Vox Talk

Salutation:

Hi, I’m Stephanie and welcome to VOX Talk! This week, you’ll hear from correspondents Bob Green and Adam Fox. Let’s get this episode started with some news.

The Loop:

Blue Microphone Joe and Snowpack

In tech news, Mix Magazine reports that Blue Microphones introduced Joe ($499), a large diaphragm cardioid condenser microphone and Snowpack ($199), a USB product bundle at the 123rd AES Convention in New York City.

Joe is targeted at project studios and designed to capture a variety of sound sources, such as vocals, acoustic instruments, drums and more. The Snowpack bundle comprises of the Snowball USB microphone with a pair of USB headphones and Mackie Tracktion 3 software for a portable USB-powered studio for music and podcasting on the Mac or PC.

Blue Microphones states that the Snowpack will be available November 1, 2007 and expects to ship Joe on January 1, 2008.
Want to see it for yourself? Go to mixonline.com or visit Blue Microphones’ website, bluemic.com.

Transformers HD-DVD Presentation and Luncheon with Peter Cullen

Onto our next story, Paramount unveiled their signature HD-DVD release, featuring the Transformers, their HD-DVD title of the year. Those present also lunched with Optimus Prime himself, Peter Cullen. All those in attendance were given an Optimus Prime movie toy helmet along with the HD-DVD set for the Transformers movie, and an official movie poster.

To read the complete article and also an interview with Peter Cullen, go to 411mania.com or visit the VOX Talk show notes for the direct link.

Niche Game Import Bidding War

In closing, http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/10/the_rise_of_the_niche_game.php

Been to the gaming aisle at the local department store lately? The $50 video games you see at the store have quite the story to tell both travel and cost wise. Here’s a neat fact for you: Did you know that it can cost a million dollars to localize and record voice overs for video games that have a 50,000 piece production run? That’s the truth when it comes to importing video games and having to make the content accessible to a different market and to their native speakers.

To read more about niche game import bidding wars and find the direct link, visit the show notes for Episode 46 of VOX Talk.

The Biz:

Today in The Biz, Bob Green shares his thoughts on something I’m sure that you can all relate to.

Bob, it is incredible that you didn’t hear back on that one! How many of you winced at the end of that piece? I know I did. Thanks for sharing Bob and I hope you receive a thank you sometime soon!

Tech Talk:

Now, Adam Fox!

Do you have anything to add? Send Adam your feedback and podmail at Adam @ DefiantDigital.com ☺

VoxBox:

In the VOX Box, I’d like to extend an invitation to share some of your news! If anything notable has happened to you of late, for instance, you won an award, were featured in an article, or landed a wonderful gig, please send me an email. I’d love to hear about your success! Should you send your news in as an MP3, I’ll air it here on an upcoming episode of VOX Talk. Perhaps, you’d rather write me an email with your glad tidings. Perfectly fine ~ I can even do a write up for you on VOX Daily.

The email address to reach me at is Stephanie@voices.com.

Farewell:

That brings us to the end of this episode! If you haven’t subscribed already, go to podcasts.voices.com/voxtalk or track us down in the Apple iTunes Podcast Directory by searching for VOX Talk. Thanks for listening and staying subscribed! See you next week.