MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems, a premier provider of fiber optic-based video and audio transport and routing solutions for broadcast and pro A/V applications, will introduce its new openGear compatible DEM-4322G HD/SD De-embedder and EMB-4321G HD/SD Embedder to attendees at this year’s Government Video Expo (Booth 615).  

The addition of the new DEM-4322G and EMB-4321G cards expands MultiDyne’s commitment to the openGear standard, giving MultiDyne customers ultimate flexibility when selecting new equipment. Founded by Ross Video, the openGear platform is based on an open architecture, 2RU modular frame designed to accommodate up to 10 cards in the DFR-8310 frame and up to 20 cards in the DFR-8320 frame. The DEM-4322G and EMB-4321G are excellent companion cards for MultiDyne’s recently released HD-4400 four-channel fiber optic transport system, giving users an openGear compatible option for inserting and transporting audio more

Los Angeles, CA… Puerto Rican/American producer, musician, dancer, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Draco Rosa’s career is running at full throttle. After gaining fame with the Latin pop band Menudo, Draco further established himself as both an accomplished artist and record producer. In addition to a storied career producing hit records such as Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ la Vida Loca,â€? Draco’s own solo efforts including Vagabundo, Mad Love, and Vino were runaway successes. Recently, his live album Teatro won Best Rock Solo Vocal Album at the 2009 Latin Grammys. Offering a combination of hard rock and more vintage Draco, Teatro was recorded using a combination of microphones from Mojave Audio.

  

As chief engineer at Draco’s Phantom Vox Studios in Hollywood, Recording Engineer/Record Producer Seth Atkins Horan has recorded all of Draco’s records over the past ten years, including the hugely successful Vino, more

Australian Rocker Enlists Producers Gregg Brown and Darren Mullen

Pictured (L-R) at Ardent Studios in Memphis are producer Gregg Brown, Australian rocker Jac Dalton, engineer John Hampton, producer Darren Mullan, and assistant engineer Jason Gillespie.

Australian rocker and American expatriate Jac Dalton returned to Memphis and Ardent Studios to overdub, edit and mix his new album, “Icarus.” The project was produced by Gregg Brown and Grammy-winner Darren Mullen, with Grammy-winning engineer John Hampton at the console.

Gregg Brown and John Hampton have worked together with many top artists, including Waylon Jennings, Travis Tritt, Tammy Wynette, and Marty Stuart, among others. Brown says he chose Ardent because “It’s where I’ve done my best work.” Jac Dalton added, “The studio is absolutely magnificent; it’s beautiful, it’s professional, it just wreaks of history. Walking around looking at the album more