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About the new tmc:drive! Imagio and Audio Architecture, the two most powerful and versatile production / imaging libraries on the planet, are now available on hard drive! Whether you have just one library, or combine them together, the usability and power behind the tmc:drive system is remarkable. Think about it - entire production and imaging libraries pre-loaded, pre-sorted, named and categorized on one hard drive! Our "plug-and-produce" technology lets you spend more time doing what you do best. producing. Plug the hard drive into your computer, and instantly enjoy the limitless potential of these libraries faster and easier than ever before:
To find out more about how Imagio, Audio Architecture and the new tmc:drive can work for you, contact your TM Studios rep today at 972-406-6800. Testimonials
tmc:drive FAQWhy is getting a library on hard drive better than audio CDs and CD-ROMs? Have you ever spent so much time searching through CDs that your initial idea died before getting a chance to start? Have you ever gone to pull a disc and found it missing because someone didn't return it or it had been misplaced? Have you tried copying each CD-ROM into a folder onto your hard drive and then realized you still have to look in 10 different folders to audition the rock tracks? Getting your library on a tmc:drive puts your entire library in one place and makes it instantly available to you in a well-organized, simple system of folders. Just open a folder, audition a file, import (or copy) it into your session and mix. Think. Click. Produce. Can the hard drive be shared with other computers or run from a central network? The simple answer is yes. Once the hard drive is installed on one computer it may be shared directly with another computer in your workgroup. The drives can also be installed on a network and made accessible like another network drive. Are the drives compatible with MAC OS X? Yes. These drives are compatible with both Windows XP and Mac OS X. We just need to know if it's a Mac system so that we can format the hard drive for OS X. The update CD-ROM, and the program that automates the update process, will work for MAC OS X or Windows XP. If I get Audio Architecture and Imagio will they come on the same drive? They can, or we can put them on separate drives. There may be an extra charge for the 2nd drive. How does the update process work when new material is released? Each time there is a new release for the library you will receive a CD-ROM (In the case of Imagio you will receive 3 CD-ROMs). There is a program on the disc that automates the process of copying your new material to the hard drive. You put the disc in the CD-ROM drive, run the program "Update_HD_PC" (or Update_HD_MAC for Mac OS X), follow the prompts on the screen and in a few minutes your update is installed on your hard drive. As an added convenience, the program will also put a duplicate copy of all your new material in folder called "NEW_STUFF". That makes it easy to review the most recent additions to your library. What happens if updates make me run out of space on the drive? The hard drives are large enough to handle all of the updates for the term of the library contract. Even with both libraries on one drive. How is the information organized? The audio is organized into Category folders on the hard drive. Music is divided into folders like Rock, Jazz, Drama, Latin, etc… FX and Sweeper/Stager elements are divided into separate folders with their own categories like Hits_Stabs, Sweeps, Comedy_Novelty, Drama, etc… The file names themselves also tell you if it's Music, FX or Sweeper/Stager, what the title is. If it's music, it will also give mix, key and tempo information. How are the audio files named? All audio files have a consistent naming convention that identifies them as music, sweeper/stagers, or FX. They also include the title and other information about mix type and timing. Here's an example file: M_TimeRunningOut_128Bm_15A.wav M = tells you it's music Title = TimeRunningOut BPM = tempo in beats per minute (128) Key = musical key (Bm) Time = track timing(60; 30; 10, etc...) Mix Version = (A is the full mix; B is the alternate mix, L1-L2-L3 are Layer mixes, PE is production element) Sweeper/Stager files start with "S_", FX files start with "F_". Is there a search function? The design of the category folders is the search function. We basically put things where you would expect to find them based on the folder names. If, however, anyone still feels the need to search through data, we do provide an Excel database with all of the track description data, the categories and the audio filenames cross-referenced. What size is the hard drive? The drives we are using currently are 250 gig. However that may change based availability in the future. What brand is the hard drive? The hard drives we are using currently are Western Digital. However, that could always change based on availability and/or reliability in the future. Will the drives work with a USB connection? Yes. The drives are USB 2 compatible devices. Will the drives work with a Firewire connection? Yes. The drives are both USB and Firewire compatible devices. How long is the turnaround time for getting Audio Architecture or Imagio on hard drive? Allow one week plus shipping days. back to the top tmc:drive Screen Shot(right-click the image and choose "save-picture-as" to save it to your local hard drive)
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