Past Meetings

Thursday, September 12, 2024

EVENT IS FULL

We are excited to announce our next meeting will be IN PERSON! We can’t wait to connect, network, learn, and enjoy seeing one another IRL!!

Please join us at Avid Technology Inc. in Burbank for:

Getting Started with Immersive Audio
in Pro Tools:

An Introduction to the Internal Dolby Atmos Renderer

In this specially crafted evening for LAPPG members, come and get an overview on how to setup and use the internal Dolby Atmos renderer in Pro Tools Studio and Ultimate. Learn best practices and workflows to get started mixing in Dolby Atmos, as well as how to transition back and forth from the new internal renderer to the external Dolby renderer. Avid‘s Pro-Audio Solutions Specialist, for the Americas, Christopher Mallamaci will be presenting and answering all of our questions!

And no evening would be complete without our amazing LAPPG giveaway as well as ample time for networking, light refreshments, and intimate listening sessions throughout the evening.

Time Information:

Doors open at 6:30pm.

Meeting starts at 7:00pm.

Parking Information:

Free Parking Available Throughout Downtown Burbank
Free Limited Self-Parking Available in parking structure of BJ Restaurant Parking Lot
Valet available in the BJ Restaurant Parking Lot, $8 – Gratuity Not Included

Event Address:

Event entrance in the rear of 101 S First St, Suite 200 Avid Technology, Inc Burbank

EVENT IS FULL

Because there are very limited spots, please only register if you are certain you can attend. Thank you!

May 16, 2024

RX Goes to 11!
New Release demo with Mike Rozett
Come see the latest release from
Izotope by Native Instruments

We are incredibly excited that our May meeting will be one of the first public showings for the soon to be released, iZotope RX 11!

Industry-first tech and upgraded machine learning are on the way with RX 11, coming this May. Please join Principal Product Manager, Mike Rozett as he walks through the new and improved features they’ve been cooking up for you, including new real-time dialogue isolation. They’ve introduced a cutting-edge neural network that provides a more natural separation of noise and reverb from voice recordings, plus a new high-quality processing mode that unlocks new possibilities for recovering dialogue. And that’s just the beginning! Mike can’t wait to show you more and answer any of your questions.

We’ll also be giving away one RX 11 Standard and one RX 11 Advanced to two lucky attendees! To be eligible for a chance to win, just register and attend the meeting and stay until the end.

Presenter:

Mike Rozett – Principal Product Manager, Native Instruments

Mike Rozett is a product leader with more than 20 years of experience creating, developing and launching products and content for professionals, consumers, viewers, and listeners. A principal product manager at Native Instruments, Mike is the product manager for RX, the industry-standard software for repairing and restoring damaged and noisy audio. Under his leadership, RX won a Scientific and Technical Oscar in 2020 and an Engineering Emmy in 2019. Prior to that, he was a producer at Chedd-Angier-Lewis in Boston and a writer / producer for the History Channel series Tougher In Alaska (Moore Huntley Productions). He has worked on television and film projects for Moody Street Pictures and Northern Light Productions, and was an Associate Producer at WGBH Radio. He received his MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and has a bachelor’s degree in history from Vassar College.

June 12, 2024

Join us and Celebrate our
16th anniversary
with
AJA Video Systems

Creating High-End Postproduction Remotely
or From Any location

Join AJA’s Scott Matics for an overview of portable, Thunderbolt-powered production solutions that enable flexible editorial, VFX, audio mixing and metadata management for high quality productions from any location.

We’ll also be celebrating 16 years of LAPPG with an amazing prize giveaway! To be eligible to participate, attendees must stay for the full meeting. Winners will be contacted the following day.

The giveaway will include:

T-TAP Pro®

DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel

iZototpe by Native Instruments RX 11 Standard

Don’t forget to grab yourself a sweet treat or a special drink to enjoy during the meeting and to toast our 16th anniversary with us!

April 30, 2024

*THIS MEETING IS SOLD OUT! WE HOPE TO SEE YOU FOR OUR NEXT ONE ON MAY 16th ONLINE!

*Please only register for this special event if you fully plan on attending, as we want to offer this opportunity to as many members as we can and we need to give our host an accurate headcount for both capacity and refreshments.

*Capacity is limited

We're meeting Up At
ZEISS Cinema Showroom
in Sherman Oaks this month!

Exploring What's New with ZEISS

With springtime arriving it’s a great time to get out and meet up in person and to learn about the latest in cinema technology! And there is no better place than the ZEISS Cinema Showroom in Sherman Oaks.

Diving Into ZEISS CinCraft Scenario

ZEISS team members Nick Hayes, Director of Cinema Sales, Americas, and Product Specialist, Tanner Grimshaw will present the new ZEISS CinCraft Scenario, the world’s most flexible camera tracking system.

Meet the only real-time camera tracking system that works in practically every environment, indoors and outdoors, in LED volumes, and with classic green and blue screens. Built upon Ncam’s unique tracking technology and ZEISS’ expertise in lens data, the camera tracking system is easy to use and introduces a user experience designed to match the film crew’s workflow. CinCraft Scenario is an innovative system that uses natural markers, reflective markers, and even digital markers on LED screens. It provides camera tracking data for real-time use and records it for post-production, and integrates lens characteristics to skip the cumbersome lens calibration process.

The presentation will cover key benefits such as:

Ease of Use – Most intuitive user interface on the market
Plug and Play – Simple hardware set-up straight out of the box, with no lens calibration required
Versatility across a variety of VFX and VP applications – whether pre-visualisation or post-production
CinCraft Scenario is also designed to be render-engine agnostic.

Tanner and Nick will talk through and demonstrate:

All tracking options including natural, marker-based, and digital markers in LED volume
How easy it is to change and set up a lens, removing the need for lens calibration
The simplicity of recording tracking data to be used in post-production
User-friendly software approach

Plus, we’ll be hosting our ever-popular LAPPG Giveaway!

(1 free ticket for the giveaway will be provided to each attendee)

And the evening would not be complete without checking out new lenses!

Hands-on demos with the new ZEISS Nano Primes lenses will be available, along with drinks and refreshments for attendees to enjoy. The ZEISS team will be on hand to answer any questions, including Emily Miele and Anna Schmidt. We look forward to a fun and informative night!

Location:

ZEISS Cinema Showroom
15260 Ventura Blvd #820
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

IMPORTANT REMINDERS
*This meeting will not be live-streamed.
*We want to keep our community safe and free from illness so if you do not feel well, we will see you at the next in person meeting in September!
*This event is free and capacity is limited so you must register and receive a confirmation email to attend.
*Again, please only register if you fully intend on showing up, as we need to give our host an accurate headcount for both capacity and refreshment reasons.

Parking details:
Parking is available in the building’s garage but parking validation is unavailable, so you may want to take advantage of street or metered parking. (The rate for the garage for 2+ hours is $26.50.)

***Anyone who needs parking validation due to accessibility needs will be taken care of. Please email rsvp@lappg.com so we can arrange that.

FREE PARKING
– Dickens Street
– Moorpark Street
– Sepulveda Blvd
(side street off of main Blvd)

METERED PARKING
– Ventura Blvd – 2 HRS
FREE after 8pm

Entry details:
*If entering through parking garage, take the garage elevator to the ground floor
*Once in the building lobby, ride the elevator up to the 8th floor to get to ZEISS’ suite
*ZEISS is the first suite with glass doors

March 13, 2024

Capture, Create, Collaborate with OWC

Join us for a discussion with Loren Mally, Director of Sales at OWC, as we explore OWC’s range of storage solutions tailored for filmmakers, including SSDs, external hard drives, and enterprise storage. Discover how OWC’s award-winning 1-to-1 storage solutions can streamline your workflow. Plus, take a deeper dive into the OWC Jellyfish, a shared storage solution designed for efficient collaboration among video editors. Learn how OWC’s products can save you time and maintain high performance, allowing you to focus on your creativity.

Presenter Bio

Loren Mally is based out of Burbank, CA and originally started cutting in Final Cut Express where he edited an independent assemble cast feature film on the Central Coast of CA. He then moved to Premiere, and then over to DaVinci Resolve 15-to-current which he uses for his work on corporate videos, local commercials, and short features. Since 2018 Loren has been working with the Jellyfish providing workflow consultations to hundreds of post-production teams with a focus on Post Producers, Video Editors, Colorist, and VFX Editors throughout the US with the consideration of closing the gap between production, post-production, and IT.