Oops, I forgot to mention this one: Audiomovers' Listento.
This you have to subscribe to because it's a connection to a service that lets you do remote sessions at full fidelity, or send clients a link to listen in on a session or mix so they don't have to own the software, etc.
The basic version is about $13 a month. If you're doing any professional production or collaboration at all, this is pretty amazing stuff and did I mention, it's inexpensive?
I was used to Evercast - that does allow HD video in synch - but it's $700 a month and doesn't handle remote recording. So it's different; Evercast is really just useful for audio postproduction for films, TV and ads. I was doing quite a bit of audio and music postproduction for Ford's previous ad agency for quite a while, and the budgets justified it.
Long story short, I got Listento recently to use for a remote vocal session for an ad. I was here in the Detroit area, and my vocal arranger and singer were in LA. It worked perfectly. I even had a link go out to the client so she could listen in on the session and offer suggestions.
Having the client right on the "spot" to approve takes and arrangements took a lot of the anxiety out of it for everyone. The whole thing went off without a glitch or a hitch.
I'm using it now for lots of sessions and mixes.
13 bucks a month is a no-brainer, but I got the deluxe version that will handle I think 150 channels at once, and let me synch to my video, collaborate with and even record non-subscribers, and much more for an extra 12 bucks a month. Check it out.
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