February 2016 – At Digital Entertainment World, startup mp3vidi has created a cloud based tool for the simple creation of videos for music and audio tracks. The tool set allows for the conversion of audio files to video without the need for a studio and a full video shoot. mp3vidi screenshot The mp3vivi tool…
February 2016 – At the exhibit area of the DEW conference startup Production Pro was showing their visualization system that works with scripts. The tool will create a timeline based storyboard template with the scenes taken from the word doc or PDF of a script. At this time, the standard cinema / TV script formats…
January 2016 – Yamaha Corporation of America had a completely redesigned and reimagined their booth at NAMM 2016 in the ballroom area of the Anaheim Marriott next to the main NAMM convention area. The company introduced about 100 new products in the concert, studio, professional, band, percussion, piano, guitar, strings, and electronic instruments categories, as…
January 2016 – At the winter NAMM show in Anaheim, Casio introduced their new composer/arranger workstation designed as the flagship of their professional digital keyboard offering. The MZ-X300 and the MZ-X500 are similar products that are for arrangers that are workstation keyboards that have been outfitted with new sounds, innovative effects and new rhythm content…
January 2016, At the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, Beyerdynamic, following the introduction of their new General Manager, introduced the long awaited successor to the icon DT770Pro headphones. These headphones became the reference model for the industry for mixing, live performance and studio work since they were introduced over 25 years ago, and are still…
January 2016 – At the winter NAMM show, 660 guitars made their first appearance at the event with a range of guitars and basses. The company is one of many trying new materials to create a guitar that will not suffer from the environmental effects of travel and alternating indoor and outdoor venues. Their material…
January 2016 – At the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, Shure showed off two products that have been in development for a long time the first Dualdyne handheld vocal microphone the KSM8 and the first functional portable in-ear electrostatic monitors and amplifier the kse1500. Most microphones have sweet spot for pickup on a standard single…
January 2016 – In a briefing at CES, we had a chance to discuss the directions and current state of the DRAM and SSD marketplace from Samsung SSI. The rise in mobile device use and migration to the cloud has pushed the memory and storage requirements of the servers used to connect to these devices….
January 2016 – This February, the next installment of the annual Digital Entertainment World Expo is being held. Once again in Los Angeles over the 3 days of Feb 9-11, the event is covering the areas of gaming, TV, film, branding, advertising, licensing, music and innovation. The digital media marketplace is in the middle of…