AudioMedia - December 2008 - (Page 4) contents ISSUE 217 • dEcEmbEr 2008 AUDIO-F OR-VIDEO co vE r S to r I ES AUDIO BROADC AST INTERNE T AUDIO LIVE SOU ND REGULARS GEo focUS: tHE W orld S ORLD’ THE W LEADIN FE G PRO SSION DIO AL AU MEDIA MULTIME DIA POST PRO DUCTION RECORDIN G TECHN OLOGY MAGAZ INE RUSHES 14 JM EvANS takes a trot around the globe, and finds several reasons to be cheerful this season, despite the general gloom of the market. taScam SS-r1 SS-cdr1 18 Gearr Yea E OF TH ug ‘s Group H Pinewood n Network Productio A ALISTAIR McGHEE considers which is easier: tying a shoelace, or using Tascam’s Compact Flash recorder. The shoe loses. Family Ad dition Benjamin Button Case) (A Curious WHat ’S UP UK Northern Ireland Assembly. 16 Kevin Hilton sounds out the next ten years of the bErlInEr U77 20 9 Midas PRO6 TION MEDIA PUBLICA A NEWBAY 10 There need be no comparison, no further competition. DAN WOTHKE has found the nearest- 747024 770960 EDITIO N WORLD WIDE Win STUFF aag Giveaway! Crimbo Schwa on page 52! fInal cUt: tHE cUrIoUS ca SE of bEnjamIn bUt ton the subtle sounds of Benjamin Button. STROTHER BULLINS unravels the mystery behind 26 58 as-perfect mic, and intends to stick with it. tHE PIn E W ood Gr oU P 28 52 PAUL MAC finds out more about integration and adam S2a m onItorS 22 AMSR client happiness within the Pinewood Group ALISTAIR McGHEE gladly suffers from an acute and repeated dose of NMS (that’s ‘New Monitor Syndrome, to the yet-to-be-enlightened). mIdaS P r o 6 SIMON ALLEN finds out. vIdE o GUIdE Will the PRO6 live up to high expectations? KEvIN HILTON returns for a final look at how integral camera support and ideas of movement have become to the film industry. AMSR Pr odUc t SamPlEr: lInE a rraYS the best line arrays great and small. F E AT U R E S 68 REvIEWS Line up, line up: Audio Media presents a line-up of tHE PInE W ood Gr oUP 28 41 GEar o f tHE Y Ear PAUL MAC finds out more about integration and client happiness within the Pinewood Group. 34 STEPHEN BENNETT sums up the audio gear highlights of 2008, and provides pages of things to ask Santa for. Get your pens and pencils handy… NEWS rEcordInG nE W S madE In amErIca 8 Benchmark, McDSP, Telefunken, and Audio Precision are profiled in a behind-the-scenes look at US manufacturers. Racking up for Olympics, playing guitar in an Overloud way, and Keith McMillen pulls all the right strings. motU dIGItal PErformEr 6.0 46 DAvID HELPLING has his mind blown away by SWaG comPE tItIon 52 the staggering advances in MOTU’s DAW, and so decides to let the world know about the secret weapon in his production arsenal. PoSt nE W S 10 It’s Christmas, and SWAG is back; bigger and better than ever before. Enter our easy competition to have sackfuls of SWAG delivered direct to you. What have you got to lose? Germany goes 3D with Constantin, there's work at The Farm in London, and BBC Post Production gets nominated for sound awards. Zaxco m fUSIon 56 b r oadcaS t nE W S 12 nEUmann tUrnS 80 54 Long has the ENG market been rooted in the practically-Paleolithic days of yore. But in the Fusion, STEvE MURPHY finds a mixer and recorder that may well cause the extinction of other dino-mixers. STEPHEN BENNETT looks back over the best part of a century in the life of a company that remains innovative and sprightly, despite also being one of the oldest on the block. A new studio is made in Malibu, while a new OB truck hits the ground (not literally) during the Red Bull Air Festival in Budapest. AMSR AMSR Snow Patrol has the Midas Touch, while the Kaiser Chiefs prove the meat of the show, and Pope Benedict has his prayers answered. DAvID MACKENZIE visits Cambridge’s Corn Exchange, to experience Extreme’s reunion tour and to find the secrets behind the sound. 4 aUdIo mEdIa dEcEmbEr 2008 AMSR amSr nE W S 62 Ex trEmE rEUnItEd 70 mIdaS P r o6 64 One of the most anticipated audio launches of 2008, but will the PRO6 live up to expectations? SIMON ALLEN finds out.
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