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SUGARfx Punchline Titles and Transitions for Final Cut Pro X

Punchline adds professional, high definition effects to any project


Boston, MA – March 28, 2012 – Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, brings SUGARfx Punchline, a collection of high quality title and transition elements, to FxFactory. Designed by the SUGARfx broadcast team for Final Cut Pro X, Punchline delivers 32 high definition, professional looking effects, all customizable and easy to adjust, right within FCP X. Users can test drive a free trial then purchase Punchline for 49 USD through FxFactory. Learn more here


Punchline Feature Highlights Include:


A Variety of Options – Punchline offers 11 different titles and 21 transitions, each entirely customizable. Editing controls are simple to use and easy to understand.


Enhance Footage Easily – Panels in titles and transitions have the function to enhance the footage right within the element more

FSR Presents iPad2 Enclosure

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Woodland Park, NJ – FSR, manufacturer of audio and video switching, control products, and connectivity boxes, has introduced an easy-to-install WE-IPAD2-SLV iPad® 2 enclosure designed to provide a secure, yet accessible housing for the versatile tablet. Jan Sandri, president of FSR Inc., announced the launch today from headquarters in Woodland Park, NJ.


Convenient single cable Installation is a breeze using the FSR IT-CHRG-P2U PoE to USB charger that derives ample power from a standard PoE network connection, and does not require PoE+. The rear of the tamper resistant casing includes three position horizontal and vertical adjustment holes for mounting in either orientation, as well as a symmetrical hole pattern for rapid mounting to a standard 2-gang box, with no electrical drop needed.


A full view camera port, home button, and speaker port for clear audio are all recessed more

GAME CREEK VIDEO RELIES ON STUDIO TECHNOLOGIES’ MODEL 46 DUAL 2-WIRE TO 4-WIRE INTERCOM INTERFACE

Unit Delivers Reliable Performance


HUDSON, NHGame Creek Video, a company providing remote sports and news event broadcasting production services for ESPN, ABC Sports, Fox Sports, the Yes Network, ABC News, NBC News and CNN, among many others, relies on Studio Technologies’ Model 46 Dual 2-Wire Analog Audio to 4-Wire Analog Audio Interface for party line intercom connections in nine of its remote OB trucks, one of the youngest fleets in the business. Game Creek Video chose Model 46 because of its extended feature set, signal monitoring, automatic nulling and rock-solid performance record for dependable install-and-forget-it performance. more

Small Tree Announces Support of Intel’s Next Generation 10 Gigabit Copper Ethernet Adapter at NAB 2012

Small Tree (Booth SL7425), designer of simple-to-install, inexpensive Mac-based networking and shared storage products, has finished developing its network driver software for the next generation of Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T2, based on the Intel Ethernet Controller 10 Gigabit X540. Small Tree’s OS X software driver supports Intel’s 10GBase-T adapters to provide a significant power reduction for 10 Gigabit copper connections at a more affordable price without any reduction in performance.


Small Tree’s technology fully supports all the features in Mac OS 10.7 Lion today. Development was focused on providing reliable real time performance using multiple file Protocols, such as AFP, NFS, Samba and Xsan, with video editing applications such as Final Cut, Adobe Premiere and Avid to share files. The 10 Gigabit Ethernet software has also been optimized to work seamlessly with Small Tree’s GraniteSTOR line of robust, affordable Ethernet-based shared storage products - more

HARMAN’s AKG DMS70 Digital Wireless Microphone System Launches In Europe At Musikmesse

akg_messe_dht70.jpgFRANKFURT, Germany – Highlighting the latest in digital wireless capabilities, HARMAN’s AKG DMS70 – a true uncompressed digital wireless system – makes its European debut at Musikmesse 2012. The DMS70 operates with 24bit 48 kHz transmission in the 2.4GHz ISM band, a worldwide license-free frequency range, to ensure top-quality audio for every customer.


“HARMAN’s AKG DMS70 system offers exceptional studio-quality sound thanks to its uncompressed digital audio transmission capability,” said Thomas Umbauer, Product Manager, AKG. “The DMS70 is designed for the most exacting applications where the highest level of wireless audio performance is required. It is especially recommended for guitar and bass because of its ideal frequency response between 20 Hz to 20 kHz.”


DMS70 is ideal for live sound, club sound, conferences, seminars and school and universities – whenever quick and easy setup up is required. The entire DMS70 package includes: more

ScheduALL is “Making Genius Possible” via Interoperability and Collaboration at NAB 2012

scheduall_logo-small.jpgScheduALL is the leading global provider of Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) software for the media, broadcast, and transmission industries. The annual National Association of Broadcasters Show—NAB—held this year in Las Vegas April 16-19 is a perfect forum to showcase how ScheduALL is making genius possible with its innovative and extensible technologies that are bringing an often fragmented community much closer together.


“NAB is always an exciting time for us because we are able to demonstrate “hands on” many of the innovations we have been crafting over the past several years. Some are brand new, and some are powerful extensions to our core platform that today is recognized as an industry standard,” said Joel Ledlow, ScheduALL’s CEO. “We aren’t passive in our approach either. We are listening to our customers and you will see that we are bringing many new technologies to market every year. We more

HARMAN’s AKG Debuts Perception 170 Stereo Set At ProLight & Sound 2012

perception_p170_set.jpgFRANKFURT, Germany – HARMAN’s AKG is proudly launching the new Perception 170 condenser microphone set at ProLight & Sound. Consisting of two factory-matched, small diaphragm condenser mics, with cardioid polar patterns, the P170 Stereo Set extends both the successful Perception Series and studio sets by the Vienna-based microphone manufacturer.


Designed for the home recording and live club market, each pair is selected from a large quantity of individual mics to create a matched pair that enables stunning and convincing studio recordings.


“AKG has helped artists achieve great musical success with studio sets, from our C414 and C214, to the C451. The P170 Stereo Set will bring convincing sound when used in the home, studio or in a small club at an affordable price,” stated Thomas Stubics, product marketing manager, recording and broadcast, AKG. “With the P170 Stereo Set, musicians and sound more

HARMAN’s AKG Discreet Acoustics Modular PLUS Series Delivers Improved Modularity And Quality For Conferencing And Presentations

20120222_akg_bl_modular_dsc6422_rework_v5c_600dpi_cmyk_cover-1.jpgFRANKFURT, Germany – With a continued focus of providing the highest quality and most versatile microphones available, HARMAN’s AKG announces its latest addition to its installed systems – the Discreet Acoustics Modular PLUS Series. With a wide range of goosenecks and installation modules available, compatible with existing AKG CS5 modules, the Discreet Modular PLUS Series offers optimal adaptation for all types of room setups and speakers, with quick microphone capsule exchange – options never before available from a conferencing system.


The reliability stemming from the models’ LED Ring underscores the ability to reduce the risk of operating errors, sturdy material to reduce fatigue and improved protection from signal block outs. The LED Ring uses special circuitry to operate off standard phantom power, as two separate leads carry supply voltage and provide extra shielding to the audio signal.


The Modular PLUS more

METRIC HALO RELEASES PRODUCTION BUNDLE FOR AAX, CELEBRATES WITH SALE

channelstrip-3.JPGMUSIKMESSE, FRANKFURT - MARCH 21, 2012: Today at Musikmesse, Metric Halo announced the release of the Metric Halo Production Bundle for Pro Tools 10. The software will be available starting on March 26, 2012 and consists of seven AAX plug-ins compatible with both Native and HDX DSP systems: ChannelStrip 3, Character, Haloverb, Multiband Dynamics, Multiband Expander, Precision DeEsser, and TransientControl. The software may be seen at the Audiologistik booth - Hall 5.1, Stand A85.


This bundle provides the all the tools necessary to sculpt a mix. Four of the plug-ins contain audio analysis tools from SpectraFoo, giving the user visual feedback of the plug-in’s processing. “We’re thrilled to release the Production Bundle for AAX,” said Allen Rowand of Metric Halo. “We wanted to do more than simply port our existing ChannelStrip plug-in to the AAX format. We wanted to release a suite of more

In full motion: FoveaHD makes NAB debut

See Calibre UK at NAB 2012, Booth N1817, 16-19 April 2012, Las Vegas


Cost-effective HD and SD motion compensated standards converter with real-time noise reduction and image enhancement



foveahd-angled-front-300dpi-white-bg-11.jpgBritish video image processing hardware manufacturer, Calibre UK will introduce the new FoveaHD MEMC motion compensated frame rate converter into the broadcast marketplace at NAB 2012.


“The FoveaHD is a completely new motion compensated standards convertor designed for cost-effective and smooth SD and HD broadcasting. Typical applications for FoveaHD include newsgathering, mobile operations, outside broadcasting and live events to studio dubbing and satellite broadcast communications,” says Tim Brooksbank, Chairman at Calibre UK.

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The convertor has multiple SD and HD inputs and outputs to enable upconversion, downconversion, cross conversion, as well as converting between all common frame rates. Adding to its functionality, the FoveaHD convertor more

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