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TECHNOLOGY 'Wearable Computing'? Almost! Source-Connect Plans Audio Connection Via Chrome, SmartPhones January 29, 2014  By Dave CourvoisierVoice Talent and TV News Anchor One of the big catch-phrases at CES (consumer electronics show) in Las Vegas this month was "wearable computing” - the integration of the machine and the human … if not on our clothing, then somehow inserted in our bodies. Any cyborg comparisons notwithstanding, this idea actually has acceptance and a market. Not quite yet, of course - at least not in a practical and affordable sense. But make no mistake, the ubiquitous miniaturized computer you already have in your hand - the smartphone, tablet, or "phablet” - is a giant step forward in that evolution that started with the desktop, continued in the laptop, the PDA, then made the jump to MOBILE. The voice over community began clamoring for quality mobile recording apps before the News Release for the iPad was barely published. Android apps followed in time. Even microphone manufacturers, and all manner of third-party devices have catered to this market (Blue Mics, MicPortPro, Alesis iOdock, Apogee, etc.). Clearly, if it was up to voice-actors, we’d jump to the smallest size recording configuration possible, with the caveat that it still come fairly close to the sound from our studios. (Dan Lenard: It’s really about your recording environment anyway!) WOULDN'T THAT BE COOL? Sheesh, if we could just some how put ISDN, Source-Connect, SoundStreak, or IpDtL on our smartphones, wouldn’t THAT be cool? Actually, Luci Live already meets that challenge (see my blog: Meet Luci Live). The app is $350 at last check, though, so not really for everybody (yet there is a $30 version worth checking out). Now enters a name we all know as having a reliable track-record in this realm: Source Elements, developer of Source-Connect. I had a conversation with the always-helpful Source-Connect tech support yesterday. In the course of the conversation, the support person mentioned they were close to releasing an early version of Source-Connect for iOS. Well, you can guess my ears went up! A subsequent email offered the statements below, given with full knowledge that I would blab it all over my blog and the social media space for voice actors. There are not a lot of specifics, but certainly some confidence that they’re very close to something a great many of us would love to get our hands on, no? Please pay attention to the last line if you’d like to consider being a tester for this new functionality. FROM SOURCE ELEMENTS: We’re close to a private beta of a new service called Source-Connect Now, allowing you to do professional real-time audio via the Chrome web browser, and soon iOS and Android phones. This is an extension of developments from our new Source-Live Gateway that we showed at AES in October last year.-------------------- ABOUT DAVE
Dave Courvoisier is an Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, writer, producer, voice actor, and the main weeknight news anchor on KLAS-TV, Channel 8, the Las Vegas CBS affiliate. He also writes Voice-Acting in Vegas, a daily blog of voice over adventures, observations and technology. Email: CourVO@CourVO.com Web: http://www.courvo.com Blog: http://www.courvo.biz Twitter: http://twitter.com/courvo |
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