Gearhouse Broadcast, a leading international broadcast services company, has chosen Riedel Communications‘ state-of-the-art Artist Digital Matrix intercom system for updating its range of portable production units and flyaway broadcast packages. The project was handled by MI Broadcast, Riedel‘s UK distribution partner.

With offices located in the UK, Australia and the U.S., Gearhouse Broadcast provides comprehensive services including broadcast sales and rental, project solutions, outside broadcast solutions and systems integration to cover live and recorded events, particularly sporting and entertainment productions. Gearhouse Broadcast rental works closely with clients and manufacturers investing in the latest equipment to meet market needs.

Kevin Moorhouse, technical director of Gearhouse Broadcast says, “Riedel Communications provided us with a solution that is fully scaleable, ideal for rental applications and is truly flexible, surpassing all of our expectations. You can have several individual systems that can be used for smaller events and can easily be linked over fiber to form one big, non-blocking matrix for larger events. ”

As a first step Gearhouse Broadcast invested in two Artist 128 digital intercom matrix mainframes as well as 60 of Riedel‘s Artist 1000 premium control panels. The systems will be used for the first time for the Australian Open in January 2008, which are traditionally equipped by Gearhouse.

About Riedel

Riedel - one of the major suppliers of communications equipment to the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France - designs, manufactures and distributes the most sophisticated intercom and radio technology for customers worldwide in the broadcast, pro-audio, event, sports and theatre industries. The products reflect today‘s leading-edge technologies that expand conventional concepts into tomorrow‘s applications. The Riedel group of companies also includes a European based large rental operation that provides radio, intercom services, event accreditation & ticketing systems as well as fiber-based audio and video transmission systems. The Company was founded in 1987 and today employs over 150 people located within 7 locations in Europe, Asia and North America.

Toronto, Canada, December 20, 2007 — Power Group, LTD, a Canadian-based distributor of quality musical instruments and professional audio products, will kick off the New Year by rolling out The Highland Guitar Company and outfitting its electric and acoustic guitars with Elixir® Strings, pioneer of long-life strings.

The Power Group has been an exclusive Canadian distributor of Elixir® Strings for the past six years. Power Group CEO Ron Larcombe says that furnishing Highland acoustic and electric guitars with Elixir® Strings was an obvious choice. “The Highland Guitar Company was established to provide musicians with a high-end guitar line that offers great value at a reasonable price,” explains Larcombe. “Since Elixir Strings is the premium grade string and leader in the guitar string market, having them featured on the Highland acoustic and electric guitars helps support our mission, adding real value to both dealers and customers. We could not imagine selling these instruments with any other string brand.”

Highland acoustic and electric guitars are well-crafted in exotic hardwoods and deliver exceptional sound and playability. Their use of Grover tuning gears and Fishman pre-amps elevate the acoustic guitars above anything in their price range and their archtop electrics are equally as distinguished. The MSRP price range for Highland acoustics is $300 to $500. The electric guitar line is priced between $500 and $1,250.

About Elixir® Strings

Elixir® Strings is the pioneer in coated string technology and is available in two string ‘flavors.‘ Ultra-thin NANOWEB® Coating provides the bright tone and punch of uncoated strings, yet keeps their lively tone three to five times longer than ordinary strings. The thin coating is nearly undetectable - providing the feel of traditional strings. Elixir® Strings with original POLYWEB® Coating also sound great three to five times longer than ordinary strings, have a balanced tone with smooth response, feel comfortably smooth, and reduce finger squeak. Elixir® Strings are available in a full range of gauges for acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, banjo, and mandolin. Today, Elixir® Strings are installed as original equipment by a growing list of discriminating electric guitar and bass manufacturers including Ibanez, Tom Anderson Guitarworks, Brian Moore Guitars, Carvin, Melancon Guitars as well as premium acoustic guitar luthiers such as Taylor Guitars, Santa Cruz Guitar Company, Alvarez-Yairi, Lakewood Guitars, RainSong Graphite Guitars, Carvin, and Goodall Guitars. Elixir® Strings are endorsed by popular artists such as Melissa Etheridge, Train, Dave Mason, Michael W. Smith, Jim Messina, Christopher Cross, Bob Seger, and Drowning Pool.

Elixir® Strings are manufactured by W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., the company widely known for such innovations as GORE-TEX® fabrics. For more information, please visit www.elixirstrings.com.

ANAHEIM, CA, December 19, 2007 — The RapcoHorizon Company, a leading manufacturer of audio/video interfacing and cable equipment, is debuting its new LTI-1 stereo interface at Winter NAMM 2008 (Booth #4558, Hall C). more

As sports fans in the stands of the Jobing.com Arena rally for their favorite team, production members are operating behind-the-scenes with state-of-the-art intercom systems from Riedel Communications. The leading provider of radio and intercom technology for broadcast, pro-audio, event, sports and theater industries designs and manufactures the Artist Digital Matrix intercom system, currently offering flawless communications to the Glendale, Arizona arena.

The 17,500-seat Jobing.com Arena, completed in 2003, is home to the NHL‘s Phoenix Coyotes and the NLL‘s Arizona Sting, as well as numerous concerts and family shows, signature sporting events such as figure skating, basketball tournaments and All-Star games.

ATK Audiotek, a sound reinforcement provider in the professional audio industry, was responsible for the integration at Jobing.com Arena. Founded in 1983, ATK Audiotek’s technical expertise and superior service in all aspects of live sound applications has led to its rapid advancement and leadership in the world wide audio community. ATK Services, a division of Audiotek, worked diligently on the integration to get the system up and running. According to ATK Services‘s Account Executive Jim Carmody, “Jobing.com Arena was looking to replace their intercom system that offered no flexibility. Riedel came in and not only offered flexibility, but simplicity in its use as well.”

Sitting at the heart of the Jobing.com Arena‘s production communications network is the Artist 128 digital intercom matrix system. Facilitating all audio and communications signal distribution throughout the arena, the Artist series was designed specifically for such large-stadium type applications. The Artist 128 allows AES3/EBU broadcast-quality audio throughout the entire system, not only within the matrix but also to the panels, which are connected via CAT5 or Coax. This makes Artist ideal not only for intercom applications but also for routing audio. The Artist intercom platform itself is conveniently scaleable to a matrix size of up to 1,024 users. Each Artist mainframe is a fully redundant system with redundant power supplies and controller cards. All modules are hot-swappable.

“The Riedel equipment is a vital part of our operations here at the arena,” says Jeffrey Heimburger, manager of production engineering at Jobing.com Arena. “We are using it for all of our in-house communication needs and could not be more pleased. The reliability and flexibility ensures our ability to provide flawless communications with our production team.”

The wireless communications solution for the arena is supported with the proven quality of professional radios from Motorola. These radio systems are connected to the wired communication systems via Riedel‘s universal radio interface RiFace, resulting in a fully integrated solution for both wired and wireless communications.

About Riedel

Riedel - one of the major suppliers of communications equipment to the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France - designs, manufactures and distributes the most sophisticated intercom and radio technology for customers worldwide in the broadcast, pro-audio, event, sports and theatre industries. The products reflect today‘s leading-edge technologies that expand conventional concepts into tomorrow‘s applications. The Riedel group of companies also includes a European based large rental operation that provides radio, intercom services, event accreditation & ticketing systems as well as fiber-based audio and video transmission systems. The Company was founded in 1987 and today employs over 150 people located within 7 locations in Europe, Asia and North America.

Buena Park, CA - December 2007… While many colleges and universities have curriculums that include electronic music production and recording, precious few are as specialized or comprehensive as Tempe, Arizona‘s Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences (CRAS). Recognized throughout North America as one of the leading schools for audio recording, engineering, and production, CRAS offers its students hands-on training with instructors who are recognized throughout the music and sound industry for their expertise and accomplishments, along with the most sophisticated, up-to-date, hardware and software the industry has to offer. With so much equipment needing to be interconnected, cables and adapters play an integral role in the Conservatory‘s day to day routine, and the cables and adapters of choice are those from Hosa Technology. more

Seattle, WA - eMedia Music Corp., publisher of the world‘s best-selling and award-winning series of music tutorial CD-ROMs, announces Version 2.0 of eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method. An exciting update to the original version, which was described by The Wall Street Journal as “well-planned and effective”, Version 2.0 makes learning piano and keyboard even easier, with an updated curriculum, new larger easy-to-read screens, improved audio and video, and progress tracking. eMedia Music is widely recognized as the leader in music education software, with endorsements including “Top 50 CD-ROM For School and After School” from Newsweek, a #1 educational software ranking in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a Teacher‘s Choice award from Learning Magazine, and many others.

eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method features over 300 song-based lessons led by Irma Irene Justicia, former instructor at the renowned Juilliard School of Music. Learn to play piano at your own pace by following the step-by-step lessons and over 70 large screen format videos, while an animated keyboard shows you what to play along with the music. You will learn over 100 popular classical, blues, pop, and rock songs, including hit songs from artists such as Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, and Elton John. eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method starts with the basics, including hand position, rhythm, and playing on black keys, and moves on to reading music notation, scales, sight-reading, and more. Variable-speed MIDI tracks allow you to slow down or speed up the music, and song looping lets you highlight and loop sections to make practicing easier. When used with a MIDI keyboard, the interactive feedback feature points out mistakes in notes and rhythm while showing you the corrections so you can get it right the next time. You can even create personalized reports, including scores for specific songs, so you can see how well you are doing.

eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method Version 2.0 will be released on October 17, 2007 and will be available at computer and music retail stores nationwide at an estimated street price of $59.95. The CD-ROM will be a hybrid for both Windows (98/2000/NT/Me/XP/Vista) and Macintosh (OSX 10.2+) platforms. Print and Web ready artwork is available from the eMedia website at http://www.emediamusic.com/press.html.

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Seattle, WA - eMedia Music Corp., publisher of the world‘s best-selling series of guitar tutorial CD-ROMs, announces the release of Version 4.0 of Guitar Method Vol. 1. The new version includes a more intuitive interface, improved high-quality audio and video, and new fretboard skins. With over 160 large-screen, easy-to-read lessons and more than 50 high-resolution large format videos, Version 4 proves to be a significant upgrade, making it a perfect starting point for the beginning guitarist.

The original eMedia Guitar Method Vol. 1 was a breakthrough in multimedia guitar instruction and was named a top 50 CD-ROM of the year by Newsweek and was critically acclaimed by more than 100 other sources. Ranked by Music & Sound Retailer as the best-selling music education CD-ROM for four consecutive years, eMedia Guitar Method is hailed as “the ultimate way to learn how to play guitar” by legendary guitarist Peter Frampton.

eMedia Guitar Method makes learning fun and easy with step-by-step audio- and video-enhanced guitar lessons. Kevin Garry (Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder) guides you through the lessons, which include over 70 popular songs from various musical styles such as rock, folk, and classical. eMedia Guitar Method covers the basics, such as stringing and tuning your guitar, and moves on to playing chords, reading tablature, and understanding music notation. eMedia Guitar Method allows you to learn at your own pace. Bonus accessories, which include a digital metronome, chord dictionary, automatic tuner, and digital recorder, make eMedia Guitar Method a complete package for the beginner. It‘s everything you need in one box on one CD-ROM.

Version 4.0 of eMedia Guitar Method Vol. 1 is available at computer and music retail stores nationwide at an estimated retail price of $59.95. The CD-ROM is a hybrid for both Windows (98/2000/NT/Me/XP/Vista) and Macintosh (OSX 10.1+). A free downloadable demo of Guitar Method is available online at www.emediamusic.com.

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ST. PAUL, MN, December 12, 2007 - Harry Chalmiers, former vice president for Academic Affairs/Provost at Berklee College of Music, was recently inaugurated as new president for McNally Smith College of Music. An accomplished guitarist, composer, and songwriter, fluent in classical and contemporary music who remains highly active in the musical industry, Chalmiers says he is delighted to be a part of what he refers to as “an absolute jewel,” which he says couldn‘t be happening at a more critical time in music history. more

Solid State Logic is extremely pleased to announce the installation of thirteen AWS 900+ Analog Workstation Systems and thirteen XLogic X-Rack Modular Rack Systems at Full Sail Real World Education, one of the most prestigious and innovative colleges in the field of entertainment media. This is the largest single installation of AWS 900+ consoles and X-Racks in the world.

This unprecedented multiple installation clearly demonstrates both Solid State Logic‘s stature in the entertainment technology industries and Full Sail‘s commitment to equip and train its students with the tools they will employ throughout their careers in professional audio production.

Twelve of the 13 TEC Award-winning AWS 900+ consoles will be housed in Full Sail‘s Mix Palace, one of the college‘s premier facilities. The new AWS 900+ consoles will illustrate such fundamental elements and essential skills as advanced signal flow, mixing and automation, explains Bill Smith, director of Full Sail‘s Recording Arts Program.

“The AWS 900+ hit all of our objectives,” says Smith. “We looked at a lot of consoles and workstation controllers and found the AWS 900+ offers a functionality that we‘re looking for in a teaching tool. SSL EQ and dynamics are industry standards, and the more experience a young person has working with those, the better. The automation is also standard: people reference SSL automation everywhere, so being familiar with the SSL automation and Total Recall™ is a tremendous asset to our students.

“It‘s also an SSL,” Smith adds, “which means its ergonomics are the industry standard. One of the great things about SSL is that if you‘re familiar with one console, it‘s easy to adapt to another.”

“On top of that,” Smith continues, “we are able to teach students to interface the AWS 900+ with DAW platforms, because they are using it with the Pro Tools™|HD system. The interface capabilities between the AWS 900+ and Pro Tools are outstanding.”

Further demonstrating Full Sail‘s belief in SSL products, each of the 12 AWS 900+ equipped studios will also feature an XLogic X-Rack outfitted with eight Dynamics modules, which are based on the SSL XL 9000 K Series consoles‘ channel dynamics. “XLogic is aptly named,” comments Michael Reaves, Full Sail director of Session Recording. “It was the logical addition to give our students the benefit of working one-on-one with eight channels of SSL dynamics processing, which has a recognizable signature within the recording industry. I love the fact that the X-Racks can be integrated with the AWS 900+.”

The thirteenth AWS 900+ and X-Rack will be based in a classroom, enabling the teaching of comprehensive, advanced production techniques in a group setting. “In this way,” says Reaves, “we can demonstrate techniques and methods more dramatically. We can demonstrate anything we talk about, and use the AWS 900+ and X-Rack to illustrate answers to questions.”

“Full Sail Real World Education has made a powerful statement in equipping their students with 13 AWS 900+ consoles and X-Racks,” comments SSL senior vice president Don Wershba. “Full Sail‘s highly respected and knowledgeable instructors recognize the importance of immersing students in both the fundamentals of audio production and the tools they will encounter as professionals. This installation demonstrates Full Sail‘s belief that this is the best equipment with which to teach modern music production.”

With the scheduled January 2008 completion of the AWS 900+ and X-Rack installations, Full Sail will feature a total of 16 Solid State Logic consoles on campus: the new AWS 900+ Analog Workstation Systems join three of SSL‘s 9000 J Series consoles.

“I couldn‘t be more excited for our students,” Reaves summarizes. “The opportunity to have true one-on-one time with their own SSL AWS 900+ in their own studio in the Mix Palace is unprecedented–it just doesn‘t get any better than that! Full Sail and SSL have broken new ground and set new standards. I feel privileged to be a part of it.”

Solid State Logic is the world‘s leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles and provider of creative tools for music, broadcast and post production professionals. For more information about our award-winning products, please visit: www.solid-state-logic.com.

ST. PAUL, MN, December 6, 2007 — McNally Smith College of Music students and faculty recently “decked the halls” at the Mall of America singing holiday classics from their self-produced and recorded new CD, The Gift Of Hope. Held in conjunction with World AIDS Day and Minnesota AIDS Project, shoppers were treated to nearly four hours of festive music that not only spread joy, but also kicked off the CD‘s availability for purchase to benefit Minnesota AIDS Project. more