May 2009
28 posts
Hulu Introduces Hulu Desktop for Mac and Windows →
Hulu Desktop is a lean-back viewing experience for your personal computer. It features a sleek new look that’s optimized for use with standard Windows Media Center remote controls or Apple remote controls, allowing you to navigate Hulu’s entire library with just six buttons. For users without remotes, the application is keyboard and mouse-enabled. Hulu Desktop is a downloadable...
Truck Environment Poses Challenge to Audio Mixers... →
By Dan Daley When mixers are asked about audio monitors, their responses tend to focus on the trucks that the speakers are in rather than the speakers themselves. Unanimously, sports-audio mixers find that the monitors themselves are generally fine, regardless of type or technology; it’s the monitoring environment that concerns them.
“Not one truck is really designed around what a good...
WatchNHL Tries To Woo Fans By Increasing Scoring With Bigger Nets, 3-Point Line | The Onion
Blu-ray Disc Association working to create a... →
Count the Blu-ray Disc Association as the latest to jump on the 3D standards bandwagon, announcing the formation of a task force to create a universal 3D home entertainment spec.
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Time Warner Cable loses HDNet at the end of the... →
Bad news for Mark Cuban, not only are his Dallas Mavericks out of the NBA Playoffs, but Time Warner Cable is dropping HDNet and HDNet Movies on all of its systems on May 31.
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CJ Vanston: Creating the New Sound of Spinal Tap |... →
CJ Vanston is one of the most gifted and diversified musicians I have met in my Hollywood decades. He’s a composer, keyboardist, bandleader, engineer, producer, and he also knows where to find the best restaurants.
This year, Spinal Tap re-recorded their entire first album, This Is Spinal Tap, with additional new songs and a DVD, at The Village in Los Angeles, with Vanston producing and ace...
Hulu's tug of war with TV | Los Angeles Times →
As online viewership surges, media companies reconsider the wisdom of sharing their content for free.
By Dawn C. Chmielewski and Meg James May 11, 2009
Online video site Hulu trumpeted its ascension to the media big time a few months back with a dash of sardonic humor. In its debut TV commercial, in which Alec Baldwin mocks the audience’s addiction to the very shows he...
Coldplay: Free Live Album →
Coldplay are currently offering a free album entitled Left Right Left Right Left to their fans.
Track List:
Glass of Water
42
Clocks
Strawberry Swing
Hardest Part/Postcards From Far Away
Viva La Vida
Death Will Never Conquer
Fix You
Death and All His Friends
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Hear Hear!: Speaking of Speakers | Sports Video... →
By Dan Daley Audio speakers, along with microphones, are the last non-digital islands left in pro audio, and accordingly they induce the widest range of opinions. Fortunately, there’s plenty to choose from. The following is a list of some of the most popular options in the marketplace for those looking to ensure audio mixers and others hear what they need to hear.
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Take-Two sues over lack of Duke Nukem Forever... →
Duke Nukem Forever may not be all the way dead, but the first lawsuit over the game’s carcass has already been filed. What can Take-Two hope to get by suing 3D Realms? It’s unclear, but the company is out $12 million, and has no game to show for it.
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Nobody Listens To the Words | Berkleemusic Blog... →
It’s an old argument:
Do lyrics matter?
Of course, producers, beat-makers, composers, and illiterate A&R weasels (there are more than a few) are lined up on one side, arguing that music is all about the groove, the feel, or the melody, and that nobody really pays any attention to the lyrics. On the other side, there are the lyricists, quietly muttering “Yea well, tell that to Bob Dylan”
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Who Specifies Digital Cinema? | Digital Cinema... →
By Michael Karagosian
The film industry has relied on the stability of the 35mm platform for over 110 years. Over this time, frame rates have been altered, picture size and (in some cases) compression varied, a variety of sound formats were introduced, but, for the most part, the dimensional width and perforation pitch of the film remained intact. We take for granted that one can thread an...
Audio Monitoring: Still Subjective in a World... →
Heavily-backed WiGig Alliance to stream everything... →
Future of the Music Business according to NIN and... →
Trent Reznor Responds To Apple: You Want Obscene,... →
Trent Reznor, the leader of the band Nine Inch Nails is pretty upset that Apple has rejected the latest version of his iPhone app. And rightfully so, the reason for the rejection once again points to Apple’s inconsistencies when it comes to the App Store approval process. While we pointed that out yesterday, Reznor pulls no punches in pointing it out today, in the NIN’s forums.
Here’s what...
Tonium's 60GB Pacemaker pocket DJ now on sale in... →
After an unbearably long wait, Tonium’s 60GB Pacemaker is finally on sale here in the US of A. Hailed as the planet’s first “pocket-sized DJ system,” this 60GB portable media player boasts two “turntables” and a “mixer” — all within a unit that easily fits within most medium- to large-sized palms. As expected, users have access to two...
Coldplay to give away live album | coldplay.com →
Good morning. We’re pleased to announce that Coldplay will be giving away a live CD, LeftRightLeftRightLeft, at every remaining live show in 2009 (apart from festival shows). Starting with the band’s first North American tour date, at West Palm Beach in Florida on May 15th, every fan attending a show will be given a free copy of the nine-track CD, which won’t be available...
Professional Studio Monitoring System Calibration →
Instructions for electro-acoustic calibration of a professional stereo, 2.1 and 5.1 studio monitoring systems (speakers) using a SPL meter and ADL’s test files.
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