Las Vegas, Nev., Feb. 15, 2001 -- At this year's annual National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention, DSP Media will be exhibiting several new hardware and software upgrades as well as be announcing exclusive agreements between complementary pro audio manufacturers in order to further enhance their existing high-end post-production line of products.

Vmotion Unveiled
At the show, DSP Media will unveil Vmotion, a random access hard disk video recorder/player for the audio post-production industry. Available as a stand-alone unit controlled from a high-resolution touch screen, Vmotion will be able to interface with mixing consoles or sequencer/DAW's via 9-pin machine control and LTC. Vmotion can act as the master or slave and is most powerful when used with its touch screen control for instant picture location.

New Version of AVtransfer Released
Additionally, DSP Media will be releasing version 2.1 of AVtransfer (www.avtransfer.com), the company’s multi-format, multi-standard conversion software. The first fully integrated project (EDL) and multi-format audio file transfer utility of its kind, AVtransfer opens, plays, combines and exports audio files and projects in OMF and any of today’s leading professional formats. In version 2.1, AVtransfer will be able to store up to 64 character length clip names, will allow exporting of 8 bit wave and AIFF files and most significantly, will transfer CD track and index files to disk named from the CD library database.

DSP Media Links with Sound Ideas SFX
Moreover, DSP Media will be announcing a distribution agreement with Sound Ideas, the world’s largest publisher of sound effects CD-libraries. In this agreement, DSP will be able to sell the Sound Ideas’ original CD libraries pre-digitized on disk. Users will now be able to purchase the Sound Ideas effects libraries on hard disk in DSP's native AudiOS format for almost instantaneous access to thousands of effects. When used in conjunction with Quick FX, DSP’s proprietary software package, included with Postation II’s and Desktop audio editing systems, database searches and sound effects and music tracks placements can be performed quickly and seamlessly from hard disk onto the play-head during the editing process.

Series of Upgrades Announced
DSP Media will also unveil a series of hardware and software upgrades to their existing range of high-end audio post-production products. For the Postation, DEP audio editor and the Desktop system, which includes the DEP editor and the NLV hard disk video system, software version 8.5 will be made available. A motherboard and processor engine card upgrade to older versions of the DEP editor will increase the speed of the system while a new PCI communications card may also be included depending on the vintage of the original system. The NLV random access video recorder/play will also be upgradeable to provide extended 9-pin control facilities.

New Plug-ins Available
Finally DSP Media will be introducing plug-in capabilities via a Soundscape Mixtreme card to the digital mixer of Postation II, thereby expanding the mixing capacity of the system to third party manufacturers such as TC Electronics, Wave Mechanics and Dolby. All settings for the plug-ins will be stored in the project for instant recall.

DSP Media will be demonstrating a full range of digital audio products to industry professionals at: NAB 200, April 23rd - 26th, Booth # R 2669, The Las Vegas Convention Center.


Source: DSP Media
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