FRANKFURT, GERMANY, March 10, 2008 - Lauten Audio, a high-end microphone maker, has announced a new distribution agreement with UK-based The Audio Professionals. Under the terms of the agreement, The Audio Professionals will serve as the sole distributor in the United Kingdom for the Santa Clara, California-based company‘s entire microphone line, including their highly successful Horizon tube microphone and three new models. The entire microphone line will be on display at the 2008 Musikmesse Pro Light and Sound show in Hall 5.1 D50.

“We are delighted to have been appointed as the UK distributor for Lauten Audio,” says Martin Warr, Director at The Audio Professionals. “In a market packed with a huge range of microphones, we found Lauten Audio to be extremely refreshing in their approach to design and manufacture. The Audio Professionals are constantly looking to align ourselves with quality and forward thinking companies of integrity, where the products are never compromised; Lauten Audio absolutely fits this criterion. The people behind Lauten Audio are some of the most experienced and trusted figures in the microphone industry today, and we know [the founder] Brian Loudenslager has some exciting plans for the future, so we are looking forward to working with him and his team.”

Lauten Audio‘s first commercially available product, the Horizon tube microphone, is a hand crafted boutique quality microphone that has proven to be a must-have for many recordists. Lauten Audio‘s new microphones include the FC-357 Clarion, the ST-221 Torch, and the LT-381 Oceanus. The FC-357 is a solid-state multi-pattern large diaphragm condenser microphone, designed for recordists looking for very clean and natural sound reproduction. The ST-221 is a pair of small diaphragm tube microphones. The ST-221 combines the characteristics of the small diaphragm and the tube, making it an ideal choice for recording instruments. Finally, the LT-381 features a newly designed large dual-diaphragm capsule, unique circuit topology with a pentode input and transformerless triode output circuit, and variable omni, cardioid and figure-8 polar patterns. The LT-381 is designed to be a high-performance vocal microphone that produces incredibly full and detailed recordings.

“We are very pleased to partner with The Audio Professionals in the United Kingdom,” says Brian Loudenslager, founder of Lauten Audio. “Martin Warr and Dave West have more than 30 years of combined industry experience in marketing professional audio products. With their value-added distribution approach; Lauten Audio is poised for a very successful introduction to the UK.”

About Lauten Audio:

Lauten Audio is a high-end microphone manufacturer formed by professionals with diverse backgrounds ranging from microphone design, physics, recording engineering, electrical engineering, international business, and manufacturing. The company‘s philosophy is to build better sounding microphones through unique designs, careful component selection, efficient manufacturing processes, and extensive listening tests.

Lauten Audio is located in Santa Clara, CA. For more information on Lauten Audio‘s products and organization please visit www.lautenaudio.com

About The Audio Professionals UK:

Martin Warr was Head of LOUD Technologies in the UK for over 4 years, and had been with Mackie and associated brands for nearly a decade. He has worked in all areas of the market including music recording, live, broadcast, post production. He established his own company, The Audio Professionals, in 2006.

Dave West was a successful musician before turning his talents to sales. He has been a stalwart of various pro audio reselling and distribution companies over the last decade, and is particularly well connected to the audio production and education markets.

The Audio Professionals are located in their new offices in Watford, UK. Visit them online at www.audiopros.eu

615 Music, one of America‘s preeminent Production Music companies, providers of library and production music (both original and custom) for television networks and programs, feature films, radio, commercials, on-air promos, interactive applications and multi-media clients, recently composed and produced the highly successful new musical promotional tune for the “TODAY” show, entitled “Why I Love Today.” To hear this tune, please visit: http://www.615music.com/core/custom_services.cfm

The company has also produced and delivered the country‘s first ever 5.1 Surround sound news music package, for client KPIX TV. 615 Music President and CEO Randy Wachtler made the announcements.

ABOUT “WHY I LOVE TODAY:”

For 615 Music‘s longtime client NBC Television, the company wrote and produced the new song, entitled “Why I Love TODAY,” to promote the “TODAY” show. “Why I Love TODAY,” a very contemporary, pop music style song, was written by Greg Barnhill, Frank Radice, NBC‘s Executive Vice President of Marketing, East Coast, and 615‘s R. Wachtler, and features lead vocalist D. Thomas. Regarding the tune, Mr. Radice said, “Working with 615 Music just makes sense. They understand we want a song, not a jingle…and as a composer, I need a partner and not just a music company. 615 is the best partner I could have both for the music and the marketing.”

The video behind the new promotional song incorporates actual “TODAY” show viewers, who discuss the various reasons why they love that program - relating the show as the source of their latest information about news, food, fashion, entertainment, lifestyle suggestions, etc. “TODAY” has also incorporated celebrity interactions within its “Why I Love TODAY” promo campaign, including those from Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson and Steve Carrell, to name a few.

In related news, “TODAY” dominated the February Sweep. According to NBC News, the Nielsen numbers say “TODAY” delivered its best February sweep in four years topping “Good Morning America” by more than 1.1 million viewers. For the sweep, “TODAY” attracted 6.1 million viewers - a whopping 1.1+ million (23 percent) lead over GMA, and more than 2.9 million (94 percent) lead over “The Early Show.”

The sweep marks “TODAY‘s” best total viewer advantage over GMA in a February sweep since 2004 (excluding the 2006 Torino Olympic Games). TODAY was the only morning news program to increase in total viewers year-to-year. Versus the February 2007 sweep, “TODAY” increased its advantage over GMA in homes (from 15% up to 21%), total viewers (from 16% up to 23%), W18-49 (from 19% to 32! %), A18-49 (from 27% up to 46%), W25-54 (from 15% up to 20%), and A25-54 (from 26% up to 33%).

ABOUT THE KPIX SURROUND SOUND PROJECT:

For client KPIX TV, San Francisco, 615 Music created and produced a promotional news music package, entitled “Always Worth Your Time,” in Dolby E™ 5.1 Surround, marking a national milestone in the broadcasting industry. Said client Dee Joyce, VP, Advertising and Marketing for KPIX TV, “We‘re excited to be the first TV station in America to broadcast our news music package, created by 615 Music, in 5.1 Surround. Today‘s great shows like ‘CSI‘ already broadcast their audio in 5.1 and make the viewer experience so rich that we wanted to extend that great experience to our local news audience. Our HD signal, together with 5.1 Surround, is an exciting step for CBS 5 KPIX-TV, 615 Music and the Bay Area.”

Mr. Wachtler added, “‘Always Worth Your Time‘ is the first news music package in America to be released in 5.1 Surround and we‘re proud to have created it for Dee Joyce and her creative team at KPIX-TV in San Francisco. This news music package is perfect for stations with a new HD look, and makes the viewer experience rich and exciting. With so many network shows now broadcasting their content in HD and 5.1, 615 Music stands at the leading edge by providing the country‘s first 5.1 news music package.”

ABOUT 615 MUSIC:

Founded by president/CEO Randy Wachtler in Nashville, Tenn., in 1984, 615 Music is a multi-award winning, full-service music development, recording, post-production and sound design company with clients that include broadcast and cable television networks and programs, local market TV stations, radio stations and syndicates, advertising agencies, and filmmakers, among others.

615‘s client roster is comprised of virtually every major broadcast and cable television network, including ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS, MSNBC, HBO Worldwide, A&E, HGTV, The History Channel, The Family Channel, Discovery, and CMT. Additionally, the company has written and produced musical themes and promotions used within, and to promote, numerous television series and shows. These have included the “TODAY” show, “Live with Regis and Kelly,” The Discovery Channel, “Frasier,” ABC Sports College Football, and PBS‘s “Nova.”

In Fall 2007, 615 Music acquired the renowned Metro Music library. As a result, 615 Music now has 10 production libraries and well over 500 CDS worth of music available to its clients. The combined 615 Music & Metro Music libraries are 615 “Gold” and “Platinum” Collections; 615 Song Library; AMP; Kingsize NYC; Metro Music; Music Shop; Music Gallery; Promo Accelerator; Scoring Stage Film & TV; and ZEN.

Internationally, 615 Music also enjoys a worldwide presence. The company‘s various libraries are currently being distributed to over 30 countries via its sub-publishers. In addition, 615 Music has written and produced a great deal of original music work for clients based in India, Germany, and the U.K.

Among 615 Music‘s numerous awards is a National Emmy for the memorable theme the company created for A&E‘s acclaimed “Biography” series. For the past two years in a row, 615 Music was also Emmy Award nominated for “Best Original Song” for two songs the company wrote and produced for NBC‘s “TODAY” show–those songs were entitled “Live for Today” and “It‘s a New Day, Today.”

615 Music is located at 1030 16th Ave South, Nashville, TN, 37212. The company‘s phone number is 615/244-6515 and its new website can be accessed via www.615music.com

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Auralex Acoustics, Inc., the industry leader in innovative sound control solutions, recently provided acoustical treatments for Analog Design Group‘s sound stage and product development facility. Analog Design Group located in Bergen County, New Jersey, designs high-end vacuum tube audio products for both the home and pro audio markets.

“As a design engineer, musician and audiophile, it is critical that I listen to my work in an acoustically balanced environment,” said Vincent Miraglia, owner and product development innovator at Analog Design Group, Inc. ”This gives me a solid reference point in which to improve the sound of my products.” more