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Ken Stone: Digital Audio in Decibels & Final Cut Pro’s Audio Peak Detection Tool

While Apple and Sony (for mini-DV) set the standard at -12 dB, -20 dB reference is the standard in most professional digital audio for picture, including Digital Betacam and HD. Some might say that peaking at -12 dB is still too hot and they use -20 dB as their reference.

Don’t be afraid of lower volumes. This is digital audio and lower volume audio is quite clean.

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  • Cosmic Recursive Fractal Flames

    Fractal Flames are algorithmically generated images and animations. The software was written in 1992 and released as open source, aka free software. It has been incorporated into many graphics programs and ported to most operating systems. The shape of each image is specified by a string of numbers – a genetic code of sorts.

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  • Image Savant – SPORE

    SPORE is an ongoing software/aesthetic development project that has grown out of a proprietary ultra-high speed particle renderer which runs on Irix, Linux, and OSX. All the images on page 1 and 2 are stills from animations, and some of these stills are constructed with over 1 billion particles.

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  • Going Wild in Urban America – awesome

    I feel as though a climactic disaster is imminent in my life if I don’t leave here soon. Neighbors, I believe, are on to me. All the bridges of Isla Vista are burning. I sneak around only in darkness. The figs are all gone. The only ones left are hard green ones that make my mouth bleed. I stole a pumpkin a few days back from the garden . . . It’s feeding me, as are chard and avocadoes, a few prickly pears, and oranges. The apples are mostly gone. My frozen figs and jarred fruits are all eaten. If I had two more weeks here I’d have to reduce myself to the level of an animal, going through garbage bins at night, living in fear and hunger. I can’t stand this town. I feel its walls collapsing in . . . I feel so dirty. I shaved off my goatee yesterday, and I considered buzzing off my long hair . . . I want to cleanse myself of this whole quarter, throw everything into the fires of the burning bridges.

  • The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus – finished Al Franken’s new book last week, been meaning to write about it, but I’ve been too busy
  • Monster Massive 3D – cool lineup, including:
    • Felix Da Housecat
    • Jumping Jack Frost
    • AK1200
    • Dan the Automator
    • DJ Spooky
    • Angel Alanis
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    However, he added: “You can’t simply increase the amount of lighting – that just makes it easier to make videos or take pictures.”

  • ETCHED IN TIME – Etch-a-Sketch art
  • Nova: The Elegant Universe – airs Oct 28 8-10PM + Nov 4, 8-9PM, the site has some good related info; following the initial airing, the program will be available online. Cool.
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