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Source-Elements at NAB

Robert Marshall is a genius with a Beatles haircut.  It works for him...the haircut...AND the brains.  I sought out his humble booth at NAB, because I know he's always improving the Source-Elements prodigious product line...and would have news to share.  I wasn't disappointed. It's hard to mention...

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Rast Ich, So Rost Ich

"When I rest, I rust" That old German proverb is a great rule of thumb for your VO business, but today I use it to throw some praise in the direction of In:Quality -- the maker of ipDTL -- and in particular its founder Kevin Leach. Apparently that adage is not lost on this innovative UK company...

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Next WoVOChat:  ISDN vs. IP Alternatives

Next WoVOChat: ISDN vs. IP Alternatives

Ya live long enough, and you start to see evidence of the (mostly) subtle and unrelenting march of change.  Within science and technology that march is double-time.  And yet, some once-revolutionary/now-aged technologies are hard to upend. Why do we still have FAXes?  Printed books?  Gasoline...

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Source Connect Updates

Source Connect Updates

Sometimes you just hafta sally forth and ask, instead of sitting around waiting for answers to come to you. So...I asked.  I asked Rebekah Wilson of Source-Elements about the Holiday flyer she sent out.  It had all sorts of good news about Source-Connect Beta vO.5, and some verbiage about upgrades...

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Take THAT, ISDN!

Take THAT, ISDN!

This'll be brief. Info in today's blog relates back specifically to yesterday's blog (Lobbing the Grenade Into No-No Land). What I'm about to reveal harkens back even further to any number of articles I've written over the last five years that indicates the certain and now accelerating death march...

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AudioTX Rebirth

AudioTX Rebirth

When I first got into ISDN, I connected through AudioTX.  Not that many people are familiar with it.  AudioTX is a UK firm with a 14-yr track record in connectivity.  The equipment is nothing like a Telos or Musicam codec.  No box at all.  You get a dongle, some software, and then you have to...

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Ball ‘n’ Chain

Ball ‘n’ Chain

My ISDN lines were installed 5 years ago.  I was giddy when my Telos XStream codec arrived.  When I have a session, I'm grateful for the technology, but honestly...I'm starting to see ISDN as a ball 'n' chain. You know me...I like cutting edge.  When I see something waning into oblivion...I want...

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Invitation: Finding ISDN’s Heir Apparent

Invitation: Finding ISDN’s Heir Apparent

Free-market forces are having a heyday in anticipation of ISDN's eventual downfall.  If you've spent any time at all on the pages of this blog, you know that I've been following this trail closely. There doesn't have to be just ONE successor to the throne of the twisted copper wires.  There may be...

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Source Connect Update

Source Connect Update

Several emails recently have suggested that everyone might benefit from a side-by-side comparison of the three emerging technologies that seem poised to move into the space being slo-o-o-o-owly vacated by ISDN:  hi-fidelity remote audio recording. I can think of people like George Whittam who...

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Pedaling Faster

Pedaling Faster

Does anyone else notice the pace of things just getting out of hand? I suppose this is the problem with skirting the trending edge of the envelope in the first place.  It can leave you either looking like you're the smartest guy since Steve Jobs, or the biggest loser since Bernie Madoff. I like...

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