Providing sound integration professionals with high performance, energy efficient amplifier technology that will redefine the way amplifiers are designed and built, Crown Audio today introduced the ComTech DriveCore™ series of amplifiers. The new line – consisting of four models, are all one rack, convection cooled, ultra-energy efficient amplifiers. more

dbx® Professional Products, a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer of professional signal processing products and a division of the Harman International Company (NYSE-HAR), is showcasing the SC 64 (System Core) and SC 32 Digital Matrix Processors. These flagship processors feature intuitive Wizard-driven system configuration using Harman’s proprietary HiQnet™ System Architect™, for unprecedented DSP power and routing flexibility, making it the ideal foundation for even the most demanding systems. more

With the 2010 European summer music festival season drawing massive numbers of music lovers to meadows, air fields, sports facilities, event grounds and historic estates throughout the continent, a wide range of popular musical styles and increasingly diverse audiences of all ages have been gathering to experience their favorite live entertainers in outdoor settings. Some of the largest and most popular of these events are serviced by leading concert sound rental and production firms using JBL VERTEC® as their system of choice to meet the contract “rider� requirements of international artists. more

Sept 13, 2010

TORONTO – The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is keeping Westbury National Show Systems very busy.

For the past year Westbury’s Systems Division has been integrating state-of-the-art audiovisual systems into TIFF’s new headquarters, the Bell Lightbox. Meanwhile, Westbury’s Show Services Division is providing audiovisual production services for more than 40 Film Festival parties, including TIFF�s Opening Gala and the closing party on September 19. more

The new Soundcraft Compact Stagebox for Vi and Si consoles offers a high density of I/O connections in only 4U of rack space. The modular unit offers as standard 32 mic/line inputs, 8 line outputs, 8 channels of AES/EBU outputs and 2 expansion slots for standard Studer D21m I/O cards. The D21m is the I/O architecture for Studer as well as Soundcraft digital mixing systems and allows connection to most popular digital formats, including CobraNet®, AVIOM A-Net®16 Ethersound ADAT and RockNet. A MADI recording interface can also be fitted to the expansion slots. more

Bournemouth University has become the first SADiE customer in the UK to take delivery of the new SADiE 6 audio editing and production software.

Peter Nash, Prism Sound and SADiE’s Broadcast Consultant, personally delivered the first five UK licences when he attended the Sounding Out creative radio conference, which took place at the University from September 7th – 10th 2010. more

Cinedeck LLc has appointed Oxygen DCT as its exclusive European distributor for the Cinedeck EXTREME v2.0 award-winning, ultra-portable cinema grade monitoring, recording and playback device that made its European debut on the Oxygen DCT stand at IBC 2010. more

AMSTERDAM — Sept. 11, 2010 — Wohler Technologies Inc. today announced that its new AMP2-16V modular audio/video processing monitor is now available with state-of-the-art audio upmixing capabilities. The integration of UPMAX(R) mixing technology from Linear Acoustic enables the AMP2-16V to seamlessly convert stereo signals into surround-sound audio, giving broadcasters the ability to provide consistently high-quality audio outputs for their surround-sound viewers. more

AMSTERDAM — Sept. 11, 2010 — At its IBC2010 press conference today, Wohler Technologies Inc. introduced three new subtitling cards within the company’s groundbreaking HDCC-200A-OP47 product range, allowing users to handle transmission and monitoring of World System Teletext (WST) and OP47-based subtitles. Based on Wohler’s award-winning FULL HDCC-200A(TM) card, each of the three new XCODE, DUALMON, and LOGGER cards provides broadcasters with the specific functionality their applications require at a competitive price point. more

AMSTERDAM — Sept. 11, 2010 — Wohler Technologies today announced the release of Presto, a new multiview source selector that makes 16 audio/video channels readily available for monitoring and straightforward switching via integrated OLED pushbuttons. Presto offers a cost-effective, one-stop monitoring solution for 16 different audio/video channels with multiple formats. more