Ready to trash your expensive wireless mics?1

Chances are good that if you own a production company, or freelance as a sound recordist, you’ve invested in a few pricey wireless mics. Most of these mics operate on the unused local bands in the VHF or UHF spectrum, However, with the move to digital television the FCC has reallocated some of that frequency range to emergency radio use and has begun testing the possibility of using some of the so called “TV white space” for use with proposed “unlicensed devices” such as wireless broadband services, wireless multimedia systems, and PDAs. Currently, these products operate in other radio frequency bands, such as 2.4 GHz. The FCC is looking at allowing the use of these unlicensed devices starting on February 17, 2009 when the switch to DTV occurs.

Software Scope Shootout

So I’m finally continuing my earlier article on software versus hardware scopes, with a shootout of the top software scope sets. The scopes I’m using for the shoot out include the Hamlet VidScope and Adobe OnLocation on the PC, Divergent Media’s ScopeBox on the Mac and the dedicated Tektronix WFM7120.  I also added Synthetic Aperture’s Test Gear, which is a scope set exclusively for After Effects.

Review of Abaltat Muse

Ireland is a land of fantastic music and musicians. I’ve been to Doolin, in County Clare and heard brilliant traditional musicians there. And for those with more of a rocker sensibility, you’ve got Irish exports U2, Van Morrison and the Cranberries.

The latest musical export from Ireland is a software application called Muse from a company called Abaltat, which means “ability” in Gaelic. This software supposedly analyzes a Quicktime movie and creates a custom musical composition based on the video content. I think most people would be highly skeptical that this software can actually compose a meaningful tune based on actually analyzing the true content of a video program. Its similar to the disbelief that any video editor has about the programs that I’ve heard of that will take your video footage and make a great edit from the raw bits and pieces.

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