LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – DECEMBER 2009: TransAudio Group, a U.S. distributor of high-end pro audio gear, is happy to introduce Lehmann Audio’s Black Cube Linear headphone amplifier to the U.S. market by adding it to its Las Vegas Pro Audio catalog of truly inspired products. Using only the finest components and an obsessively audiophile signal path, the Black Cube Linear is ideal for computer mixing, live monitoring, studio recording, or any professional application where truthful, fatigue-free output is paramount. Its circuitry and adjustable maximum output gain optimizes performance for any headphone impedance or sensitivity.

The Black Cube Linear’s specifications hint at the distinctive aural experience awaiting users whose expectations have been unwittingly lowered by exposure to the profusion of cheap headphone amps that reside even in otherwise “pro” gear! Frequency response extends from 10 Hz (-0.3 dB) to 35 kHz (-1 dB). The more

San Francisco Studios Include Mastering, Recording, Mixing and “The Tape Project” Headquarters
San Francisco, CA – December 2, 2009 – Mastering Engineer Michael Romanowski has announced that he has taken over the lease, with partner producer/engineer Matt Boudreau, on the building that houses a wide range of music activities and rooms for mastering, recording and mixing and is now called “1340 Mission” (www.1340mission.com). Romanowski has revamped the mastering room at 1340 Mission, offering premium mastering services with a new desk and outboard gear. The studio also has a unique ATR 102, 1-inch, 2-track tape machine with electronics by Tim de Paravicini (EAR). Mastering engineer Paul Stubblebine has run the studio complex since 2002 and continues to work out of the newly appointed mastering room for his own specialty projects. more

Greensboro, NC – December 2009… WorxAudio Technologies, a leading manufacturer of loudspeaker systems for the pro touring and install markets, is pleased to announce the company’s highly acclaimed TL1801 subwoofer transducer—now identified as the TL1801A— has been upgraded to deliver even greater performance. Additionally, manufacturing has been moved to the company’s Greensboro headquarters as a means of increasing manufacturing efficiencies while ensuring the highest level of quality control.

  

The WorxAudio Technologies TL1801A represents the future of long excursion, high output sub bass loudspeakers. It’s elegant, advanced design features a high temperature Neodymium magnet surrounding an under hung voice coil encased in a low carbon steel structure. The transducer’s architecture enables the cone to have extremely high excursion (displacement range) with the lowest possible distortion and power compression.

  

Weighing 52 lbs (23.59 kg), the WorxAudio TL1801A more

Ontario, Canada – ASK Video Interactive Media, a leading creator of software tutorials on DVD, is now shipping more

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— Waves Audio changes the face of the live sound industry with the introduction of WavesLive MultiRack Native —

— One-of-a-kind software host is designed especially for live sound, making it perfect for concert, touring bands, club and house-of-worship applications —

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, December 1, 2009 — Waves Audio is now shipping WavesLive MultiRack Native, the first-ever software application designed to run Waves plug-ins with live analog and digital mixing consoles. A true breakthrough, MultiRack Native is a software host that lets FOH and Monitor engineers run multiple simultaneous instances of the same Native Waves plug-ins used in recording studios and mixing rooms the world over. Armed only with a laptop, an I/O box, MultiRack Native and Waves more

— Ground-breaking DDS DIGI-5™ Digital Delivery System and XIS100 iPod Docking Station earn Xantech industry honors —

Xantech Corporation, a leading provider of whole-house entertainment and automation systems, announced that two of its products have been recognized for excellence. Xantech’s DDS DIGI-5™ Digital Delivery System has been recognized by the CES Innovations Awards as an outstanding new product in the category of Multi-Room Audio/Video, and Xantech’s XIS100 iPod Docking Station has been honored by CustomRetailer Magazine’s EXCITE (alternately stylized “Exc!te�) Awards as one of the best products available to the custom electronics industry this year.

The Innovations awards, an annual CES tradition, recognizes manufacturers who achieve design and engineering excellence in a variety of categories. Innovations has become a hallmark for the best designed products in consumer technology, with manufacturers competing for more

— Easy to enter, the 20-day promotion will award a free MG2FX amp to a new winner each day —

Marshall Amplification is celebrating the holiday season by offering a special 20-day giveaway promotion, absolutely free. During each business day from November 27, 2009, through December 24, 2009, eligible U.S. residents can enter to win a Marshall MG2FX practice amp with no purchase necessary (a retail value of $59.99).

To enter, consumers can visit http://www.marshallampsusa.com/FREEMG/ and submit their email address and zip code. Official rules and full details are found on the site as well.

Battery-powered and portable, the MG2FX allows users to enjoy Marshall tone on the go. It runs on either the included AC adapter or batteries, and is packed with features. Four dual-function more

DigiTech®, a leading manufacturer of guitar, bass, and vocal processors, and a Harman International company (NYSE-HAR), has announced a free Version 2.0 software upgrade to the popular RP500 Multi-Effect Switching System. The upgrade now provides RP500 users with a 20-second looper.

“The free upgrade takes the RP500 to the next level by adding a 20-second looper. You can easily lay down a phrase, loop it, then change presets to a totally different sound and loop again. It’s a great way to create new songs or to perform by building the song right in front of the audience,� said Jason Lamb, Marketing Manager for DigiTech.

The RP500 features over 125 amps, cabinets, stompboxes and effects, including DigiTech’s famous Whammy, unique Pedalboard Mode that offers switching system on/off control over stompboxes and effects, and USB audio streaming to your PC or Mac.

The free Version 2.0 upgrade will be more

Elie Maman, one of New York’s fastest-rising producer/engineer/composers, continues his ascent in the music industry and relies on JBL LSR4300 Series studio monitors as part of his winning formula for success. The owner of EMP Productions has composed the theme song for MTV’s television show “Rob & Big,� and has produced tracks for numerous recording artists, including David Rush of Universal Republic Records. In recent months, Rush’s single “You Already Know,� which Maman composed, has appeared on the MTV Movie Awards, MTV’s “Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory,� and on ESPN’s “Sports Center.� Additionally, Maman’s compositions can be found on the Season 1 DVD of “Fantasy Factory� and MTV’s “How To Dance Like Michael Jackson.�

While working predominately from his home studio, Maman also uses studios in Manhattan in New Jersey. Regardless of where each session takes him, Maman always brings his pair of LSR4326P powered studio monitors with him. “I more