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The latest news and products NEW PRODUCTS AUDIX M1255 Miniature Condenser Mic The Audix Micros Series, which, according to the company, consists of the world’s smallest condenser microphones with integrated preamp and detachable cable, has added the M1255. With brass housing and a modular threaded capsule, the M1255 is designed to handle a variety of live, studio and fixed-install applications. Features include a frequency response of 80 Hz-20 kHz, 12mm gold-vapor diaphragm, a selection of four capsules, and complete immunity from RF caused by cell phones and GSM devices. The M1255 can be used as a table microphone for meetings, conferences or as an overhead microphone for choirs and orchestras. There is an array of clips and accessories available that enable the M1255 to be used on instruments, podiums and mic stands. Also available for overhead and distance miking is the company’s MicroBoom carbon-fiber boom arm. PRICE: $419 CONTACT: Audix | ¤ 503-682-6933 · www.audixusa.com NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS NEWS BROADCAST “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Music Mixer Barton Michael Chiate makes regular use of the Bricasti Research Model 7 Stereo Reverb Processors to add ambience to otherwise drysounding sources. “It is so easy to use and produces remarkable results,” he says. “The Model 7 is also cool-looking. It’s my Go-To ALESIS ProTrack Digital Recorder Alesis has introduced ProTrack, a handheld digital stereo recorder for iPod. It provides direct-toiPod stereo digital recording to iPod in a portable, handheld form factor. Users can capture live audio anywhere and anytime with their iPod or iPod nano. ProTrack’s design integrates the iPod into the recorder, with included sleds to securely mount supported iPod models to the recorder. Two high-quality condenser microphones are built-in, fixed in XY stereo configuration for field recording (44.1 kHz/16-bit max resolution). ProTrack also offers users a pair of combination XLR or 1/4-inch inputs for connection for external microphones and line sources. When running on plug-in power using the included AC adapter, ProTrack supplies 48V phantom power so that it can power condenser microphones. PRICE: $499 CONTACT: Alesis | ¤ 401-658-5760 · www.alesis.com Reverb!” Jimmy Kimmel Live originates from Disney’s El Capitan Entertainment Center, located on Hollywood Boulevard in the heart of LA’s Walk of Fame with a speciallyconstructed, state-of-the-art performance stage to showcase A-list music acts. “Jimmy Kimmel Live” is shot in front of a live studio audience and produced by Jackhole Industries in association with ABC Studios. For its extensive NFL and NASCAR coverage, FOX Sports conducts onsite audio/video production out of a multi-truck unit provided by Game Creek Video. The unit consists of four mobile production trucks that travel to NFL stadiums in the fall and racetracks in the spring, serving as an audio headquarters for both regular season coverage and the Super Bowl and NASCAR’s Daytona 500 broadcasts. FOX Sports Audio Consultant/Senior Mixer Fred Aldous chose Tannoy speakers for all of the unit’s monitoring environments. Indianapolis Motor Speedway Productions has acquired a new HD truck equipped with a 64-fader Calrec Sigma with Bluefin console. At the end of the major auto racing season, the truck will be used to cover Indiana Pacers basketball and Purdue and Indianapolis University football games. Multiple FiberPlex LightViper digital audio transport systems were utilized by CP Communications during the live ESPN and NBC television broadcasts of the U.S. Open Championship. ESPN and NBC were each supplied with two 32X8 LightViper fiber-optic “booth kit” audio systems. RIEDEL VOIP-108 G2 Matrix Client Card Riedel Communications has introduced its VOIP-108 G2, an integrated Intercom-over-IP solution for the Artist Digital Matrix Intercom platform. It provides intercom interfacing to IP-based networks and allows matrix-to-matrix connections, matrix-to-control panel connections as well as the distribution of audio lines over IP. The card converts eight Artist matrix ports into a compressed IP-stream and vice versa. Users can choose between a high-quality mode with an audio bandwidth of 6 kHz resulting in a data rate of less than 80 kBit/s (including panel data), and a low-traffic mode with 4 kHz audio bandwidth and a data rate of less than 40 kBit/s per channel (including panel data). The VOIP-108 G2 client card communicates either with a VOIP-108 G2 client card in another Artist system, (e.g., for trunking), or with Riedel’s Connect IPx8 panel interface. PRICE: POA CONTACT: Riedel | ¤ 49 202 292 90 · www.riedel.net SONIFEX Redbox RB-TGHDB Introduced at IBC, the Sonifex Redbox RB-TGHD is an eight-channel audio tone generator that provides line identification for multi-channel audio systems, including 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound typically used in high definition television broadcasts. The unit offers a range of widely accepted industry standard tone sequences for channel identification and level control. Correct channel configuration in fold-down mixes can also be highlighted when a broadcaster needs to mix several audio channels into a stereo feed. The RB-TGHD is available in two variations, each providing both analog and digital audio outputs. The RB-TGHDX offers balanced AES/EBU digital audio outputs on 3 pin XLR connectors and the RB-TGHDB has unbalanced digital audio outputs on BNC connectors. PRICE: TBA CONTACT: Sonifex | ¤ 207-773-2424 · www.independentaudio.com 8 | ProAudio Review | September 2008 www.proaudioreview.com http://www.audixusa.com http://www.alesis.com http://www.riedel.net http://www.independentaudio.com http://www.proaudioreview.com

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