Across the Bridge

By Trevor Boyer

To reach Ryan McKenna’s editing studio,which claims part of the top floor of a multifamily house on a residential street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, you ascend the stoop, ...

Welcome to Our Webcasts

By Cynthia Wisehart

As we went to press, we were multitasking. We put on our first two live webcasts: Contributing Writer Jan Ozer on best practices for encoding, and Bennett...

Shoot Expertise: Equipment Bags

By Barry Braverman

Making the sizable investment in the right camera and accessories is a big enough assault on your homeostasis. You don't also need the angst and sleepless...

Shoot Review: Panasonic AG-HSC1U

Reviewer: D. W. Leitner

At last April's NAB, Panasonic introduced what it calls the world's smallest professional 3CCD high-definition camcorder, the 1.1lb. AG-HSC1U. This miniature...

Shoot Tools: Fostex

By Dan Ochiva

Fostex adds new capabilities to its PD line of digital field recorders with the six-track PD606 released at AES 2007. Recording frequencies...

Shoot Tools: Sound Devices

By Dan Ochiva

As solid-state recording and new generations of digital audio integrated circuits come to market, portable audio recording continues to advance. At AES 2007, Sound Devices announced a new firmware revision for its 7-Series...

Shoot Tools: Sony

By Dan Ochiva

While camcorders such as Sony’s XDCAM EX deservedly garner attention >), sometimes workaday pro HDV gear better fits the production. With its modest list price, Sony’s entry-level HVR-HD1000U HDV camcorder warrants a look...

Shoot Tools: Core Sound

By Dan Ochiva

While British researchers devised the basic principles behind ambisonic recording in the 1970s, until recently, the audio recording technique didn’t have much practical application, at least not to anyone not willing...

Shoot Tools: DPA Microphones

By Dan Ochiva

Despite many advances in case compositions and electronics, lavalier microphones often still suffer from noise caused by the talent’s movements. Denmark-based DPA Microphones says it has solved the problem via a unique cable wrap used with its new miniature cardioid DPA 4080-BM...

Shoot Tools: Audio-Technica

By Dan Ochiva

While it can be useful to have separate sets of audio gear for field production and studio use, moving between wireless and wired setups means that you often need to keep double the number of microphones on hand...

Edit Review: Sony Vegas Pro 8

Reviewer: Franklin McMahon

Sony Creative Software has been fairly aggressive in developing its line of media products, updating its Acid music-composition software while introducing...

Edit Review: Apple Soundtrack Pro 2

Reviewer: Gary Eskow

I remember attending an AES convention held in San Francisco in the mid-1990s where Avid formally announced its purchase of Digidesign, the fledgling...

Edit Review: Boris Continuum Complete 5

Reviewer: Franklin McMahon

Boris' package of compositing effects plug-ins has been around for years. Boris Continuum Complete 5 (BCC) comprises 180 filters, and it's available for Adobe After...

Edit Tools: Tascam

By Dan Ochiva

HD-R1 stereo audio recorder Tascam Anyone involved in advising facilities and others about permanent audio installations will be interested in hearing...

Edit Tools: Fabrik

By Dan Ochiva

What could be new about another drive manufacturer turning out another RAID array? Fabrik’s Duo Pro Drive adds an interesting twist by selling its combo USB 2.0 and 3Gbs eSATA drives bundled with local and web-based backup....

Edit Tools: Nero

By Dan Ochiva

Nero uses the phrase “enabling the liquid media revolution” when referring to the latest version of its popular disc-ripping and burning package....

Edit Tools: On2 Technologies

By Dan Ochiva

Adobe has been dropping interesting hints at all the capability in its upcoming Flash Player 9 update, code-named “Moviestar.” ...

Edit Tools: Glyph Technologies

By Dan Ochiva

With ever larger and faster drives now part of the production mix, making sure data is secure is more important than ever. ...

Edit Tools: CloseVU

By Dan Ochiva

Moving a video production to mobile handsets can involve a lot more work to prep it for the reduced real estate. With the wide-frame format of HD, or even SD, details will be lost on a small screen, especially with action such as sports. ...

Front Projector Roundup

By Jeff Sauer

Like every week in Garrison Keillor's fictional Lake Wobegon, it seems like it's been a quiet year in the front-projection industry. Our annual chart...

Dreamjob: The Starfish Story

By Kristinha M. Anding

Mark Shattuck, vice president of production and engineering at the Starfish Television Network, welcomes the challenge of keeping the channel's server...

Mark In

If you haven't kept up with the latest in computer technology, it might be because you think it has just been a matter of a gigahertz race for the past...