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IBC was a mammoth show. I really needed the map, if for no other reason, I didn't want to get lost. This was a broadcast professional conference so had a lot of gear that I really, personally and professionally, didn't need. But sometimes, you stumble on something so unexpected it catches your eye. I was at a reception last Saturday and was introduced to the folks from a small Irish company called . They make a piece of software that does the reverse of visualisations on music players. Instead of showing a psychedelic rainbow of dancing colours that syncs with your music, they create a soundtrack to go with your video by analysing the colours in the footage. Neat.

It does help to have a little knowledge of music such as understanding how a will change the mood of your soundtrack. Justin McCarthy, technical director at Abaltat, said it's not just about making soundtracks on the cheap. It can also help directors give composers a sense of what they are looking for in music. It's a neat piece of software, and it just reminded me of how many clever people are out there creating clever things.