ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA/CAMBRIDGE, UK—Clear-Com® Communication Systems (IBC, Stand 9.C40a), a brand of The Vitec Group and a leading provider of intercom systems worldwide, is pleased to welcome Bob Romero as its new Global Customer Operations Director. Romero will lead and manage the company’s worldwide service and support teams, including the application engineering, technical support and service and repair teams, based in the US and UK. He is also responsible for developing a clear strategy to better service Clear-Com customers and improve customer satisfaction at all touch points of the experience continuum. more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Digidesign, a worldwide leading manufacturer of digital audio production systems, acoustically renovated its video production room, which has become the permanent set for DigiTV, with Auralex Acoustics’ state-of-the-art treatments. DigiTV is an online video program created to educate consumers about the company’s product features and the latest product news, user profiles, tips and tricks, and more.

The goals of the renovation were to deaden the overall space to provide for usable sound recording when shooting video. Digidesign also needed to create a usable mixing station. Auralex Acoustics, the industry leader in innovative sound control solutions, provided a complete acoustical analysis to help the company achieve this. more

CHILLICOTHE, OH, AUGUST 14, 2008 — Students at the Recording Workshop were surprised by fellow alum and Holophone Founder and President, Michael Godfrey, when he donated one of Holophone’s® H3-D Surround Microphones to the school. Helping prepare the audio professionals of tomorrow, the H3-D will allow students to gain a competitive edge that is essential for succeeding in an aggressive field where surround recording is becoming prevalent. more

Ballston Spa, NY—August 14, 2008—ReQuest, the leader in digital media servers for residential and commercial custom installations, has released NetSync for iTunes Macintosh version 1.01, a program that until now had been available only for Windows operating systems. NetSync for iTunes Macintosh, designed to work with all ReQuest servers installed with Serious Play software (version 4.6.2 or later), will seamlessly sync with iTunes and multiple iPods, and iPhones. more

Miranda Lambert
Miranda Lambert is Stuck on Shure
NILES, IL, August 14, 2008 — Charting a career launched by a third place finish on Nashville Star in 2003, Miranda Lambert has since recorded the platinum-selling album Kerosene, toured with George Strait, Keith Urban, and Toby Keith, and helped rationalize irrational courtship behavior with Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, her second album including the hit “Famous in a Small Town.� With two GRAMMY® nominations and a string of ACM Awards under her belt, including Album of the Year in 2008, she still calls Lindale, Texas, her home as well as her ranch in Oklahoma. more

Demonstrating the performance consistency and system reliability of Crown Audio’s CTs Series amplifiers in concert with the efficient network capability of Crown’s IQ Series network cards, Beijing’s new 18,000-seat Wukesong Indoor Stadium, home to the basketball competitions at the 2008 Summer
Olympics, features a complement of three Crown CTs600 amplifiers, two CTs1200 amplifiers, two CTs3000 amplifiers networked via seven Crown IQ3-PIP-Lite cards and Harman’s HiQnet™ system configuration and control protocol. The networked amplifiers drive 22 JBL Professional Control 29AV-1 loudspeakers. more

CARSON CITY, Nev., August 14, 2008 — As Wisdom Audio (www.wisdomaudio.com), the leader in planar magnetic technologies, prepares to ship its new award-nominated Sage Series high-end architectural and freestanding speaker systems, the company continues to add key personnel to its roster of industry veterans. Wisdom’s management team will be present at the 2008 CEDIA Expo, held in Denver from Sept. 4-7 at the Colorado Convention Center, booth SR-16.

Since the spring of 2008, Wisdom Audio has appointed Todd Sutherland western regional manager, director of sales operations, and Eric Graul V.P., manufacturing. more

RICHARD GRAY’S POWER COMPANY EXTENDS WHOLE-HOUSE POWER OFFERINGS WITH RGPC HOUSEGUARD

Surge Protection is the most commonly requested power management solution; RGPC’s HouseGuard protects a home’s most critical circuits from surges by connecting directly to the AC panel.

New Orleans, LA – August 14, 2008 – Richard Gray’s Power Company (RGPC) today announces the RGPC HouseGuard, a whole-house AC line surge suppression system for 120/240V single-phase electrical installations. HouseGuard is the second whole-house device launched by RGPC, as the company seeks to address increased consumer and dealer demand for power management equipment that can more comprehensively protect more electronics systems at once by connecting directly at the AC panel instead of at individual outlets. more