Engaget Summary (2023-05-11 12PM)

Source: NBC promises it’ll be easier to watch the Olympics in 2024 on Peacock

Summary
NBC announces Peacock as the streaming home for the Paris Olympics 2024, providing coverage for all 329 medal events along with original commentary, curated video clips, and full-event replays.

Fact

📺 Peacock will be the “streaming home” of Paris Olympics 2024, streaming every sport and event along with nine hours of daytime coverage on the network.

👍 NBC’s expanded programming is a response to limited coverage of the last summer Olympics, in which most of it could only be accessed on NBCOlympics.com.

🗓️ NBC and Peacock commence Olympic Games coverage on Friday, July 26 2024.

---

Source: How to buy a vlogging camera in 2023

Summary
As video-based social media platforms continue to grow, interest in vlogging has increased, leading to the development of purpose-built vlogging cameras. Such models include Sony’s ZV-E10, Panasonic’s G100 and the hybrid cameras, Panasonic GH6, Sony A7S III, and Canon EOS R6, serving vloggers of all expertise levels and price ranges. A flip-around screen and continuous autofocus, with face and eye detection, are critical features for a vlogging camera. 4K recording and video quality, log profile, optical or electronic image stabilization, and good light sensitivity also matter.

Facts

📹 A flip-around screen to see oneself while filming is a critical feature for a vlogging camera.

👀 Continuous autofocus with face and eye detection is a must-have for keeping things in focus while filming.

📹 Electronic stabilization is an option, but an action camera with built-in optical stabilization is preferable if one moves or walks a lot.

📹 It’s better to have 4K video recording at 60 or even 120 frames per second for sports or other things involving fast movement.

🌓 Good light sensitivity helps for night shooting, concerts, etcetera, and a log profile helps improve dynamic range in very bright or dark shooting conditions.

👂 Excellent audio quality matters as bad audio quality can lead to disengagement of the audience.

---

Source: Elektron’s Analog Heat gets a refresh with more effects and a customizable signal path

Summary
The Analog Heat +FX is a hardware refresh of Elektron’s Analog Heat audio processor, with new digital effects, flow signal path reshuffling, bass focus mode, and a larger pixel-based OLED screen. It has eight stereo analog distortion units, seven filter types, a two-band EQ, and a noise gate with the added ability to insert effects before or after the audio source, and it allows users to save and experiment with the modulation source and the three LFOs. The Analog Heat +FX is available to order for $1,000.

Facts

🎛️ The Analog Heat +FX is a hardware refresh of Elektron’s Analog Heat audio processor.

🎛️ The unit boasts new digital effects that complement the pre-existing saturation options like tape emulation, reverb, bit crushing, delay, and chorus.

🎛️ It has eight stereo analog distortion units, seven filter types, a two-band EQ, and a noise gate.

🎛️ Flow allows for unique sounds with easy reshuffling of signal paths and saving up to 512 preset slots.

🎛️ The pixel-based OLED screen is larger and brighter than previous models.

🎛️ It features a USB port for warming up or mangling audio from the Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).

🎛️ The Analog Heat +FX costs $1,000.

---