— Annual charity event to be held at Malibu Golf Club —

Los Angeles CA, April 18, 2013 — A date has been set for the 2013 Recording Industry Golf Tournament (RIGT), which will be held Monday, June 24, 2013, at Malibu Golf Club, with the shotgun start at 12:00 noon. The event is being organized by seasoned event producer Karen Dunn of KMD Productions and will benefit A Place Called Home (APCH), a dynamic community center and safe haven in South Central Los Angeles where underserved youth 8-21 years old are empowered to take ownership of the quality and direction of their lives through programs in education, arts, and well-being. Recording veterans Ed Cherney and Al Schmitt will serve as Co-Honorary Chairs for the afternoon’s festivities.

Dunn is now accepting participation entries, whether as sponsors, golfers or both. In addition to the 18 holes of pristine golfing, the day will include a $1 million shootout, a $10,000 Hole-in-One prize, a $1,000 chipping contest and a Golf Channel Swing Fix Video opportunity. Dunn and the Record Plant’s Rose Mann-Cherney will be driving the “world famous tequila cart� to make sure all of the day’s participants are playing their best.

Sponsorships are available at $10,000, $6,000, $3,500, $2,500, $2,000, $1,500, $1,400, $1,000 and $750 levels, covering every aspect of the event, from apparel and golf carts to photos, refreshments, the Hole-in-One prize and much more.

“Connecting our young members to professionals in the music and recording industry has turned out to be a big win for all concerned,â€� says APCH Executive Director Jonathan Zeichner, “and we are moved and grateful to be named as the beneficiary of this year’s Recording Industry Golf Tournament.â€�

Online registry for players and sponsors is available at http://2013recordingindustrygolftournament.eventbrite.com/. For more information about the tournament, visit http://recordingindustrygolftournament.webs.com/ or call Karen Dunn at 925-708-0307.

About A Place Called Home
A Place Called Home (www.apch.org) is a dynamic community center and safe haven in South Central Los Angeles where underserved youth 8-21 years old are empowered to take ownership of the quality and direction of their lives through programs in education, arts, and well-being. APCH provides support and opportunities that increase the likelihood that young people will stay in school, go on to higher education and viable jobs, and make a meaningful difference in their communities and the world. Music and recording are key components of the organization’s program offering, and the APCH youth band performs and records on a regular basis.

About KMD Productions
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, KMD Productions offers full-service event production across the US for businesses and individuals, providing a range of services needed to make events an overwhelming success. KMD Productions can handle all the details of your fundraiser, corporate function or trade show event. Whether you’re looking to launch a new product, get better brand recognition or raise money for your worthwhile charity, KMD Productions has the resources and experience to help you achieve your goals.

NATICK, MA, April 10, 2013 — Genelec, the world’s pioneer in active monitoring, is debuting its new M Series Bi-amplified Active Monitors at Pro Light + Sound 2013 in Frankfurt (booth 8 H25). The energy-efficient M Series takes a new approach to monitor design as part of Genelec’s larger ongoing sustainable initiatives known as GES (Genelec Embedded Sustainability). The primary focus in developing the new M Series was to proceed with a sustainable mindset without sacrificing the accuracy and reliability for which Genelec has been known for the past 35 years – while also offering something new and innovative for project studio customers.

The first two models being introduced are the M030 and the M040 Bi-amplified Active Monitors, which employ a Natural Composite Enclosureâ„¢ (NCEâ„¢) manufactured for Genelec in Finland from wood fiber and recyclable material. The M030 and M040 use Genelec enclosure design heritage, featuring rounded edges and gently curved front and sides to provide minimized cabinet edge diffraction and superb imaging. Both models also utilize a Laminar Integrated Portâ„¢ (LIPâ„¢) for accurate low frequency response and minimizing the enclosure vibration and each employ an integrated advanced Directivity Control Waveguideâ„¢ (DCWâ„¢), yielding large internal volumes with outstanding mechanical strength.

The M Series models feature new class D amplifiers developed in-house by Genelec’s R&D/engineering team. The class D amplifiers are highly efficient, low distortion amplifiers that operate cooler and lighter than class A/B amps. They also feature Intelligent Signal Sensing™ (ISS™) power management with auto power-off/auto power-on and with the standby power consumption of less than 0.5W. Automatic voltage selection allows the monitors to operate throughout the world. Additionally, the M Series has high-performance drivers, intuitive room response controls and system calibration with XLR/TRS and unbalanced RCA inputs.

The M030 utilizes a five-inch woofer and 0.75-inch metal dome tweeter, powered by a 50-Watt and 30-Watt amplifier, respectively. The free-field frequency response is 58Hz to 20kHz (+/-3dB), while low distortion peak SPL is 103dB at one meter. The M030 measures 10 3/4″ H (273mm) x 7 1/2″ W (190mm) x 7 1/2″ D (190mm) and weighs 8.8 lbs (4.6kg). The M040 employs a 6.5-inch woofer with a one-inch metal dome tweeter, powered by an 80-Watt and 50-Watt amplifier respectively. The free-field frequency response is 48Hz-20kHz (+/-3dB), while low distortion peak SPL is 107dB at one meter. The M040 measures 13 1/4″ H (337mm) x 9 1/4″ W (235mm) x 9″ D (229mm) and weighs 15.4 lbs (7.4kg).

The Genelec M030 and the M040 Bi-amplified Active Monitors are available June 2013 with U.S. MSRP pricing as follows:
M030 $695.00 (each)
M040 $995.00 (each)

For more information, please visit www.genelecusa.com/.

Company introduces three new PowerMatch® models to offer contractors and system integrators a complete range of market-driven amplifiers.

Framingham, Massachusetts, April 10, 2013 – Bose® Professional builds on its proprietary PowerMatch® amplifier technology platform with three additional models of configurable professional power amplifiers. Based on decades of research across multiple industries, Bose engineers optimized audio performance with a robust Class-D amplifier and power supply design that together are uniquely capable of maintaining top performance even with unexpected variations in AC line voltage, rack temperature, and output load conditions. Configurable through the use of QuadBridge™ technology, each amplifier is capable of combining 2 or 4 output channels, creating flexible options to drive different power levels and loudspeaker impedances.

“Building off customer feedback we’ve received during our first 18 months with the PM8500, we developed three new models with different channel and power levels—all leveraging the same great performance, efficiency, and reliability of the acclaimed PM8500,� said Kyle Sullivan, Product Line Manager for Bose Pro Electronics. “Sound contractors and system integrators can now choose from four highly configurable models to cover the majority of their amp requirements for fixed installations ranging from demanding venues such as performing arts centers and sports arenas to high-end commercial installations including retail and hospitality locations.�

The full PowerMatch® amplifier line now includes the following models:
• PM8500 (8 channels, 4000 watts total rated power)
• PM8250 (8 channels, 2000 watts total rated power)
• PM4500 (4 channels, 2000 watts total rated power)
• PM4250 (4 channels, 1000 watts total rated power)

Network versions (PM8500N, PM8250N, PM4500N, PM4250N) are also available for each model, which enable control and monitoring over standard Ethernet networks.

All models deliver flat frequency response, wide dynamic range, and low distortion regardless of output level: Full audio frequency response deviation is +/- 0.5 dB (@ 1W), total harmonic distortion is 99 dB for the PM4250 and PM8250 and >102 dB for the PM4500 and PM8500 (below rated power, A-weighted). All models are housed in a 2U chassis and require standard AC circuits.

In conjunction with proprietary ControlSpace® Designer™ software, PowerMatch amplifiers offer the fullest feature set in their class – including onboard loudspeaker DSP, support for both low and high impedance loads (without external transformers), front-panel user interface, and fault detection, plus a digital expansion slot for use with optional audio networking and Bose ESPLink cards. PowerMatch amplifiers are put through Bose’s rigorous quality testing procedures and are backed by a 5-year warranty. The PM8250, PM4500 and PM4250 will be available starting June 2013.

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Richard Devine’s unique sounds are ubiquitous in sound libraries used for major film projects and video games, and he relies on the L1® system’s fidelity and long projection range to add ambience, turning existing sound effects into creative new ones

Framingham, Massachusetts, April 8, 2013 – Richard Devine initially bought a PA system to play music for his wedding reception, never realizing that the very same PA system would end up becoming a crucial tool in the sonic palette of his sound design business. But finding new ways to make sound great is exactly what the L1® sound system from Bose® Professional Systems Division did for Richard Devine. His Atlanta-based Devine Sound provides sound effects and other services for a wide range of sample and music libraries, including the Hollywood Edge and Sony Creative Software; his effects have appeared in films including The Last Exorcism Part II and Surveillance, and in commercials for clients like Audi, BMW, HBO and McDonald’s. Devine has also remixed top Warp Records artists like Aphex Twin and Mike Patton of Faith No More, done programming for Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, and released four full-length albums of his own. He has a keen understanding of what makes sound unique and is constantly looking for new ways to achieve that – enter the Bose L1 system.

“As part of my regular work, I’ll take sound effects recordings into the field and play them back through speakers in order to re-record them with different kinds of ambiences, such as gunshots or tires screeching in big garage or train station environments,� Devine explains, crediting award-winning sound designer Walter Murch’s “worldizing� concept of reimagining Foley techniques by immersing sound effects in real-life environments to add realistic ambiences.

Devine continues, “For my methods, you can‘t use near-field monitors because you need some distance from the sound source in order for the ambience to develop around the sound. I’ve used other PA speakers before, but they never totally gave me the effect I was looking for – they would distort at the low end or not provide enough projection of the original sound for the ambience to develop around. But after I listened to the music playing through the Bose L1 system we used for my wedding, I realized that this was not your typical PA speaker. I knew that I had found a cool new tool for my sound design work.�

After upgrading his original L1 systems to include a pair of Bose B2 bass modules, Devine finds that a much larger spectrum is available for his sounds, one that lets all of the nuances of the original effect remain as it takes on new ambient aspects. “I’m also using the Bose L1 system to generate sweep tones and capture the impulse responses that let me create new reverbs and other spatial effects,� he says. “And I can do all of this with a system that’s very portable and able to easily set up anywhere, and with fewer cables. I can get right to work. It’s pretty incredible – it started out as a personal thing, a PA for my wedding, but ended up as an important tool for my work every day.�

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, April 4, 2013 — During this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) music and media conference, Waves Audio, the industry leader in professional audio digital signal processing for the consumer, live sound and professional audio market sectors, helped optimize the quality of live and archived streams powered by Dell from The FADER FORT Presented by Converse’s award-winning, four-day event.

The Waves team spearheaded the design and coordination of the audio mixing, processing and archiving solution installed at The FADER FORT Presented by Converse for the festivities, which were held in Austin, Texas, March 13-16. Waves provided its SoundGrid® professional audio processing and networking technology for the event. The SoundGrid technology was hosted on high-performance Dell Precision workstations to enable processing of the dedicated broadcast audio mix, together with multi-track archiving of shows by a line-up of innovative and emerging artists. The fully redundant system included dual Allen & Heath iLive digital audio mixing consoles and associated MixRacks outfitted with M-Waves audio networking cards. Each M-Waves interface card supported real-time processing of up to 64 audio channels by Waves-compatible plug-ins hosted on the SoundGrid platforms. The cards additionally fed 48 channels of unprocessed audio via SoundGrid’s Audio-over-Ethernet networking protocol to the PreSonus Studio One multi-track recording software. This setup allowed engineers Ken “Pooch� Van Druten (Linkin Park, Slash, Van Halen) and Brett Orrison (Hard Rock Hotel, House of Blues) to fine-tune the broadcast mix between artist performances through the system’s virtual soundcheck capabilities. Van Druten and Orrison mixed with the aid of Focal Solo6 BE near field monitors.

Tomer Elbaz, Executive Vice President, Waves Audio Consumer Electronics Division, stated, “The Dell Precision workstations give creative professionals new levels of performance, and it is fitting that Waves is able to offer our professional audio expertise and, with our SoundGrid platform, provide the ultimate live streaming solution for the showcase. Waves DSP and design are used by leading professional producers and engineers in all areas of entertainment audio, and our ongoing collaboration with Dell allows us to provide comprehensive processing solutions.�

Van Druten stated, “This truly was a flawless event. We saw over fifty bands in five days, and the Dell Precision workstations never missed a beat running Waves MultiRack and 64 channels of multitrack audio. Combined with the Allen & Heath iLive, the Waves SoundGrid made for giant sounds in a small package. All in all, a home run.�

The final broadcast audio mix was transported to a NewTek video production switcher, where it was combined with the onstage camera signals. That content was then sent to two Dell Precision M6700 Covet Edition mobile workstations, featuring Intel® Core™ i7 Extreme Edition processors, for encoding to a web-friendly format for live streaming.

“As leaders in their respective market sectors, it is natural that Dell and Waves are partnering to bring the precise professional studio sound of FADER FORT Presented by Converse performances to consumers,� stated Jack Joseph Puig, Waves Director of Creative Innovation. “With Waves’ professional audio expertise, combined with Dell’s industry leading workstations, we can enable professional producers and engineers in all areas of entertainment audio to do what they do best. We look forward to continuing to work with Dell to introduce some exciting technological innovations in audio.�

The FADER FORT Presented by Converse, with live stream powered by Dell, hosted four days of performances by some of today’s most innovative and emerging artists, including Solange, Earl Sweatshirt, DIIV, Sky Ferreira, The Afghan Whigs and many others. Surprise guests included Usher, Diddy, Macklemore, Trae, T.I., B.O.B., Yo Gotti, Travis Scott and Pharrell.

For more information, please visit www.maxx.com.

From small clubs on San Antonio’s West Side to large ballrooms for concerts and high-profile corporate events, the Bose® L1® Model II system with B1 bass module and T1 ToneMatch® audio engine give
Posada and his band what they need

Framingham, Massachusetts, April 4, 2013 – Tejano saxophonist Joe Posada recently capped his five GRAMMY® and four Latin GRAMMY® nominations with winning a Latin GRAMMY Award for Best Tejano Album in 2012. Posada is widely renowned by music lovers for having combined the sounds of jazz and Tejano, thus creating a unique genre fusion that has earned him enthusiastic audiences over the course of more than 40 years. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Posada’s recording career began in 1967 when he was 13, on the single “Por Última Vez,� as the sax player for Fito Riojas and The Sensations, and this launched a decades-long career as an in-demand sideman and solo artist. Today, Posada tours mainly with a trio, backed by his son, J. Posada, Jr. on drums and keyboardist Charlie Bernal, playing a wide range of gigs from small clubs to large ballrooms. At every one of these engagements, Posada plays and sings through the L1® Model II system, with B1 Bass Module and T1 ToneMatch® audio engine from Bose® Professional Systems Division, and he’ll be adding a second L1 system and two additional B1 bass modules in the very near future as he continues to play larger and larger venues.

“We had been working with products from other manufacturers, but it wasn’t enough for a lot of shows,� says Posada. “Mack, the salesperson at Sweetwater, told me about the Bose L1 system, and I did some research on it. It seemed too good to be true – it looked incredibly light but supposedly provided powerful sound. I have to admit I was skeptical, but he said to try it out. I did and we’ve used it for every gig ever since. It sounds incredibly clear, even at the bottom end – we use the Akai EWI [Electronic Wind Instrument controller], and it has seven octaves and can really get down low, and the L1 handles all of that easily. Other speakers would begin to distort, but the B1 subs handle it like it is nothing. We’re using some condenser microphones on the drums and percussion, and it handles everything in the kit beautifully, from the highs to the lows, from the kick to the chimes.�

Posada was impressed by the L1 system design – a 24-speaker articulated line array that delivers 180-degree horizontal sound coverage and produces the most consistent tonal balance with little volume drop-off over distance – allowing Posada to place the system behind the band without ever encountering feedback, thus eliminating the need for monitors. “It’s incredibly light to begin with, and then you don’t have to carry around separate monitors,� he says. “Load-in, tear-down and load-out is a breeze. It’s made to order for what we do every night. I’m totally sold on the Bose L1 system and ToneMatch engine.�

— Boston-area pub had a problem with noise, and GC Pro had the solutions right at hand to allow the owner and his patrons to hear themselves talk again —

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA, April 3, 2013 — It’s one of the oldest quandaries in the restaurant business: you want your bar or restaurant to resonate nicely with the interlaced sounds of music, televised sports and people having a great time. But at some point, a sonic arms race begins, pitting tables against other tables and P.A. audio. It’s one of the greatest challenges in the installed sound business: getting that balance right for each restaurant. It’s a challenge that the experts at Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar Center that focuses on the needs of professional users, have successfully faced many times, most recently for Five Horses Tavern, in the Boston suburb of Somerville.

Five Horses Tavern is built on craft beers from around the world and offers 37 rotating drafts and over 130 bottles. The pub’s kitchen emphasizes locally sourced modern American comfort food with many vegetarian options. It’s the kind of place people want to be – a lot of them, and especially on weekend nights. Owner Dylan Welsh realized that between the talking and the music, the din was crossing the tipping point. “We were having a huge problem with noise inside,� he recalls. “We’d have 150 people in there, and the room has reflective wood and glass and high ceilings, and it would just get overwhelming sometimes. Something needed to be done.�

Welsh heard about GC Pro through a friend and contacted Senior Account Manager PK Pandey, who has designed and installed AV systems in numerous restaurants around the Boston area for years for GC Pro. Pandey stopped by and assessed the situation. “There were a lot of hard, reflective surfaces, and that was amplifying the sound in there,� he explains. “They are surface-mounted speakers, so moving them wasn’t an option. The solution was absorption, but the trick was placing it correctly to make the most effective use of it, and where it wouldn’t interfere with the interior décor.�

Pandey specified a combination of products, including Auralex®’s Studiofoam® Pro Class A acoustical foam, and Acoustical Surfaces’ Sound Silencer™ Porous Expanded Polypropylene acoustical wall and ceiling tile panels. Then, drawing on his extensive experience in solving noise issues in these types of environments, Pandey directed Welsh, who had decided to do the application process himself to reduce costs, where to best place the acoustical treatment products. That included affixing them to the underside of certain tables and chairs, to reduce upward reflections. “PK also had me put some of the materials on the ceiling beams, where they really worked well reducing reflections but aren’t at all visible, which really helped keep the look of the place together,� says Welsh. “Now that we’ve done that, the difference is huge – we still have big crowds on weekend nights, but no one is screaming at the top of their lungs to be heard by someone else at that same table. And the music sounds better, clearer.� Welsh is planning on opening another eatery in Boston’s South End neighborhood later this year and says consulting with GC Pro will be at the top of his list. “They’re true professionals,� he says. “They know how to make it work.�

For more information, please visit www.gcpro.com.

— Appointment helps to position Aphex® for next phase of growth —

Aphex®, a leader in professional audio technology for more than 35 years, announces the appointment of Jim Bailey to the position of General Manager. The announcement was made by Aphex Chairman and CEO David Wiener and underscores the company’s ongoing expansion. Bailey’s extensive experience in product development, illustrated by the recent debuts of such groundbreaking and acclaimed Aphex models as the USB 500 Rack and USB Microphone X, along with his management talent, combined with Wiener’s leadership and creative expertise, will see the company poised for unprecedented success in 2013 and beyond.

Wiener stated, “Aphex is firing on all cylinders. We have worked really hard over the last two years, adapting, evolving and expanding our Burbank and Salt Lake City operations to position us for the next phase of growth. A key step is putting Jim in the position of General Manager, where we can fully utilize his unique skill set in leading the product and operations teams.�

After many years as a successful engineer, producer and studio operator in Los Angeles, riding the transition from analog to digital, Bailey ultimately came into pro audio manufacturing to put that experience into new products. His motto of “get the sound that’s in the artist’s head� has resulted in numerous award-winning products. Prior to joining Aphex as Director of Product Development, Bailey held product management positions at TASCAM and Avid, where he acted as the glue between the customer, the sales force, the marketing team and engineering. With his new appointment as General Manager of Aphex, that glue is becoming stronger than ever.

For more information please visit http://www.aphex.com.