Archive for July, 2010

— GRAMMY® winner discusses Waves Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection —

KNOXVILLE, TN, July 22, 2010 — The Waves Masters on Tour event series held special sessions featuring legendary mixer Chris Lord-Alge on the evenings of Saturday, July 17, 2010, at Sterling Audio in New York City’s Chelsea Market, and Monday, July 19, 2010, at Sweetwater Music in Fort Wayne, Indiana. For over 20 years, the GRAMMY® winner has been the mixer of choice for rock and roll royalty, with credits including Green Day, U2, Nickelback, Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi, Pink, Alanis Morissette, Dave Matthews Band, All American Rejects and countless others. At these Waves events, Lord-Alge discussed and demonstrated his latest collaboration with Waves, the Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection. more

STOW, OH, July 22, 2010 — Audio-Technica is pleased to announce that Pine City, New York-based Ark Productions & Marketing has been presented with A-T’s prestigious President’s Award. The award was presented by Marc Lee Shannon, Audio-Technica Vice President, Sales, and John Cheese, Territory Manager, Professional Products, to Ark Productions Principal Tim Chamberlain. The coveted A-T President’s Award was presented at a ceremony during this year’s InfoComm Expo on June 9th in Las Vegas, Nevada. more

— Industry veteran Doug Simpson will address and support the audio/video needs of the Las Vegas hotel, club and recording studio sectors —

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA, July 22, 2010 — Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar Center that focuses on the needs of professional users, has appointed industry veteran Doug Simpson to spearhead a new sales initiative specifically geared toward providing the Las Vegas market with special access to all of GC Pro’s services, with a particular focus on the hotel/hospitality industry. The announcement was made by GC Pro Director Rick Plushner, and represents the division’s ongoing commitment to the continuing growth of GC Pro as a turnkey supplier for professional end users. more

New Combination Theatre and Bowling Entertainment Hub, Muvico Village 12, Exclusively Equipped with Harkness 2D and 3D Screens

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Muvico Village 12, a licensed initiative through Paragon Entertainment, features 12 movie auditoriums in combination with Splitsville Bowling to create a combination entertainment venue under one roof. Harkness Screens 2D Perlux® screens and 3D Spectral™ screens were recently installed in all 12 auditoriums. more

Customers Can Improve Allocation of Creative Resources and Streamline Administration with an Open Shared Storage Platform

BURLINGTON, MA, July 28, 2010—Avid® (NASDAQ: AVID) today unveiled the Avid ISIS® 5000—a new, easy-to-use, real-time, open shared storage solution that brings the power of best-in-class shared storage to local and regional broadcasters and post production facilities at a lower cost. The ISIS 5000 is built upon proven ISIS technology used in more than 700 major media enterprises to store, share and manage large quantities of digital media assets. Customers can improve allocation of creative resources and support changing project needs with an open shared storage platform that offers access to high-performance ISIS File System technology on lower cost hardware, support for 3rd party applications and streamlined administration to create more content more affordably. more

Promos and Trailers Are First 3D Projects Serviced at Burbank Facility

(Burbank, CA) Visual Data Media Services – a partner to major studios and distribution companies for over 15 years by providing integrated end-to-end post-production solutions for the seamless repurposing and distribution of content for all media outlets – has unveiled a 3D workflow for feature films and television that features unique pipelines for promos, trailers, mobile platforms, and display projects. With successful delivery of several projects, including a broadcast promo and a promotional trailer for an independent feature, the new 3D pipeline is the latest component of Visual Data’s full spectrum services that include editorial, color correction, subtitling, encoding, and digital cinema packaging. more

Studio Concepts, Gear and the Physics of Sound by Jim Pavett

Ontario, Canada – ASK Video Interactive Media, a leading creator of software tutorials on DVD, announces The Studio Edge: Pro Audio Recording Series Tutorial on DVD. The first installment, entitled Studio Concepts, Gear & the Physics of Sound by Jim Pavett, is designed to give home recording enthusiasts a solid grounding in audio engineering and sound recording. more

Autodesk has announced that its Autodesk Kynapse 7 artificial intelligence (AI) middleware, introduced at the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) 2010, is now shipping. Version 7 is easier to use with faster pathdata generation, improved tuning and profiling, simplified integration and configuration, and certain off-the-shelf behaviors. Internal tests show Kynapse 7 middleware performs navigation mesh generation 15 to 60 times faster than Kynapse 6.* more

Van Nuys, CA (June 4, 2010), Digital Revolution Studios (DRS), in their second year of full stereoscopic 3D production and post, is taking marketing campaigns to a whole new level by creating 3D commercial advertisements for clients across the globe. Whether for broadcast television or the trade-show floors, 3D is the next best thing in advertising. more

WAYNE, N.J. – Buck McNeely considers himself to be one of the luckiest guys in the world. Shooting with FUJIFILM Optical Devices U.S.A., Inc. (formerly known as Fujinon) lenses for the past 20 years, he has been able to combine his passion for hunting and outdoor activities with his vocation of producing adventure-based television to create his internationally syndicated TV series, The Outdoorsman with Buck McNeely. more