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Top 10 NAB 2013 News Websites

by Tracy Evans on April 7, 2013 in Gear, Video with No comments
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Can’t make it to Las Vegas this year for the National Association of Broadcasters show, “where content comes to life?”  No worries. There is more live coverage than one person can possibly watch. Experience NAB vicariously through this top 10 list of NAB news website links. Check back often as I continue to update this NAB coverage list throughout the week.

Screen Shot 2013-04-07 at 10.16.43 PMThe NAB Show

Streaming  from 9AM to 6PM Monday through Thursday, the live NAB Show coverage should be extensive, Check it out yourself at www.nabshow.com

 

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NewTek brought power to the people in the early 90′s with revolutionary products like the Video Toaster and LightWave 3D Take a look at their TriCaster streamed coverage. Guests will include Ji, Penn Jillete, Tom Green, and Shira Lazar. www.newtek.com…

 

Screen Shot 2013-04-07 at 10.36.35 PMPlanet5D

planet5D is all about DSLR cameras that shoot video, and it’s run by a guy called Mitch. What more info do you need? Watch Mitch’s coverage at blog.planet5d.com/NAB

 

Screen Shot 2013-04-07 at 10.49.40 PMNAB Show Buzz w/ Larry Jordan

Larry is an internationally-renowned video consultant and Apple-Certified trainer. Get ready as he and a bevy of reporters present than 70 interviews with industry leaders right from the trade show floor. DigitalProductionBuzz.com is the official podcast of the NAB Show.

 

Screen Shot 2013-04-07 at 11.11.10 PMFXGuide

The gang over atFX Guide do some phenominal podcasts and traingin gin Tuesday April 9th at 10am Las Vegas time The promise to have some have some great demos and presentations from the show, as well as prizes! register for the contest at fxguide.com/nablive

 

Screen Shot 2013-04-07 at 11.20.01 PMStudioGuide

Combining features on technology, creativity and business with daily news, video, blog posts and social media, StudioDaily keeps visitors up-to-date on critical workflow developments, new product releases, innovative techniques, notable projects and people, and industry trends.

 

Twitter Streams

While most of the news is about video, not all of this years revolution will be televised. Here are some of the twitter feeds to follow:

Go Pro

GoPro says that they make “arguably the most versatile cameras in the world.” The HD HERO gear-mountable cameras cams are indeed awesome for watching your world in wide-angle. Here they are in 144 high-definition characters. twitter.com/gopro

 

Tim StreetTim Street

Tim’s latest work is called  Vids: An iPad Mystery Thriller transmedia eBook story of a jilted mistress who builds a website of revenge. Follow Tim at twitter.com/1timstreet

 

Update – Monday

Screen Shot 2013-04-08 at 9.26.03 PMfcp.co

While not a bastion of NAB news, tcp.co is an awesome site if you are into using Final Cut Pro (7 orX). If so, I recommend a daily visit to keep up with news, technique and plugins for Apples editing platform. You will also find some useful current coverage of FCP-related NAB info. Enjoy it all as one of the shortest URLs in the industry: www.fcp.co

Screen Shot 2013-04-08 at 9.27.56 PMLarry’s Blog

And least we forget Larry Jordan’s personal blog, humbly titled Larry’s Blog. Larry writes lengthy, in-depth articles packed with info and knowledge of editing, post-production and the sate of the industry. Visit this one every few days for a great new article at larryjordan.biz…

 

And more…

Know of some other sites doing quality coverage? Be sure to post them in the comments and I will add them to the list.

András Szalay at NAMM

by Tracy Evans on February 7, 2013 in Apple, Gear, Music, Video with No comments
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I’m not sure how I missed this one before but here is a video of András Szalay, along with Burr Johnson, at last year’s Fishman NAMM booth. When asked how he achieved the superior tracking of the Triple Play, András, holder of six midi guitar patents, modestly replies, “I’ve had some experience.”

Fishman Reveals Software Bundle for Triple Play Wireless Guitar Controller at NAMM 2013

by Tracy Evans on January 30, 2013 in Gear, Music, Video with No comments
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Fishman Director of Marketing Chris DeMaria announced the bundled software that will ship “in the spring” with the Fishman Triple Play.

We have bundled it with some software from Native Instruments, Presonus, IK Multimedia, and Native Instruments. So we’re providing full versions of all those software components. So right out of the box consumers are going to be able to compose, perform and record like never before.

Chris wasn’t clear what these “full version components” consist of, and the box photo above is not much clearer. The screen shot on the back of the package does show advancement in design over previously shown software. Let’s hope this software bundle is worth the year-long delay it caused in shipping.

Many thanks to the good people at Harmony Central for the video clip.

The Beatles Recording For You Blue

by Tracy Evans on June 23, 2012 in Music, Video with No comments

This January 1969 recoding features the song’s author George Harrison on vocal and acoustic guitar, John Lennon on lap steel guitar, Paul McCartney on piano and Ringo as usual on drums.

At 8:46:
George: Does this guitar sound in tune?
George Martin: It’s good enough for skiffle.

About For You Blue from Wikipedia:

The song is in the key of D and is one of the few original Beatles songs in which every section follows a classic twelve bar blues (I-IV-V) pattern. Indeed, in his vocal at 1.18 secs Harrison states this is “the twelve bar blues.” The ‘bluesy’ feel to the song is accentuated by the addition to the blues-based minor pentatonic scale (I-flat3-4-5-flat7) of a flat7 on each of the I (D7), IV (G7) and V (A7) chords. A variation from the twelve bar blues pattern is the insertion of a IV7 (G7) chord on “lovely girl” in the opening I (D7) verse bar.

Video Tutorial – Playing the Moog Google Doodle

by Tracy Evans on May 23, 2012 in Gear, Video with No comments

Google celebrated Bob Moog’s Birthday today by creating a sophisticated web-based synthesizer on their main page; the Moog Doodle Synthesizer. In the video above Cyril Lance, Moog’s Chief engineer, walks us through the capabilities of the piece and offers a crash course in it’s complexity.

This is a fitting technological tribute to Bob Moog, his accomplishments and his lives work.

Electric Playground Features Beckinfield and Theatrics.com

by Tracy Evans on May 23, 2012 in Theatrics, Video with No comments

Jose Sanchez from Electric Playground catches up with Bob Gebert and myself at Macworld|iWorld 2012. It is a quick look at what Theatrics.com, Beckinfield and MPTV are all about.

Click here for more Macworld|iWorld coverage.

Beckinfield Live – Watch and chat with the residents of Beckinfield 24/7

by Tracy Evans on May 18, 2012 in Theatrics, Video with No comments
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Beckinfield, the worlds first Mass Participation web series, launched Beckinfield Live this week. It’s a 24 hour streaming video channel featuring the latest episodes and the best viewer created videos of the week.

Beckinfield Live is also a fun meeting place thanks to the live chat feature. You can chat with other Beckinfield viewers, Fans and Actors in real time while watching the show.

Beckinfield Live uses a proprietary video streaming technology to present a hand-picked assortment of Beckinfield videos in a television-like experience. The show schedule repeats every hour and new shows go up every week.

The Lean Back vs. the Lean Forward Experience

Beckinfield is a unique work of interactive fiction where viewers can watch and explore the story, the videos and the characters. Now beckinfield offers both the lean back and the lean forward experience (or, as we like to think of them, “munch” vs. “click”).

Beckinfield Live is a “lean back” experience, which means it is more like traditional TV watching – turn it on, lean back, and relax with a bag of chips. Exploring the interactive fiction of Beckinfield is a “lean forward” experience. This involves choosing story paths to explore, visiting Actor pages, and rating and commenting on videos. Click or munch. You choose.

The show is always on at theatrics.com/live, and is a great way to catch up on the sci-fi story, see some of the week’s video highlights, or start your own Beckinfield adventure.

András Szalay – The Father of the Fishman Triple Play MIDI Guitar Controller

by Tracy Evans on May 10, 2012 in Gear, Video with No comments
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András Szalay has been designing guitar synthesisers from before the very beginning. He holds six patents related to transforming the twang and pitch of plucked strings into cold, hard data.

Wikipedia credits Szalay with designing several electronic instruments including the Wersi Electronic Grand Piano; the AKAI DuoBuddy (right) and DecaBuddy Vocal Harmonizers; the AKAI EWI 4000s and EWIUSB Electronic Wind Instruments.

He is also responsible for three generations of guitar synthesizers: Shadow GTM-6 and SH-075 in 1986, the legendary Axon series in 1997 and most recently the upcoming wireless Fishman Triple Play. Below is a video clip of Szalay playing an early prototype and Bence Bécsy demonstrating the amazing tracking capabilities of the Triple Play

Ill Gates – The Anthony Robbins of Music Production

by Tracy Evans on May 8, 2012 in Music, Video with No comments

Whatever creative endeavor you are involved in, this seminar on music production can help. Ill Gates is a very motivating speaker as well as an experienced music producer. Here he talks about the creative process of keeping deadlines, “keeping the two halves of your brain working in harmony ” and avoiding the overwhelming and stagnating dilemma of too many technological tools and choices in creating digital media.

This first free chapter of his live seminar addresses the psychological and workflow problem inherent in digital production. His concepts of daytime and nighttime creative sessions are worth the price of admission. A few other gems of advice come at these marks:

8:33 – Don’t try to do every part of the process at once. Your brain will go “50 million directions at once, and nowhere at the same time.”

14:20 – During creative sessions, unplug your computer from the internet. Put your cellphone at the opposite end of your house. “You do not need to have that information.”

16:00 –  The fear of being wrong. “An expert is defined as someone who has made every mistake there is to make within a limited domain. The only mistake you can make is hesitation.”

23:00 – One of greatest known predictors of success in life: “Written goal setting with a pen and paper.” And use an expensive book, like a Moliskine so you will “feel like an idiot if you waste it.

And for some super practical advice on how to get guys from Guitar Center to set up your computer sound card check out 6:35.

Meet your new robotic guitar overlord – Tronical

by Tracy Evans on May 7, 2012 in Gear, Music, Video with No comments

We tune because we care. Guitar tuning has gone through a bit of a renaissance in the last few years. State of the art tuning gear has leaped ahead in both form and function. Modern devices such as TC Electornics Polytune looks like a prop from 2001 A Space Odyssey and acts like an appliance Elroy Jetson might use on his Space Strat. Alternatively, the Jetsons might rely on robotic maid Rosie to tune the family axes, and there are several non-fictional approaches to this type of tuning as well.

Impressive and expensive devices have been around for a while now for deep-pocketed pickers who didn’t mind selecting a guitar just for the tuners. A few retrofitted, and even non fitted solutions have come and gone, but the latest from Tronical could be a game changer, or at least a Gibson alternative … depending on the as yet unannounced price. Time will tell, so stay tuned (sorry, couldn’t resist.)

David Gilmour Tutorial – Sound on Sound in Ableton Live

by Tracy Evans on May 6, 2012 in Gear, Music, Video with 1 Comment

This tutorial describes how to recreate David Gilmour’s “Sound on Sound” effect. David uses a dual amp setup on Shine On you Crazy Diamond to achieve an infinite sustain over which he can play solos. Check out this article for a more detailed explanation and a video of the effect as used in concert.

Download the Ableton Live set here, MIDI map an expression pedal to the same controls as shown in the tutorial video, plug in a guitar and “shine on you crazy diamond.”

As Synthtopia.com points out, this effect is not just for guitarists. Keyboard players, electric violinists and even solar powered banjo players can easily add this to their sonic arsenal.

For more info on my Ableton Live centric guitar rig, here is the series and collected articles.

Beckinfield – Episode 74 – Investigators

by Tracy Evans on May 4, 2012 in Theatrics, Video with No comments

Beckinfield is the worlds first Mass Participation web series. Every week hundreds of actors, professional and amateur, participate in the story by upland videos they create. Here is episode 74 for the week of April 23rd.

Black suited figures continue to harass the people of Beckinfield about the mysterious events of April 1st. Unravel the mystery for yourself at theatrics.com. You can watch the videos, interact with the story and the actors, or even become an actor yourself. It’s fun, easy and free. See you in Beckinfield.

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