Hollywood, CA, May 8, 2008 – Dane Leon, guitarist for the Hollywood- based hip hop/rock band, downRising, is entrusting all the hard drive back-ups for its new self-titled album to Avastor’s HDX-800 triple interface drives.

The group, which has performed at top LA venues such as House of Blues and The Key Club on the Sunset strip, has had the honor of having one of its songs selected for the Gardener of Eden soundtrack, which was produced by Leonardo DiCaprio.

downRising’s album was recorded at Sunset Sound in Hollywood and tracked on Digidesign Pro Tools HD at 24-bit 96K resolution. With demanding storage requirements, Leon, co-owner of Recording Data Service (RDS), one of Avastor’s major LA dealers, knew that Avastor’s HDX-800 would outlast other consumer drives that had failed while tracking audio in the past.

“At RDS we supply the pro-audio community of Los Angeles with storage and recording media,� says Leon. “Our clients, who consist of the music industry’s top engineers and producers, insist on using Avastor drives for their build, quality and reliability and therefore, using Avastor for my album made total sense.�

The high data rate of the HDX-800 –with dual Firewire 800 ports-helps maximize editing and recording performance, making it the ideal external storage solution, for music professionals using MAC and PC based digital workstations.

The drives are individually speed tested and can exceed 60MB/s transfer rates due to the Oxford 924 chipset, 7200 RPM drives with up to 32MB of cache and efficient internal AC power supply.

Avastor offers one of the most comprehensive lines of external hard disk products, including over 20 configurations of drive interfaces and capacities for virtually every audio and video application.

For further information, please visit, www.avastor.com, www.downrisingmusic.com and www.recordingdataservice.com

About Avastor

Headquartered in Peachtree City, GA, Avastor was founded in 2005 to bring full-featured digital storage devices, with the highest quality and performance, to the professional audio and video marketplace. The company’s flagship product, the HDX hard disk drive system, is produced in the USA with a mandate for superior build quality and 100% quality testing, aimed directly at the demands of professional audio and video applications.

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL—When AR Studios was looking to upgrade Studio A, their search ended with a 48-channel, Solid State Logic Duality console – the first in South America.

Studio owner Andre Rafael, a respected singer/songwriter and long-time SSL user, enthuses about his new purchase, “You can always trust SSL’s products; the sound is wonderful. We have been booked solid since the room opened and I haven’t even had the chance to use it for my own projects yet!� more

MIAMI, FL–The Legendary Hit Factory Criteria Studios celebrated its 50th Anniversary by upgrading Studio F with a 48 channel SSL Duality console. Duality, dubbed the analogue console for the digital age, combines the legendary sound of the SSL XL 9000 K Series mic pre and SuperAnalogue® signal path with the AWS 900+ inspired DAW control protocol to yield a magnificent creative tool for the contemporary recording studio. more

HOLLYWOOD, CA, MAY 1, 2008–When ATK Audiotek of Valencia, CA, was called upon to design an audio network for “American Idol,” it relied on Aviom and the company‘s A-16II Personal Mixer to help with its communication needs.

The task at hand required a system that would be capable of handling amateur singers accompanied by a professional band and judges exchanging dialogue and interacting with a host, all within a noisy, live performance environment. Drawing from its own experiences in designing audio networks for large venues hosting high-profile events such as the Academy Awards, which like “American Idol” also took place at Hollywood‘s Kodak Theatre, the engineers knew that communication was key in this type of environment.

This year, “American Idol” has a brand new, larger, multi-level set and, for the first time, conductor Rickey Minor, also the bass payer, is separated from the other musicians in a second-story balcony across from the band. This new configuration made its communication network even more vital to the production. For years, ATK Audiotek had been using an Orchestra Conductor System built for the company from a manufacturer that no longer makes or supports the product. Due to age and extensive use, the system began having technical difficulties. Making use of proven intercom technology along with innovative audio networking and monitor mixing equipment from Aviom, engineers were able to replicate the system, which allows for seamless bi-directional communication between Minor, the director and the mixing engineer as well as cues to the band.

“This system had long worked for us for events such as the Grammys and the Oscars,” Arango says. “Using control boxes and headsets, it creates a perfect communication network for large orchestras as well as for a band such as the one in ‘American Idol.‘ We knew we had to make it work, and the Aviom mixers made it possible. It also has the added benefit of allowing the musicians to have increased control over their own audio monitor levels, including the verbal cues.”

The system is arranged into two individual zones–one for the band and one for the drummer–to which Minor and the director can speak using Clear-Com® Party-line AB-100 and Studio Technologies 233 announcer consoles as the main interfaces. The band zone is equipped with an A-16R rack mountable mixer controlled by the monitor engineer while the drummer uses a standalone Aviom A-16II mixer, which he can control himself. Tweecomm OB-1 headset box with headphones are powered by Clear-Com‘s PS-464, a four-channel intercom power supply that features a fail-safe design for maximum reliability and delivers 2.5 amps at 30 volts.

For the first time, several other band members are using the A-16II for monitor control. “The players have embraced the mixer and are enjoying the increased control it offers,” Arango says.

In addition, the system was flexible enough to move from the small set during the earlier rounds of the show to the new, big stage being used for the semi-final rounds with simple wiring adjustments and the addition of several boxes.

“All we needed to do was add some more OB-1 boxes and lengthen our XLR cable to the units,” Arango explains. “It was that easy.”

Founded in 1983, ATK Audiotek is the foremost sound reinforcement provider in the professional audio industry. ATK Audiotek provides unparalleled quality and reliable service to all of its clients. ATK Audiotek’s client roster includes hundreds of television productions, special events, industrial conventions, permanent installations and concert tours. ATK Audiotek has received many awards including four nominations and two wins of the prestigious TEC Award for outstanding technical achievement.

Aviom is the world leader and pioneer of personal monitor mixing technology with the popular Pro16™ Series, as well as the exclusive developer of the revolutionary Pro64® Series of audio networking products. All Aviom products are powered by A-Net® the company‘s groundbreaking high-speed digital audio transmission protocol. Aviom products solve problems in a variety of different environments, including live sound reinforcement, audio recording studios, houses of worship, theater, broadcasting and post-production facilities and a host of commercial installations. Aviom‘s entire line of high-quality professional audio products are designed and manufactured in the USA..

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St. Paul, MN (April 29, 2008) - Top music industry professionals discuss the realities of the music business and careers in music with more than 300 Minneapolis/St Paul Area high school students at GRAMMY Career Day, an initiative of the GRAMMY in the Schools® program. The day will include a variety of workshops focusing on various fields in the music industry. Students from numerous schools around the area will be represented including: St. Francis High School, Coon Rapids High School, Blaine High School, Anoka High School, Andover High School, S.T.E.P. (Secondary Technical Education Program) and South St. Paul High School. The program is presented by the Gibson Foundation and is free of charge. more

LOS ANGELES, CA–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, is pleased to announce the appointment of Katy Templeman-Holmes to the position of Broadcast Sales Manager.

Templeman-Holmes will focus her sales efforts on call letter TV stations in the Western region and will be based at SSL‘s LA office. She has over five years of diversified experience in the professional audio and broadcast industries. Templeman-Holmes‘ extensive experience in both the broadcast and post-production sales markets makes her the perfect addition to SSL‘s growing team.

Templeman-Holmes comes to SSL from Euphonix Inc., where she oversaw sales and customer service for the broadcast, post-production and music markets. Prior to Euphonix, Templeman-Holmes worked as a continuity production coordinator for Premier Radio Networks where she supervised both Clear Channel and Fox Radio‘s international multimedia data bank. She also worked as a broadcast technical operator for Trans World International and as a broadcast journalist and board operator at Kestrel FM, both of which are in the UK. Templeman-Holmes earned a B.S.c in Media and Broadcast Technology from the University of Surrey where she was awarded First Class Degree and Broadcast School Valedictorian.

“I‘m proud to be working for a company that I have admired for so long,” Templeman-Holmes comments. “I have always admired SSL‘s technology and position in the professional audio market. I am very excited to be joining SSL and am thrilled to be involved in SSL‘s broadcast business.” more

Nashville, TN, April 21, 2008–When it comes to providing its customers with effective storage solutions, Nashville‘s premier rental company, Rack-N-Roll, always chooses Avastor. more

LAS VEGAS, NV–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 announces the release of Matrix at NAB 2008, April 14-17, at the Las Vegas Convention Center (booth #N4031). Matrix offers a powerful combination of mixing console, signal router and workstation controller ideal for post production studios and television and radio broadcast facilities with rooms based entirely around a DAW. more

LAS VEGAS, NV–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 announces the release of Matrix at NAB 2008, April 14-17, at the Las Vegas Convention Center (booth #N4031). Matrix offers a powerful combination of mixing console, signal router and workstation controller ideal for post production studios and television and radio broadcast facilities with rooms based entirely around a DAW. more

LAS VEGAS, NV–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, will feature its expanded portfolio of the popular C100 HD Digital Broadcast Consoles at NAB 2008, April 14-17, at the Las Vegas Convention Center (booth #N4031). The C100 HD, C100 HD-S and the new C100 HD-L Consoles, along with a broad range of routing and I/O options via the CS-B Stage Box and/or MORSE, are designed to fit installations from local stations and mobile trucks to national broadcasting facilities. more