Pinguin News Archive

STAGETEC PROSOUND PINGUIN COOPERATION: Experience STAGETEC's VIVACE System in 3D at BOOTH D45 in Hall 9. Click on picture to learn more. Also on show is PINGUIN's latest EBU LOUDNESS METER DRAFT as well as the brand new PGAMM Sourround and Enterprise Software Meter Package for MAC and PC.

Mastering Quality or Quality Mastering? (Workshop @ VDT SYMPOSIUM Oct 30th - Nov 1st 2009) DARCY PROPER & RALPH KESSLER Mastering is the last stage in an audio production where the final “polish” is put on the sound and the material is put into a format that is technically acceptable for manufacture. While in years past, the mastering engineer has asked to aim for “what makes a track sound its best,” the current trend is for “what makes a track sound the loudest.” Ralph Kessler (Echo-Award) has invited multiple Grammy-Award-winning mastering engineer, Darcy Proper, to join him in an expert dialogue in which they will attempt to dispel some of the myths that justify this “loudness quest,” with some examples and an open discussion about how we’ve reached this current state of affairs in the mastering world. They will also talk about responsability and customer psychology in order to preserve at least an acceptable range of “quality” parameters for the final medium.

Pinguin premiers at AES2009 its brand new PGAMM audio multi metering software on a MAC OSX. Find us at booth 751 (WEISS ENGINEERING). 9.-12.10.2009 Jakob K. Javits Convention Center. www.aes.org

Dear Friends, i would like to invite you to visit Hamburg for the unique HI-END-GEAR 18.-19.9.2009 11:00-19:00. (@Kampnagel, an interesting cultural center for dancing and performing arts) This is a very special european event for musical producers and sound oriented people with a strong passion for highest quality equipment and unique music production methods. The Hi-END GEAR happens the second time and is a well balanced mix between a pro-audio equipment exhibition and workshops done by internationally respected authorities in our business, like George Massenburg from GMD, Nashville or Scott Hull from MasterDisc, NY. The "gear" is often presented personally by their chief architects, e.g. Daniel Weiss, Switzerland. We exhibit our new range of software based audio meters (NOW: FOR PC AND MAC), reverb plugins as well as our latest R&D works for creation of 3D-Audio including the mobile 3D-sound installation structure "PINGUIN AKUSTIK SIMULATOR". more details: www.hi-endgear.de (be sure to check out the workshop schedule and the exhibitors list) best ralph kessler

3D sound artist Jens Fischer plays live unreleased material in . PINGUIN booth Hall 8.0 G13 in the new PINGUIN 3D Akustikprojektor.

PINGUIN exhibits @MusikMesse Frankfurt between 1. and 4.4.2009 its latest developements in the areas "Professional Levelling for Radio, TV, Media" and presents for the forst time ever a revolutionary new installation: the PINGUIN ACOUSTIC PROJECTION SYSTEM. For further offers you can discuss with Mr. Kessler topics in the areas 3D ROOM SIMULATION and advanced loudness metering personally on all 4 days of the show.

a word from Lars, one of our bachelor cand.: Ladies and gentlemen, We are carrying out a survey on loudness and distortion as part of a scientific research project.We would like to invite you to participate! You will find the survey under the following link: http://loudnessresearch.elbstudios.de The survey takes about 5 to 8 minutes to complete and does not require any prior knowledge of audio engineering! Anyone can participate. Since the survey deals with sound quality, it would be ideal if you used studio monitors or good headphones (this includes in-ear headphones) You can still take part even if you do not have any of the equipment listed above at your disposal - you also have the possibility of naming the audio system you used. Note: Sometimes there is a tendency of trying too hard when completing a task. With a task like "spot he difference!" this can lead to your finding differences that may not actually exist. This survey is NOT a test of your performance or hearing ability... If you cannot spot any differences or decide which example is better, feel free to say: "There are no differences!" Once again, the link: http://loudnessresearch.elbstudios.de Thank you very much for your participation! Lars Ohlendorf ps: We would like to ask our foreign visitors' understanding that the survey is limited to German-speaking regions for now. It will be extended to other areas at a later time.

PINGUIN displays their latest versions of professional stereo and surround metering software for Audio-PCs. Latest topic is the implementation of various standards for the measurement of perceived loudness (LEQ,ITU,IRT etc). On top of that a logging server application is shown useful for broadcasters who want to log and investigate several program streams over longer time periods. Also on display is the latest HDIR Creator software for getting very high resolution acoustical fingerprints from arbitrary rooms in order to build libraries for convolution reverbs. One HDIR library is implemented for the first time in full resolution in the new POWERHOUSE from WEISS engineering.

KOHAR, an internationally acclaimed symphony orchestra and choir based in Gyumri, Armenia, will grace the US and Canada for the first time in an eight-city North American tour, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Toronto, Montreal and New York.

KOHAR is comprised of 150 performing artists, musicians, choral singers, soloists, dancers, and a pantomime, fusing the sounds of Armenian culture and heritage with classical music. KOHAR Symphony Orchestra & Choir is the only symphony orchestra that integrates symphonic-jazz music with traditional Armenian instruments to generate Armenian folkloric music in a modern rendition. Together with the most favored Armenian patriotic and popular songs, the program has been trademarked or branded as "All Time Armenian Favorites."

With audiences throughout the Near East and Europe and fans worldwide, KOHAR Symphony Orchestra and Choir has performed in Beirut, Lebanon; Nicosia, Cyprus; Istanbul, Turkey; and Moscow, Russia.

Pinguin compiled a team which is in charge for the complex FOH sound design and audio service on tour.

Visit us at the AES Vienna, booth # 1537.
PINGUIN demonstrates latest developments of their 2 current product ranges:
1. For the first time the new software "HDIR Creator" - which is designed to create multidimensional "acoustical fingerprints" for arbitrary convolution reverb engines, so called "High Definition Impulse Responses" - exports to a 75- 150 channel HDIR for the dedicated DSP hardware POWERHOUSE, specially made by WEISS Engineering for running 25 channels of convolution reverb with ultra low latency. "Natural Surround Imaging" in real time is only one of the applications beneath natural reverberation for up to 8 decorrelated channels.

2. The well established PC software "PINGUIN AUDIO METER" which turns any old or new MS Windows PC into a swiss knife consisting of all STANDARD metering tools an audio engineer in CD/DVD mastering or broadcasting needs. Especially the surround version has a bunch of new loudness methods which are under consideration for coming standards or recommendations (Germanies IRT, ITU et.al.) For Details see also the loudness tutorial saturday afternoon.