Archive for October, 2008

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Free Halloween Plug-in From SSL

In response to ghost stories of economic doom and gloom, Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of professional digital and analogue consoles, invites you to celebrate the festival of witches and ghouls with a bit of fun. SSL is proud to offer you ‘X-orcism,’ our free Halloween VST/AU format plug-in.
X-orcism can be [...]

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Thursday, October 30th, 2008

New Game Features The Fab Four

Wired Magazine reported today that a new Rock Band type standalone game featuring the Beatles was in development. Read more here. You can also vote for the Beatle’s songs you’d most like to play.

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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Fission: The World’s Only Lossless AAC Editor

Rogue Amoeba, the makers of Airfoil and Nicecast, have released Fission v1.6, a DAW with a few tricks up its sleeve. Fission sports a simple GUI and audio editor that does what you’d expect including cut/copy/paste, fade in/out, adjust volume and normalize, but its also the only app that will let you losslesly edit AAC [...]

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Monday, October 27th, 2008

CRAS Stars Shine at LDI

photo caption: l to r, Scott Ray (Waves), Matt Bishop (Alford Media Services), Nick Simonds (Hard Rock Hotel), Robert Scovill (FOH Engineer), Kevin Becka (Mix Magazine)
Although LDI is a lighting design show, audio plays a big part. One of the draws at the show are the workshops and panels held during the convention. This year, [...]

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Monday, October 27th, 2008

LDI Brings A/V Bling to Vegas

The recent LDI show brought the newest and best innovations in lighting, motion design, audio and more to the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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Friday, October 17th, 2008

Meet Pro Tools 8

Pro Tools 8 made its world debut at the recent AES Convention in San Francisco

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Friday, October 17th, 2008

CLASP Debuts at AES

Nashville producer/engineer Chris Estes has created a product that allows users to turn their 2″ analog machines into a plug-in for a Digital Audio Workstation. Watch the interview from AES above for more info on this new audio innovation.

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Friday, October 17th, 2008

Eddie Mapp’s Evanescence Rig

CRAS Grad Eddie Mapp runs FOH audio for Evanscence

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Friday, October 17th, 2008

CRAS Presence Strong at AES in San Fran

photo caption: Evanescence bassist Tim McCord was recorded by CRAS grad Eddie Mapp at the Hyde St. studio event at AES
Conservatory staff, grads and students recently enjoyed the gear, parties, panels, studio tours and buzz surrounding the 2008 AES Convention at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. “It was impossible to walk the floor for [...]

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Thursday, October 16th, 2008

KRK Supports Education

photo caption: l to r, Kirt Hamm (CRAS), Adolfo Acevedo (KRK S’west Rep)
KRK Systems was founded in 1986, by Keith Klawitter, an engineer with credits on such films as Brainstorm and The Doors. Keith was frustrated by the fact he couldn’t find a monitor that gave him clarity and accuracy, so he began building his [...]

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