Lexicon®, a Harman International Company (NYSE-HAR), is offering a free 7-day trial of the new PCM Native Reverb Plug-In Bundle. This powerful reverb bundle includes seven signature Lexicon reverbs which will change the way you color your mix. It includes unique plug-ins for each algorithm including: Vintage Plate, Plate, Hall, Room, Random Hall, Concert Hall, and Chamber with hundreds of the most versatile and finely crafted studio presets including recognizable classics from Lexicon’s immense library of sounds. more

THE EDGE, one of New Zealand’s leading performing arts, commercial entertainment and convention facilities, recently purchased a Soundcraft Si3 console to accommodate its three separate venues. Located in Auckland, THE EDGE is home to the Aotea Centre’s ASB Theatre and Conventions Wing, The Civic and Auckland Town Hall performance venues. more

UnUsUal Productions, one of the leading event and concert production companies serving China and the broader Asian region, filled Singapore’s Indoor Stadium with its newly-acquired JBL VERTEC® line arrays, powered by Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers, for a performance by Taiwanese superstar Chang Huimei, aka A-mei, and her 2010 Amit Live First World Tour, named after her latest album. The performer’s highly anticipated tour packed nearly 12,000 people each night for back-to-back sold-out shows on January 29 and 30, 2010. more

Iroquois, Ontario, Canada – April 12, 2010 – France Televisions renews all character generators used in their regional centers as graphics become complex. Launching a European tender for this renewal, France Televisions chose Ross Video’s XPression. more

Montreal, Canada⎯Le Studio Mobile recently spent six weeks in Vancouver providing 5.1 audio mixes for broadcast coverage of the Opening, Closing, and Medal Ceremonies of the 2010 Olympic games as well as mixes of nightly musical entertainment.

Le Studio Mobile used its complete arsenal of professional audio equipment including dual Yamaha DM2000v2 digital consoles, handling all inputs from BC Place for music, vocals, announcements and speeches. John Simpson, of Sydney, Australia was the mix engineer assisted by Brian Power of Halifax, Nova Scotia. All elements were recorded on four 48-tracks recorders. more

Gepco’s HSB Fusion Splice Box

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, APRIL 12, 2010 — Gepco International (NAB Booth C5643) is featuring its new HSB Fusion Splice Box at the 2010 NAB Show, April 12-15. HSB provides a solution for the deployment of hybrid fiber cable in a compact chassis that is easy to install and terminate in the field. Specifically designed for hybrid camera applications, the HSB features configurable cable ports and a custom fusion splice tray for use with 9.2mm SMPTE hybrid cable, discrete electrical and fiber cables, or the HDC3R three-channel hybrid cable. more

Gepco’s HMP8 Modular Panel System

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, APRIL 12, 2010 — Gepco International (Booth C5643), an industry leader in professional audio and video interconnect products, is pleased to introduce the HMP8 Modular Hybrid Fiber & Triax Panel, as well as its terminated and loaded breakout rack version, the HMP8-Bxx SMPTE 304M Breakout Rack, at the NAB Show April 12 – 15, 2010. Commonly used for machine room patching of multiple camera positions to available camera control units (CCU), the HMP8 and HMP8-Bxx provide an expandable breakout system or patching solution with up to eight breakout positions in a 2RU frame. Featuring an angled front panel to reduce cable bend radius, both the HMP8 and HMP8-Bxx utilize nonconductive plastic HMP8 connector modules to provide electrical isolation. more

Gepco’s SMPTE Field and Studio Boxes

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, APRIL 12, 2010 — Gepco International (NAB Booth C5643) is pleased to offer its new line of SMPTE Field and Studio Boxes to complement its full line of fiber system solutions, including cabling and connectors.

Gepco® Brand SMPTE Field and Studio Boxes are available in 1-, 2- or 3-channel configurations and feature configurable cord grips and cable management solutions. The end user has the ability to distribute each hybrid connector over fiber and copper, SMPTE 311M or 3-channel hybrid cables. Field-installed cables can be terminated by polishing, using a field term gel, or fusion splicing SC connectors. more

Gepco’s HMS Fusion Splice Rack

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, APRIL 12, 2010 — Gepco International (NAB Booth C5643) is pleased to introduce its new HMS Modular Fusion Splice Rack at the 2010 NAB Show August 12-15. This HMS Splice Rack provides a field solution that is easily terminated for the deployment of hybrid fiber connectors in an expandable chassis system.

With an internal cable management and fusion splice tray system, the HMS allows for all electrical and fiber termination to occur within the chassis, streamlining and protecting the cable breakout. Because the fusion splice occurs within the chassis, not in the connector, almost any type of hybrid connector can be terminated with any type of fusion splicer. more

Gepco’s V-CON Multi-Channel Video Connector System

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, APRIL 12, 2010 — Gepco International (NAB Booth C5643) has set the bar for multi-channel video connectors with its V-CON Connector System, which will be featured during the 2010 NAB Show April 12-15. Designed to withstand the harsh environments posed by outdoor broadcast, mobile production and staging applications, the V-CON system provides the bandwidth and electrical performance for multi-channel HD interconnects in a durable all-weather design. more