On Thursday, February 26, 2004, at 7:30 p.m., RSPE Audio Solutions and Pro Tools users will be getting together with Apple Emagic for an evening of discussion in Los Angeles. The evening will include an overview and training session on the new combined Logic Pro package and integrating Logic Pro and Pro Tools. To register for the event, visit www.protoolsusers.org. If you're not already a member of ProTools Users, visit that site to join the Pro Tools and audio community.

SXSW MUSIC AND MEDIA CONFERENCE, March 17-21, 2004, celebrating its 18th edition, will showcase hundreds of musical acts from around the globe every evening for five nights on 50 stages in downtown Austin. By day, conference registrants do business in the SXSW Trade Show in the Austin Convention Center and partake of a full agenda of informative, provocative panel discussions featuring hundreds of speakers. For developments: www.sxsw.com

ICIA¨ InfoComm Week, June 5-11, 2004, Atlanta
Mark your calendars now! Register for InfoComm '04 where you'll get the latest systems integration, production, and rental and staging information. Join 20,000 A/V industry professionals at the Georgia World Congress Center for manufacturer training programs, career-enhancing courses and 600-plus exhibitors on the tradeshow floor. www.infocomm.org

Eventide H3000 Band Delays Plug-In
Developed for Digidesign's Pro Tools TDM platform, Eventide unveiled its H3000 Band Delays!" plug-in, which is based on the company's H3000 Ultra-Harmonizer¨ effects processor. MORE

Bag End INFRA-MX2
Bag End's newest generation of bass signal processorsÑthe INFRA-MX2Ñoffers numerous new features, including improved grounding scheme, use of surface-mount technology, included improved power supply with improved error tolerance, able to produce a flat response down to 8 Hz and an improved graphic design. MORE

Alesis Micron Virtual Analog Synth
Following the release of the Alesis Ion synthesizer, Alesis introduced the Micron virtual analog synthesizer, which boasts the same sound engine as the Ion in a compact three-octave keyboard. The Micron is compatible with Ion programs and holds more than 1,000 programs and multitimbral setups. MORE

Yamaha i88X Audio/MIDI Interface
Yamaha's i88X is an mLAN-based audio and MIDI interface that features two mic and six line inputs delivering audio to its 24-bit/96kHz A/D converters. MORE

Nautilus Extended Monitor Options Series
The top-of-the-line, Class-A NEMO DMC-8 from Nautilus Master Technology has A/B functionality, replacing or upgrading the monitor section of an analog console or digital audio workstation. MORE

Kid Rock Guitar Benefits Children
West L.A. Music and Peter Tilden, a DJ on Los Angeles radio station KZLA, donated a guitar signed by Kid Rock to Hillsides, a nonprofit treatment center for children. The guitar was signed at KZLA's Country Bash, held at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, Calif., on October 11, 2003. West L.A. Music's general manager Rick Waite and president Don Griffin arranged to have the Fender Stratocaster signed by the famous rocker. MORE

Upgrade Pricing for Tascam GigaStudio 3 Announced
Tascam has announced upgrade pricing for the new version of its GigaStudio 3 software sampling workstation. GigaStudio 3 is now available in three versions: GigaStudio 3 Orchestra, GigaStudio 3 Ensemble and GigaStudio 3 Solo. MORE

Rycote Launches Mic Data Online
Visit microphone-data.com to find Rycote's Microphone Data, a comprehensive catalog of more than 1,000 microphones from more than 80 manufacturers in pro use. All data is offered in common references (weight, sensitivity, noise, etc.) and the frequency graphs and polar plots have the same standardized grids as its book counterpart.

Fishman Revamps Site
Fishman Transducers has launched its newly redesigned Website at www.fishman.com. In addition to a new graphic look and feel, the site features the company's line of products including undersaddle and magnetic soundhole pickups for acoustic guitar; pickups for violin, upright bass, mandolin and banjo; Arch Top and Resophonic guitars pickups; drum triggers, onboard and outboard preamp systems such as the Pro EQ Platinum, Pocket Blender, Prefix Series; and more. MORE

MSR Competes Nationwide Rep Organization
MSR, makers of the StudioPanel modular acoustic solutions for media-production workspaces, has appointed several key manufacturer's representatives, as well as a master distributor for Europe. MORE

Alan Menken Masters 'Home on the Range'
Composer Alan Menken mastered the Home on the Range soundtrack album for Walt Disney Feature Animation at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Los Angeles). MORE

Dancing Diablo Helps Animate 'Walkie Talkie Man'
Peter Sluszka, Dancing Diablo (Brooklyn) creative partner/director of animation, helped to create the stop-motion animation for "Walkie Talkie Man," the first U.S. single from Auckland, New Zealand-based melodic rock/hip hop act, Steriogram. The music video, from their debut Capitol Records album, Schmack!, is scheduled for release to MTV this month. The album will be available in stores nationwide on April 20, 2004. MORE

HSR/NY Mixes Bally Campaign
For RocketScience Creative Ltd. (New York City) and Bally Total Fitness clubs, hsr/ny mixers Glenn Navia and Fernando Ascani completed the audio mix for the new campaign. MORE