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The 2004 Mix Master Directory is now accepting submissions. The MMD is the complete information resource for businesses in the pro audio industry. Backed by 25 years of industry experience, this definitive guide includes comprehensive national listings of audio manufacturers, audio professionals, facilities and services. Listing deadline: October 22, 2003. MORE

Through the sponsorship support of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), the House Ear Institute (HEI) will offer free hearing screenings and hearing health information for attendees and exhibitors at the 115th AES Convention, October 10-13 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The hearing screenings, offered as part of HEI's Sound Partners!" hearing-conservation program, will be available throughout the four-day convention, and same-day appointment times can be scheduled at the HEI information booth. MORE

Remix magazine brings the Remix Hotel to New York City, October 10-12, 2003, for three days of master classes, seminars, workshops and clinics for DJs, music producers, engineers and anyone who's interested in using the latest technologies to produce electronic and urban music. Coinciding with the annual AES Convention and taking place at the new Herald Square facility of the School of Audio Engineering, Remix Hotel NYC will feature the latest gear from Cakewalk, Denon, Digidesign, Edirol, Emagic/Apple, Guitar Center, Ilio, Korg, Roland, Serato, Sirius, Vestax and Yamaha. Each evening, Sirius radio and Remix will host a VIP cocktail reception and DJ event in the Remix Lounge, and you can't beat the price: Its free. All you have to do is sign up here. Keep an eye on the Website for special guest appearance announcements.

Apex INTELLI-X
Apex's Intelli-X -- a 24-bit/48kHz, single-rackspace, 4-input, 8-output equalizer and loudspeaker-management system -- provides all of the processing required between the mixer outputs and the amplifier inputs. Designed to handle all live and installed sound applications, Intelli-X can be networked and features extensive parametric and graphic EQ, filtering, delay, and output limiting options simultaneously on all outputs, with flexible crossover and matrix configurations. MORE

BSS Audio FDS-366T
BSS Audio's new FDS-366T offers two new filter types that are designed around the Australian WHISEWORKS and Neville Thiele Method filters, which are comparable to Linkwitz-Riley 36 dB/octave and 48 dB/octave, but with steeper roll-off slopes of 36 dB and 52 dB per octave, respectively. MORE

Lake Technology Lake Contour Plug-In
Lake Technology's new plug-in for Lake Contour™ provides full integration between the Contour Controller software and SIA SmaartLive(R), and shows spectrum, spectrograph and transfer functions directly within the Contour Controller graphical interface. MORE

Rane G4, MM 42, DEQ 60L
Rane's full-featured, high-performance G4 quad gate offers gating, ducking and downward-expansion modes, as well as internal high- and low-cut filters and external sidechain inputs. Connecting in line between a mixing console and a wired or wireless monitor system, the MM 42 processes a single stereo mix or two independent mono mixes using shelf/cut filters, 3-band compressor, 5-band parametric EQ and 3-band peak limiter. The DEQ 60L Stereo 1/3-octave digital graphic equalizer is the long-throw (45mm) fader version of Rane's 1/3-octave graphic equalizer (model DEQ 60) introduced earlier this year. MORE

Soundcraft EZ-Tilt
Designed specifically for the dual-purpose MH3 and MH4 mixing consoles, the EZ-Tilt console stand was built by TMB. MORE

TerraSonde Analysts Firmware
The Analysts Firmware module brings the power of three measurements within the reach of any Audio Toolbox owner: Multi-Band RT60, STIpa and TDA. The module installs easily on the Audio Toolbox and includes all of the measurements from TerraSonde's Contractors firmware module, as well. MORE

Meyer Sound Offers Leasing Plan
Meyer Sound's new special leasing plan provides qualifying sound rental companies and facilities with an opportunity to acquire Meyer Sound loudspeakers and ancillary items with minimal initial investment and low monthly obligations. MORE

A Rock 'n' Roll Boot Camp for High School Students
Peavey Electronics and the Hard Rock Academy recently teamed up to create Peavey Rock Week, a rock 'n' roll summer camp in Orlando, Fla., where19 students learned how to play musical instruments, write and record songs and perform in front of an audience. MORE

SymNet Boot Camp Announced
Symetrix announced the first in a series of "Boot Camp" training seminars for its SymNet Audio Matrix system. The two-day seminar will be held at Symetrix headquarters in Mountlake Terrace, Wash., on November 3-4, 2003. MORE

Northwestern College Refits with Lake Contour
The 101-year-old Northwestern College has purchased eight Lake Contour™ digital speaker processors for its Maranatha Hall performance venue. Maranatha Hall is a 1,390-seat facility with full proscenium stage located in the Totino Fine Arts Center, home of the school's art and music departments. MORE

Houston's Second Baptist Church Brings in Harrison Gear
Second Baptist has upgraded its original media center console to the new IKIS™ operating system and a 96-channel digital.engine™ DSP processing core. Additionally, the church has purchased a 96-channel Digital SeriesTwelve™ with IKIS™ for FOH duties. MORE

Surf Ballroom Upgrades to Attract A-List Shows
The Surf Ballroom (Clear Lake, Iowa) is located midway between the "A" market venues of Minneapolis and Des Moines, Ia.. The 2,000-capacity ballroom has recently undergone a management change and a renovation that has also seen the very first installation of a sound system. MORE