ProductionPartner

Author:		?
Platforms:      NeXT, Intel, HP, Sun
Prerequisites:  ?
Price:          $275/user, $295/machine, network licenses available
Demo:           ftp://ftp.rcn.de/rcn/next/ (version 1.7)
                ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/audio/ProductionPartner.1.67.NI.b.tar.gz
                ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/audio/ProductionPartner.1.67.HS.b.tar.gz
                ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/Audio
To acquire:     R C N
                Rupert Nieberle
                Flotowstrasse 2
                D - 12203 Berlin
                Germany
                TEL       + 49  30  834 01 07
Information:    mailto:info@rcn.de
		http://www.rcn.de
Entry updated:  05 Nov 1996
Description:    A tool for harddisk-recording, playing, editing and archiving of sounds



WELCOME TO PRODUCTIONPARTNER

RCN is pleased to present version 1.7 of ProdctionPartner, a professional tool for harddisk-recording, playing, editing and archiving of high quality (CD) sounds. You can rearrange, cut, paste and edit sounds. Sounds can be collected in archives called playlists which are unities within ProductionPartner.

In addition text, images and movies may be used in a .rtfd file which is attached to each sound for description or background info on sound, like in a CD database. The program may be used to master audio CDs. 


PRODUCTIONPARTNER

ProductionPartner is a NEXTSTEP application for recording, playing, editing and archiving of sounds. You can play, cut, paste and edit sounds. Sounds can be collected and rearranged in archives called playlists which are unities within ProductionPartner.

Via documents (list of sounds) you can easily administrate sounds or search and find text marks. Therefore besides the sound data ProductionPartner stores additional informations (e. g. the author of the sound or any other comments) in .rtfd format. By the way sound files can be located on other machines within a network; the sounds will be linked or copied.

Thus you can include graphics, videos or pictures in your audio archive just like in a multimedia archive. A comfortable sound editor permits displaying and cutting of sounds, subsequent level change and other effects.

BroadcastPartner: We offer an extention for ProductionPartner called BroadcastPartner which offers you an automation of radio broadcast. Another extension to ProductionPartner to distribute music through networks for music production and publication firms is under development, special solutions are available. For further informations please contact RCN.


Special features of ProductionPartner compared with other sound applications available for NEXTSTEP:

    * ProductionPartner is the only NEXTSTEP application which enables you to
      record sounds in CD quality (44.1 kHz, stereo) on intel hardware
    * ProductionPartner is a harddisc recording AND playing system,
      your swapdisc won't grow if you use big sounds. Therefore
      ProductionPartner doesn't need much more memory to play big sounds.
    * ProductionPartner can play sounds longer than six minutes.
      Because of a bug in NEXTSTEP normally you can't do this so almost all
      other sound applications fail to play such sounds!
    * ProductionPartner has a time bar to jump to any position in your
      sound or sound list WITHOUT delay during playback even using
      very large sounds! You can do this with a single mouse click.
    * The editor of ProductionPartner supports a reduction factor smaller one
      so you can zoom in as far as you want! Moreover, it's much faster than
      most of the other sound editors, and it needs less memory.
    * ProductionPartner offers you a frontend for making backups (tar format)
      of your sound library on a streamer or other devices.

Support for NeXT Computer and Intel based NEXTSTEP systems is now available. For SUN and HP workstations ProductionPartner is available, too, to but for both architectures the current version is a beta release.

ProductionPartner is a demo version which can be licensed. You find the newest version at the following internet locations:

    ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/new/audio/apps/commercial
    ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/audio
    ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/demos/sound
    ftp://ftp.rcn.de/rcn/next


At the moment the following prices are valid:

    $275 for the ProductionPartner 1.70 (user license)
    $295 for the ProductionPartner 1.70 (machine license)
    call RCN for a network license


For getting a license or licenseable version please contact RCN; We accept MC, VISA, money order, whatever.

    Realtime Computing and Nets (RCN)

    Flotowstraôe 2
    D - 12203 Berlin
    Germany
               
    TEL       + 49  30  834 01 07
    FAX       + 49  30  834 01 08

    EMAIL     info@rcn.de
    WWW       http://www.rcn.de

To order a license please send us the following informations:

    * Username and HostID (user license)
    * HostID (machine license)
    * Number of Users and one HostID (network license)



RELEASE NOTES

   1.70.0   - Completly reengineered memory sound management and a lots of
              optimizations
            - A better display performance of the sound editor especially
              if you work in a high resolution
            - Reengineered and colored icons
            - New "Delete" menu entry
            - Improved check if user's action is plausible
            - Some minor bugs was fixed

   1.67.0   - New contact panel was added
            - Sound can be saved in WAV format
            - Improved handling after system crashs
            - Crash during the first launch ever was fixed
            - Improved check if user's action is plausible
            Ñ Sounds with 8 bit samples played correctly now
            - Some minor bugs was fixed
            - First SUN and HP-PA release (beta)

   1.66.0   - A lots of bug fixes and many performance optimizations
            - Level meter can be switch off

   1.65.4   - Bug fix release

   1.65.0   - First Intel release
              ProductionPartner was completelly overworked compared with
              version 1.5 which was only available for NeXT hardware



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