Resource Central Update
Yesterday we rolled out an update to Resource Central, the live Internet-connected panel inside of Soundbooth. The update refreshed the interface, making it much easier to search and browse through available sound effects, Soundbooth Scores, and news items. Some people don't realize that Soundbooth comes with access to more than 3,000 sound effects--just search for and download them from Resource Central!
Resource Central is a new idea for a lot of users (and Adobe!) and I think it's an exciting glimpse into the future. A lot of people talk about the future of software services and how they're taking over, but we know that it'll be a long time before a browser-based application can handle everything an application like Soundbooth is capable of. But I think we'll see the hybrid approach that Resource Central points to in more and more applications--you can already the trend at its extreme with apps like Google Earth. All the heavy lifting on the graphics happens on your local machine, but all the data comes down from servers. It's no surprise that Adobe's betting big on this trend with AIR, which is specifically for building connected applications that run on your desktop.
In any case, Resource Central is a toe in the water for the audio team and we're excited to refresh it in the middle of the product cycle like this. If you have Soundbooth make sure to give it a try and download a few effects.
Comments
Resource Central sounds fantastic but my editing system is kept offline to avoid viruses etc .. I guess there's many more paranoid editors like me !... is there a way I can access the sound effects and scores and download and transfer them on my editing suite?
thanks
alan@aehmedia.com
Posted by: Alan Howard | May 19, 2008 07:21 AM