Company introduces six new Avocent Emerge® Products for end-to-end video processing

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 28th, 2008 – Avocent Corporation (Nasdaq: AVCT) today added six new products to its Emerge product family, a new set of solutions for video processing. The Emerge VSS products enable AV industry professionals the ability to easily upscale or downscale video to different resolutions and convert video from DVI to VGA or VGA to DVI. The Emerge VSM product combines video and audio switching with a video scaler and converter. Avocent‘s new video signal processing products offer customers the ability to manipulate video signals to meet their needs. These new products have been designed for professional AV environments such as stadiums, conference rooms, corporate boardrooms, universities and hotels. more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – FEBRUARY 4, 2008 — Auralex Acoustics, Inc., the industry leader in innovative sound control solutions, recently equipped Keynote‘s newest recording and live performance venue, East Street Studios, with its renowned acoustical treatments.

Keynote, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, commissioned Auralex Acoustics to treat its newly constructed 15,000 square foot performance space, located in Westfield, Indiana. Sixty-four Elite C44 ProPanels were installed throughout the venue in order to cut the reverberation time of the room. more

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 29 January, 2008 — Demonstrating its ability to provide diverse, custom-level audio solutions with readily available off-the-shelf audio components, the Harman Pro Group today showcased a ballroom installation featuring JBL Professional VRX and SRX loudspeakers, Crown XTi and CTs amplifiers and BSS Soundweb processing at the elite Hotel Port Royal in Hamburg.

A unique aspect of the design called for JBL SRX 712M stage monitor wedges to be installed in the floor. Complementing the 712M‘s are eight 718M subwoofers with 18-inch drivers that are versatile and can be configured as part of a large subwoofer array or, as at the Port Royal, in a smaller satellite subwoofer system. The main line array system is comprised of 12 JBL VRX932LA, 12-inch two-way loudspeakers. The VRX Series Constant Curvature Line Arrays are designed and built to the same high standards and uses the same advanced driver technology as the VerTec Line Array Series used the world over in large venue concert arenas. VRX delivers extraordinary power handling, clarity, flexibility and unique JBL sound in an attractive and easy to rig package and proved ideal for the design required at this theme hotel. more

NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA, February 1, 2008 — Underscoring the performance, reliability, and pattern control of JBL Professional‘s Precision Directivity (PD) Series loudspeakers, Hercules, CA-based Pro Media/Ultrasound recently utilized these speakers to upgrade the audio system at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. The project included the design and installation of new loudspeaker systems for the Pavilion‘s main bowl and back of house areas, and showcased Pro Media/Ultrasound‘s prowess as both a systems integration and audio rental firm. more

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, January 17, 2008 — Demonstrating its ability to provide powerful, networked loudspeaker technology for the most demanding events, JBL Professional announced that it had supplied over 130 network-connected VP Series powered professional loudspeakers to Creative Technologies in response to a specification from event sound designer Jim Risgin of OSA International, for the General Motors display at the North American International Auto Show Detroit. more

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 29 January, 2008 — In an endorsement of the Harman Pro Group‘s determination to provide category-leading components at each node of the audio signal chain to advance the integration, performance and efficiency of systems design, the company today showcased the Eissportzentrum Klagenfurt ice hockey arena in Klagenfurt, Austria that features JBL Professional loudspeakers, Crown power amplifiers, and BSS Soundweb London for processing. The system was designed and installed by Kain Audio in Austria and includes Harman Pro Group components from Crown, JBL Professional and BSS Audio. more

Supercharged snowmobile engines issue high pitched screams at 130 dB, pushed to piston-pummeling extremes as they tear around the track, 600cc, heavily modified machines running race fuel… It‘s LOUD. The crowd is nearly as noisy, loving every minute of it. Being heard above all this is easier said than done. And then there‘s the mud, the slush, the dirt… That‘s why making live sound reinforcement happen on the WPSA (World Power Sports Association) Racing Sno-X snowmobile and ATV tours–as seen on the Speed Channel and ESPN–requires some seriously tough loudspeakers. Enter Electro-Voice… more

In December 2007, Emirates Airlines began flying directly from Houston, TX to Dubai. To help celebrate this historic event, a lavish route launch party was held in the Grand Lobby of Sarofim Hall in Houston‘s $100M Hobby Center for Performing Arts, the gem of Houston‘s Theater District. A sweeping modern design that rises to a six-story façade of glass and steel, the lobby has become one of the most sought-after reception venues in the city. more

Audio Logic Systems, of Bloomington, Minn., recently completed an outstanding Electro-Voice audio installation in the brand new 650-seat worship facility at Plymouth Covenant Church (Plymouth, Minn.). The all-EV system features Xi series loudspeaker arrays, CPS amplifiers, NetMax processing, and REV wireless microphones. more

Landmark Audio of Lakeland, Florida recently designed and installed a high-performance, budget-friendly Electro-Voice loudspeaker system solution for Volusia County Baptist Church in Orange City, near Orlando, Florida.

Randy Whitworth of Landmark Audio described the installation: “This is a growing church that recently built a new sanctuary and wanted to upgrade their sound system accordingly. This new room is twice as big as the old one, seating around 1100 people, and they needed sound reinforcement that balanced reverberation control with plenty of power. We modeled everything in EASE, and originally spec‘d loudspeakers coupled with acoustic treatments for the side walls and rear of the room. more