— Audio-Technica continues to be the overwhelming microphone of choice at the 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony —

STOW, OH, April 7, 2009 — For the 12th year in a row, a broad range of Audio-Technica microphones was selected to outfit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. A-T supplied over 50 mics to capture the audio for this widely celebrated musical event, which took place at Cleveland’s Public Hall. The 24th annual induction ceremony of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was held on April 4, 2009, with inductees including guitarist Jeff Beck, R&B vocal group Little Anthony & the Imperials, heavy metal legends Metallica, hip-hop pioneers Run-D.M.C., soul/gospel singer-songwriter-guitarist Bobby Womack, “Queen of Rockabilly” Wanda Jackson, and instrumentalists/sidemen Bill Black, DJ Fontana and Spooner Oldham. The show was broadcast live on Fuse and www.fuse.tv. more

X-Desk Brings Benchmark Audio Performance to the Compact Mixer Format

FRANKFURT, GERMANY—Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles and provider of creative tools for music, broadcast and post production professionals, proudly announced the release of X-Desk at Musikmesse 2009, April 1-4.

Over the past three decades Solid State Logic has designed and built the world’s finest audio consoles. With more than three thousand SSL consoles in use worldwide, the “SSL sound” has become an integral part of countless hit recordings. With Duality, AWS 900+ SE, Matrix and C200 HD, SSL consoles continue to be leaders in the field of high-end music production. The same technology and sound of the SSL console legacy is now available in X-Desk.

The X-Desk is a world class, versatile, portable, extremely high quality, no audio quality compromise compact mixing desk. It combines a 16 channel SSL SuperAnalogue™ summing mixer with a compact analogue audio hub for your studio. Featuring 100mm faders, professionally featured artist and studio monitoring with Dim & Cut buttons, the X-Desk fulfills all of the essentials of the audio mixing process with SSL attention to detail and depth. It also boasts stereo and mono aux sends, channel and master bus inserts and accurate bar graph level metering.

X-Desk is an elegant and ergonomically refined desktop mixer that comes with rack ears for standard 19” rack mounting (X-Desk is 7U). It is extremely robust as it is hand built in the UK with an all metal chassis and high quality controls and components. Several X-Desks or X-Desk & X-Racks can be cascaded via D-Sub connection to expand up to 150 inputs on mixdown.

Key Features:

• SuperAnalogue – analogue purity at the highest level

• 8x dual input Mono Line channels : 16 channel mixdown

• 8x Insert Send/Returns on channels

• Stereo CUE and 2 Mono Auxiliary Sends

• Cascade with X-Rack and other X-Desks for bigger systems

• Talkback – for artist communication with Dim & Cut buttons

• Independent Main and Alternate stereo monitor outputs

• SSL Stereo Mix Bus with External summing and Inserts

• 2x Stereo Returns with Level, Pan and Bus assignment

• Stereo External input on XLRs

• iJack front panel input for portable playback devices

• High quality internal PSU

• D-Sub Channel I/O connection for studio integration

• RF Screened I/O connections

• 19” Rack mount ears included

X-Desk will be available from SSL resellers worldwide beginning in May 2009 with a MSRP of $2,899.

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.

LAKEWOOD, NJ – Neutrik AG has appointed Pete Milbery as new Managing Director of Neutrik USA Inc. as of April 1, 2009.

Pete Milbery had been responsible as western regional sales manager of NEUTRIK USA Inc. (Denver, CO). Before joining Neutrik in 2005, Milbery worked at Newark in sales and sales management for 15 years. more

Spring Term Enrollment Closes April 9

Pictured in Austin, Texas, at the South by Southwest festival are (clockwise from top left) Berkleemusic instructor Mike King, Richard Zack, Pat Raymond, Jessie Cappuccilli, Keri Bender, Kate Schutt, Ihor Gowda, and Dave Smith.

During the hundreds of events at SXSW 2009 in Austin, Texas, Berkleemusic students from around the world gathered outside of the online classroom for the first time. Instructor Mike King hosted an impromptu workshop/party at the Paradise nightclub with Richard Zack and Dave Smith from The Volunteers, Ihor Gowda (manager of Suzanna Choffel), Keri Bender, and singer/songwriter Kate Shutt with other staff members.

“It’s a thrill to meet face-to-face with students from our online school,” remarked Mike King, instructor with the online continuing education division of Boston’s renowned Berklee College of Music. “One of the great perks of studying with us is the connection that goes on ‘after school.’ Students interact with one another during their courses of study, but they also develop valuable networking skills which carry them beyond the virtual classroom into their daily workaday world.”

South by Southwest is a series of interactive, film, and music events that take place every spring in Austin, which this year hosted nearly 12,000 attendees. SXSW’s focus on emerging technology as it relates to music has earned the festival a reputation as a breeding ground for new ideas and creative music marketing.

Among the hundreds of courses offered by the world’s largest online music school, Berkleemusic is introducing new courses for the Spring Term, including Orchestration 2 and upgrades to Pro Tools 8 for many of its online Digidesign courses, including Pro Tools 101, Pro Tools 110, Mixing & Mastering with Pro Tools, Producing with Pro Tools, and Remixing with Pro Tools and Reason. Also available to students are numerous video workshops, including an intimate music clinic with renowned Berklee alum John Mayer.

Berkleemusic’s spring term enrollment is open until Thursday, April 9. Learn more at http://www.berkleemusic.com/



ABOUT BERKLEEMUSIC.COM

Berkleemusic.com is the continuing education division of Berklee College of Music, delivering online access to Berklee’s acclaimed curriculum from anywhere in the world. Berkleemusic’s award-winning online courses and certificate programs are accredited and taught by the college’s world-renowned faculty, providing lifelong learning opportunities to people interested in music and working in the music industry. As the business of music continues to move online, Berkleemusic is taking a leadership role in educating the next generation of producers, performers, and entrepreneurs on this evolving industry landscape. Berkleemusic’s students come from over 80 countries around the world, and include Grammy award winners, managers, artists, publishers, music business entrepreneurs and major international touring acts.

Collection of Instruments from China, Persia and India

FRANKFURT, GERMANY, APRIL 7, 2009 — EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP brings the mystique and splendor of sounds from the Silk Road to users’ workstations with the introduction of Quantum Leap SILK. The Virtual (software) Instrument features a collection of historic and unique string and woodwind instruments from China, Persia and India, and was introduced to the European market at Musikmesse 2009. more