Rob Simon, [Stage Name] Optimus Rob, Attention Kid Deficit
Track: Insanely Great Mac
Date: Monday, October 25
Time: 1:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Stevens Creek
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While high-end software like Final Cut Pro has its deserved throne overlooking the digital video marketplace, it unfortunately does not have a place in everyone’s budget. Likewise can be said for other ultra-grade pieces of software like Digital Performer and Pro Tools.
With five years of network video experience using Final Cut Pro and three years of retail-caliber audio production experience using 10+ applications, Optimus Rob has finally settled on what works: iTunes and iMovie.
With unmatched simplicity and rock-solid stability, these two applications alone, upon being optimized, will outperform hardware and software alternatives costing $1,000’s more. Imagine opening the box of your new Apple knowing that it will take you from start to finish through the retail-ready CD production process.
In addition to studio and production lab functionality, this machine will generate real-time manipulated visual environments with applications ranging from onstage VJ acts to live corporate presentations.
Exploring midlevel options like Soundtrack and Garageband that can BOTH be had for under $300, Optimus Rob will show you how to apply techniques he’s developed through three years of production experience. Looking at topics from hardware configuration to cross-program media transport, this half-day workshop will teach you how to produce a professional album and video presentation using tools preinstalled on your Apple.
Workshop Outline:
Intro to iTunes
No-limit Limiting: Essential feature configuration
24 bits a file, 44,100 times a sample: File type conversion
Waste not, pay not: 100% reliable retail CD production
Intro to iMovie
Presenting the presenter: What it can really do for you
Realtime Visual Sampling: Using iMovie live, on the fly
EPK’s separate the OK’s from the No-Way’s: Video resumes 101
Intro to Soundtrack
From Recording to Reverb: Full-scale album generation
A Sample Example: Unleash your personal orchestra
The Art of Traveling: Optimize your inter-application file movement
Stage and Screen
Lean and Mean: How to turn your Mac from Silver to Green
Projection Connection: Get your audience to pay attention
From Beat-notes to Keynotes: You need to become a VJ
