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ProMax Podcasts Archive Jan 28 ProMax Update (In this edition ProMax marketing Manager Ethan Ede talks about 2007 and introduces the ProMax blog. Ethan gives us his thoughts on Macworld 2008 and talks about an upcoming roadshow that ProMax will be involved in, along with Apple and AJA, across the Southern California area. The podcast finishes with a call for "the best of the best" - material to show at the Digital Cafe at NAB.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Jan28_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 01/26/2008 Dec08 ProMax Update (In this edition of the ProMax Update Podcast, Marketing Manager Ethan Ede wishes us Holiday Greetings and talks about the December 12th LA Final Cut Pro User Group event featuring the Sony XDCAM EX Solid State camera. Ethan also runs us through the Sony Vendor spotlight, ProMax Blog and current specials.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Dec08_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 12/09/2007 Sep 27 ProMaxUpdate (In this edition of ProMax Update, Marketing Manager Ethan Ede welcomes new employees to the ProMax Family, discusses the release of the Multibridge Eclipse and AJA IoHD. He also gives us the latest information on the Seminar Series, including new RED workflow seminars, before running down the ProMax specials at the end of the show.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Sept27_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 10/03/2007 Aug 15 ProMaxUpdate (In this edition of ProMax Update, Marketing Manager Ethan Ede discusses the ProMax seminar series and their sponsorship of the Larry Jordan Seminar series. We also talk about the new ProMax eStore at ProMax.com, the current specials and the development of the FibreMAX.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Aug15_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 08/17/2007 Jul 20 ProMaxUpdate (ProMax Marketing Manager Ethan Ede starts the podcast by running down the upcoming seminars in the ProMax Seminar Series with XDCAM HD, Audio, Grass Valley, JVC and Canon seminars coming to their Irvine, CA facility from July through to September 27. Ethan tells us the latest news on the FiberMAX storage revealed at NAB and no available for direct attached storage with SAN storage in testing. In the rest of the podcast Ethan runs down the Adobe Vendor Spotlight with exclusive content and special offers; ProMax's MacBook Pro bundle (Adobe or Apple Suites) with free drive and re-iterates the offer of a free 2 DVD information set on XDCAM HD.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Jul20_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 07/20/2007 Jun25 ProMax Update (Ethan Ede, Marketing Manager at ProMax outlines the upcoming seminar series, with classes for Final Cut Studio 2 sold out in June, Panasonic DVCPRO HD workflow in July or XDCAM HD workflow in August. Also in August is a Surround Sound workshop. Ethan also discusses the new MacBook Pro, just released by Apple and updates us on FibreMAX - ProMax's dual-channel Fibre-connected storage for high performance needs.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Jun25_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 06/25/2007 Telestream Presentation at 12th Digital Cafe April 17, 2007 (In the final presentation of the evening, Kevin Louden from Telestream outlines the new integration between Final Cut Pro 6, Compressor 3 and Episode Pro. He also discusses their new Pipeline product for network capture and device control.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Apr17_Telestream.m4a Posted: 06/06/2007 Smartsound Presentation at 12th Digital Cafe April 17, 2007 (Smartsound's Stephanie Joyce outlines the new features of SonicFire Pro 4.5, the new Network edition and the Backstage services.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Apr17_Smartsound.m4a Posted: 06/06/2007 Sony Presentation at 12th Digital Cafe April 17, 2007 (In this excerpt, Sony's Val Reynolds takes us through the Sony announcements at NAB, including their XDCAM-HD camcorders, LUMA monitors and ExpressCard34-based flash recording.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Apr17_Sony.m4a Posted: 06/06/2007 HP Presentation at 12th Digital Cafe April 17, 2007 (Larry Mahoney of HP outlines the DCC Workstations HP have created for media production professionals.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Apr17_HP.m4a Posted: 06/06/2007 Adobe Presentation at 12th Digital Cafe April 17, 2007 (Jason Levine preaches the virtues of the Adobe CS3 Production Suite for Windows and Mac, with particular focus on the new features in After Effects and publish to Flash in Encore DVD.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Apr17_Adobe.m4a Posted: 06/06/2007 AJA Presentation at 12th Digital Cafe April 17, 2007 (In this excerpt, Jon Thorne, Macintosh product manager at AJA discusses the IoHD and its integration with Final Cut Studio 2 as well as the new features for the Kona line announced at NAB. He's followed by Thad Huston, Windows Product Manager, AJA who outlines the Xena card integration with the Adobe Production Suite on Windows and Mac.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Apr17_AJA.m4a Posted: 06/06/2007 Apple Presentation at 12th Digital Cafe April 17, 2007 (In this segment, Apple's,Doug Cunningham discusses the Final Cut Studio 2 features announced at NAB: Final Cut Pro 6, Motion 3, Color and Soundtrack Pro 2. With Ted Schilowitz they discuss the Final Cut Pro workflow for RED Digital Cinema.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Apr17_Apple.m4a Posted: 06/06/2007 May 05 ProMax Update (ProMax's Marketing Manager, Ethan Ede discusses the technology on the NAB 2007 ProMax stand, which features a full-blow V-SAN setup. During the podcast we talk about the 12th Annual Charles McConathy Digital Cafe, held this year in a new venue because of the demolition of the Stardust Hotel. Ethan also informs us about the new FibreMax drives announced at NAB before talking about future ProMax events.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/May05_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 05/10/2007 Mar 26 ProMax Update (In this edition ProMax Marketing Coordinator, Ethan Ede explains more about the new FibreMAX solution to be fully revealed at NAB. Ethan talks more about NAB, in particular their new, very much larger booth near Apple in the South Hall booth SL4925 and the 12th Annual Charles McConathy Digital Cafe.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Mar26_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 03/29/2007 Mar 12 ProMax Update (ProMax Marketing Co-ordingator Ethan Ede calls in live from HD Expo at the Beverly Hilton and reveals FiberMax - Fiber Channel storage from PorMax.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Mar12_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 03/12/2007 Feb 12 ProMax Update (This week Curtis Harris, Senior Manager for Products and Business Development at ProMax talks about the addition of Sales Engineers to ProMax to vastly improve customer satisfaction. He also reports on the new Services and Support area at the ProMax website before discussion their awesome new ProMax Connect Service that lets a certified ProMax Technician have access, with permission, to a customer's desktop for the purpose of troubleshooting system problems or maintenance. ) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Feb12_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 02/13/2007 Jan 29 ProMaxUpdate (ProMax Marketing Coordinator Ethan Ede talks about their QLogic Vendor Spotlight and how important these infrastructure elements are for building Storage Area Networks (SAN). This leads to a discussion on the need for support when building out a SAN, particularly ProMax's Service and Support and the new mini-site at ProMax.com/services. Philip and Ethan reminisce over small drives when confronted with the prospect of 1TB in a single drive enclosure before welcoming Heather Ivy to ProMax's Sales Department. More sales means more systems engineers to support so two new guys will be starting in February - but we'll hear more on that in the next Podcast.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Jan29_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 01/30/2007 Jan 15 ProMax Update (ProMax Marketing Coordinator, Ethan Ede talks about the winners of their internal ProMax Awards and the ProMax family. On technical subjects he talks about XDCAM HD and the Demonstration DVD available from ProMax. After discussing current specials Ethan continues with a conversation about HDMI workflows in the light of the Intensity and the Adobe Production Studio back on the Mac.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Jan15_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 01/16/2007 Dec 18 ProMax Update (On this episode BuZZmeister Philip Hodgetts talks with ProMax's Marketing Coordinator Ethan Ede. First on the agenda is the announcement of a new subcontractor for web development, Kim Nguyen and the changes being made to the ProMax.com website. The next topic is the ongoing convergence between video and IT and how ProMax can help smooth that for video professionals. Rounding out the show is a discussion of the Holiday specials from ProMax and the free XDCAM HD DVDs.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Dec18_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 12/20/2006 Nov 13 ProMax Update (Interview with Ethan Ede from Creative Planet's Digital Production BuZZ "Live at HD Expo Los Angeles 2006" with Chief BuZZmeister Philip Hodgetts and co-host Dan DiPaola.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Nov13_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 11/14/2006 Oct 30 ProMax Update (Chief BuZZmeister Philip Hodgetts talks with ProMax Marketing Coordinator Ethan Ede. Ethan provides further explanation and clarification about ProMax's V-SAN service initiative to help customers find the best solutions for their current and future business from multiple vendors. Ethan teases with some of the new software and hardware they'll be showing at HD Expo on November 2nd in Los Angeles and both he and Philip hope we'll see working models of new HDV camcorders from Canon and Sony at DV Expo two weeks later. They discuss the ongoing King Cobra Crane Contest and a Ethan teases with some preliminary information on a new Video Clip contest where you will be able to submit your best shots for evaluation by your peers. Finally Ethan explains the abilities they are looking for in a new Senior Sales Rep they would like to hire.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Oct30_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 10/31/2006 Oct 09 ProMax Update (Marketing Coordinator at ProMax, Ethan Ede, talks with Chief BuZZmeister Philip Hodgetts about the King Cobra Content - who has done the nicest shot with the Cobra Crane - and more on the VIP event at Stewart Sound. Ethan also explains what ProMax is looking for in a candidate to fill an open Marketing Assistant position. Before the show ends, Ethan runs down the current specials at ProMax and explains how to get a copy of their XDCAM HD 2-disc DVD set with Iditarod footage, interviews with pros using the gear in the field and in depth product information.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Oct09_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 10/12/2006 September 25 ProMax Update (Marketing Coordinator Ethan Ede talks about the recent XDCAM HD and Avid event at the Barnsdale Theater and the content form Robin Berg's Speargun Hunter Documentary - Erin Adams won Media Composer soft. The next event is a VIP event at Stewart Sound that you have to call ProMax for an invite. ProMax now have a SAN option for SoniFire Pro so multiple users in a workgroup can share a common library of SmartSound Music. The MacBook Pro Final Cut Pro System deal is still on with a free ProMax FireWire drive and training DVD. Finally Philip and Ethan discussed some free XDCAM HD DVDs that include footage and testimonials.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Sep25_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 10/01/2006 September 11 ProMax Update (ProMax's Marketing Coordinator Ethan Ede first talks about new employees Jeff Horvat (Category Manager) and Brian MDevitt (Tech Support Customer Service Rep). He then discusses the transition to the new Netsuite system at ProMax for improved customer and order support before talking about the upcoming Panasonic P2 and Sony/Avid XDCAM HD event at the Barnsdall Art Gallery Theater. We close out the podcast with a reminder of the current specials for podcast listeners.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Sep11_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 09/14/2006 August 28 ProMax Update (Curtis Harris, Director of Products and Services at ProMax, reveals some things that people might not know about ProMax and the surprising revelation that Canopus' editing tools are very popular with ProMax's clients. Curtis also talks about what the Service and Support Division does, some recent clients and the other services offered by the divisio, such as encoding, render farms, playout and 3D markets. Curtis also reveals his own background in video production.) http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/promax/Aug28_ProMaxUpdate.m4a Posted: 09/06/2006

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