LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 2010: TransAudio Group, boutique distributor/marketer of the world’s most highly-regarded pro audio recording equipment, announced that it will distribute Dave Hill Designs hardware and software in the United States. Hill’s long history of designing unique and powerful processors, together with his singular mastery of both the analog and digital domains, has earned him a cult status within the industry. Dave Hill Designs’ new current product line is comprised of the Europa I, a class-A mic preamp with unparalleled control over transient response and gorgeous harmonic distortion, and the RA, a TDM plug-in that emulates amplifier overload to impress the luster of imperfection on sterile digital signals.

“Dave Hill is one of the most significant inventors of our day in professional audio,” said Brad Lunde, president of TransAudio Group. “He is the rare person who has had more

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – CHRISTMAS 2010: Symetrix is honored to be part of the mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program to collect new, unwrapped toys each year to distribute as Christmas gifts to needy children in our community. We are very grateful to our business partners, employees, family and friends who have generously contributed over the years and made this year’s 23rd annual campaign a great success. Reflecting on the outpouring of gifts, Julie Ogden, Symetrix COO and organizer of the campaign, said, ‘I love to imagine the joy of one small child opening a present on Christmas morning. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without Toys for Tots for so many young people. www.symetrix.co

Soundtronics Supplies Over 40 Channels of Handheld UHF-R® Wireless Systems For Two-Hour Live Broadcast of A Cappella Singing Competition

NILES, IL, December 22, 2011 — One of the breakout ratings hits of the fall TV season, NBC’s The Sing-Off is an elimination competition among a cappella singing groups, hosted by Nick Lachey. The finale was broadcast on Monday, December 20, with phone-in voters awarding the top prize to the Alabama gospel group Committed. For the two-hour live broadcast, the program specified a full stage of Shure UHF-R wireless systems, including 28 handheld transmitters with KSM9 mic capsules and another 14 channels with SM58® heads. In addition, the show requested four channels of Shure PSM® 900 personal monitors with eight bodypack receivers, which were used by guest artists including Sara Bareilles, Sheryl Crow, Neil Diamond, and Boyz II Men. All systems were supplied by Soundtronics Wireless in Burbank.

“It more

Professional audio design and installation company, Clair Brothers Audio Systems, has installed a complete JBL VerTec line array system in New York’s famous Beacon Theatre. The installation marks the third audio retrofit of an MSG-owned venue by Clair Brothers, which has also installed JBL VerTec line arrays in New York’s Radio City Music Hall and the Chicago Theatre.

Part of a $16 million full venue renovation, Clair Brothers relied on JBL’s new DPDA-equipped powered line array elements, featuring AES digital audio, BSS Omnidrive HD signal processing, and HiQnet compatibility. A total of 16 JBL VerTec VT4888DP-DA powered midsize line array elements with DrivePack® technology are included in left-right arrays of eight per side, with three VT4880A fullsize arrayable subwoofers per side. In addition, two VT4888 midsize line array elements and two VT4882 midsize arrayable subwoofers provide top balcony fill, with four VT4487ADP-DA powered compact line array elements providing more

Hitachi America, Ltd., Digital Media Division, Business Solutions Group today announced the introduction of its CPX9 Portable Series LCD projector, ideal for use in classrooms, conference rooms, on the road or anywhere a lightweight, high-quality, high-value projector is needed.

Weighing less than five pounds and measuring just 12 x 8.7 x 3 inches, the CPX9 can project images up to 300 inches (diagonal measurement) with XGA resolution, 3,200 lumens brightness and 16.7 million colors. It features an exclusive Whiteboard Mode that adjusts the projector’s brightness when used with a whiteboard, to reduce glare and eye strain. Another feature unique to Hitachi projectors is its Template function that displays lines, circles or a world map, making it easier to write on an interactive whiteboard.

The CPX9 provides HDMI, S-Video and composite video inputs, an RGB computer video input and monitor output, two RCA audio inputs, and an audio more

When Ireland’s national broadcaster, RTÉ Radio upgraded its Studio 10 sports studio recently, it took the network’s tally of Studer OnAir 3000 digital consoles to 19. While 10 are located in the main RTE campus, one occupies an RTE studio in a nearby shopping centre, and the other eight are distributed over five regional studio centres.

The broadcaster’s relationship with Studer extends back many years to the A80 tape machines, which were in use in RTÉ Radio for many years, and over the past six years they have systematically upgraded all the main radio studios, replacing various analogue consoles with the OnAir 3000 series — Studio 10 being the last in line.

RTÉ Radio’s resident studio guru, Seamus Power, drew up the initial list of requirements for the new desk and the contract for the installation was awarded to local company, Audiohead Ltd, who have extensive experience more

Oxygen DCT has launched a new service to help broadcasters and post production facilities re-align and maintain LCD picture monitors with the correct broadcast colourimetry.

Picture monitors ‘drift’ from factory settings and need re-calibration because significant differences between the brightness and colour temperature of a group of monitors in a stack can be both irritating and tiring on the eyes. In the case of Grade One monitors, which are used for high-grade ‘reference’ assessment of picture quality, post production and transmission, poor alignment can lead to problems with quality control if broadcast engineers can’t tell if the monitor is at fault or the incoming signal.

Oxygen DCT’s new Colour Calibration Service aims to rectify the problem by re-aligning monitors and ensuring they comply with ITU Recommendation ITU-R709, which defines the sampling systems, matrix values and filter characteristics for both Y, B-Y, R-Y and RGB high definition component digital more

LEIGHTRONIX announced today that the UltraNEXUS-SDI video server/system controller has been updated with an all-new audio interface, providing connectivity for digital or analog audio signals.

The new audio interface provides options for connecting to a wide range of professional video and audio equipment. Audio may be embedded within the SDI (serial digital interface) video signal or input independent of the SDI video as a digital or analog audio signal.

Supported Audio Signal Formats:

Embedded Audio — Digital Audio (SMPTE 272M) Embedded within the Digital SD-SDI Video Signal (SMPTE 259M)
Digital Audio — AES3 Digital Audio (IEC 60958 Type 1 Balanced)
Analog Audio — Balanced Two Channel Audio

The UltraNEXUS-SDI is equipped with two digital playback channels. The embedded, digital, and analog audio outputs are always enabled, for simple configuration and connection. Users can easily select their preferred audio more