Old Lyme, CT –March 10, 2010: To carry out his dream of creating an environment totally focused on the art of making music, producer and musician Brian Hardgroove looked to Sennheiser and Neumann to ensure “The Fuse Box” would be loaded with the latest and most innovative microphone technology. The Fuse Box, which is also the name for Hardgroove’s nationally syndicated radio show, is a centrifuge for new music and content creation located in New York City’s legendary multimedia and entertainment complex, the Manhattan Center.

The Fuse Box features a Neve VR series 72-channel console and access to several generously sized recording spaces–including the Hammerstein. Hardgroove opted for a diverse collection of tried and true multi-instrument microphones such as the Sennheiser MD 421 and other modern day classics such as the Neumann TLM 103. more

Andover, MA––Fishman has appointed Corey Congilio as a Marketing/Artist Relations Specialist, focusing on social networking, online content, video demonstrations, sales events and training, marketing promotions, and artist relations.

A part time employee based in Pittsburgh, is a working musician, composer, producer and guitar teacher. A graduate of The Art Institute of Pittsburgh in the Music and Video Business program, Corey has an Associate Degree in Specialized Business with an emphasis in audio engineering. more

Pictured with his TELEFUNKEN M 80 mic and Gibson J-45 guitar is Guinness World Record holder Alex Carlin performing in Radomsko, Poland.

32-Hour Show Earns “Longest Performance by a Solo Artist”

It is official: using a TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik M 80 vocal mic and a Gibson J-45 acoustic guitar, Alex Carlin performed for 32 hours, earning him the new Guinness World Record for “Longest Concert by a Solo Artist.” The extended show took place at the Pub Bourbon Street, Radomsko, Poland, and broke the previous record of 27 hours, 3 minutes and 44 seconds by the French-Canadian known as “Gonzales” in Paris. more

Unique Mastering Service Offers Stem Mastering and Mixing with Dangerous System

Mastering engineer Noël Jackson

Edmeston, NY – March 9, 2010 – Mastering engineer Noël Jackson began getting into music and recording and then moved into mastering when he realized just how good music could sound. Jackson recalls when he was a teenager growing up, “Instead of watching TV, I listened to records.” And listening on a great system inspired Jackson. “That’s how I got into mastering and what I love about it.” Jackson’s studio is filled with handpicked gear from many of the top names, including Dangerous Music. He has the Dangerous Monitor ST monitor control, Dangerous Master analog transfer console, and two Dangerous 2-Bus LT analog summing amps.

Jackson says, “I love all the Dangerous Music equipment. I use the Monitor ST as my monitor section, the Dangerous Master as my mastering transfer console, and two Dangerous 2-Bus LTs more

Rio Rancho, NM – March 2010… Lectrosonics, recognized the world over as a leading manufacturer of wireless microphone systems and audio processing products, is pleased to announce the company’s Octopack Portable Multicoupler for SR Series Receivers won a Technical Award in the Production category at the Cinema Audio Society’s recent 6th Annual CAS Technical Achievement Awards. Held on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA, calendar year 2009 nominations were submitted by the membership of the CAS and a ‘Blue Ribbon’ panel made the final determination. more

Sales Reps Appointed for New Stereo-to-5.1 Conversion

Penteo(r) Surround, creator of the new industry standard for the conversion of stereo audio to optimum quality 5.1 Surround Sound, has opened new offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and London. The company recently introduced two new products that will be demonstrated at NAB 2010 in Las Vegas: the Penteo PostPro(tm) Desktop and Penteo PostPro(tm) Rackmount units. more

New Music Production Technology Program Enrollment Greatly Exceeds Expectations

DAYTONA BEACH, FL – With Music Production Technology classes in full swing for the Spring semester, the 48-channel Solid State Logic Duality SE console at the Daytona State College Mike Curb College of Art, Music and Science is working overtime to accommodate the new program. Duality offers a wide range of features that make it highly desirable as a teaching platform including in-console control of Pro Tools® and other DAW software platforms. more

It’s Chris Mandra from Intelligent Devices.

I wanted to let you know that we put up a new blog posting about Artificial Artificial Intelligence over at the ID website called

Artificial Artificial Intelligence OR There’s Something about Randomness (acting on things with inherent structure)

(You may have heard of Intelligent Devices - we put out the critically acclaimed plug-ins MegaDelayMass, the 100 tap Delay, Slip-N-Slide: the Spectral Interpolator, and The Marshall Time Modulator now in a convenient, plug-in size)

The blog posting is about how applying random processes to linear, human involved events, in essence discretely serializing and presenting them, makes the processing seem “intelligent” - much in the same way that people feel that the “shuffle” function on the iPod isn’t actually random. Kind of about anthropomorphizing the inanimate.

I also wanted to let you know that related to that more

ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA - MARCH 2010: Like so many houses of worship, St. Pius X Catholic Church in Rochester, Minnesota followed a haphazard path from the era predating sound reinforcement to today. The church was established in 1954 and moved into their present building a decade later. A rudimentary public address system went in some time in the 1970s to provide reinforcement for spoken word. But as the church moved towards live music - a mixture of choral with classical instrumentation, such as violin, piano, and flute - the system, which was already inadequate for its intended purpose and riddled with hot and cold spots, was asked to reinforce the music as well. The result was predictable. Thus, when the church undertook a massive renovation, Intermedia Systems Group (ISG) replaced the old sound system with a thoroughly modern one that provides even coverage across the audible spectrum. more

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - MARCH 2010: Michael Bishop (recording, mixing and mastering engineer) and Elaine Martone (producer) have created a compelling and timeless work in Transmigration, a Super Audio CD release on Telarc Records devoted to honor and remembrance. The recording recalibrates the creative and emotional possibilities of surround sound, a fact reflected in the team’s recent win of “Best Surround Sound Album” at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, which earned Bishop his ninth Grammy and Martone her fifth. As with his other award-winning recordings, Bishop relied on ATC monitors throughout recording, mixing and mastering phases to reveal the undecorated truth, allowing him to correct problems that other monitors would have blurred over. As a result, Transmigration is compelling when played back on any system and worthy of the industry’s highest honor. more