Archive for March 17th, 2011

Largest gathering of editors, filmmakers, and digital content creators on the planet; technology companies rally around SuperMeet to donate over $82,000 in prizes – grand prize Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve

Los Angeles, CA/Boston, MA – March 17, 2011 – Celebrating its Silver Anniversary, the annual NAB SuperMeet, now in its 10th year, will be held at Bally’s Hotel Event Center (Las Vegas, NV) on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. One of the largest gatherings of Final Cut Studio®, Avid®, Autodesk®, and Adobe® editors, HDSLR filmmakers and digital content creators, and gurus on the planet, the NAB SuperMeet provides an open forum for the discussion and presentation of the latest trends in the ever-evolving post-production and broadcast markets. The SuperMeet offers a perfect setting to chat one-on-one with the industry’s top digital media technology developers, like Blackmagic Design, Canon, Avid, and Autodesk, more

Keith Prestidge joined HARMAN’s Studer team this week as Sales Director, Asia Pacific reporting to Adrian Curtis and with a brief to grow the expanding region in Broadcast and Performance installations for Studer audio mixing systems.

Keith, previously General Manager at Klotz Digital Asia, has resided in the territory for 15 years. He started his professional life as a hands-on radio broadcast engineer and has spent 20 years in the industry, which has included periods in Project Engineering and Sales.

“Extending the Studer sales team with Keith based in Sydney will further improve our customer focus in the Asia Pacific sales region,� said Curtis, “he will work closely with Tat Nam Yee, our Studer Applications Engineer already located in our KL, Malaysia office.�

Currently spending two weeks training in the Soundcraft Studer factory and Customer Centre in Potters Bar, then further training in the Regensdorf facility near more

Patchwerk Recording Studios is one of the premier recording and mastering facilities in the southeast. The Atlanta studio has recorded more than 60 gold and platinum albums. Patchwerk Recording Studios’ chief mastering engineer Kenny Daniels, aka Kenny Mixx, has worked with artists including B.o.B, Yo Gotti, Scrappy, Pit Bull, Yung Joc, Flo Rida, Rick Ross, T.I. and many others.

Kenny just finished mastering Sam Sneed’s long-awaited Street Scholars album, the final album to be released on hip-hop label Death Row Records. All of Kenny’s work is done using HARMAN’s JBL LSR6328P studio monitors and an LSR6312P powered studio subwoofer.

Kenny uses a minimalist mastering approach, which can be summed up in his philosophy of “Pure music – no hype!� Kenny noted, “If a song doesn’t require a specific piece of gear, then it is removed from the chain, eliminating any unnecessary processing. I don’t like ‘hyper’ compression, over-limiting more

HARMAN’s JBL Professional brand today announced that it is launching its EON515XT Test Drive Sweepstakes at participating JBL retailers. The promotion begins March 15, 2011 and runs through June 30, 2011, with a grand prize of a complete sound system including more than $13,000 worth of JBL, AKG and Soundcraft gear.

The EON515XT system, weighing a scant 32.5 pounds and delivering an impressive 132 dB max SPL, features a 3-channel mic/line mixer with adjustable bass and treble controls, a JBL 15-inch Differential Drive® woofer and a proprietary JBL high-frequency compression driver—both powered with Crown amplification. The EON515XT is road-tough with a molded black enclosure and metal grille, and it can be placed freestanding, pole-mounted or hung using its built-in suspension points.

The “Test Drive Sweepstakes� grand prize includes four JBL EON510 speakers, two JBL EON315 speakers, two JBL EON518S 18-inch subwoofers, one Soundcraft LX7ii mixing console, three more

On the heels of the launch of Apple’s iPad2 and GarageBand, HARMAN’s DigiTech, a leading manufacturer of guitar signal processors, is now offering compatibility of its world-leading RP multi-effects pedals with the iPad. Guitar players around the world now have the ability to stream, record, and play back high definition audio tracks from their own instruments through DigiTech RP multi-effect pedals to an iPad. The HD audio streaming capability of RP multi-effect pedals allows players to take further advantage of the ever increasing number of applications for musicians available from the Apple App Store.

“As an early adopter of the Apple iPad, I immediately recognized the power and relevance of the platform for the working musician, and was determined to integrate it with our products,� stated Rob Urry, Vice President and General Manager of Harman Professional Signal Processing Group. “DigiTech’s mission for the last 26 years has been more

Bell’s Brewery in Kalamazoo, Michigan began in 1985 with a quest for better beer and a 15-gallon soup kettle. Since then, they’ve grown into a regional brewery featuring handcrafted brews, interesting food and live music weekly in its Eccentric Café. Last year, Brewery owners embarked on a significant expansion to create a dedicated music venue in what used to be a warehouse—and were adamant about outfitting it with the best sound system possible. They brought in audio consultant Jacob Wargo, whose extensive resume included gigs with Eighth Day Sound for clients like Widespread Panic and the seminal Bonnaroo Music Festival, who designed an audio system based around a world-class d&b audiotechnik PA and a pair of DiGiCo consoles—an SD8-36 at FOH and an SD8-24 for monitors—to handle both FOH and monitor-world duties for the new 400-seat venue. Eighth Day more

Hands-on, comprehensive workshop from Pre-to-Post in the ongoing trend of DSLR filmmaking

New York, New York– Manhattan Edit Workshop (Mewshop), the cutting-edge authorized digital training destination for post-production and content creators, is pleased to announce the return of its wildly popular training workshop, Digital Cinema/DSLR Fundamentals. From March 25 – 27, 2011, students of all levels can immerse themselves in three unforgettable days of the latest techniques in shooting, accessories, and proven workflow solutions in Digital Cinema and DSLR filmmaking. Mewshop Owner and Founder Josh Apter teams up with certified instructor and production expert Jem Schofield to lead students through hands-on exercises and demonstration in camera setup, shooting and editing with the most popular DSLR models on the market. And with of the release of brand new interchangeable lens camcorders, this year’s updated workshop incorporates workflow with Panasonic’s highly anticipated AF-100, combining the latest in digital cinema more

Art Basel

When Big Show Construction Management needed AV support for an Art Basel Miami event showcasing former Hollywood director turned visual artist Marco Brambilla, it turned to Video Applications Inc.’s (VAI) Nashville office. Brambilla’s “Evolution (Multiplex),� a stereoscopic 3D video collage culled from thousands of movies, was called one of the most eye-opening events of the festival.

“Marco brought us in to produce the entire event from the site survey and coordinating content to providing crew, accommodations and local truss,� says Billy Kneissl of Big Show. “I spoke to every rental and staging house in Miami but no one could do what we needed to get Marco’s video on the screen. But VAI had the special 3D silver screen, projectors, technicians and a projectionist. They were the only ones who could meet our needs.�
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Billerica, Massachusetts- In keeping with its mission to foster a strong sense of community through its public interest programming, Community Television (CTV) of Santa Cruz County – the producer of public, education, and government (PEG) access channels serving 75,000 households in Santa Cruz County, Calif. — has launched a new HD video production truck to provide broadcast-quality coverage of high school sports, youth athletics, and local cultural events. At the heart of the new 1080i truck is a Broadcast Pix™ Granite™ 1000 live video production system.

Since it hit the road in December, the converted 33-foot Ford motor coach has been used extensively to cover Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League (SCCAL) high school basketball and soccer games and championships, Monterey Bay League boy’s soccer, and other sporting events. CTV uses its truck to produce an average of three hours of more

Honolulu, HI – March 2011… The 2011 NFL Pro Bowl, held January 30th at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu was a roaring success broadcast on FOX TV. This all-star event pitted the top NFL players in the American Football Conference (AFC) against those in the National Football Conference (NFC). For the 50,000 spectators in attendance—not to mention the millions of television viewers—this year’s game, where the NFC defeated the AFC (55–41), was eagerly anticipated. As the one who is responsible for enforcing the rules and maintaining the order of the game, it is vitally important the referee’s calls be clearly understood, so the wireless microphone technology must deliver bullet proof performance. That’s why Digital Hybrid® Wireless technology from Rio Rancho, NM-based Lectrosonics was deployed. more