SonicPool, one of Hollywood’s leading post facilities, specializing in sound and picture finishing, edit suite rentals, and full post-production services, has announced the completion of Season Five of MTV’s hit TV show, Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew. The announcement was made by John Frost and Patrick Bird, co-founders, SonicPool. more

Brings colorized reference guide to arranging, composing, and mixing

Petersburg, VA (June 8, 2010) – Alexander Publishing, a leading publisher of professional music training and production tools that have been endorsed by winners of the Academy, Grammy and Emmy Awards, has released The Spectrotone Chart, created by four-time Academy Award nominee Arthur Lange, the former head of the MGM Music Department. In Lange’s words, the Spectrotone Chart is, “a colorgraphic exposition of tone-color combinations and balance as practiced in modern orchestration�. more

NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Opera has purchased a 40-channel Solid State Logic C100 HDS Digital Broadcast console as part of their digital upgrade to 5.1 for the second season of its groundbreaking series The Met: Live in HD. The Met is simulcasting the series, which has already hit a high note with viewing audiences for the last three years, in high definition with 5.1 surround sound to selected theaters across the U.S. and around the world. The C100 HDS enables the Met to bring audio production into the digital realm, and offer the mixing capability and sound quality worthy of the world-class events it produces. more

When the National Guard tapped Iostudio to assist with its new marketing efforts, the Nashville-based marketing and web development company realized immediately that it needed a more robust storage solution to handle the increased workflow. To improve project management while providing its editing team the resources required to meet tight deadlines efficiently and effectively, Iostudio turned to Small Tree and its GraniteSTOR Ethernet-based shared storage technology. more