AVATAR OPENS STUDIO G
Adding to studios A, B, C, D, E and R, Avatar Studios (New York City) recently opened Studio G, a mid-priced tracking room built by Vinny Sofia, carpenter of the Power Station studios (former occupant of the Avatar building), and designed by Avatar chief engineer Roy Hendrickson. MORE

MasterMix Opens New 6.1 Facility
MasterMix, a full-service mastering and DVD authoring facility located in Nashville, recently opened a new surround mastering suite with monitoring provided by six Nova Applause S with Threshold amps, low frequencies handled through Bag End D10-E dual-10 subwoofers, which are managed by Bag End-proprietary INFRA signal processing technology. MORE

Ex'pression College Announces New South Wing
Ex'pression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, Calif., officially announced the expansion of its state-of-the-art education facility, adding more than 20,000 square feet to its already 65,000-square-foot campus. MORE

Autumn Hill Studios Completes Renovation
Franklin, N.C.-based Autumn Hill Studios recently completed an extensive renovation with extensive upgrades, including the addition of Blue Sky's Sky System One 2.1 monitoring system as the studio's main monitoring platform. MORE

Roland Manuals Now Online
Roland Corporation U.S. has made Quick Start Guides, Owners Manuals and Applications references for the current Roland product line available online at www.RolandUS.com. The company intends to post manuals for legacy products in the near future.

Cakewalk Sonar 4 Supports Mackie Control C4
Cakewalk has announced that its Sonar 4 Producer Edition and Sonar 4 Studio Edition will support the new Mackie Control C4 plug-in and instrument controller. MORE

Obedia Launches National/International Operations
Obedia, a company that provides professional technical consultation, support and maintenance to digital media artists in the music and pro audio community, launched operations November 1st. MORE

EVENTS/DEADLINES
MARK YOUR CALENDAR

EVENTS THIS MONTH
The next Pro Tools Users Meeting is planned for November 9, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. in Los Angeles, and will cover Apple Logic Pro 7 and Logic Express 7. Sign up at www.protoolsusers.org.

The Studio Precision & Power Tour continues throughout the U.S. this month. Cakewalk presenters will show the SONAR 4 Producers Edition using MusicXPC computers, Edirol audio hardware and peripherals, and Blue Sky surround systems. For tour dates and to register, visit www.sonar4.com/tour.

UPCOMING EVENTS
Future Media Concepts (FMC) announced that it will organize the second annual 2005 Post|Production World Conference (April 16-21, 2005). The event, which takes place April 16 to 21, 2005, will feature an expanded number of sessions, foreign-language tracks, booth camps and master classes as its debut, which took place during NAB earlier this year. Visit www.fmctraining.com for details.

DEADLINES
Entry forms for the 52nd MPSE Golden Reel Awards, which acknowledge the year's best sound editing work in the areas of dialog, ADR, effects, Foley and music, are due by December 10, 2004, for submissions aired or released from January 1, 2004, to November 30, 2004. The Golden Reel Awards will take place February 26, 2005. Visit www.MPSE.org for more information.

Prospective vocalists for the Montreal International Musical Competition (May 9 to 20, 2005), formerly known as Jeunesses Musicales Montreal International Competition, have until January 21, 2005, to send in their application form, which can be found at www.jeunessesmusicales.com.

From now until January 31, 2005, Korg USA is offering a $200 rebate on a new D16XD or D32XD digital recording studio purchased from an authorized Korg dealer in the U.S. Promotion details and dealer locations can be found at www.korg.com.