The Death of High Fidelity Music

December 29th, 2007 : John Kary

Rolling Stone recently ran an article called The Death of High Fidelity: In the age of MP3s, sound quality is worse than ever. The article puts the buzz of “The Loudness War” of the audio enthusiasts into a mainstream magazine. While there have been plenty of articles already published in more audio-enthusiasts magazines, this article […]

More details on Premiere’s AAF export functionality

December 19th, 2007 : John Kary

Thanks to user stooovie’s comment in the post where I belittle Premiere’s audio exporting capabilities, I have been made aware that Sony Vegas Pro 8 properly imports Reference AAFs exported by Premiere CS3.
The Reference AAF is created in Premiere by selecting Project > Export Project as AAF… and checking neither of the boxes available in […]

Premiere Pro 3.1.1 update released

December 6th, 2007 : John Kary

Adobe has released their latest update to Premiere Pro 3.1.1, which now adds support for Mac OS X 10.5 and addresses some “minor” issues with P2 workflow.
Still awaiting an online changelog to see exactly what was fixed, and will again be prodding for any new audio workflow options.

Concert Film: Sigur Ros - Heima

December 3rd, 2007 : John Kary

If you haven’t heard of the band Sigur Ros, they make some of the most beautiful music. Hailing from the beautiful countrysides of Iceland, their music itself provokes visual imagery. Listening to their music is like a film for the ears.
The band recently did a small unannounced tour around Iceland, playing small towns all […]