This week, Adobe released a major upgrade to Premiere Pro, adding both automatic speech-to-text and native M1 Mac support. Here's my lead story with the news.
Also, last week Apple released macOS 11.5. I upgraded and, so far, haven't seen any problems. It is, essentially, a bug fix. There aren't any new features in it. I recommend the upgrade when you have time to fit it into your schedule.
In the news:
SoundOn released an update to their sound design application: Audio Design Desk. Supporting more sound effects, better tutorials and a host of new features, this application can easily add audio life to your projects. Here's my review.
Synchrimedia released a new version of MovieCaptioner. This stand-alone caption program can either create captions or import them from a wide variety of sources. Supporting both Mac and Windows systems, the software is now optimized for Big Sur.
Sound Devices released a new wireless audio transmitter: A-20-Mini. The A20-Mini is Sound Devices’ first miniature transmitter and incorporates state-of-the-art features such as full remote control via the A20-Remote app, GainForward Architecture, internal 32-bit float recording, a worldwide tuning range of 470 MHz – 694 MHz, and more. The A20-Mini is fully compatible with Sound Devices’ existing A10 Digital Wireless System.
Anton/Bauer announced a new battery trade-in and recycling program. Trade-in any brand of Gold Mount or V-Mount batteries or chargers and receive a 25% discount on replacement batteries/chargers. You can recycle directly or through participating partners. Trade-ins are available for US and Canada only.
Archiware released version 7.0 of its P5 Data Management Platform. Two key new features are "elastic containers" which reduce the amount of backup data transferred to the Cloud. Another cutting-edge feature is the import of foreign LTFS tape volumes. LTFS tapes can now easily be searched and browsed by importing them into P5 Archive to an index of choice.
