Spring 2009 eNewsletter

iZ Technology is pleased to present the Spring 2009 eNewsletter, which is distributed world wide, to all our customers. This issue is packed with exciting news and informative articles.

Check out the interview with Roger Monk of Dick & Rogers in Vancouver, BC, Canada (Home of the 2010 Winter Olympics); make sure you are up to date with the latest technical information; explore our new Knowledge Base; find out who's new at iZ and of course - don't forget our Spring Specials where you can save big - whether you are buying a new RADAR V or upgrading your RADAR 24.

CALL US - 800-776-1356 (in North America) For access from other countries check the phone numbers on our website.

Spring 2009 Specials

Adrenaline Plus Upgrade
POWERFUL UPGRADE FOR RADAR 24

Take advantage of faster processing, more 96 kHz and 192 kHz channels (with the Nyquist and S-Nyquist Analog I/O cards); the latest software on a new 160 GB System Drive and much more included in the Adrenaline Plus upgrade for RADAR 24 owners. The Adrenaline Plus Recording Engine is a serious upgrade and must be done at one of our iTASC (iZ Technology Authorized Service Center) locations.

The Adrenaline Plus upgrade normally sells for $4995. USD but during the month of May is offered at only $2995.

Offer ends on May 31, 2009. Check out the upgrades page on www.izcorp.com.

FREE Digital I/O With RADAR V
BIG SAVINGS!

With any new RADAR V System purchase choose from ADAT/Lightpipe, AES, TDIF or MADI Digital I/O options and receive one of those options FREE. This is a value of up to $1995. - yours FREE with a RADAR V System purchase.

Offer ends on May 31, 2009. Check out the upgrades page on www.izcorp.com.

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Who iZ New

iZ Technology has added some new talent to assist you with technical support and to help manage all your purchase and upgrade needs.

Pat Gagnon is iZ Technology's new Technical Support Coordinator. Hailing from New England, Pat has come to iZ in Vancouver after working as an IT Consultant / Systems Engineer for several prominent post-production firms in New York City. If you are experiencing any technical problems with you RADAR or ADA, Pat is available to minimize your downtime and support you in getting your system(s) back into full functioning order. support@izcorp.com

Joining Ashwin Dawodharry in Sales is Tim Tucker. Tim brings considerable experience in the Music and IT industries, and like all of our Sales Account Managers will assist you with all your upgrade and purchase decisions. He asks just one question: "When will you need that [insert iZ product here] delivered?". izsales@izcorp.com

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iZTech Tip

Ever notice strange errors on your VGA monitor when you start up your RADAR? Messages such as, "CMOS Checksum Error", "NTLDR is Missing" and "System boot failure" are all prime indicators that your CMOS battery has lost it's charge.

The CMOS battery (or motherboard battery) is responsible for powering the real-time clock circuitry that is responsible for the storage of the CMOS settings in the motherboard's BIOS setup. If the battery no longer supplies power, your RADAR will not display the correct system date and time, and may exhibit the above described symptoms as well as not outputting time code correctly, and other problems related to the Sync Processor board.

Luckily, the shelf life for the CMOS battery is around 10 years (so this problem most often occurs with older RADAR systems), and it can easily be fixed by simply replacing the battery and reconfiguring a few CMOS settings.

For a complete walkthrough of the battery replacement procedure please read this document: RADAR 24 and V Motherboard Battery Replacment Procedure.

Once installed, you can follow this document: RADAR Motherboard CMOS Setup for the reconfiguration of your particular system motherboard.

To see more details about this tech tip, and to see past tips, click here.

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Interview - Roger Monk

Recently iZ had the opportunity to visit with Roger Monk owner of Dick & Rogers.

iZ: Roger, first tell us about yourself... what you've done, where you've been etc. Whatever information you want to share.

Roger: I have been recording music since 1971. When I started at Eastern Sound Studios in Toronto it was the first 24 track analogue studio in Canada. I came out west in the mid 70's and was one of the early pioneers of recording to picture with video tape - locking 3/4 video tape to Studer A 80's with dreadful and unreliable synchronizers. I have used analogue tape, digital PD and PCM tape formats and now directly to disk.

I built my own digital post studios in 1990. This was to take advantage of the developing use of computers to record and manipulate audio.

I still record orchestral music for motion pictures, television and ceremonial occasions, and operate my post studios.

iZ: Describe your studio - what equipment you have, and what you specialize in?

Roger: Dick & Roger's Sound Studio is a full service facility, but specializes in sound for animation. Located in the historic area of downtown Vancouver, the studio has rooms for recording assembling and editing and two mix theatres with Neve Digital Film Consoles. Our engineers are seasoned and experienced, and recognized by many industry awards.

iZ: When did you first come in contact with RADAR systems?

Roger: RADAR was being developed just a few miles from Vancouver and so I was aware of RADAR from its early days. I was not requiring a recorder for music tracks, and at that time the accepted format for delivery mixed program stems was DA88 tape, however as technology progressed it became possible and desirable to deliver professional product in a file format. RADAR certainly met that need.

iZ: Why do you like RADAR?

Roger: RADAR is a reliable solution. Easy to use and it sounds very good. Some computer based disk recording systems simply cannot deal with all the mathematics and result in a lack of resolution, air and clarity. This has noting to do with converters, it is that actual manipulation of the audio data during recording and playback. RADAR does not have this issue, and the audio retains all of its sonic qualities.

We are using it in 48 / 24 bit mode which are the professional audio delivery specs and can simply "export" the mixed stems via FTP or burned to DVD-R or Blu-ray. RADAR locks to time code efficiently.

Archiving and restoring is reliable and fast. We have chosen to use the REV drive method.

Thank you Roger for taking the time to show us around your studio, giving us a little insight into your work and how you use RADAR.

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Anatek MIDI Solutions

Is your studio a bit of a "science project"? Do you have a bunch of MIDI gear that has great sounds but is difficult to connect together? Then you might be a candidate for the Anatek Pocket Products!

Pocket Products(TM) are MIDI accessories requiring no batteries or power supply to operate. They have been designed to solve the problems arising from incompatibilities between MIDI products from different manufacturers. They are compact, sturdy, and can be placed anywhere in the MIDI chain.

Pocket Record Pocket Sync Pocket Curve Pocket MAC Pocket Mapper Pocket Plus Pocket Merge Pocket Filter

Pocket Pedal Pocket Thru Pocket Sequencer Pocket Transpose Pocket Panic Pocket Channel Pocket Split Pocket Power Pack

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