SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 2010: It may never occur to some sound designers and acousticians that they are fundamentally land-locked, never to take their work beyond predictable foundations in clay to the romantic world of the open ocean. Not so for Alan Edwards, principal audio designer at Nautilus Entertainment Design, San Diego, California. Edwards wrote the book… er, peer-reviewed paper on the subject, “Audio System Design for Cruise Ships,” which appeared in the 110th volume of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. Because of their flexibility, reliability, and well-thought out control options, Edwards now relies on Symetrix’ SymNet open-architecture DSP and interface solutions for many of his designs. more

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: For some twenty years, composer, musician, and sound engineer Brando Triantafillou has been writing, performing, and recording music for advertisements, film, and rising stars in the music industry. His clients include Verizon, Adidas, Nike, McDonalds, Sony, and the U.S. Army, among many, many others. Triantafillou’s production company and well-appointed project studio in Chicago both fall under the oddly delicious name of Soundcake, where two recent additions have found a comfortable home. A new BOCK 195 large-diaphragm FET microphone jumped to the front line amid an enviable collection of other A-list condensers, and a new pair of ATC SCM20SL passive near-field monitors are revealing Triantafillou’s recordings and mixes with “brutal honesty,” leading to finished projects that translate anywhere and everywhere. more

HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NEW YORK: The proverb states that nothing succeeds like success, and prolific mix engineer Serban Ghenea is living proof of its truth. After some years sharpening his musical intuition as a player in the jazz, funk and R&B worlds, Ghenea discovered he had a natural aptitude for creating compelling mixes. Over fifteen years, he has developed that aptitude into a flawless genius that has the music industry’s A-list artists lined up at the door to work with him. In the last two years alone, Ghenea has mixed over twenty number one songs for artists such as Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, and Kelly Clarkson. Metric Halo’s ChannelStrip plug-in is Ghenea’s go-to solution for all equalization and dynamics adjustments. And every mix that has left his studio in the last six years, chart-topping or otherwise, has benefitted from multiple instances of ChannelStrip. more

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 2010: Under the banner, “Outstanding Music for Outstanding Causes,” and the leadership of Michael Alexander Young, the Charities Philharmonia gets together twice a year to deliver creative and energetic concerts. All proceeds from the events go to benefit worthwhile causes and organizations. In recent years, Andrew Levine has had the opportunity to record the concerts, which almost always take place at St. John’s, Smith Square, in central London, a building erected in 1728 in the English Baroque-style. Its acoustics are stunning, and Levine has captured impressive stereo and surround recordings with minimal setup times using a Metric Halo ULN-8 mic-pre & interface with a Metric Halo MIO virtual mixer. The most recent recording took place at the end of May, with the ensemble performing Rachmaninov’s Isle of the Dead and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. more

JESSUP, MARYLAND – JULY 2010: API is pleased to announce the six winners of this year’s Visionary Scholarship, which is designed to foster creativity and excellence for the pro audio industry’s next generation of sound engineers. The scholarship is available to students enrolled at universities and schools that prominently feature the API Vision stereo/surround analog console, the Legacy Plus console or the 1608 console as a cornerstone of their students’ education. more

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – JULY 2010: Imagine that you’ve purchased a top floor luxury condominium in downtown Chicago, with floor-to-ceiling windows providing breathtaking views of the city’s famous skyline, glorious glittering Lake Michigan, and the distant prairie-turned-exurbs that provide a backlit pillow for the setting sun at day’s end. Where will you put your big screen TV that won’t detract from the view? One condo owner solved this problem with a cutting-edge twist on the most straightforward of solutions: the flat screen TV resides on the wall until it is needed, at which point a motorized track system in the ceiling physically moves it to one of three viewing positions. more

SHAKOPEE, Minn. — July 29, 2010 — Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI) today announced that its vIRsa Mouse IR emitter has been named as a 2010 CEDIA Manufacturer’s Excellence Award finalist in the Best New Product category. Finalists for this year’s awards were determined by a diverse panel of CEDIA residential electronic systems contractor judges on the criteria of innovation, value to the technician, value to the business, and impact on the client’s lifestyle. more

Brea, CA – July 2010… Altinex, the leading manufacturer of Modular AV Solutions™, is pleased to announce the new TNP221 and UT250-101 Collaborative Workspace Package. Consisting of the TNP221 Tilt ‘N Plug interconnect box and the UT250-101 Under Table Matrix Switcher, the pairing of these two products makes it easier than ever for one to patch in a laptop computer and select a specific display device for sharing information with colleagues. The new Collaborative Workspace Package is an ideal choice for use in boardrooms, classrooms, presentation spaces, and other locations where the ability to share information is critical. more

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — July 29, 2010 — Guifx, an interface design studio specializing in touchscreen interfaces for home automation and embedded systems, today announced the release of its Victoria User Interface (UI) Kit(TM). The ultimate control interface for operating distributed audio, video, and whole-house climate, lighting, and security systems, Victoria offers unprecedented ease of use with simple, intuitive navigation, and an elegant design that is right at home in any high-end environment. Providing uncompromising convenience at home or away, Victoria is Guifx’s first UI to be compatible with Crestron’s Mobile G iPad(TM) application. more

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — July 29, 2010 — SENCORE, a leading provider of high-quality signal processing and video delivery solutions, today announced the opening of a new office in the Denver Tech Center in Englewood, Colo. The Colorado office will help the company — which celebrates 60 years in business in 2011 — sustain close ties with present and future customers and facilitate both engineering support and product development. more