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increasing pressure as governments seek to reinstate

earlier generations.

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More than a half century ago, a Canadian political economist named Harold Innis

Can anyone or any government control Internet content?

wrote what were to become two of the most influential

loose information that gatekeepers of traditional media

books on the-role of communications media in shaping

may have wanted t o control — and this has huge

culture. In Empire and Communications (1950) and The

implications both good and bad. The unnerving aspect of

Bias of Communication (1951) Innis suggested that the

information on the loose is that it is unpredictable in its

nature of its communications technology influenced the

consequences — it can enrich as well as endanger

outlooks and possibilities of a civilization. The often-used

individuals and societies as a whole. And that describes

Like paper in relation to clay tablets, the Internet sets

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example i s the rise o f paper-based communication,

the Internet today — inspiration and dread, humanism

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which is very portable compared to something like a clay

and misanthropy, charity and greed walking arm in arm.

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press, permitted the rise o f European empires, in a

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manner of speaking.

similar tension h a s l o n g existed online between

Innis influenced another great Canadian media theorist,

individual a n d commercial, especially corporate

Marshall McCluhan. McCluhan was interested in mass

commercial interests. We saw it in music, where Online

communication, particularly popular media and his

music sharing of MP3 files was a serious setback for the

famous aphorism 'the medium i s the message" i s

mainstream m u s i c i n d u s t r y a n d f o r c e d i t t o

shorthand analysis that TV itself changed culture, never

fundamentally alter its business model. Meanwhile, the

mind what was on the tube. In short, instantaneous

indie scene flourished. This issue, Lee Rickwood's article

electronic communications created a global village.

on online video sharing traces a similar tension where

Some analysts have suggested that the daily TV cast of

personal and commercial video s fight for audience. The

the horrific destruction in Vietnam and body bags of US huge popularity o f YouTube and similar hosting sites soldiers arriving home was a big factor in turning public points to a pent-up demand for something beyond the opinion in the US against the war in the 19705. Today,

three formulas used. in network TV programming, yet

oppressive and friendly administrations alike t r y t o

networks were relatively quick to see the numbers and

manage media more effectively, including the Internet.

realize there was an opportunity for them too.

Coincidentally, as I was writing this editorial an invitation popped up in my email. It was to a brown bag lunch

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Monetizing and commercializing online video

Online video sites are like a digital media flea market. Folks come to show,

to look like a global shopping mall.

But now, the big boys are stepping in, and the local flea market is beginning share and swap their wares, unencumbered by over-riding commercial

"Online video is emerging from its infancy and entering the mainstream.

concerns. That can be good or bad, frustrating or satisfying— but it's all part

Many publishers and advertisers are responding to this trend, which means

of an exciting sense of discovery and shared experience.

advertising dollars will continue to migrate online where consumers can be

The online video phenomenon began [much as the Web in general and P2P targeted with efficiency,' says Jack Flanagan, well-known Internet guru and in particular) by promising empowerment to individual content creators or founder of a online audience measurement firm. documentarians, b e t h e y neophyte, amateur, independent o r even

Flickr, the original Canadian photo-sharing site, was snapped up by an

professional.The ability t o share one's own video content [ o r musical

international media conglomerate. MySpace has a deal with Fox TV. MSN has

favourites o r personal photo albums or citizen journalist submissions)

a video deal with Soapbox. User-generated content will still be available, but

online opens up an almost unimaginably wide landscape o f styles,

popular TV shows are featured and sold online more and more.

concepts, interests and audiences. Many viewers say i t s precisely the

Like on YouTube. It signed a deal with giant Warner Music [but it is in legal

marginality of such content that gives video sharing its unique viewability,

limbo with others), and will offer as many established stars and branded

and ever-increasing popularity.

artists as it does user-originated material.

As yet unsettled issues with user-generated content are questions o f

Among websites ranked by comScore Media Metrix, for example, YouTube scored 19.1 million unique visitors in August (up 19 per cent over the

ownership, rights and compensation. Legal eagles are still exploring the

previous month). That makes it the 32nd most-visited Web property. Web

ramifications of hosted material that is deemed libelous or defamatory, even

surfers now download 100 million videos a day on YouTube — none more

as they jostle over who controls the material in the first place, and who may

than 10 minutes long.

Host sites — like Digg, YouTube, MySpace, OhMyNews, Google, Rocketboom,

benefit from its exhibition or distribution.

Video submissions to MSNBC, for example, are covered by an agreement

LeapFrog and others — are technology enablers, providing storage space

that grants t h e company " a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive,

and bandwidth. It's the creators themselves that fuel the fire, creating

unrestricted, worldwide license to: use, copy, sublicense, adapt, transmit,

entirely new markets where the major media companies apparently thought

publicly perform or display' any contributions it gets! Interestingly, those

none existed.

rather comprehensive rights are also granted to third party sub licensees.

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In the case o f YouTube, music giant Warner has licensed its songs to

Online video and personal broadcasting While protection from legal hassles is one significant consideration when sharing video, personal broadcasters are looking to supplement their own income, not that of a million-selling artist.

YouTube, so that anyone who uploads their own version of a popular tune are

One approach is the revenue sharing model unveiled by Google or Blinkz.

allowed to do so — usually. YouTube will use tracking technology t o tag

People who post videos may set their own price points, or series of prices,

people uploading copy-protected songs, and it will pass the information on

depending on content, quality, length and other factors. Some online video

to its corporate decision-makers to see if the video gets "approved." Some

sharing host sites are exploring ways to share advertising revenue with the

might argue that fair use considerations in most copyright laws already

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directly from their desktop. Software from PiXPO and others, enables the

messages to humorous user-generated content. You can also search for

distribution o f seemingly unlimited amounts o f personal media from a user's own personal broadcast site: their PC. Users face no limits to the size or amount of digital media content they

specific videocasts or topics of interest by content, keyword, tags and so on.

Its like a department store 'You Are Here" map, but at your favourite flea market.

By Lee Rickwood Lee Rickwood operates WordOnA Wire, an independent company providing editorial,

broadcast, and avoid the entire upload process. Pixpo says it will soon incorporate tools to let users monetize their own content.

The idea o f personal broadcasting, as opposed to posting videos on a hosted site, is also behind Stickam, a new Web application that allows

media production and consulting services to individuals and companies across North America. He can be reached at videodaze@goodmedia.com.

anyone to broadcast live streaming video over the Internet, in addition to

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uploading videos, pictures and music an a personal blog or website.

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Videos can be viewed by virtually anyone (there's no software to install) and will play on Linux, Windows and Mac systems.

Popular MySpace vixen is really a professionally produced viral market,.

Toronto's BubbleShare, with an enhanced photo and voice sharing service, browser or email application. BubbleShare is a no-registration-required,

campaign.

Outed recently by Web surfers who thought her persona, her words, and

voice caption-enabled service for sharing stories over the Internet. Users

especially her video clips, looked a little too good to be true, "Bree" is

can upload photos individually or in batches, record 3 0 -second audio

shilling for a creative ad agency, the powerful Creative Artists group in

lets users view content instantly on the desktop without opening their

captions if desired, and then email albums to friends and family by entering

Hollywood. Two established filmmakers are making her vlog posts, and

one or more email addresses. The basic service is free, with a premium

they say they will continue to do so.

Whether the site will continue to draw some 2.5 million visitors, now the

service due to launch later in 2006. No word on whether video-sharing capabilities will be included in a future release.

cat has been let out of the bag, remains to be seen. Much of the interest in user-generated content comes from the fact it could be us. It's P2P (people

From its Lethbridge, Alberta offices, comes word of Spymac Leapfrog, a

to people), not B2C (business to consumer).

platform-specific tool for video chat, as well as posting and finding content for the newly enhanced iPods. Interestingly, Leapfrog-enabled sites are

Has the relationship between YouTube and its visitors (or between any

automatically regionalized, depending on location and language, as a way to

video sharing service and its community of interest) been permanently

re-contextualize the content for people around the world. Spy mac Leapfrog will be available later this year.

scarred as a result of blatant manipulation and misrepresentation?

So far, "Bree" isn't talking.

Finding all this content, and sorting through all the video clips out there, is Some Suggested Links and Online Resources:

another key aspect o f online video sharing, and new tools and being released to sift through it all.

www.blinkx.com www.bubbleshare.com

ClipBlast has introduced video search technology and what it calls the first the Web - a capability that even search-engine stalwarts like Google and

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MSN do not provide. ClipBlast says it's been indexing millions o f clips

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the charger at home. No photos for me. The quick lessons from that are: keep

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the camera - or at least the battery warm, and carry a spare (and keep it

have to hang up your camera gear or restrict yourself to indoor situations Cold weather shooting does impose a couple of extra challenges that you

warm too).

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need to think about, however. First, in the cold, battery life sucks. Last winter

to another potential hazard: condensation. Eyeglass wearers whose glasses .

I left my camera bag in the trunk of my car for just a few hours, but that was

fog up every time they come in from the cold know this phenomenon well.

enough to kill the battery. Admittedly it was a very cold February aay, but I

Moisture inside electronics is generally not a good thing and can lead to

was surprised at how quickly the battery was affected. Normally it's good

problems like corrosion. The simple solution, that even some camera

for 250+ shots and since my trip was a short one, I left the extra battery and

manufacturers recommend, is to seal the camera inside a zip lock bag and

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For music fans, MySpace is a unique opportunity to interact with their favourite bands on a far more grass-roots and personal level than through the passive approach of an official website or fan club. It's not uncommon for band members to interact directly with users by leaving posts and comments, which represents a major shift in how bands and other indie organizations can reach people. "(MySpace) gives the illusion that you can befriends' with your favourite bands... it tends to emotionally attach folks to their bands, which in turn leads to record sales because people really feel the need to support their friends," says Mavis Harris, publicist for Maple Music Recordings.

"From a marketing point of view, it's a great research tool. You get a good feel for the people the band attracts, you can see which other musicians are digging t h e t u n e s ( a n d t h a t helps w h e n i t comes t o planning openers/closers for tours], and you can also keep current fans interested by posting things like unreleased tracks. It really is a great touchstone for keeping 'tabs' on fans."

Another benefit of MySpace is that it's a free service, both for bands to host their music, and for fans to listen.

"Being an indie musician costs at least some money — for instruments, rehearsal space, and transportation — and provides very little income, says Banwatt.

"I think if I had to choose between an official website and a MySpace profile, I'd take the MySpace profile'

MySpace for event coordination Bands aren't the only ones taking advantage of the uniquely grassroo, networking approach that MySpace offers. When MoonRox jeweil, . designer Monique Chan was given the task of putting together a web Fx• and press release for the Kit 'n Kaboodle craft sale in Toronto on a t g • budget and deadline, she created a MySpace page t o be used as coordination point for the event : (myspace.com/kitnkaboodleshowandsale).

"We wanted something that was easily changeable and at the same 1, easily accessible to as many people as possible. Many of our exhibl• were already MySpace users, so we thought i t would b e a gr networking tool. In the last week before the show we had about 1.people view our page, which was fantastic," she says.

"MySpace allowed us to have all the necessary info online and have ai easy way to network. And for someone who has no idea how to design a traditional website, it was fairly easy to put together our page and make changes with the addition of each new vendor."

Were there any frustrations? "Not too many," says Chan, "other than the fact that the Kit 'n Kaboodle Show and Sale seems to get a few messages asking the Show out on a date. We need to think of a good way for the Show to turn them down!"

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divulge credit card information as it typically goes on your room account.

Meadowlark, and another campground west of Thunder Bay, Ont. were the

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surprises. The logins were arcane and the signal weak unless you were in

airport can also be a crapshoot. I recently travelled through Pearson's new

the office where the router was. But the potential as a tourism booster

Terminal 1 in Toronto, and discovered the WiFi service there provided by

seemed good — imagine logging onto a local community's web site after

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pulling into a campground and being able to plan the next day's activities

credit card account by the going daily rate, I was online. But a cheery email

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confirmation that I'd not have to register again if I wanted to use the service

worth a visit that the tourism brochures fail to mention.

in the future leads me to the uncomfortable suspicion that my credit card

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number is forever in its clutches. My experience at Calgary Airport, paying

already stated — finding WiFi locations in strange places. I had downloaded

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a list of WiFi locations from a web site before leaving on the trip, but it was

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campground near Thunder Bay was a lucky coincidence because we were

another account to set up.

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L o w - c o s t Colour L a s e r s Colour lasers are attractive for home or small office use for a number of reasons. With the entry cost now at around $300, they are priced competitively with mid-range inkjet printers. They are faster than inkjets, particularly for making multiple copies of the same document. On cheap office paper the image quality is arguably better from a colour laser than from an inkjet. And colour lasers are cheaper to run, on the order of three to five cents per page for black and 16.20 cents per page for full colour.

But they definitely take up more desk space and weigh a lot more. And even though the cost per page sounds agreeable, replacing toner

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cartridges is expensive. Colour lasers use four â&#x20AC;&#x201D; cyan, magenta, yellow and black â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and each toner cartridge will set you back $100.5150.

Fortunately they are rated for at least 1,000 pages, with high capacity ones good for up to 5,000 pages. Manufacturers typically qualify the page ratings with something like 'at five per cent coverage," which isn't

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Apples and Orange_ The HP CLJ 1600 and Lexmark C500n are priced within $100 of each other, b u t 'they are quite different machines. They use different underlying technologies. HP is what's called a single pass printer, which means the four toner hues are imaged in a single paper pass. Lexmark C500n is a multi-pass printer, so the toner hues are applied in successive passes. Multi-pass printers are much faster at printing single hue documents; theoretically they should be able t o print a black-only

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document in about a quarter the time of a full-colour one. Single pass printers will print black-only or full colour pages at roughly the same speed.

These 'performance differences were evident in my speed tests. The Lexmark blazed through a 10-page black text-only word processing document in under 30 seconds, while the HP took about three times as

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of mainly photos, the HP was slightly faster.

Even though both use four toner cartridges, their colour characteristics are different, so that in side-by-side comparisons, the reds and blues are slightly different. The HP also prints everything slightly darker than the Lexmark. For spot colours and black-only text, both are amazingly good when you consider the price, but the darker output of the HP is less flattering to photos, making some samples look a bit muddy.

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Open the cartridge door and you see four toner cartridges stacked one on top of each other. The design makes the cartridges very accessible when they need to be replaced. However, the fuser assembly is attached to the front panel, s o it's exposed when you open t h e panel t o change cartridges.

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The paper tray. which holds up to 250 sheets is at the bottom of the printer and the output tray is at the top. One aspect of the HP unit that surprised

weight ( 3 0 kg) makes i t something o f a handful for a home office

me was paper selection. With monochrome lasers it's been my experience that they are not too fussy about the kind of paper you feed them. However,

Lexmark Canada has set the price of the CSOOn at an SRP of $399, and I've

the HP unit is more like an inkjet and seems to adjust the print process to

seen it online for $350, making it quite a bargain. The Lexmark unit gives

take into account the kind of paper being used. This is a good thing, but it

you 1200 x 600 dpi output, monochrome print speed of 30 pages per

also means you have to be somewhat careful to set the paper parameters

minute (eight ppm for colour), built-in Ethernet and the option to use

correctly. I had inadvertently left the paper selection to -plain paper when

high-capacity toner cartridges rated at 3,000 pages (or 5,000 pages for

I was using some HP glossy brochure paper, and the output was so bad I

black). The Lexmark has a 300 MHz processor and 64MB of memory. As

initially thought the printer was defective. There were bare spots in the

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prints where the toner had obviously not been properly fused, and streaks

multi-pass printer has excellent black-only print speeds and full colour

and globs of toner smeared across parts of the paper. When I discovered

speed is comparable to the HP (which one would expect as they are both rated at 8 ppm for full colour).

my mistake and set the paper type correctly, the problems vanished, and the printouts were blemish-free.

The CSOOn has many good points. The photo print quality was closer to the

Overall, the colour quality is very good, and photo printing acceptable. For

reference photo inkjet prints than the HP's performance, and the printer

spot colours — a logo on letterhead or graphics in a report — the output

menu offers more options to tune the colour output. Although it's still not

looks very impressive, but photos print a bit dark — something you could

good enough to compete with a comparably priced photo inkjet for fine art

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printmaking, its colour is very pleasing and photos, even on office bond,

Although the print quality is a bit below the Lexmark, especially for photos,

look very good. I ran into some toner adhesion problems with the Lexmark

the HP unit seems t o be an overall friendlier device — easier to set up,

—on samples of generic inkjet (yes, inkjet — silly me) card stock, the

lighter if you need to move it around and with styling that's a refreshing

printouts had bare spots in the printout, and the toner would flake off when

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rubbed. The lesson to be taken — when you go to the store to buy paper, be mindful of the designation for laser or inkjet. It can make a difference.

Like the HP, the four colour toner cartridges are stacked on top of each

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other, and are easily accessible when the front panel is opened. The fuser array drops into a slot amidships. While the HP and Lexmark unit cover

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nearly the same footprint, the Lexmark looks a lot bulkier because of its boxy shape.

The C500n is more suitable as a small office workgroup printer than it is as a home printer. It's networkable, and it's a lot heavier than the HP.1600 (30 kg vs. 16 kg for the HP). It also has a constant fan noise even when at rest

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fan noise from a desktop PC, and would likely just disappear amid the other office equipment noises in a typical workspace. But nonetheless it would

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be noticeable in a relatively quiet home office, especially when compared to the HP, which is mostly dead silent in standby mode. When printing, the

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CSOOn also sounds like its a bit busier.

However, if you are willing to put up with the slight noise, and have the space and a sturdy table, the C500n would be a useful addition to a home office for very fast black document printing and good overall colour quality.

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2ser There are a few specific situations where inkjet printers make more sense. For very light duty, a sub-$100 inkjet is hard to beat. Cartridge replacement cost, which is the biggest ongoing expense with an inkjet, isn't going to be much of a factor if you don't print much or often.

For fine art and photography printmaking where resolution, tonal range, archival permanence and colour fidelity are important, a six- or eightcoi6ur photo inkjet is so superior to a colour laser that there's no contest.

As well, if you need printouts that are larger than letter or legal size, you can get into a wide-carriage inkjet for less money than a tabloid laser.

But for general colour work for business applications like flyers or for personal publishing projects like reunion scrapbooks etc. where you might want 10 or 20 multi-page documents, a colour laser is worth considering.

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very good for spoken word material as well. Likewise, Apple's Final Cut

Its long been the shame of many video producers that audio is the poor cousin in the media world. Often, as little as 10 per cent of a video's

Pro has audio tools, but nowhere near as many or as powerful as in its dedicated audio program, Soundtrack.

production budget is spent on sound, and just as often, that is to the

So, with a simple nod to the those and other powerful audio tools

video's loss.

Put another way: how long did silent movies (pictures without good

(Cubase, or Pro-Tools, come on down!), here in Part Two, we'll look at a

sound) last, as opposed to radio (good sound without pictures)?

word or vocal-based audio content.

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As we saw in last month's DV, or Not DV, PC-based hardware support for

Let's start where things sound good right off the bat: good, easy

audio production is becoming more common, more functional and more economical. In fact, the last issue of HUB: Digital Living, subtitled The Audio

and cheap!

Audacity is a handy little audio recording and editing program for all

Issue, was dedicated to sounding good — whether singing, playing an

PCs and their operating systems. It is open source software, freely

instrument or building sound samples.

distributed under the General Public License (my copy of the program

As was explained, there are dedicated software solutions for each:

came with the MicroTrack 24/96 mobile digital recorder). Like all GPL

great music programs for creating your very own CD, looping programs

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for original musical tracks, sampling tools and MIDI programs f o r

enhancements and improvements from the user base.

sequencing and composing, powerful programs for recording, mixing and publishing music.

Audacity works with high quality sound, and can record and edit 16-, 32- and 64-bit audio at up to 96 KHz. Using its own dithering and

And, as digital video editors know, pretty much every video editing

re-sampling algorithms, Audacity works with a wide range o f audio

software program has some sort of audio functionality, from basic two-

formats and sample rates, converting them automatically in real-time.

track sound tools t o sophisticated m u l t i -track audio m i x i n g and

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manipulation programs. Video editors like Adobe Premiere do have some

the last issue of HUB: DL for more technicalities about music and

audio functionality; Audition is the company's dedicated sound program,

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and Delete metaphor, manipulating sound clips is as easy as doing word processing. There's unlimited undo (and redo), so mistakes are easily corrected and processes easily isolated.

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. • Auto-Tune is called a professional pitch correction solution for Mac OS X

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and Windows XP, and it's used primarily to correct intonation problems in

volume smoothly, and a mouse-driven "Drawing" tool to alter individual

vocal or solo instrumental performance. It does so in real-time, without

sample points.

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distortion or artifacts, while keeping all of the expressive nuances of the original performance.

editing tools, I often use Audacity for editing spoken-word podcasts. It's

Over a typical pitch correction range, it is simply not possible to tell that a

ability to help me quickly cut out unwanted sections, clean up undesirable

sound has been processed, except that it is perfectly in tune. It's possible

noises, and package the 'cast with music, effects or other sound sources is

to -save" even the most off-key or vibrato-saturated vocal (or instrumental)

hard to beat — especially at the price. n-Track is an audio and MIDI editing software, newly available in its

performance, and that's why it is well-known and well-liked in the music recording business.

Another Antares program, called Throat, is a dedicated "vocal designer" —

Studio 5 version.

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a "physical modeller" of spoken sounds, effects and artifacts — even to the

(running natively on x64 versions). Using a 64 bit internal sound path

point, for example, of adding "breathiness" to a recording.

makes for the maximum audio quality available on today's CPUs. It's priced

According to some observers (studio engineers are notoriously closelipped), programs like Antares' are why many hits from artists like Cher,

at less than 51.00. nTrack is optimized for the latest dual-core and hyperthreading CPUs, and its multithreaded design takes advantage of extra CPU's processing power

Green Day, and even Paris Hilton sound so good — or to put it another way, are so pitch perfect!

to support more tracks and effects. Depending on the song structure and

You may not need the power or expense — around 8600 — of programs

buffer size, the gain over a regular CPU can be around 1.7x (dual-core) or

like Antares for your audio editing needs, but know they are out there.

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Aesthetically, Gass-Donnelly found a mobile video does have a new

mobile phones — is gaining both popularity and respect among filmmakers

identity. Technically, it has some hang-ups too, such as the non-existence of

as it opens new avenues for creative visual output as well as a compelling

time code exists on cell phone video. "It has a shallow depth of field, and a

new genre for storytelling.

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forced perspective to it: he adds. The video shot was 15 frames per second

International Film Festival.

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shooting in three minute chunks, owing to the size of the handset's internal

(as opposed to film's 24, or video's normal 30), but he was still limited to memory card — in this case, 512MB.

the Talent Lab MotoFilm Project were released during the Festival after being

Cell phone image dimensions are usually 126 x 144 pixels, a far cry from the

processed to make them suitable for big-screen viewing. Each was shown in

1920 x 1080 size of high definition video. It was obviously necessary to blow up the video for theatrical release, but the problems of pixelation, image

the theatres, and online as streaming video.

Motorola provided the filmmakers with a Moto° videophone, and service from Bell Mobility to experience mobile moviemaking first-hand. Some also

degradation and aspect ratio conversion were not inconsequential.

Nevertheless, another participant, filmmaker Andy Marshall found new

used Moto's V635 phone.

One o f the participants, Gass-Donnelly, an award-winning film director,

ways to combine his many interests on the small screen.

stage producer and music video maker, used his video-enabled handsets for

couldn't — have video cameras," he says. "Wherever you can take a phone,

an innovative piece created for the band The Fembots, and the song History

you can make a movie. Also, because of its size and its 'normalcy' (pretty

Remade about the history of Toronto, its people and places.

much everyone is comfortable and familiar with cell phones), it gives great

"The cell phone lets you into places where normally you wouldn't — or

By creating a unique camera rig of five handsets mounted along a block

access to subjects and scenery. It's perfect for documentary filmmaking, as

of Styrofoam, Gass-Donnelly was able t o add a panoramic feel to his

a cell phone is a lot less intimidating than a camera, and also for guerrilla

eye-grabbing video.

He described cell phone-acquired video as having "a very specific look, use

filmmaking, if there's footage you have to get 'undercover': For other mobile short initiatives, visit www.motorola.ca/motoreel.

and response. It's almost iconic; people instantly know it's 'cell phone.' Like

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billion in 2005. That acquisition gave Lenovo a couple of valuable brands — similar to Lenovo's problem in the Americas as a whole — combating the the ThinkPad notebook and ThinkCenter desktop lines — and vaulted it to Number-Three globally, behind Dell and Hewlett-Packard.

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Deepak Advani, a senior VP and chief marketing officer said that Lenovo's main marketing slogan i s "the best engineered PCs." To bolster that claim, Daryl Cromer, who is the executive director of Lenovo's Raleigh

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PC kiosks loaded with the latest PC games for customers to demo right

to PCs and Mobile devices what

in the store. All of which culminates into better marketing for the PC as

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how successful it could become.

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playback— the most anticipated improvements ary those made to

seriously, since no other company has enough influence within the industry

the graphics portion of the API, known as 0irect3D. The following are main improvements of Direct3D 10:

to be able to pull this kind of thing off. While Nintendo and Sony ready themselves for the next generition of video game systems (one in which the Xbox 360 already has a 10 million unit head start), Microsoft's investment in

Faster — OX10 reduces overhead to the point where, if the same

PC gaming will undoubtedly pay the company dividends when the console

application were written for DirectX 9, it is up to 20 percent faster.

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is capable of playing encoded music before you burn the disc. Today's

couple decades ago, retail music CDs are certainly not that today. They

better decks support MP3, WMA and AAC playback, and many offer multiple lines of display too.

simply don't hold enough songs compared to modern, ultra-compressed MP3 standards. They typically incorporate just three or four really good

Still, compressed music CDs aren't today's best option. For that, you need

tunes and a ton of filler, and they have fixed playlists. Thusly, even if you

to escape the realm of CDs and lasers entirely. One of the hottest trends

have a dozen of them rattling around your car ready to fall out of their cases involves the marriage of portable music players and car decks.

The most affordable method is an FM transmitter, a smallish device that or be swapped in and out of your deck, you have maybe a couple hours of good music.

You could buy yourself a CD changer, but then you'd lose a chunk of trunk space and you'd still have just a fraction of the A-list songs your buddy stores in his comparatively miniscule portable music player.

A better answer is to stop allowing those pesky retail CDs in your car in the

plugs into an iPod-type player and essentially acts as a miniature radio station, wirelessly broadcasting your playlist through your deck's FM tuner.

Pricier transmitters will also charge your iPod's battery via an additional cigarette lighter cable.

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The downsides to the FM transmitter are many, however. Most critically, it sounds like FM radio, complete with all the inherent interference and The easiest and most obvious way to do so is to bum a best-of MP3 CO. low-grade fidelity. Moreover, some transmitters work efficiently only when Considering that a 192Kbps compressed music track sounds virtually they're positioned literally inches from the deck. And none of them will identical to CO-quality audio when you're zipping along at 80 kph yet is just

allow you to control your iPod through your deck.

three to six MB in size, and given that a standard recordable CD will handle

A better idea for those with a dash-mounted cassette deck is a cassette

about 700 MB of data, you can count on fitting perhaps a couple hundred

adapter. Looking just like a standard cassette but with a short cord that

songs per disc. You can double or even triple that i f you're willing to

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Wireless adapter delivers better audio than an FM transmitter and, in rare cases,

the smart shopper, caveat emptor. Auxiliary inputs do not charge your

supports limited thru-the.deck iPod control. Yet the setup is convoluted,

player's battery, nor do they allow you to control your player's functions

and the resulting sound is not as clean or as punchy as that of an MP3 CD. from the deck.

Truth is that if you're serious about your music, you'll want a hardwired solution. If, for example, you have both an iPod and a factory or aftermarket

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Undoubtedly the best player-to-deck solution is a USB connection. Now

local car dealership or audio center for a proprietary iPod adapter. Plug one

featured in top-end decks by the likes of Kenwood, Alpine and Clarion, USB

end to your iPod, the other to the CD changer jack at the rear of your car

offers uninterruptible two-way communication. Thus, you can listen to your

deck, and find somewhere to mount the adapter box. Not only does this

iPod o r non•iPod player in full high fidelity, charge its batteries, and

setup deliver full fidelity sound and at least some degree of thru-the-deck

conveniently control all its functions and see all its playlist information

control, but it also chargeS your player's battery.

right there on your dashboard.

If your deck has a 3.5mm auxiliary input, you have yet another hardwired

Moreover, USB is the ideal answer for those who would rather store their

option. Auxiliary jacks are nothing new in the world o f car audio, as

music on a comparatively inexpensive flash memory "thumb" drive or even

evidenced b y t h e fact that even slow moving North American c a r

a miniature hard drive. Merely run the USB cable from the back of the deck

manufacturers are now including them with certain factory decks. Yet for

into the glove compartment or some other inconspicuous cubbyhole, connect the drive, and control everything from your deck. Some USB decks, such a s those i n Kenwood's Excelon series, offer -voice indexing," wherein a synthesized voice announces each new artist, genre, or sort function. You don't even need to take your eyes from the road to know what's coming up next.

It's important to note, however, that car USB is still in its infancy and the list of supported USB devices is not set in stone. Kenwood, for example, has officially approved just a smattering of the current crop of flash memory drives. Furthermore, USB connections are limited b y the amount o f power they can deliver. Though enough for most players and drives, it isn't for some.

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even the most advanced car decks don't include a satellite receiver, you must buy and install a separate receiving unit.

and a faceplate-mounted SD memory card reader. A dash-mounted USB

A potentially better bet for those among us who'd rather save than spend

port? Great idea, right? Well, yes, except when you accidentally brush your

our money is HD Radio. HO Radio is essentially an analog-to-digital upgrade

hand past the dash and snap the protruding drive in half, or accidentally

of the standard AM and FM signals, wherein the AM band sounds as good as

leave it in your dash when you exit the car and attract every thief in the

traditional FM stereo and the FM band sounds almost as good as*your CD

neighbourhood. Fortunately, the memory card loads inside the unit.

player. HD is not a subscription service, so you won't pay monthly fees. All

With all these options, each of which is theoretically far superior to any CD you need is a deck that supports HD and a separate HD receiver. Indeed, technology, a CD-less car audio future would appear to be at hand. And some decks now feature a completely integrated HO solution. indeed it is. Clarion, for one, will unveil a lineup of no-CD decks at the

The most discussed downside t o HD Radio i s that it's funded b y

Consumer Electronics Show in January, 2007. Featuring USB and SD

commercials —the same commercials you'll hear through standard AM and

memory card slots, an FM tuner, and Bluetooth support, the units will in all

FM. Furthermore, being a terrestrial rather than satellite-based technology,

probability be the first in a new wave of audio hubs that usher the once

the HD signal will degrade as you move further from the nearest tower. But

proud compact disc out the proverbial tailpipe.

the biggest hurdle for Canadian HD Radio fans may be accessibility. Digital radio [once more commonly known as DAB, or"digital audio broadcasting") hasn't exactly taken off in this country, due mostly to red tape, technical

The future also looks bright for motorists who don't want to bother with

issues, and an apparent lack o f consumer interest. Surveys suggest

personalized music collections at all, and prefer instead that old standby,

consumers wanted better content, among other things. Though HD Radio

radio. Apart from standard AM and FM, listeners now have the option of

technology permits "multicasting" (the broadcast of two simultaneous

satellite radio, a subscription service that delivers a wide variety o f

programs — one each in digital and analog format) doing so is nattirally a

commercial-free channels to anyone who owns a satellite receiver. The primary benefits o f satellite radio are its commercial-free format and its clean digital signal that's theoretically equally strong

more expensive proposition for the radio station. It's a Catch-22 situation that may or may not be solved anytime soon. Stay tuned.

Whatever route you want t o take, there's no shortage o f 'Net-based resources. We like t w o sites i n particular; www.crutchfield.com, a

anywhere on the continent. Moreover, fans

respected online electronics distributor that publishes how-to guides and

of specific genres of music or talk or sports are likely t o find a channel that caters

unbiased user reviews; and www.caraudio.com, an extremely active car audio enthusiast discussion forum.

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