NewBlue serves businesses and consumers with innovative audio, graphics and effect processing solutions that merge a distinctive knowledge of art and technology. Among these are the NewBlueFX plugin collections, the NewBlue Audio Engine and NewBlue Audiomatrix platform.

NewBlueFX™ Plugins Collections

NewBlueFX (www.newbluefx.com) delivers an end-user targeted product line of special effects plugins that support Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere, ULead Video Studio and Media Studio, Avid Liquid, and Pinnacle Studio software lines. The collections consist of two main categories, AudioFX and VideoFX.

Features of the AudioFX collections run the gamut from audio filtering, such as equalization, noise reduction and compression to creative sound manipulation tools, such as “Insectoid,” “Buzz” and “Robot Fog.”  In the VideoFX collections, users will find plugins that provide artistic techniques, such as air brushing, pastel sketching and line drawing, as well as motion effects, such as earthquake, spin blur, wiggle and zoom.

Included in the AudioFX category are 5 distinct VST-compatible collections.

• NewBlue Equalizers, 9 specialized audio filters that boost or cut ranges of tone in a specialized manner. Plugins include: Adjust Highs, Adjust Lows, Graphic EQ, Parametric EQ, Remove Highs, Remove Lows, Tone Eliminator, Filter Sweep, and Swirl.
• NewBlue Essentials, 8 standard audio processing tools, NewBlue Essentials make any soundtrack complete. Plugins include: Chorus, Delay, Distortion, Echo, Flange, Phaser, Reverb, and Slap Back.
• NewBlue Production Tools, 11 must-have effects to boost the clarity and performance of video soundtracks. Plugins include: Sharpener, Stereoizer, Monofier, Bass Boost, Crisper, Compactor, Sound Expander, Dual Compressor, Tone Compressor, Dual Expander, and Tone Expander
• NewBlue Scrubbers, 6 powerful, easy-to-use audio repair techniques. Plugins include: Audio Polish, Cleaner, Auto Mute, Background Fader, Hum Remover, and Noise Reduction
• NewBlue SoundBenders, 9 environmental, vocal and atmospheric effects. Plugins include: Buzzurgle, Insectoid, Phone, Radio, Resonator, Robot Fog, Under Water, Wah and Wind.

Included in the VideoFX category are 4 collections, designed for Sony Vegas editing software:

• NewBlue Art Effects, 7 specialized video filters that create a visually stunning alternate reality. Plugins include: Air Brush, Colorize, Dream Glow, Duochrome, Line Drawing, Metallic, and Pastel Sketch.
• NewBlue Motion Effects, 7 specialized video filters that add movement to the video image. Plugins include: Active Camera, Earthquake, Motion Blur, Shear Energy, Spin Blur, Wiggle and Zoom Blur.
• NewBlue Art Blends, a rich set of 8 specialized video transitions that uniquely shift images between scenes. Plugins include: Color Melt, Contrast, Duochrome, Glow, Halo, Metallic, Sketch, and Vivid..
• NewBlue Motion Blends , a a powerful set of 7 specialized video transitions that twist, turn, and transmogrify video from one scene to the next. Plugins include: Roll, Shake, Shear, Smear, Spin, Wave, and Zoom.

NewBlue Audio Engine™

NewBlue's Audio Engine offers a proprietary multi-purpose audio infrastructure for efficient audio development. Among its features are:

• Streamed wave playback from disk or CD
• Static wave playback.
• MIDI sequencing and processing.
• DirectMusic style playback.
• DLS2 / SoundFont Synthesis.
• Audiomatrix integration.
• Multi-channel (5.1, etc.) capable.
• Real time or offline rendering.
• Render to Wave file.
• .NET support.
• Platform independent.
• Floating point, unlimited sample rate.
• Audio analysis.

In addition, the NewBlue Audio Engine is fully customizable to suit the needs of the individual client or developer.

NewBlue Audiomatrix Platform™

The NewBlue Audiomatrix platform provides powerful audio techniques made simple for the end-user. NewBlue's broad set of audio filter building blocks, including Reverb, Chorus, Delay, Filters, Compression, Expansion, FFT, and Noise Reduction, result in sophicated collections of plug-ins. Currently, such plug-ins are featured in Pinnacle System's Studio 9 software in three collections: NewBlue Audio Essentials 1, NewBlue Audio Essentials 2 and NewBlue Audio Essentials 3. (See News for more details on the Pinnacle/NewBlue relationship.)

NewBlue audio designers use the AudioMatrix construction tool to easily build plug-ins by identifying the audio task, ) assemblying the filters and assigning user-friendly controls. The construction tool then generates finished C++ code for compilation.

To learn more about how your company can benefit from NewBlue's technology solutions and well as the company's services, please contact sales@newblueinc.com today.