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New podcast in the EDIUS Podcast series cover activation of a demo version using the newly acquired serial number. Visit podcast.edius.net YouTube channel to watch the ongoing podcast series.

Users who register for purchase of the upcoming Panasonic GH5 DSLM camera between February 14 – March 20, 2017, will get warranty extension up to 5 years, and V-Log functionality for free! You need to pre-purchase the camera, get an email confirmation document from us, and register at www.lumix-gh5.eu web site. You must upload the confirmation to the web site before March 20th. Once we stock the Panasonic GH5 camera, we will notify you with an invoice. Upon payment, you will receive the camera including the V-Log code (DMW-SFU1), and you must, once again, register the camera with a proof of purchase at www.lumix-gh5.eu to receive a voucher for 5 year warranty extension by mail. Simple? No, but well worth it!

Livestream released the newest version of Livestream Studio, version 4.2. The update adds:

Hardware Accelerated Encoding

Studio 4.2 requires less processing power for PCs that have NVIDIA graphics cards, with the NVIDIA NVENC feature, and/or QuickSync-enabled Intel processors. With QuickSync and NVIDIA hardware video encoding support, Studio can operate on an expanded list of consumer laptops and PCs. Also, Studio HD31 hardware customers (existing and new) can now stream in multi-bitrate HD.

Stream Live to Multiple Destinations

This update gives producers the opportunity to send a single stream from their encoder to multiple destinations at once. A single stream to the Livestream platform can be delivered to YouTube Live, Periscope, and Twitch simultaneously. Producers can also stream from Studio to Livestream and Facebook Live simultaneously.

Graphics Support in Web Control

Web Control gives you the ability to remotely control Livestream Studio software using a WebRTC compatible browser (Safari, Chrome, Firefox). Web Control now includes the ability to fully control your Graphics module, including adding and editing data. Delegate graphics tasks to other team members while you focus on cutting the show on the main Studio interface.

You can see the full list of improvements in the release notes here.

In addition to releasing a new beta version of firmware for Scarlet, Scarlet-W, Epic, Raven, and Weapon cameras, RED Digital Cinema announced (here) that Helium Weapons orders are now only 2-3 days behind upon placing; Epic-W models are around 2 week turn-around; but new orders of Scarlet-W models are likely to arrive this summer, and new orders of RED Raven are still not accepted at this time. Therefore RED Digital Cinema is extending the RED Owner Pricing deals that were supposed to end last December.

Steinberg's newly released HALion 6 virtual instrument excels with stunning new features like the new wavetable synthesis, the Sample Recorder and the Macro Page Designer providing you with a comprehensive sound design environment. Alongside HALion 6 comes the all-in-one workstation, HALion Sonic 3, providing a 25 GB preset library expansion, a new wavetable synthesizer and 9 new effects.

The new generation of HALion and HALion Sonic are brimming with ground-breaking new tools and stunning new instruments tailored to the discerning needs of the modern composer, producer and sound designer. The new Macro Page Designer in HALion enables users to create custom user interfaces using template-based workflow: design complete user interfaces for your sound creations conveniently via drag and drop! Version 6 also adds the ability to record directly into HALion from any internal or external source and have your samples cut, mapped and ready to play in no time with the new live-sampling editor.

The new HALion Script is a powerful, fast and easy to learn scripting tool offering users to create advanced instrument behaviour and custom script modules. With the new HALion, you can also create and export VST Sound libraries of your custom instruments for HALion and HALion Sonic, conveniently and easy with the help of the Library Creator. Many additional improvements and features can be found in and around HALion 6: The new Library Manager for user libraries, AAX support, Steinberg Download Assistant, online scripting reference for HALion Script, soft eLicenser copy protection and lots more.

New HALion 6 and HALion Sonic also offer a host of new instrument libraries, including The Raven Grand, and The Eagle Grand pianos, Hot Brass brass section, Studio Strings string ensemble sample library, Skylab and Anima synthesizers, as well as HALion Combi Library. The new, innovative three-band Resonator effect allows formant-filtering for various tonal modifications for beautiful vocal, string and brass sounds. HALion Sonic additionally inherits 8 new effects from HALion including the Vintage Compressor, Tube Saturator and many more.