of music production. Not long ago adding music to client projects meant hiring outside composers, musicians and recording studios. This is still the option of choice for high-end projects, but is beyond most modest production budgets. While modest projects can be satisfied with stock music and lower end music tools, creative control is stymied.
Adobe CS3 Production Premium
The new Production Bundle has changed since the old CS2 release. Adobe has acquired a number of companies, including Macromedia and Serious Magic, so there are more toys for each bundle. The Production Premium package now has an incredible amount of software, including: After Effects Professional, Premiere Pro, Photoshop Extended, Illustrator and Flash Professional.
Education
Learning Cubase»In writing our feature article “Adding MIDI to Your Shop”, we needed to get up and running with the formidable program Cubase 4, by Steinberg (www.steinberg.net). This program is both a top notch MIDI sequencer and digital recording studio in one. Obviously a lot to learn, and ramping up for this type of complex audio […]
In The Industry
Canon ‘Beefs Up’ the New Rebel»LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., January 23, 2008 – Canon U.S.A., Inc.’s EOS Rebel series of digital single lens reflex cameras – the cameras that defined and refined what it means to be an “entry level” digital SLR – have now redefined the gateway prowess and “pro-ness” of the DSLR category with the introduction of the line’s […]
Casio Exilim-S880
The Casio Exilim-S880 is just such a sleek ultra-compact design that has been dubbed a “credit card camera”. Despite its small size, its all metal body packs a 8.1 megapixel sensor, 3x optical zoom and full frame MPEG-4 H.264 video, making it a stand-out in its class. It fits easily into a pocket or laptop bag with plenty of room to spare. It even offers some real cutting-edge features like its futuristic face-recognition system and Auto-Tracking abilities.
