Month: January 2023

RØDE has a major firmware update for the RØDECaster Pro II featuring advanced sub-mixing functionality and more.Since its launch, the RØDECaster Pro II has seen multiple updates based on user feedback, introducing new features, functionality and interface enhancements.The last major update, version 1.0.7, added advanced routing capabilities for USB outputs to allow easier integration into streaming setups.

The new update takes this functionality to the next level, allowing users to independently adjust the level of every audio input for each of the ten audio outputs, including the headphone and monitor outputs, the Bluetooth channel, on-board recording mix, and the three USB outputs.This is particularly useful for streamers who need to create custom sub-mixes for different audio destinations, such as stream and chat applications and their headphone mix.In addition to the new advanced sub-mixing feature, firmware 1.1.1 introduces a number of system optimisations and workflow improvements, including the routing of voice effects, which are now applied to each individual channel in multitrack mode, allowing users to capture these effects while maintaining the flexibility in post-production that multitrack recording offers.The RØDECaster Pro II’s companion software RØDE Central has also been updated to mirror all of the configuration options including setting up the advanced APHEX® audio processing, SMART pads and custom sub-mixes.Firmware version 1.1.1 for the RØDECaster Pro II is available for direct download now. […]

Inaba Nobuo is the new President of Japan’s public media organisation, NHK.  He will serve a three-year term.Nobuo, whose appointment became effective January 25, succeeds Maeda Terunobu, who stepped down on 24 January upon completion of his term.After graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1974, Inaba joined the Bank of Japan where he held various positions. He then joined Ricoh Company, Ltd., where he served in several senior posts.

Inaba said: “NHK needs to continue providing high quality news, documentaries and entertainment content to build public trust.“I feel that creating an organisation where workers can devote themselves to production with a sense of mission to serve the public is crucial, and would like to take the lead in this effort.” […]

China Media Group’s FM 98 Dosti Channel organised a grand event in Islamabad, Pakistan, on the occasion of Chinese Lunar New Year.Senator Talha Mehmood congratulated China on behalf of the government and people of Pakistan and said that the long-standing relationship between Pakistan and China has grown stronger with the passage of time.Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, Zafaruddin Mahmood said that in recent years, organizing the New Year celebrations of the friendly country China has become a tradition which is a testimony of the strong bonds between the two countries. He said that FM 98 Dosti Channel is providing awareness to the Pakistani people about the Chinese culture and society which helps in promoting people to people contacts.

Charge d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy Phang Chun said the year 2022 has been a memorable year for Pakistan-China relations. She vowed that China will work with Pakistan to further expand bilateral cooperation and enhance people-to-people contacts in the New Year in order to further deepen their relationship.Director General Radio Pakistan, Tahir Hassan, said Pakistan and China have close relations not only at the government level but also at the public level, which is why the Chinese New Year is celebrated with great enthusiasm in Pakistan as well. He said Radio Pakistan has learnt a lot from China Media Group’s Pakistan-based FM Dosti channel and is now making use of these experiences.Singers Sahar Gul Khan, Waqas Ali, Naseer Ahmed Khawaja, Alize Khan, Syed Asim Raza and DJ Adil Khan also performed at the event. […]