FX Universal LLC Introduces the All New, DashBoard FX PRO 4.0
Lake Success, NY (PRWEB) August 14, 2008 — FX Universal LLC, a prominent Forex Trading firm with a global client base, today announced the release of DashBoard FX PRO 4.0. This next generation Forex Signals and Predictive Analysis software was introduced to meet the needs of today’s currency traders and give them instant access to essential market analysis.
About FX Universal LLC (www.fxuniversal.com)
FX Universal is a world class provider of foreign exchange trading services. Our staff is comprised of a dedicated group of trading, technology, and finance professionals who apply their experience, teamwork and innovation towards a common goal – helping traders succeed in the Forex market. FX Universal specializes in offering traders Forex trade signals, Predictive Analysis Software, Forex courses and Forex trading accounts.
About DashBoard FX PRO 4.0
DashBoard FX Pro is an easy-to-use yet powerful Forex analysis tool that provides subscribers with Buy/Sell trade signals for 20 currency pairs with precise Entry, Target and Stop loss points and Visual Market Analysis indicators, all in Real-Time. The system scans the market 24 hours a day for potentially profitable short-term, medium-term and long-term trading opportunities. On average the system generates approximately 15-20 signals per day. DashBoard FX Pro uses sophisticated proprietary algorithms to derive Predictive Analysis Indicators (Trend, Strength, Volatility, Speedometer and Range) that can be used to find potential trading opportunities or to simply confirm incoming signals. The backbone of DashBoard FX Pro is FX Universal’s cutting-edge proprietary trading system, which is continually refined and optimized to adapt to the ever-changing market climates.
Integrated Enhanced Charting, Customizable RSS News Feeds, Real Time Quotes and Price alerts are just some of the additional tools all of FX Universal’s clients receive. tt
For more information about DashBoard FX PRO 4.0 or to become a client, please visit http://www.fxuniversal.com/forex-trade-signals.html
Wholesale Furniture Brokers Introduces the Contemporary and Modern Styles of Furniture FX
Miami, FL (PRWEB) May 26, 2008 — With the competition of contemporary and modern furniture rising in the furniture industry, Wholesale Furniture Brokers aims to capture a larger piece of the market by introducing the innovative, minimalist designs of Furniture FX to their online shoppers, affiliate brokers, and registered distributors. “When I first saw the Furniture FX collections, I knew these products would fit perfectly into our contemporary and modern furniture (http://www.gowfb.com) lines,” said Wholesale Furniture Brokers Marketing Manager, Matt Holmes. “Their sustainable practices, high quality construction, and the straight, geometric designs will give our shoppers another great reason to buy contemporary and modern furniture on our websites.”
Furniture FX was launched in 2007 and manufactures its products through a network of factories throughout Southeast Asia. They maintain a design and quality assurance presence in the region with an office located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A design and quality control team inspects their products daily to ensure a high level of quality specifications. The transitional contemporary lifestyle furniture, including bedrooms, dining rooms and living rooms can be found in mid to high-end furniture stores (http://www.gowfb.com) throughout the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, South America, Singapore and Australia. “Furniture FX sought to partner with Wholesale Furniture Brokers due to their longstanding reputation of representing a manufacturer’s products in a professional, retail friendly manner,” said Furniture FX CEO, Matt Sansoe. Customers have already started ordering the Furniture FX products on Wholesale Furniture Brokers US and Canadian websites. The number of sales is expected to continue growing across North America.
Combinations of wood, leather, and polished metal offer consumers a choice in the style and texture. The product compilation includes a variety of accent pieces to compliment and complete every set. Coordinating armoires, nightstands, chiffoniers and five drawer chests form the line-up for endless combinations, and a cornucopia of choices. Deliciously named finishes include Deep Cherry, Espresso, and Cappuccino, to name a few. Because of the versatility and variety of finishes available in each style, it is possible to order a bed from one collection that will coordinate with a chest of drawers and a mirror from another. This gives customers a plethora of choice with limitless potential. Everything from urban to suburban, sophisticated to a comfortable lifestyle, with a wide selection of wood finishes.
Wholesale Furniture Brokers will be introducing the Furniture FX collections in their contemporary and modern furniture galleries. The contemporary “Urban Lounge” collection features the next generation of convertible sofas. The “Urban Loft” collection gives customers a complete lifestyle gallery that offers fashion forward modern designs in platform beds (http://www.gowfb.com/Bedroom-Furniture-Platform-Beds-c-2_364.php?cPath=2_364), dining table sets, entertainment centers, and occasional tables. The “Urban Black” collection is an upscale solution to a customer’s convertible sofa needs. The “Urban Accents” collection gives customers a contemporary twist on simple decorating solutions. Furniture FX will soon be offering new upholstery and sleeping solutions when they reveal their new “Sofa FX” and “Sleep FX” collections later this summer.
At the end of 2007, Furniture FX launched an eco-friendly initiative to demonstrate their efforts to conserve the environment. They identified new resources that can be used to produce eco-friendly furniture. In March of 2008, Furniture FX launched its first eco-friendly product, a Serta branded futon with a new soy-based foam. Over the next 12 to 24 months, Furniture FX plans on replacing more of their polyurethane foam with the new soy-based foam in their upholstery products. Furniture FX is also researching new Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified timber that will be used in more of their wood-based products.
Customers ordering Furniture FX on the Wholesale Furniture Brokers websites will also benefit from the attention to packaging of their products. Furniture pieces are shipped on MDF pallets to add protection during shipping. Each piece of furniture is wrapped with a soft foam sheet and protected by a styrene foam case inside a full over-lap double-wall corrugated box. In the past, Wholesale Furniture Brokers has discontinued top selling furniture by other brands from their websites due to a high rate of damage before the product arrives at the customer’s home. Furniture FX addresses that problem by developing durable packaging specifically designed for safely shipping each piece of furniture.
The new lines of furniture available by Furniture FX (http://www.gowfb.com/furniture-fx.php) will give Wholesale Furniture Brokers a new look and help them target even more shoppers searching for contemporary and modern dining room, living room, and bedroom furniture (http://www.gowfb.com/Bedroom-Furniture-c-2.php?cPath=2). New modern furniture galleries have been created on Wholesale Furniture Brokers to help customers find the new Furniture FX collections.
About Wholesale Furniture Brokers
With over 5 years of online service and open 80 hours a week, Wholesale Furniture Brokers serve their customers online across all of North America and even has showrooms in select cities. They also offer a furniture dealer and vendor program to qualified furniture businesses, giving access to furniture lines in one convenient location, including offerings from Furniture FX.
Beyond Honking: Horntones Give Drivers Sound Choices in $2 Million Natalia SLS 2
San Clemente, CA (PRWEB) February 5, 2009 — DiMora Motorcar announced today that Horntones Corporation mobile horn systems will be factory equipment on all V16 Natalia SLS 2 sport luxury sedans.
FX-550, Horntones' patented system, is the world's first and only MP3-enabled vehicle horn. It features 256MB of internal flash memory, 150 watts (RMS) of audio amplification, and a weatherproof, ruggedized, compression-driver speaker. The FX-550 can deliver hundreds of different sounds at an impressive 110db sound pressure. The Horntones system won four SEMA 2007 Global Media Awards for "Best New Product". The FX-550 is the ultimate in vehicle horn personalization, and can be used in a variety of applications, such as standard horn sounds, passenger pick-up signaling, personal safety alerts, etc.
"We are excited that DiMora Motorcar is setting the standard by becoming the first automotive original equipment manufacturer to incorporate Horntones technology in every vehicle," said Horntones President Mike T. Kosco. "Working with Alfred DiMora and his team has been a pleasure. Their plans for the Natalia SLS 2 are truly visionary. We are thrilled to be a part of the design!"
The Horntones system will be customized and integrated into the ergonomic and aesthetic design of the Natalia SLS 2.
"The Horntones system is probably the most radical change in car horns in the past century. It allows the driver to communicate something more than just a general alert," said DiMora Motorcar Founder Alfred DiMora. "We are pleased to have Horntones as a creative Technology Partner. This is another example of American innovation being showcased on the Natalia SLS 2."
About Horntones
Based in San Clemente, California, Horntones Corporation provides innovative, state-of-the-art mobile audio products. The company has developed, as its flagship product, the Horntones FX-550, the first MP3-enabled vehicle horn. For more information, please visit www.horntones.com.
The founder, CEO, and engineering architect behind Horntones, Mike Kosco, has extensive engineering experience. He founded Chipcraft Corporation, which provides engineering consultancy services to several Fortune 500 companies. Mike also has several patents in the areas of circuit design, application algorithms and software systems.
About DiMora Motorcar
Based in Palm Springs, California, DiMora Motorcar crafts automobiles designed to exceed expectations for safety, performance, technology, ecology, beauty, comfort, and luxury. We are the first to reveal the design, production, and testing of our automobiles via the Internet so that people around the world can learn about–and participate in–the process.
The founder, CEO, and driving force behind DiMora Motorcar, Alfred J. DiMora, produced two of America's finest luxury automobiles, the Clenet (as owner) and the Sceptre (as co-founder). When President Reagan declared 1986 the Centennial Year of the Gasoline-Powered Automobile, Mr. DiMora's Clenet was selected as the Official Centennial Car. As a result, he and the Clenet were honored at the Automotive Hall of Fame in Michigan. He also founded Starbridge Systems, Inc., where he developed the FPGA supercomputer. Using his technological and automotive backgrounds, Alfred DiMora blends the two worlds together to create this new experience in automotive history, the Natalia SLS 2. For information about how your company can become a Technology Partner of DiMora Motorcar, please visit www.dimoramotorcar.com.
Image Line Software Brings the Sounds of India Sample Collection
Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium (PRWEB) September 3, 2008 — Image Line Software, the developer of FL Studio, has released its latest sample collection, the Sounds of India. This new library contains over 835 samples packed in 1,5 GB and includes 36 instruments and 2 vocals. The collection covers the foundations of the classic Indian sound – Tabla, Sitar, Shenai, Harmonium and Bamboo Flute, but what makes it really unique is the collection of South Indian instruments as Veena, Ganjira, Maddalam, and rare Indian folk instruments (Edakka, Udukku, Darbuka, etc.).
The diverse Indian spirit is further enhanced by sampling sounds from many different temple bells and ethnic percussion.
“The gem of the Sounds of India is the Sitar. Its sound came out more wonderful than expected,” said the manager of the project, Indian Music Producer and Audio Engineer Vipin Venugopalan.
The entire collection has been sampled with extreme care and the best performance (out of 4 recorded for each instrument) was chosen. Special attention was paid to the recording environment & sound proofing, that made noise reduction during post production & editing unnecessary.
Every sound was captured without alteration in pitch so sample mapping gives a unique sample for every key. Pitches were recorded in Chromatic Order and sounds from the finger board and the frets were not altered in order to preserve the instruments natural essence.
The Sounds of India will help everyone engaged in music production as Indian sound blend with almost any music genre. “This sample collection of Indian Instruments is like oriental spices! Once you get a taste for them, they become indispensable in your music creations!” noted Vipin Venugopalan.
The full list of the included instruments can be found at the Detailed list of Indian Samples (http://www.image-line.com/documents/soundsofindia.htm) on our Image Line web site.
More Asian Instrument sample collections are planned for the near future.
Pricing and availability:
The download version of the Sounds of India Sample collection can be ordered from webshop (http://shop.image-line.com) for US $ 89.
About the Sample collection of Image Line Software:
The Sounds of India is the latest supplement to the impressive Sample collection of Image Line Software. The collection includes:
- Varazdin Orchestral (30 Orchestral instruments in +8.5 Gb of samples)
- Orchestral Sample CD (over 1700 Orchestral samples)
- SuperDrums 8000 (over 8000 HQ drum samples)
- Laurie Webb (590 HQ vocal samples from Laurie Webb)
- World Samples (over 1600 samples of Arabic & Indian instruments)
- SFX (1.5GB of sound FX)
- Bass Balls (16 banks of Bass Instruments)
- Axe Forge (16 banks)
- Sliced Beats (over 270 presliced loops in ZGR & REX format)
- Real Drumkits (over 1500 percussion samples)
- Killer Tweaks II (over 1200 HQ electronic samples)
- AMPED (over 1800 Guitar Samples)
- DreamPads (over 320 of the most incredible pads)
- TouchPads (over 370 pads)
- Bass Case (contains over 2000 HQ bass samples)
- Poly-Mono (over 1000 LoFi sounds)
- Contagious Audio (over 370 wavs & noises)
- Vocal Sample CD (over 1800 HQ samples)
- The Lo-Fi Box (over 3100 LoFio samples & noises)
- The Generic SampleCD (over 4400 HQ generic samples).
About Image Line Software:
Established in 1994, Image Line Software (http://www.image-line.com) provides high quality music applications to the computer-based music community and is well known for its leading digital audio workstation FL Studio (formerly FruityLoops), high quality synthesizers including Sytrus, PoiZone and Toxic Biohazard, a mix of innovative Effect plugins and range of sample libraries used in their multi-sampler plugins DirectWave and Soundfont Player. In May 2007 Image Line Software released its acclaimed DJ mixing software application Deckadance and in July — its first additive synth, Morphine. In October Image Line Software announced its latest audio tool — the Multiband Maximizer Maximus. In addition to its audio software, Image Line Software develops and distributes the web site building application, EZGenerator.
For more information, please contact:
Maya Boycheva, PR Manager
Image Line Software
pr(at)image-line.com
P5 Audio Sets a New Standard for RnB Music Samples, Music Loops Sets & Beats
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 9, 2008 — P5 Audio, leader in royalty free music loops and sample sounds (http://www.p5audio.com)products, today announces two new RnB music production releases: Kings of Modern R&B Bounces Construction Music Loop Sets and RnB Divas Music Loop Sets Vol 1 – available now for instant download.
"Currently today, half of the Billboard Top 10 Chart is filled with RnB acts, which gives RnB music huge momentum going into the next calendar year," states David Whiteside, co-founder of P5 Audio. "RnB music could very well be the dominant music genre in 2009!"
The Kings of Modern RnB Bounces and the RnB Divas Music Loop Sets are giving RnB music recording artists and producers an added edge to their RnB music production projects.
Kings of Modern R&B Bounces Construction Music Loop Sets:
• Contains 30 multi-track construction loop sets, totaling 275 individual music loops
• Features the styles of male RnB hit makers such as Usher, Mario, and Trey Songs
• All parts are separated including kicks, snares, hi hats, percussion, fx, bass, keys, guitar, and synths. Mix and match loops to create endless combinations.
• All loops are in 24 bit, 44.1 kHz, WAV and REX format – and Royalty Free
• Available on DVD-ROM and Instant Download
"This product will impress even the most hardcore RnB fans," continues Whiteside, "We recorded these products using the same session players that are actually on tour with RnB's biggest acts right now."
RnB Divas Loop Sets Vol 1:
• Contains 30 multi-track construction loop sets and over 300 individual music loops
• All parts are separated including kicks, snare, hi-hats, percussion, effects, bass, synths, keys, strings and guitars
• All loops are in 24 bit, 44.1 kHz WAV and REX file format – and Royalty Free
• Available on DVD-ROM and Instant Download
"If you're looking to set a new standard in your RnB production, these are the products for you," states Whiteside. "Between both the Kings of Modern RnB Bounces and the RnB Divas Music Loop Sets, you will receive royalty free music loops in virtually all modern RnB styles – from Chris Brown, Usher and Ne-Yo to Mary J Blige, Beyonce and Rihanna – we made sure all RnB bases were covered with these music loops!"
To Instantly Download the Kings of Modern RnB Bounces and the RnB Divas Music Loop Sets:
Visit: NEW RnB Music Loops Sets (http://www.p5audio.com/liberator-live-drum-loops.php#rnb)
Call: 1-888-884-8838
Contact: David Whiteside
About P5 Audio (www.p5audio.com):
P5 Audio, leader in music sample sounds and loops, is committed to delivering professional products for the modern music producer – offering multi track music loops and sample downloads, RnB and hip hop samples, music loops and sample sounds for fruity loops, garage band loops, acid pro, rock beats and drum loops – ready to use in all major software sampler formats, as well as all music hardware samplers. 100% Royalty Free and available now for Instant Download.
Interbank FX Introduces Intraday Hedging
Salt Lake City, UT, December 15, 2009 — Interbank FX (www.interbankfx.com), a leading off-exchange retail foreign currency (Forex/FX (http://www.interbankfx.com/)) broker has recently introduced Intraday hedging to all demo accounts with plans to introduce Intraday Hedging to live accounts before the new year.
Earlier this year, the NFA issued new regulations prohibiting traders from hedging (having long and short positions open on the same currency pair at the same time). These regulatory changes have affected the trading style of many customers, and Interbank FX has found a way for traders to hedge while holding to NFA guidelines. With Intraday Hedging, Interbank FX customers will be able to place both long and short orders in the same currency pair during the course of the day.
Our number one priority at Interbank FX is providing solutions to simplify and improve customers trading," said Todd Crosland, Chairman and President of Interbank FX. We realize the NFAs hedging policy impacted customers trading strategies, because they spoke and we listened. We wanted a solution that would adhere to the NFAs guidelines while catering to our customers."
With our new Intraday Hedging solution in place, those customers trading with swap accounts will be netted out just before approximately 5 pm Eastern Time. For example:
At 10:11:00 Eastern you open a 2 lot long on the EUR/USD at 1.4730 (ticket #1).
At 13:01:01 Eastern you open a 2 lot short on the EUR/USD at 1.4733 (ticket #2).
Just before swap, at approximately 17:00 Eastern, ticket #1 is closed out at 1.4733 and ticket #2 would show 0 lots with an open and close price of 1.4733.
"We continue to take pride in our customer centric business model," Crosland stated. Were already offering Intraday hedging to our demo accounts, and hope to have this option available through our live accounts on December 20."
For more information about Intraday Hedging or questions regarding how this works, please contact the Interbank FX Team:
US and Canada: 866.468.3739
Australia 1.800.884.912
Indonesia 001.803.017.9112
Malaysia 1.800.813.776
New Zealand 0800.445647
Singapore 800.101.2097
United Kingdom 0.808.120.1966
International: +1.801.930.6800
Fax: 212.884.0609
To open a demo or live account with Interbank FX, please visit www.interbankfx.com.
About Interbank FX
Headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Interbank FX LLC is a provider of online Forex trading (http://www.interbankfx.com/) services, offering individual traders, money managers and institutional customers proprietary technology, tools and education to trade spot foreign currency online. Interbank FX LLC has distinguished itself among industry leaders with its unique multi bank liquidity feed, proprietary tools and services, and remarkable focus on customer care.
Serving more than 35,000 clients from more than 140 countries around the world, Interbank FX LLC is regulated as a member of the National Futures Association and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a Futures Commission Merchant.
Trading in the off-exchange retail foreign currency market is one of the riskiest forms of investment available. Full risk disclaimer can be found here: ttp://www.ibfx.com/disclaimers/riskwarning.aspx?tcd=true.
Media Contact:
Abigail DeGraff
Interbank FX Public Relations
801.930.6833
CLK Design Automation Delivers High Accuracy Timing and Stage Based OCV Table Characterization for TSMC Reference Flow 11.0
(PRWEB) June 14, 2010 — CLK Design Automation Inc today announced that it has delivered a range of high accuracy timing solutions for TSMC Reference Flow 11.0, and as part of TSMC’s 40nm solution. Amber Path FX™ has been validated by TSMC for SBOCV Table Characterization. Amber Path FX™ has also met TSMC’s requirement as a Fast SPICE accurate timing and variance analysis for TSMC’s 40nm high performance (G) and low-power (LP) technologies.
"CLK Design Automation’s Amber Path FX uniquely addresses critical requirements of Reference Flow 11.0, and deliver robust solution for high performance designs,” said Tom Quan, Deputy Director of Design Service Marketing at TSMC. “With close collaboration between the two companies, Amber Path FX now supports SBOCV Table Characterization in Reference Flow 11.0 and provides a Fast SPICE accurate delay and variance path based timing solution for 40nm process node."
Amber Path FX is the industry’s first Fast SPICE based Path Timing solution for high accuracy delay and variation analysis. Amber Path FX uses transistor level modeling to deliver SPICE accurate delay and statistical timing analysis for nanometer semiconductor designs, benefit in 100,000x faster than traditional Monte Carlo SPICE simulation approaches with mean error within 5% and sigma error within 10% compared to Monte Carlo simulations. Amber Path FX complements PrimeTime™ and PrimeTime SI™, seamlessly extending traditional STA with Transistor Statistical Static Timing Analysis (TSSTA).
Amber Path FX uses its Fast SPICE based Path Timing for high accuracy SBOCV Table Generation. With its breakthrough Variance Solver, Amber Path FX generates SBOCV Tables in a fraction of the time required by traditional Monte Carlo SPICE simulation approaches. These SBOCV Tables can be used with any Static Timing Analysis tool that has been validated for SBOCV as part of TSMC’s Reference Flow 11.0.
"Our Reference Flow 11.0 SBOCV Characterization and 40nm qualifications with TSMC are important milestones for CLK," said Isadore Katz, president and CEO of CLK Design Automation. "By working closely with TSMC, we have been able to deliver a solution with unprecedented performance and accuracy for characterization and verification of leading edge designs."
Nanometer Designs are Sacrificing Performance, Area and Power
Because of the inherent process variation in nanometer manufacturing processes, designers are sacrificing performance, area and power. Traditional corner based static timing methods are too pessimistic, and existing statistical solutions are impractical and inaccurate. Monte Carlo SPICE is so slow that only a handful of potential timing violations or power savings can be evaluated. The result is that customers are not realizing the full benefit of TSMC’s manufacturing capabilities. Estimates are that > 10% or more of the performance and power of 40nm is left on the table by using corner-based approaches.
Benefits of SBOCV
Stage Based OCV (SBOCV) helps with timing closure by reducing the pessimism inherent to corner based timing approaches. SBOCV is an enhanced version of on chip variation (OCV) de-rating for static timing analysis. OCV reduces the pessimism by using SPICE derived tables to better model manufacturing variation. SBOCV enhances OCV by including the depth of the logic in both the clock and data path. The depth of the logic, or stages, helps to take into account local on-die variation uniquely from global die to die variation
Benefits of Amber Path FX for SBOCV Table Generation
Amber Path FX can generate SBOCV tables for any STA tool that support SBOCV in a fraction of the time required by SPICE or Fast SPICE with no loss in accuracy. For example, Amber Path FX generated tables for 4 corners in 10 minutes. This required cell characterization of 2.8 hours, and delivered tables that works with STA tools including PrimeTime™, ETS, Amber™ (note: format translation required for ETS). By way of comparison, the traditional Monte Carlo SPICE approach takes 3 weeks using 120 commercial SPICE licenses
Amber Path FX: Fast SPICE delay and variance solution for TSMC’s 40nm PrimeTime Users
Amber Path FX has been validated by TSMC for its 40nm libraries, and engineers can evaluate full chip designs with Fast SPICE accuracy for delay and variance. 1000's of paths per hour can be timed with near SPICE Monte Carlo accuracy. Alternatively, Amber Path FX can be used non-statistically to time 100,000's of paths per hour to get near SPICE accuracy for corner based timing runs. Amber Path FX can automatically read in and analyze all the critical paths from PrimeTime™ and PrimeTime SI™. Variance and delay results are presented in easy to review reports or SDF, and no changes are required to existing design environments or scripts.
About CLK Design Automation
CLK Design Automation is the technology leader in high accuracy timing solutions for nanometer semiconductor designs. CLK DA was founded in 2004, and is backed by Morgenthaler Venture Partners and Atlas Ventures. Its Board of Directors includes Barry Fidelman from Atlas, Bob Pavey and Paul Levine from Morgenthaler, and noted EDA entrepreneur and visionary Jim Hogan.
Blastwave FX and Avid Announce Competition & Giveaway
New York, New York (PRWEB) March 15, 2010 — HD sound effects (http://www.blastwavefx.com) publisher Blastwave FX and Avid (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced they have teamed up for a Competition & Giveaway with prize packages worth $12,000. Participants can register to win Post Production Packages and compete for the Grand Prize by creating and submitting a 30-45 second video that answers the question “What Role Do Sound Effects Play in Picture?”
Three award winning sound designers will select the Grand Prize winner, who will receive a Turnkey A/V Post Package worth $8,300. The Grand Prize includes: Avid Media Composer 4, Mbox 2 & Pro Tools LE, SONOPEDIA™ HD Sound Effects Library (http://www.blastwavefx.com/p4/SONOPEDIA%20HD%20Sound%20Effects%20Library/product_info.html), The Sound Effects Bible, and DV Toolkit 2. The deadline for entries is April 20th and the winner will be announced on May 5st (Cinco de Mayo).
Anyone who registers is automatically entered to win two (2) Basic Post Packages worth $1,800 each. These two giveaway prizes include: Mbox 2 Mini & Pro Tools LE, wavFX Mini sound effects library, 2X Blastwave FX Sound Effects Download Packs, The Sound Effects Bible, and DV Toolkit 2.
To register for the Blastwave FX & AVID Competition and Giveaway (http://www.blastwavefx.com/i66/Blastwave-FX-and-Avid-Competition-Register/information.html) visit:
www.blastwavefx.com/avid
Award-winning judges include Skip Lievsay (No Country For Old Men), Jacob Ribicoff (Revolutionary Road) and Ric Viers (Blastwave FX and author of “The Sound Effects Bible”).
Video entries addressing the question “What Role Do Sound Effects Play in Picture?” will be judged upon the following criteria:
- How well the soundtrack supports the video and/or vice versa
- Exemplification of role of sound for picture
- Structure and flow from beginning to end
All registrants will receive a Free Competition Download Pack containing 45 selected free sound effects from the Blastwave FX library and pre- and post-roll footage, which may be used in creating the video.
The purpose of these competitions is to challenge participants to showcase their creativity while thinking outside the box and fostering relationships within the media production community.
For more details, rules, information on prizes and judges, please go to the Blastwave FX & AVID Competition and Giveaway (http://www.blastwavefx.com/i69/Blastwave-FX-and-Avid-Competition-About/information.html) homepage.
About AVID
Avid creates the digital audio and video technology used to make the most listened to, most watched and most loved media in the world – from the most prestigious and award-winning feature films, music recordings, television shows, live concert tours and news broadcasts, to music and movies made at home. Some of Avid’s most influential and pioneering solutions include Media Composer®, Pro Tools®, Avid Unity™, Interplay®, Oxygen 8, Sibelius® and Pinnacle Studio™. For more information about Avid solutions and services, visit http://www.Avid.com/, del.icio.us, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube; connect with Avid on Facebook; or subscribe to Avid Industry Buzz.
About Blastwave FX
Blastwave FX develops next-generation HD sound effects (http://www.blastwavefx.com) libraries for professional audio production. Blastwave FX libraries, including the flagship SONOPEDIA, serve as royalty-free creative resources for audio professionals worldwide in post, broadcast, film, television, video games, animation, radio, new media and beyond. For more information visit our website, or connect on twitter.com/BlastwaveFX or our Facebook page.
Brilliant Ideas For Using Free DJ Sound Effects
Are you a techno chick who wants to turn your bedroom into a dancing platform? Okay, it might not always be possible to do so; however do check out some of the interesting ways on how to use free DJ sound effects to make your websites, blogs and myspace profile a dancing platform for your site visitors.
Looking for brilliant ideas for using free DJ sound effects? Help is here. You might have always wanted the heart-thumping track that you heard the other day from the club. Well, now you can have it and conveniently embed it into your website.
The trick to using free DJ sound effects is to get one that you can tweak and edit such that you can make your very own dance track. Since dance tracks usually consist of repetitions and mostly sound effects, it would be interesting if you are able to use your creative juices and make full use of the DJ sound effects to make your very own masterpiece.
What you can do is to first grab as many DJ sound effects as possible. You might have thoughts of using Kazaa or Limewire to illegally download these DJ sound effects, but my advice to you is not to do so. This is firstly because the illegal downloading of tracks is wrong, and that you are increasing your chances of getting in trouble with the law. Secondly, peer-2-peer (P2P) network sites, Kazaa and Limewire do not allow you to have a preview of the tracks and as such, you will have a hard time downloading the DJ sound effects that you are looking for.
So what you can so instead is to head on to royalty free music websites and download your DJ tracks or sound effects. The good thing about royalty free sound effects is that you will not have to worry about getting in trouble with the law. Unlike copyrighted tracks, these royalty free sound effects can be used many times over. You are the proud owner of these sound effects and as such use them as much as you like.
Use music editing software to make the necessary changes like looping and music cropping. Learn how to make full use of your music edit software to make the most out of these free DJ sound effects.
Upon creating your desired dance track, get ready and embed them into your very own blogs, websites and myspace profile.
Be the groovy chick and awe everyone with your very own dance track!
A groovy chick will also need a groovy computer. So, what you can do is that with the very same sound effects that you have downloaded, use them on your computer’s desktop. Listen to the computer jingle when an error messages pops up. Change the sounds when the computer starts up or when it shuts down. Change the way your computer looks and sounds!
Being someone who stands out sure doesn’t hurt sometimes. It’s time to bring your groove over to your blogs and websites and let the world know who is the grooviest chick in town!
Ray Barthell is an internet audio specialist providing royalty free music at http://downloadroyaltyfreemusic.net. Be sure to download free sound effects
Effective fx trading strategies are essential for successful trading
Before taking the plunge into fx trading you should be clear about the strategy you intend to use ideally because it is this game plan that will determine your success or failure. There is no fx trading strategy blueprint that is referred to by traders – every one of them has had to come up with an individual approach or technique and the same case will apply for you. Whatever you decide upon must be informed by careful research on the intricacies of fx trading and this strategy should be crystal clear from the outset.
Here the global presence and reach of AVS Carter – a regulated firm and is regulated by IFSC, gives direct access to all major markets to the fx traders. Traders use either of two approaches when they get into fx trading – the technical approach or the fundamental approach. Both of these approaches have their merits and demerits and settling for either is quite a sound way to do things. However, it has been established over time that the most successful traders in fx trading use a combination of these approaches. They do so with a twin agenda; to get an accurate perspective of the forex market and to get the most accurate information that will help them determine what entry and exit points will earn the most dividends for every currency fx trading session they intend to participate.
Technical analysis as an fx trading approach appreciates that well established patterns/trends determine how currency prices rise and fall. This means that one can look for these informing patterns/trends and use the observations to make rather accurate inferences. This fx trading approach clearly has a lot to do with experience and knowledge. It is worth noting that multiple analytical tools are available in the market and that these can be quite instrumental in helping to anticipate fx trading outcomes. The aforementioned pair of knowledge and experience can therefore be reinforced with a sound understanding of how these tools work.
The fundamental analysis approach to fx trading is based on the observation of factors that play a role in shaping the economy including aspects like inflation figures, political events, unemployment rates, trade figures, and other like indicators. While this fx trading approach is quite powerful on its own it is quite clear that basing your trading strategy on it solely will mean that your decisions will carry a greater risk. A combination of the technical and fundamental analysis techniques is the best basis for an fx trading strategy because the decisions made will have an increased degree of confidence.
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