POTTERS BAR, Hertfordshire, England – August 2007 – The Soundcraft Studer Group has made a loud-and-clear statement of its intentions to aggressively grow its digital console and system business ahead of all market predictions by making several senior sales management appointments. Although Soundcraft and Studer’s sales efforts were previously separated into two distinct management teams, in this move, sales for both brands will now be headed up by Bruno Hochstrasser, Soundcraft Studer Group executive vice president of sales, who will also dually continue to carry on as president of Studer in Regensdorf, Switzerland. more

NORTHRIDGE, California – August 2007 — For jazz fans, news that the multitalented Diana Krall was going on tour this summer was met with eager anticipation seeing that the outing marked her first live performances in close to a year since giving birth to twin sons in December with her husband, Elvis Costello.

Known to pack out venues across the country from Madison Square Garden to the Hollywood Bowl, the singer/pianist is touring once again this summer with her longtime front-of-house sound mixer, Dave Lawler, whose Docktrdave Audio Inc. recently purchased a Soundcraft Vi6™ digital live sound console. more

Popular Canadian band becomes first high-profile rock act to purchase its own Soundcraft digital desk

TORONTO, Canada – August 2007 – Barenaked Ladies (BNL), the Juno Award-winning alternative-rock band best known for its multi-platinum Stunt album and catchy hit singles “One Week” and “It’s All Been Done”, recently became the first truly high-profile recording/touring act in North America to purchase a Soundcraft Vi6™ digital live sound console.

“After having rented a Soundcraft Vi6 for nearly 200 dates–including the popular ‘Ships & Dip’ cruise back in January–the band simply liked the console enough to buy it for themselves,” notes BNL Production Manager Dean Roney. more

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AES POSTS PRELIMINARY 123rd CONVENTION EVENTS CALENDAR

NEW YORK: The 123rd Audio Engineering Society Convention Committee is entering the final stages of preparation for this year‘s event in NYC‘s Javits Center – Oct. 5-8. To aid attendees in optimizing the pre-planning of their visits, the AES has posted a Detailed Preliminary Calendar of Events at http://www.aes.org/events/123/. The easy-to-navigate, full-color schedule, includes program titles, participants and drop-down boxes of indispensable information. more

HILLSIDE, NJ, AUGUST 14, 2007 — Wireworks, the leading innovator of audio/video cabling systems, was recently commissioned by the NJ Nets to create custom breakout boxes that would provide power, video feed and statistics to three separate courtside suites located at the Continental Airlines Arena.

The box assemblies were created to provide an easy set-up assembly, as the system is disconnected after each game and put aside, making durability a major factor. These sets provide power and two separate video feeds to the 16 televisions set up on three corners of the court at each game. The boxes needed special video splitting systems for each feed and breakout boxes along the length of the assembly to play video and provide in-game statistics. This feature gives courtside recipients an enhanced game experience, by being able to watch the television for instant replays and statistics throughout the game. more

Minneapolis, MN. — (August 14, 2007) – www.chiefmfg.com – CSAV, Inc. (Chief /Sanus Audio Visual), the global leader in mounting systems for flat panel TVs and projectors, announced today that it has agreed to be the exclusive US and Canadian distributor of CLO Systems, LLC‘s products. CLO Systems‘ products include X-arm and T-arm motorized wall-mounts for residential and commercial applications. more

Da-Lite Screen Company has started a “Green AV” initiative by announcing that the company is actively pursuing ISO 14001 certification. ISO 14001 is an environmental management standard which sets specific management requirements for responsible environmental systems. According to Da-Lite‘s CEO, Richard Lundin, “ISO 14001 will help Da-Lite to protect the environment, prevent pollution and improve our green performance.” more