2003 Pro Audio Marketplace Trends Report

The 2003 Pro Audio Marketplace Trends Report is now available. Data for the report was derived from extensive surveys of professional audio facilities, worldwide. The report contains data and analysis covering the following key issues:

Pro Audio Market Trends

• Vertical Market
• What best describes your role in the business?
• What Pro Audio areas do you principally work in?
• What is your principal recording application?

• Which of the following recording media do you currently use?
• Which tape formats do you currently use?
• If you use a DAW, what computer platform is it based upon?
• What is your preferred method of backup?

• By when do you expect to be engaged in Surround Sound mixing or mastering?
• What do you use for surround encoding?
• How do you encode low-bit-rate audio?
• Which of the following forms of audio do you deal with?
• By when do you expect to be using Dolby E?
• By when do you expect to be using dual-system audio?
• By when do you expect to be able to measure dialnorm metadata?
• By when do you expect to be able to record dialnorm metadata?

• What was your annual expenditure budget for professional audio recording purchases in 2002?
• Did your annual expenditure budget for professional audio recordingpurchases in 2002, increase, decrease or remain the same compared to 2001?
• Do you expect that your annual expenditure budget for professional audio recording purchases in 2003, will increase, decrease or remain the same compared to 2002?

Pro Audio Product Trends

For each of the following audio product types:

• Digital mixer
• Analog mixer
• MIDI interface
• Professional sound card
• A/D or D/A converter
• Computer DAW
• Standalone HDR
• Analog tape recorder
• Microphone preamp
• Word clock generator
• Sync generator
• Digital recorder
• Instrument preamp
• Signal Processor
• Dynamics Processor
• Monitor speakers
• Sampler

• Which of the following types of pro audio equipment do you own?
• Which of the following types of pro audio equipment do you plan to buy in 2003?
• Which brands for each product type do you own/plan to buy

Pro Audio Audio Software Trends

For each of the following audio software types:

• Sequencing
• Recording/mixing
• Mastering
• CD burning
• DVD burning
• Virtual instrument
• Loop recording
• Editing
• Processing
• Sampling

• What types of audio software do you own?
• What types of audio software do you plan to buy in 2003?
• What types of audio software do you plan to buy in 2003?

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