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PRODUCTS www.postmagazine.com 31 POST JULY/AUG 2024 UPGRADED AVID NEXIS EMPOWERS DEMANDING PRO TOOLS WORKFLOWS BURLINGTON, MA — Avid (avid.com) has enhanced its NEXIS software-defined storage solution, which is optimized for realtime media production. Designed for post production facilities, dubbing studios and multi-room studios using multiple Avid Pro Tools workstations, NEXIS offers a range of storage engines, both on-prem and in the cloud. For the most demanding A/V workflows, Avid recommends the Avid NEXIS F2 SSD engine. With Avid NEXIS|VFS software version 2023.12 or later, SSD- based NEXIS systems are now performance verified to support up to 8,000 tracks per NEXIS F2 SSD across hundreds of connected Pro Tools workstations accessing audio clips, session files, video sequences and other media simulta- neously, while enabling six-times faster performance for audio punch-in. For smaller-scale projects, production teams can deploy the Avid NEXIS F-series and Avid NEXIS|Pro+ engines. With Avid NEXIS|VFS software 2023.12 or later, they also offer verified multi-user performance for Pro Tools workflows, now enabling two-times faster performance for audio punch-in and 20 percent faster save times for Pro Tools sessions. The NEXIS F-series supports up to 175 million files and 500 voices per media pack, while the NEXIS|Pro+ supports up to five million files and 500 voices per media pack. In any NEXIS configuration, production teams no longer need to spend time duplicating files or moving them around. Their media can be securely, centrally stored, providing fast simultaneous access to all authorized team members. VEGAS PRO 22 INTRODUCES AI-ASSISTED FEATURES MADISON, WI — Vegas Creative Software (www.vegascreativesoftware.com) announced a major upgrade to its flagship Vegas Pro editing, color grad- ing, effects and cloud-integrated content management tools. Vegas Pro 22 introduces several AI features designed to handle the busy work and free the user to more fully express their creativity. Vegas calls its AI implementation "assistance with intention." Users can now create a transcript and edit it, which will help speed up dialogue-based projects. AI Dehaze is a plug-in that analyzes video for hazy elements, such as smoke, fog and smog, and removes those elements in order to create a more crisp image. The AI Sharpen tool analyzes the edges of objects and enhances them to give the image a crisper, clearer look. And AI Smoothen automatically softens small details while preserving sharp edges. FIRESONIC'S FIRESPACER HELPS CREATE SPACE IN A MIX PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC — United Plugins has released FireSpacer from founding partner FireSonic. The tool is designed to simplify the complex task of creating space in a mix by ensuring each element has its own presence without overwhelming others. Operating in realtime, Firesonic's FireSpacer simplifies things by analyzing the audio frequency content of one track via a side-chain and applying an intelligent filter to subtract those frequencies from another track to effectively ensure that each instrument or voice has its own space in the mix. Clutter is prevented while clarity is enhanced. FireSpacer can be placed within the DAW track to be effected, then link the track to be prioritized to FireSpacer's side-chain and adjust the amount control to the desired level. The plug-in analyzes the spectrum occupied by guitar, kick, vocal, etc., to selectively suppress colliding frequencies. FireSonic's FireSpacer is available for $107.50 as an AAX-, AU-, VST-, and VST3- compatible plug-in di- rectly from its webpage (https://unitedplugins. com/FireSpacer/). A 15-day, fully-functional trial version for MacOS 10.10 and newer and Windows 8/10/11 can also be downloaded for free.