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BITS & PIECES www.postmagazine.com 9 POST JUNE 2016 SMALLHD ANNOUNCES NEW STUDIO PRODUCTION MONITORS CARY, NC — Following the release of SmallHD's (www.smallhd.com) day- light-viewable HDR production monitor at the 2016 NAB show, are the company's new 'Studio' editions of both the 17-inch and 24-inch sizes. Designed to provide the same level of durability, high-end software capability, resolution and color accuracy as the HDR counterparts, these new 1080p production monitors are designed for controlled lighting environments. "Daylight view ability is an incredibly convenient feature of our large HDR displays, but for those shooting in controlled lighting environments, the new 1703 and 2403 Studio are perfect for the video village," says Wes Phillips, SmallHD co-founder. "They feature the exact same build quality and software feature set, but don't carry the same price tag of our extremely bright, daylight viewable HDR displays." Designed to outlast years of abuse, every monitor housing is milled from billet aluminum and holds a 3mm thick polycarbonate screen protector that is us- er-replaceable. The RapidRail Shoe Mount System enables quick mounting and powering of third-party accessories, making wireless setups particularly easy. Built-in ColorFlow technology enables the use of custom 3D LUTs in a variety of ways: custom display calibration, realtime preview of "creative" LUTs also to be used in post production and the ability to imbed LUTs in the video stream for display on monitors downstream. Built-in HD waveform provides detailed analysis on pre-LUT and post-LUT video data. The 1703 Studio and 2403 Studio models come in at $2,999 and $3,499 respec- tively, and both share the same array of accessories as the HDR versions. For more on displays/monitors, see our feature on page 24. RTW ROLLS OUT RANGE OF LOUDNESS SOLUTIONS COLOGNE, GERMANY — RTW (www.rtw.com) recently rolled out a full range of monitoring and metering software and hardware devices, including Continuous Loudness Control software (CLC), developed in cooperation with the Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT), for audio processing. The signal processing software allows users to constantly control and regulate to a given program-loudness value, along with a definable loudness range with minimal obstacles. The major advantage of the complex adaptive morphing algorithm is its realtime capability. The CLC algorithm "learns" during processing about the dynamic structure and intention of the sound signal and adopts its processing constantly to predict for what comes next. The software is also able to handle most common DAW software, audio and files and meets EBU-R128 and all major global loudness standard specifications. RTW also released its new software Version 4.0 for its Loudness Tools and Mastering Tools software. The new version adds support for Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan and provides user requested features like a selectable 12 th octave RTA, cinema loudness (TASA and SAWA) and free scalable instrument size. In addition, the new version allows the Loudness Tools and Mastering Tools software to be operated as a standalone version.