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Location Audio Mixer

Cooper Sound Systems CS108
+1 Audio Mixer is

an

extended-chassis

version of the Cooper location mixer that
features a comprehensive communica¬
tions system and may be ordered with six
to nine modular input channels. Input
channel options include mono or stereo
modules with M/S decoders and the new
Aux. Module CSD-2. All modules are

plug-in, so the mixer may be easily
reconfigured should the application
change.
The Aux. Module CSD-2

con¬

past, QuickTime 2.0 for Windows now
makes it possible for users to play full-

Digital Nonlinear
Editing System Updated
Version 5.06 of Editing Ma¬
chines Corporation's digital nonlinear
online editing system, the EMC
Primetime OnLine, offers high-quality ti¬
tling with The Titler, which supports
TrueType fonts used in Windows and
Macintosh applications. Titles are anti¬

motion video even on entry-level per¬
sonal computers. For example, it's now

aliased in more than 16 million colors
with fully transparent drop shadows. The
Titler software was developed as a col¬
laborative effort between EMC and fel¬
low Dynatech company ColorGraphics.
The wide array of video effects

possible with the OnLine system has
been extended to include 3-D, page turn
and

fisheye effects. The OnLine system's

interaction with multimedia files has
been enhanced by its ability to read and
write industry-standard multimedia file

types.
For information:

Editing Ma¬
Corporation, 5125 MacArthur
Blvd., NW, Washington, DC, 20016, (202)

verts the

Cooper Audio Mixers into true
6/8X4 + aux mixers. Installed in the sev¬

chines

enth or ninth channel slot, CSD-2 pro¬
vides two extra independent balanced

362-3102, FAX (202) 362-3240.

outputs that can be utilized for four-track
recording, two stereo mixes or additional
aux.

may

sends.

Any of the input channels
be selected and panned to these

outputs.
Also

is the

Cooper ENGstyle four-channel mixer, designed to be
operated as an over-the-shoulder style
new

unit with all the controls accessible from
the front and side

panels. It features

Apple's QuickTime 2.0 for
Windows offers developers a cross-plat¬
form standard for creating, using and
sharing multimedia content between
Apple Macintosh and Windows-based
personal computers. In addition, it offers
Windows-based PC consumers higherquality video and other multimedia fea¬
tures not currently possible with other

input channels with

mixer's overall size is approximately 10
X 6 X 2.25 inches and it offers both inter¬

QuickTime 2.0 for Windows

integrates and synchronizes photo¬
graphs, music, computer animation, mu¬
sical scores, CD-quality audio, text, and
digital video. It has new music capabili¬
ties that make it easier to include music
with CD-ROM titles and presentations,
without requiring a technical understand¬

ing of MIDI technology. Using the

capa¬
bilities of MIDI and sound add-on cards,
QuickTime synchronizes MIDI-generated
music with video and digital audio.
QuickTime 2.0 for Windows also features
audio compression, which brings CD-

quality audio into multimedia presenta¬
using a quarter of the space
required by uncompressed audio.
It is also easier to incorporate

tions while

and use words within reference titles
and interactive books using QuickTime
2.0 for Windows, due to support for

For information: Apple
Computer, Inc., 20525 Mariani Ave.,
Cupertino, CA 95014, (408)996-1010.

Digital Audio Workstations
Sonic Solutions has introduced

Fujitsu's FM Towns.

leaving

multimedia titles

mono

possible to play video at 30 frames per
second on a 25 MHz 486 computer with
just 4 MB RAM.

platforms including Macintosh,
Windows, interactive television and

tional insert
PFL, and four

option to link Channels 1 and 2 and
Channels 3 and 4 as stereo inputs. The

years

expanded line of digital audio work¬
stations, including a new digital signal
circuit card, the UltraSonic Processor
(USP), which provides up to 16 channels
of digital I/O, up to 32 tracks of disk play¬
back, and 32 filter sections. The USP of¬
fers a 16-channel system per card; a full
24-channel system with eight aux sends
can be configured with only two cards,

Windows-based multimedia software.

points and channel outs,

postage-stamp-sized video of

searchable, anti-aliased text.
QuickTime 2.0

switchable analog meters, Jensen trans¬
former coupled inputs and outputs, op¬

the

76

Systems, 31952 Paseo de Tania, San
Capistrano, CA 92675.

the

Juan

Using QuickTime, developers
once

can create
and deliver them

to many

The program

includes support

for full-motion, full-screen video and sup¬

nal and external

powering options.
For information: Cooper Sound

ports MPEG, a standard that allows for
smoother, higher-quality video. Unlike

American

Cinematographer

March 1995

an

one

slot available in the Power

Macintosh for a video card or other plug¬
in hardware. Multiple USPs can be in¬

cluded

together to configure larger audio
systems; the largest configuration per-
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