CD Mastering and Audio Mastering

MIDEM 2007- Cannes, France: This is home to the world's largest and most popular international music fair that is taking place from January 21st through the 25th. It is probably a little too late to get your tickets for this year! So if you plan ahead you can make it next year especially if you are looking for the best place to network in the music industry. However for those of us who are not able to attend the MIDEM there is still some exciting news to share.

JVC, the company well-known for its development of the VHS video standard, is co- hosting a booth at the MIDEM along with Victor Entertainment, and will be demonstrating their K2HD technology. The K2HD mastering is used for high quality CD sound mastering. Mastering engineers have extreme control over the fidelity by using 24-bit high resolution information, and a wide frequency range that extends up to 100kHz based on this K2HD technology.

If you would like more information on the MIDEM check out the link midem.com.

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When it comes to music and movies, sound is such an important factor in our line of business, especially when it comes to experiencing theater-like sound at home. That is why there is a yearly award, called the Masaru Ibuka Award, given out by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), to a deserving individual who has significantly contributed to the field of consumer electronics technology. Check out IEEE's website for more information about the award.

This year's recipient is Tomlinson Holman, an author, a current instructor at the University of Southern California, and once served as chief engineer and technical director at Lucasfilms for over fifteen years. He has several U.S. patents and developed the THX, Home THX, and THX Digital Mastering programs. THX, mainly a quality assurance system, was created so that when a movie is shown in an approved THX theater, the film's soundtrack will sound just as the mastering engineer intended for it to sound.

Holman will receive his award at an upcoming International Consumer Electronics Conference in Las Vegas. More information about the conference can be found at the following link IEEE Conferences.

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