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They have 300,000 downloads overnight, three-quarters of them from outside of Denmark. They had been Digged!! From Henrik: “Digg is a little nerdy website about technology and so on.” Suddenly, “we had to talk to the record companies about 1.2 m downloads,” Henrik said.
And the files were in the wild even high quality files encoded. surround sound. I wouldn’t have wanted to be in the room with Henrik and the record execs. It's been a long wait for SonicStudio to get a replacement for SonicHD out the door. And we'll have to wait a while longer. The great news is that things are on their way. B.J. Buchalter of Metric Halo has been active on the Sonic Mailing List and very forthcoming and honest. Here's a snippet from an email he wrote today.
"All I can say about this is "stay tuned"; in particular Sonic has announced
products that will support this application (24 channels of AES 192k Single
wire on Firewire). No Format converter or ADAT required. But you will still
have to wait a little bit, so if you have an immediate need you'll have to
look elsewhere."
Of course. Countries in violation of human rights agreements are seldom interesting in governing these agreements. .< 5:45:55 PM  >Evolution mystery solved Scientists say fossil fish explains transition to land-dwelling animals. [Via Guardian Unlimited World Latest] .< 5:45:47 PM >Ancient pyramid found in Mexico Archaeologists discover an ancient pyramid buried under a hill at a ceremonial site in Mexico City. [Via BBC News | World | UK Edition] .< 5:45:43 PM >Mozart more of a prince than a pauper Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was among the top earners in eighteenth century Vienna, an exhibition claims. [Via Guardian Unlimited World Latest] .< 5:45:35 PM >POP Sound Mixes 5.1 Spot for Tylenol... Sound design, music and voiceover are beautifully woven together in Holes, which promotes the advanced design of Tylenol Rapid Release Gels. A computer-animated product demonstration shows particles escaping through the “laser drilled design” holes in the Tylenol capsule. ...Read'More'» [Via Digital Pro Sound News]  Wednesday, 5 April 2006.< 6:10:47 PM >25 April TO AES Meeting - Preliminary Information
.< 5:53:20 PM >Great Prints from your Mac Producing good prints that even come close to what you see on your computer monitor is still the most frustrating aspect of digital photography. It doesn't have to be, however. Just remember these three steps: calibrate your screen, image edit your photo, and configure your printer. [Via Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: MacDevCenter.com] .< 5:42:41 PM >Baby Got Mac(Book Pro) A couple weeks ago, a shiny new MacBook Pro landed on my desk, and Holy Crap what a difference a new Mac makes! [Via Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: MacDevCenter.com] .< 5:12:46 PM >Sucking out the iTunes Marrow I hate having to use the iTunes interface directly. It's slow. It's annoying. It's not macro-friendly. So last night I decided to throw together some code to grab featured items from the iTunes Music Store and show them all together in Safari. From the command line. With working links, of course.  [Via Meerkat: An Open Wire Service: MacDevCenter.com] .< 5:10:55 PM >Australian Government sets start date for digital radio Australians are set to receive digital radio broadcasts starting January 1, 2009, according to Federal Communications Minister Helen Coonan. The national digital radio rollout will begin in six capital cities, using the European Eureka 147 system. Trials have been running in Sydney and Melbourne since 2003. For more on this, check out Digital Radio Australia. [Via I Love Radio .org]
Eureka. Not quite dead yet! .< 5:02:09 PM >Opinion: IT could be drafted into 'Boot Camp' Opinion: Michael Gartenberg sees three reasons for businesses to look more closely at Apple Computer: the company’s migration to Intel processors, its announcement of Boot Camp for running Windows XP natively on an Intel Mac, and the delay of Microsoft’s Vista operating system.
[Via Computerworld Macintosh News] .< 5:00:06 PM >Working with BWF audio in FCP An introduction and tutorial. .< 4:59:55 PM >My Life in the Bush of Ghosts: Home This is the first time complete and total access to original tracks with remix and sampling possibilities have been officially offered on line. In keeping with the spirit of the original album, Brian and David are offering for download all the multitracks on two of the songs. Through signing up to the user license, and in line with Creative Commons licenses, you are free to edit, remix, sample and mutilate these tracks however you like. Add them to your own song or create a new one. Visitors are welcome to post their mixes or songs that incorporate these audio files on the site for others to hear and rate. Stay tuned, the remix site is coming soon!
Very cool. .< 4:59:23 PM >SonicStudio•DDP Answers Customer Demands Sonic Studio, LLC, the leader in ultra-fidelity production tools for audio engineers, today announced the release of version 2.2 of SonicStudio•DDP. The new version adds the ability to create Red Book-formatted CD-Rs that carry CD Text metadata. [Via Digital Pro Sound News] Tuesday, 4 April 2006.< 12:56:59 AM >Critic's Notebook: Now Playing on YouTube: Web Videos by Everyone Short, loud adolescent messages dominate the most-viewed list at YouTube.com, the popular clearinghouse for homemade video. [Via New York Times: Arts] .< 12:54:17 AM >FCP Tip: Perfecting the Ken Burns This tip is directed at people who love the Ken Burns effect which essentially is the slow zoom into a photo. The effect at times induces flickers while moving (especially vertically) which is unacceptable if it is meant for broadcast. This usually tends to happen when the photo itself is not scanned but rather shot at -- something that happens in run-n-shoot documentaries all the time. Creative Mac has some really nice tips in how to eliminate those flickers. Even to those quite familiar with Final Cut can learn a thing or two from this article. [Via DV Guru] .< 12:47:44 AM >CBC Radio’s podcast expansion on its way! As you may know, CBC Radio  will be launching a significant expansion of its podcasting trial soon. I’m really excited by what we’ve got planned for you. There’ll be something for everyone: Some of our most-requested shows — plus some new regional podcasts and shows you can only hear via podcast!While I can’t tell you the lineup yet, I will tell you this: We’ve listened to all your Ideas over the past few months and, Currently, we’re setting up the servers. We’re expecting to get swamped, but we’re sure our I.T. staff will be able to respond to a meltdown As It Happens. This post will self-destruct shortly. 
[Via I Love Radio .org] Todd spills the beans. |
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