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| Thursday February 25, 2010. 12:01 AM |
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Veteran sound designer Peter Michael Sullivan has worked on scores of Hollywood films and has been the go-to man for directors like Wolfgang Petersen and James Cameron. Sullivan talks to iZotope about his philosophy of sound design and his recent discovery of Trash, Ozone, and Spectron.
Ozone 3 and Vinyl are featured in the March issue FutureMusic Magazine in a guided tour through a recording project
If you've turned on your TV recently, you have probably heard the work of Ben Wynn and Jeremy Zuckerman, known collectively as The Track Team. The duo has employed their edgy but organic brand of sound design and composition in advertisements for Infiniti, Nike, Samsung, and Sony to name a few. Most recently, their music and sound creations can be heard on the hit Nickelodeon television show, "Avatar, the Last Airbender".
iDrum gets an update, including Universal Binary support for Pro Tools 7 and MIDI drag support for song mode.
Digital Music Doctor is offering a $10 discount on their video tutorial, "Mixing and Mastering - Know It All", which features iZotope Ozone 3. Just use promotion code DMD43626 to get your discount.
pHATmatik PRO is featured online at Musician's Life.
FOX's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has been getting a little help from RX. iZotope user Peter Sullivan has been using iZotope RX to clean up audio content for the show. Peter says: "RX has been extremely useful for fixing extremely mucked up audio tracks."
The February 2007 issue of Electronic Musician features Ozone 3 in their article on do-it-yourself mastering.
In the February 2007 issue of Sound on Sound, Ozone 3 is listed as the favorite mastering package in a feature on "desert island" plug-ins.
iZotope RX has been nominated for a prestigious Cinema Audio Society Award for Technical Achievement. The nominees and winners are determined by professional film and television mixers. A very big thank you to CAS for this great honor!
iZotope has put together a quick tutorial on how to get the most out of the multiband effects in Ozone 3 and Trash. Visit the website to see all the multiband functions in action.
Terravita's genre-bending dancefloor exploits range far and wide, but one thing remains constant—their meticulously engineered beats both pack dance floors and cause spontaneous head banging. In addition to having tunes picked up by several UK dance labels, a remix of The Glass' "Mad at You" has grabbed a lot of attention for their cheeky side project, Hot Pink Delorean. We caught up with Mr. Matt from Terravita to get the inside story and to hear how they're using Ozone 3, Trash and iZotope RX to get larger than life mixes.
Tutorial videos are now available on YouTube as well as the iZotope web site. Now you can subscribe to the iZotope area to get the latest tutorials as they are posted.
We have added a page to find out about new job postings at iZotope. Currently posted job openings include Software Engineer and IT Administrator, Director of Marketing, Multimedia Designer, Software Engineer, and DSP Software Engineer.
iZotope RX has been awarded a 2008 Remix Tehcnology Award (RTA) in the Audio Editor category. This award is voted on by writers and editors of Remix and Electronic Musican magazines, and honors innovative new audio technology.
Jonathan Wyner has worked as a mastering engineer for such legendary artists as David Bowie, Nirvana and Frank Zappa. We caught up with Jonathan to hear about his recent projects including producing a live album for jazz piano prodigy Matt Savage and a live DVD for wild harpist Deborah Henson-Conant, the soundtrack of which was nominated for a Grammy. We also found out how he's using iZotope RX to get the most out of live recordings.
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| Wednesday December 23, 2009 |
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CEO of Celebrity Status Entertainment, Chaka "The ChakFather" Blackmon, has placed songs with the likes of Disney, DreamWorks, MTV Networks and Fox Films. Blackmon and his team signed on to rework Christina Aguilera's "Come On Over" which lead it to take the number one spot on Billboard for over a month. In his interivew, Chaka talks to iZotope about the rewriting of that song and his other projects and philosophies on music.
Engineer and Producer John Goodmanson has worked with groups ranging from The Blood Brothers, Deathcab for Cutie, Hanson, Sleater-Kinney, and the Wu-Tang Clan. In this interview, John talks about his history with punk & college radio, finding what's unique with each band, and his transition to more digital gear.
Do you need more iDrum? Have you ever wondered how to customize your iDrum experience? Check out the new video tutorial to find out how to make your own kits for iDrum.
"iZotope, whose code is showing up in a lot of places these days, and Analog Devices, who seem to be making more chips than Frito-Lay, are co-winners of the secretive Cardinal Richelieu Memorial Power Behind the Throne Award"
iZotope is looking for an experienced developer. Follow the link to find out more.
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| Wednesday December 2, 2009 |
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If you've seen this summer's blockbusters Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, then you've heard Alan Meyerson's mixes. And you've also heard iZotope Trash. Read our exclusive interview to catch a glimpse of the working habits of a veteran scoring mixer and find out how he uses Trash to make tracks stand out in huge mixes.
iZotope's first podcast is now available! In this edition, we have an audio interview with Alan Meyerson, plus an inside look at iZotope Radius time and pitch scaling with DSP engineer Alexey Lukin. Download the podcast here. To subscribe to the iZotope podcast, simply copy the following link into iTunes (Advanced | Subscribe to podcast) or your favorite podcast reader: http://www.izotope.com/rss/podcast.rss
Sony's latest consumer version of Sound Forge features Vocal Eraser, a vocal removal and isolation plug-in designed by iZotope. Vocal Eraser enables users to remove vocals from most recordings to create karaoke tracks to sing along with or isolate vocals to bring into a user-created remix.
Looking for strikingly realistic acoustic drum kits for iDrum? Check out SLD's Rogers kit this month for only $79—a $40 savings! Try a free demo kit and get SLD iDrum packs.
Kerry Livgren helped define progressive rock in the seventies and beyond with his hugely influential band Kansas. From "Carry On My Wayward Son" and "Dust in the Wind" to his recent solo work, Livgren's songwriting and guitar playing have left an impression on generations of musicians and listeners. Read about his recently released Collector's Sedition Volume 1: Director's Cut, and how finding Ozone 3 prompted him to stop in his tracks and start the mastering process over.
The Project Studio Network Podcast is an informative, and often quite funny, news and information source for recording musicians. In PSN's October 25th Podcast, reviewer Stuart McClellan took RX for a spin, and called it "an exceptional value." He concluded, "it's affordable, clean and most basic functions are fast and easy to execute."
In MIX Magazine's online blog, iZotope RX was honored as one of the "Top Bakers Dozen" from AES. The reviewer says: "A jaw-dropper at the show ... AES attendees gawked at impressive demos."
This Philadelphia native has found a way to escape the boundaries of a single category of music by expressing his creations through deep house, hip-hop, broken beat, nu-jazz, funk and afro-tech. He's remixed artists ranging from Macy Gray and Tori Amos to Yoko Ono and Femi Kuti. Recently, he created underscore and interpretations for the Universal Pictures blockbuster, Miami Vice.
Bandmates iAcousticA is the world's first multi-sample drum library for iZotope’s iDrum. Produced by Andrea Pejrolo and engineered by Taroon Bali, each iAcousticA genre offers multiple kits played with brushes, mallets and sticks and includes all matching patterns and instruments. Sophisticated multisampling at several dynamic levels allows for convincing and realistic patterns without running into the dreaded “machine-gun” effect common to traditional drum machines.
Audiofile Engineering has licensed iZotope’s sample rate conversion, dithering, and time/pitch technologies for use in their document-based audio editor, Wave Editor 1.2.7.
The iZotope VocalRemover eliminates the lead vocal from commercial recordings while preserving the instruments and background vocals of the song.
iZotope is offering a special pack of iAcousticA kits for free! Click the link to find out how you can get a look at this exciting new iDrum Kit package.
Future Music Magazine awarded Ozone 3 the Ace Award in their January 2006 issue.
iZotope is looking for a technical support representative. Is that you?
iZotope will be showing off their latest technologies at the 121st AES Convention. Stop by booth 131 to check it out.
Check out these two innovative virtual instruments, iDrum and pHATmatik PRO. Current iDrum and pHATmatik PRO users should visit the iZotope site for the latest versions, new content, and registration info.
iZotope is looking for a software engineer. Is that you?
Until July 23, get XRB for just $29 (usually $49). Use promotion code 'pd92000-y43t' when ordering (and tell your friends.)
From writing commercial jingles and playing Mafia weddings in Brooklyn to producing some of hip hop’s most innovative artists, composer, performer, producer, and engineer Bob Power has had a long and fascinating career in music. This week he took some time to talk to iZotope about his career, his outlook on music, and the many moods of iZotope Ozone.
Seven-time GRAMMY® Award-winner Paul Wertico has established himself as one of the most respected drummers in his field. From his time with the Pat Metheny Group to his passion for teaching the next generation of musicians, Wertico brings unbridled joy and enthusiasm to every aspect of his work. In this interview, he talks about Pat Metheny, embracing the unknown as an artist, and his newfound love of recording at home.
Andrea explains the mixdown process with tips on "conducting" your mixes.
To properly welcome the new plug-in versions, we've assembled all-new presets for your tweaking pleasure. To download the new preset packs, visit the product pages.
Sonic Studio will be incorporating iZotope 64-bit SRC™ sample rate conversion and MBIT+™ dither into their soundBlade™ audio production environment.
iZotope sat down with rock legend Reinhold Mack to talk about his work with Queen and how iZotope plug-ins have become a part of his audio toolbox.
At the NAMM show, Guitar One awarded iZotope the "Mark of Excellence" award for Trash.
DigiFreq is giving away Spectron, Trash, and pHATmatik PRO.
Cakewalk has licensed iZotope Radius technology to make it available as a standard feature integrated into SONAR 6 Producer Edition, Cakewalk's flagship product for music creation and production.
In addition to using iZotope's plug-in products to enhance student curriculum, The New England Institute of Art is participating in its academic purchase program.
TechSmith Corp. have licensed iZotope's VocalEnhance and AudioRestore technologies for use in the latest version of Camtasia Studio.
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