Crestron today announced that Rosanne Lang, the company‘s Tradeshow Manager, has been appointed by the board members of InfoComm International to serve as the 2008 InfoComm Exhibitor Committee Chair. As Chair, Lang becomes an active member of the InfoComm Board of Governors, and will play an integral role in representing all InfoComm.
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In an ongoing effort to support its dealers and continuing education within the AV industry, Crestron today announced its newest initiatives for the Crestron Technical Institute (CTI) certification training program. CTI is now offering its “Programming for Certification” course nationwide, making these valuable classes more conveniently accessible to dealers, and has also added new certification levels that recognize the high level of commitment by programmers who attend Masters Classes.
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Prism Sound has supplied a dScope Series III audio analyzer and VISIO adapter to Business Line Cellular Systems, a division of NXP Semiconductors. The company is using the unit to test the audio performance of Handsfree and Earphone amplifiers for mobile telephones.

NXP Business Line Cellular Systems is a multi-site, multi-national organisation with offices in France, The Netherlands, China, Germany and Switzerland. Its activities cover the whole semiconductor content of a cellular phone. more

HILLSIDE, NJ, JANUARY 24, 2008 ­– Wireworks, the leading innovator of audio/video cabling systems, has been creating custom cabling systems for the Showroom at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ since 1982. As the Showroom upgrades its already existing system, the venue continues to rely on Wireworks for its cabling needs.

The Showroom features famous headline performances, including concerts by Top-40 artists as well as performing arts productions. The Showroom is also the location of several boxing and mixed martial arts matches. Upcoming performances include Howie Mandel, Brad Garrett and The Temptations. more

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WASHINGTON – JANUARY 2008: Few small to mid-sized churches have bona fide audio professionals on staff, which often makes delivering pristine, spirit-inspiring sound reinforcement for Sunday service challenging at best and discouraging at worst. In light of this, Fits & Starts Productions designed the “How To Church Sound Workshops” to quickly bring novices up to speed on the most effective practices for turning their muddy, feedback-riddled services into paragons of clarity. Renowned sound engineer and skillful instructor Mike Sokol teaches the workshops, which are currently on an 18-city tour of the East, Southeast, and Midwest from now until May. Hector LaTorre produces the workshops, and leading audio signal processing specialist Symetrix is sponsoring them. more

OLD LYME, CONNECTICUT – January 2008: You hear them and they stick in your memory: sound logos are to the ear, what a visual symbol is to the eye. So what does an ‘audio specialist’ sound like? “That’s precisely what we’d like to find out, with the help of music enthusiasts around the world,” says Susanne Seidel, president of Global Marketing at Sennheiser. “Our customers have huge creative potential, and having fun composing and messing about with music and sound lies at the heart of the sound logo competition, which we are launching on January 17th at Winter NAMM in Anaheim.” more

~ Auralex Acoustics Incorporated into “Green” Multi-Purpose Room ~

ANAHEIM, CA – JANUARY 24, 2008 — David Ronn, a high-profile corporate attorney and musician from Houston Texas, is a poster child for green living. His entire home is designed with energy-saving construction and appliances, including a multi-purpose room that functions as a home theater, dining room, rehearsal space and a home recording studio. more

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, January 17, 2008 — Demonstrating the premium fidelity, uniform coverage and high output of JBL VERTEC® line arrays, Buenos Aires Live Show (B.A.L.S.) provided live sound reinforcement for a series of concerts in Buenos Aires featuring Soda Stereo, the most popular rock band in Latin America. The six shows were held at the River Plate Stadium (Estadio Monumental) and drew more than 450,000 fans. more

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, January 17, 2008 — Demonstrating the versatility and functionality of its HiQnet™ professional audio system configuration and control protocol and also the increasing deployment of HiQnet in components of its brands, the Harman Pro Group today announced that it had supplied system integrator, Creative Technologies, with a sophisticated HiQnet digital audio and control network for the ambitious and heavily AV-centric General Motors booth at the Detroit Auto Show. The system, specified by event sound designer Jim Risgin of OSA International, employs HiQnet at its core, is controlled using HiQnet System Architect™ control software with BSS Audio Soundweb London BLU-80 processors, and features 174 HiQnet-enabled VP Series powered loudspeakers from JBL Professional. more

Revolutionary Producer Hank Shocklee Employs Revolutionary Technology With JBL LSR4300 Series Studio Monitors

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, January 17, 2008 — Demonstrating the sonic accuracy of JBL Professional LSR4300 Series studio monitors, influential producer Hank Shocklee installed a pair of JBL LSR4300 powered studio monitors for his personal writing room. With JBL‘s groundbreaking Room Mode Correction™ (RMC) technology, Shocklee has tuned the system to eliminate problems caused by standing waves in his room, creating an ideal listening environment. more