Chris Stone to Host Awards; Tribute to Les Paul; Hall-of-Famers: Massenburg, Ramone, Kramer and Hewitt Head All-Star Presenters Roster

Gibson Guitar, Gibson Foundation, GC Pro and AES Presenting Sponsors – 27 Companies Support Event’s Silver Anniversary

September 23, 2009 – New York, NY – The 25th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards has announced the presenters, sponsors and schedule of the show, to be held on Saturday, October 10 at the Audio Engineering Society Convention in New York. The festivities will begin at 5:00 p.m. with a cocktail reception outside the South Concourse Special Events Room followed by the awards ceremony at 6:00. A limited number of tickets remain available and may be purchased at http://www.mixfoundation.org/tec/tecawards.html

The Ceremony will be hosted by industry veteran and Record Plant founder, Chris Stone, who will preside over the presentation of awards in 25 more

SonicPool, one of Hollywood’s leading post facilities, specializing in sound and picture finishing, edit suite rentals, and full post-production services, has just finished the Sound Mix and Online Color Correction for “Tappedâ€?, a documentary that’s been flowing into various film festivals with it’s informative and eye-opening take on the bottled water industry.

From the producers of “Who Killed the Electric Car� comes “Tapped�, an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water. The movie begs viewers to answer the question, “Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right, or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce?� Ben Lyons from E! Entertainment calls “Tapped� a “passionate documentary� that is “well-executed from engaging and intelligent voices who will inform and entertain. See it!�

ABOUT SONICPOOL:
In 2001, post production specialists Patrick Bird and John Frost co-founded SonicPool in more

New York, NY – September 2009… The Colombian Independence Day Festival 2009, one of the oldest and best-established festivals in New York City, had its 25th anniversary outing this past July 19th at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. Sponsored by the Colombian Civic Center (CCC), the annual gathering is geared to promote Colombian culture, values, and traditions, as well as uniting Colombian people throughout the greater New York metropolitan area. For one day, the area was transformed into Colombian kiosks with vendors selling their wares while live music provided entertainment with the invigorating sounds of Cumbia, Vallenato, Salsa, and other Colombian musical rhythms. To help ensure a festive mood, the CCC wanted a potent sound system. They got their wish—with a sizeable setup based on components from the D.A.S. Audio catalog. more

NEW YORK⎯Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. (YCAS) will provide a 7.1 system for use by the Audio Engineering Society in their Special Events Room #E12-13 during the AES Convention at the Javits Center. The sound system will include a Yamaha PM5D digital console and the new Yamaha TXn amplifiers running on a 96k EtherSound network featuring Yamaha IF3115 speakers in tri-amp mode, IF21115/AS in bi-amp mode, and IS1215 and IS1218 loudspeakers.<777>
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When the Special Events Room is not being used for AES events, Lloyd Kinkade, Yamaha Commercial Audio speaker product manager, will hold 7.1 demonstrations of the Yamaha system running a 96K throughout the show. <777>
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For Yamaha demo times in the AES Special Events Room, refer to the schedule posted outside the location and also at the Yamaha booth, #173. <777>
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