NetMix Pro 3.3 Library Management Software for Pro Tools AnnouncedIntegrated Cross-Platform Solution Enables Pro Tools Editors to Search, Audition, TrackTransfer, and Manage Sound Effects and Production Music
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April 29, 2005
Digidesign and Creative Network Design (CND), a
sound and audio software developer, have announced the release of
NetMix Pro 3.3, an enhanced sound library management tool for Pro Tools
6.9 XP. An upgraded version of CND's NetMix Pro Sound Library Management
software, NetMix Pro 3.3 enables Digidesign Pro Tools editors to search for
sound effects and production music quickly.
All NetMix Pro spotting and transfer features that were previously only
available on the Macintosh platform only for Pro Tools on Mac, are now also
available on the Microsoft XP platform with the new release of Pro
Tools 6.9 and NetMix Pro 3.3.
The new integration between NetMix Pro and Pro ToolsR 6.9 XP features:
- Transfer to region list
- Spot to timeline
- Spot to timeline using selection
- Spot to timeline with handles
- Spot multiple audio files to timeline (trainspotting)
- Spot sync point to timeline
- Transfer of metadata
- Spot sub-sequence to multiple tracks and spot to absolute time code
The new NetMix Pro-Pro Tools integration enables spotting of multi-track
sequences to multiple tracks in Pro ToolsR 6.9 XPPro Tools 6.9 PC. Users
can preview a complex sound or music edit in sync to picture using volume,
pan, waveform editing and time code display. NetMix Pro automatically
converts and spots the audio to Pro Tools tracks, maintaining all previously
made edits.
The Project Manager in NetMix Pro allows for spotting sound-to-picture
using bins to manage audio files. Bins are organized by project, reel and
scene. Using the new NetMix Pro-Pro Tools integration, bins can now be
transferred to Pro ToolsR 6.9 XP, including metadata.
NetMix Pro 3.3 is fully compatible with NetMix Server, a cross-platform SQL
database, which enables workstations to gain simultaneous access to large
central libraries of sound effects and production music. A server-based
sound library, for example, can be accessed over a LAN or the Internet.
Users can add unlimited database fields and unlimited metadata fields with
NetMix Server enabling the creation of company-wide metadata structures, for
greater interoperability and security. NetMix Pro can be scaled to 100
users and more with the customizable cross-platform NetMix Server database.
NetMix Pro also provides bin-to-bin integration with Avid's video editing
products such as Media Composer. Editors can drag a'nd 'drop single audio
files or complete NetMix Pro Bins to a Media Composer Bin. Where NetMix Pro
systems are used in facilities where Avid video editing products and Pro
Tools systems are installed side-by-side, central access to audio assets -
such as sound effects, music, and mix elements - provides powerful
application integration for critical workflow.
Digidesign and Avid customers, who wish to transition from a Mac-based
Sound Library management system to a NetMix Pro PC-based system, can take
advantage of conversion tools for easy migration.
NetMix Pro 3.3 is compatible with every Digidesign Pro Tools system from
Mbox to Pro Tools|HD Accel.
NetMix Pro can be purchased online from CND's online store for $990.00 USD. For more information, visit their web site at www.creativenetworkdesign.com. | 
