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bits & pieces What Post readers are experiencing Right Now MUSIC: "My iPod is jammed with an eclectic mix of artists/albums and I jump around a lot depending on my mood. Lately, I've been lovin' me some Bon Iver, Ellie Goulding, and The Cave Singers. Sometimes I like to just throw it on shuffle and see what happens. My iPod seems to just knows what I need to hear and plays the perfect selection. I love the surprise and the moment at the beginning when you aren't sure what song is playing and then you get a little bit in and think,'Ooo good song!'" Cari Merryman, Crash+Sues/Minneapolis at a glance... NTROPIC (www.ntropic.com), which offers concept, design, production, editorial, visual effects, color grading and finishing ser- vices, has opened a new office in NYC.The new space joins exist- ing locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles. EP Sharon Lew joined the company to handle business development/sales on the East Coast, and producer Kara Holstrom moved from San Fran- cisco to handle day-to-day management in NYC. The AES CONVENTION (www.aes.org), set to take place at YOUR ONE-STOP SHOP FOR POST PRODUCTION ing the Jacob Javits Convention Center from October 20-23, will host a historical event program highlighting pro audio milestones and accomplishments of past pro audio masters. One of these sessions is titled,"Leopold Stokowski and The History of Analog Recording." Stokowski was prolific recording artist from 1917 until 1977, which spans virtually the entire period of analog music recording. His pas- sion for the art and technology of recording inspired a constant di- alogue with engineers and researchers that led to developing new techniques and technology. THE TRAINING FARM (www.thetrainingfarm.com) has opened in central Manhattan, serving as a "gold level"Apple autho- rized training center that offers courses in video, sound engineering and Mac hardware certification.The Training Farm is home to three spacious training rooms and will focus on offering small-class sizes and the ability to teach beyond the curriculum by bringing in work- ing professionals to instruct courses. LA-based GPL TECHNOLOGIES (www.gpltech.com) is work- with rendering services provider, RENDER ROCKET Digital Transfer, Editorial & QC Services 150 Unique, State-of-the-art Editing Suites Audio Editing, Mixing, Conforming, Layback and Restoration Smoke, Final Cut Pro and Avid Editing and Effects Stock Footage Library Footage for Commercials, Features and Television Digital & Photographic Imaging Services Color Correction & Retouching Unit Stills File Processing, Including from Red Footage 6 Full Service Theatres & Screening Rooms Seating from 33 to 516 (www.renderrocket.com) to build out an ultra-fast and ultra-scal- able rendering infrastructure to handle high demand for the com- pany's cloud-based render offerings.The new infrastructure brings an exponential increase in network performance and vastly scal- able storage capacity to Render Rocket's rendering platform. JEWELBEAT.COM, based in Miami, recently launched, offering .99 cent music downloads for commercial and non-commercial projects.The Website is home to more than 35,000 tracks that can be used in videos, photography, advertising, corporate, retail or ed- ucation applications. XSENS (www.xsens.com), a Palo Alto, CA-based supplier of www.TheStudiosAtParamount.com 6 Post • September 2011 www.postmagazine.com 3D motion tracking systems, has teamed with the Rothschild Fund to complete 3D motion capture of a free-moving horse. The capture was performed using an advanced prototype system developed by Xsens that enables 3D motion capture of equine locomotion in real-world conditions.The system uses inertial sensors located on the horse's body and GPS to track full-body motion in any environment.This allows for the horse's innate, vol- untary movements to be recorded and viewed on a standard PC in realtime. AJA VIDEO SYSTEMS's (www.aja.com) Kona 3 digital video I/O cards are being used by the picture and visual effects editorial teams that are working on Walt Disney Pictures' 2012 sci-fi, live ac- tion, 3DS release, John Carter of Mars.The cards are being used to streamline editorial processes and facilitate reviews. Media-services studio NOLA PICTURES (www.nolapictures. com) in NYC has launched a full-service animation division, dubbed NolaMola.The new animation effort can handle projects large and small and is looking to collaborate with fine artists. It's currently working on a collaborative film inspired by the work of Kiki Smith.