Digidesign mBox 2 Mini

This looks like an awesome interface for Pro Tools, at least for those of us that are portable backpack audio geeks.

iTunes is playing Story Of Light from the album "Strange Cargo III" by William Orbit

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What Are Large Format Digital Audio Consoles?

They're audio mixing boards, similar to those you'd see in recording studios, but designed primarily for live broadcasting. The versions we're looking at are digital as opposed to analog, so the mixing surface has no, or at least very little, actual audio in it. They are actually huge remote controls. They're also complicated and expensive beasts with lots of blinking lights and knobs which, in the end, is why guys really become audio engineers.

Here are some we're currently looking at.
http://www.lawo.de/us/fr04/produkte/mc2_90.htm
http://www.lawo.de/us/fr04/produkte/mc2_66.htm
http://www.calrec.com/product/alpha.htm
http://www.solid-state-logic.com/broadcast/c100.html
http://www.studer.ch/includes/product_sheet_include.aspx?product_id=34&menu_id=3&sub_menu_id=9&locale=en


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What is Loudness Anyway?

Ever watch television and have the sound volume from the commercials blow you out of your chair? Ever wonder why some channels seems so loud and others are so low you have to turn the volume up to hear the sound? These are all issues of television broadcast loudness and there are a lot of people working to solve these problems. Unfortunately there are also a lot of others who don't seem to care as long as they're making money and others who WANT their stuff to be louder than everyone else's.

iTunes is playing St. Charlene from the album "Birds, Beasts, and Flowers - EP" by Hem

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Welcome to the Audio Blog

I'll occasionally post things here related to audio, making noise and the loss of quality in sound and it's meaning to our culture.

Currently I'm involved in research into broadcast loudness and audio levels as well as research into large format digital audio consoles.

More than likely, stuff will get posted here just to get it off my chest.

More to come...

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