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Systems develops Indian music software |
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Cirrus
Logic acquires Peak Audio
A
leading supplier of audio ICs, Cirrus Logic, Inc. is acquiring the
assets of Colorado-based Peak Audio, Inc.
Peak
Audio claims more than an 80 percent market share of the commercial
audio network and installed-sound audio markets, based on
established relationships with most of the top suppliers of
commercial audio systems.
In
addition to the strength of Peak Audio within the professional audio
community, the substantial emerging market for analog and digital
signal processing (DSP) components to service the vision of
consumer-level media networking was cited as motivation for the
acquisition.
"We
see a strong future in networked entertainment solutions," said
David D. French, Cirrus Logic’s president and chief executive
officer. "According to research firm In-Stat, the digital home
network market is expected to grow from five million to more than 27
million digitally networked homes worldwide by 2004. This
acquisition creates a great opportunity to develop cost-effective,
networked entertainment solutions based on our combined leadership
positions."
Cirrus
Logic expects to leverage Peak Audio’s skills and complementary
technologies to develop a broad range of entertainment-centric audio
solutions for networked environments in both the commercial and
consumer audio markets. The cash transaction was expected to close
on April 30, 2001. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Along
with expanding Cirrus Logic’s intellectual property and
technological capabilities, all 18 Peak Audio technology and
implementation experts will work for Cirrus Logic.
The
previously announced venture between Peak Audio and Digigram, which
includes Digigram’s serving as the exclusive agent for European
licensing of CobraNet, will remain intact. "Anything that
benefits Peak Audio clearly will benefit the relationship between
Digigram and Peak," comments Digigram director of
communications Neil Glassman. |
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The Indian studios need an affordable, flexible and high quality studio
software solution that digitally integrates Indian music and percussion
instruments like Sitar, Sarod, Bansuri, Harmonium, Nagara, Tabla and
Pakhawaj within their existing digital studio environment.
To
addresses these requirements of Indian music studios, Swar Systems is
pleased to announce the development of SwarShala and TaalTrax solutions
which can save hours of manual recording and re-recording of the Indian
instrumental tracks.
SwarShala
is a complete Indian music studio ware, which can be used as a Indian Drum
machine (with more than 260 rhythmic compositions pre-provided in Tabla,
Pakhawaj and Nagara), a Tanpura Machine (3 different Tanpuras provided,
all tunable) and a Instrument Track Composer (Sitar, Sarod, Mohan
Veena(Indian Guitar), Tanpura, Tabla, Pakhawaj, Dholak and Bells).
The
studio and its composers can |
compose
any rhythmic and melodic pattern/piece using India Notation and save them
as a wave or midi files in studio-recorded CD quality format. The
resulting wave or midi files can then be exported to a Software Sequencer’s
empty tracks (e.g. CakeWalk or Cubase) for making complete instrumental
tracks of Tabla, Pakhawaj, Nagara, Sarod, Sitar etc.- all without
compromising with the sound quality or spen-ding hours on manually
recording them.
TaalTrax
is a stand-alone CD of groovy loops of tabla, Pakhawaj, Dholak, Harm-onium,
Tanpura and Bells in a Wave and MIDI format. TaalTrax is aimed at music
studios who work with sequencers and samplers and who constantly need
Indian Instrumental Tracks for their compositions. SwarShala can also
generate all such loops as well, but the TaalTrax is appreciated for
comfort, for its extended information on MIDI configuration, as well as
its portability. |
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Midas has launched the B2000, the first in a line of state-of-the-art
analog mixing consoles for the broadcast segment.
The
B2000 was specifically designed for TV studios and mobile video
production, but is flexible enough to also be considered for film and
music post production. The B2000 supports all current broadcast standards
including mixing in mono, stereo, surround, 5.1 or 7.1 (thus supporting
all DTV and DVD formats) with digital assistance for easy setup. AES/EBU
input and output converters are optional, as is an audio/video router
interface and |
the
facility for snapshot automation.
Adding
to its flexibility, the B2000 is available in frame sizes from 24 to a
maximum of 72 channels with the master section located either in the
center, left or right side of the console. Furthermore, the board can be
customized with any combination of mono or stereo input modules according
to user specification. The welded steel frame construction enables the
B2000 to withstand the rigors of mobile installations, and its compact,
desktop design with optional floor stand allows it to fit just about
anywhere. |
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Kind of Loud Technologies, a Universal Audio company, has released
SmartCode Pro, a Dolby Digital software surround encoder program for Pro
Tools AudioSuite platforms.
Software-based
encoders offer an efficient and cost-effective alternative to hardware
encoders. SmartCode Pro will allow Pro Tools users to create DVDs or
reference CDs directly from their 5.1 mixes created with the new Pro Tools
5.1 software. SmartCode Pro is complemented by Kind of Loud’s surround
production tools including |
RealVerb
5.1, a surround reverb; Tweetie, a monitoring and calibration plug-in; and
Woofie, a plug-in for bass management.
"With
the rapid advances in DVD authoring, Dolby is pleased to introduce Dolby
Digital Surround encoding to the DAW market." said Nancy
Byers-Teague, marketing manager, professional audio products, Dolby
Laboratories. "Universal Audio has been a pioneer in providing
surround tools to the professional music and post arenas, and Dolby is
proud to work with them on Smartcode Pro." |
