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MUSIC
MIX MOBILE CHOOSES GENELEC DSP MONITORS FOR 2009 CMA AWARDS SHOW LIVE
BROADCAST
— With newly-expanded
operations, Music Mix Mobile’s John Harris and Jay Vicari handle
5.1 surround audio broadcast, utilizing Genelec DSP Active Monitors
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NATICK,
MA, November 12, 2009 — Music
Mix Mobile, a New Jersey/California based remote facilities company
combining the talents of award-winning production professionals and
state-of-the-art audio solutions, is a collective consisting of industry
veterans John Harris, Jay Vicari, Joel Singer, Mitch Maketansky and
newly added West Coast-based partners Bob Wartinbee and Mark Linett.
On Wednesday, November 11, 2009, Music Mix Mobile was charged with
capturing and mixing the music audio for the 43rd annual Country Music
Association (CMA) Awards, broadcast live in 5.1 on ABC-TV from the
Sommet Center in Nashville, Tennessee. In the company’s dual
M3 trucks (now known as “M3” and “M3 West”),
Music Mixers John Harris and Jay Vicari were on site to ensure the
audio would be of the highest quality, and they chose Genelec 8200
Series Active DSP Monitoring Systems. Genelec DSP systems consisting
of 8250A
Bi-Amplified Active DSP Monitors and 8240A
Bi-Amplified Active DSP Monitors, along with the 7260A
Active DSP Subwoofers, were used in Music Mix Mobile’s M3
truck for the live music mix, as well as in the identical mirrored
system in the M3 West offline remix truck.
The team responsible
for the audio at this year’s CMA’s again included a who’s
who of broadcast audio. The broadcast music mix was handled by Harris
and Vicari; the audio was supervised by award-winning Audio Producers
Michael Abbott and Tom Davis; and ATK/Audiotek provided the sound
system with FOH (front-of-house) Mixers Patrick Baltzell and Rick
Shimer.
In the days
leading up to the awards ceremony and broadcast, the night’s
performers rehearsed their segments live on the stage, with Harris
and Vicari getting used to the mixes in real-time in the M3 truck
and then going over those performances offline while playing them
back for artist managers and the artists themselves in the new M3
West truck, with an identical Genelec system as is in the M3. Together,
they prepared for the live broadcast mix, so it was vital that both
M3 trucks had a world-class, consistent monitoring environment.
Joel Singer,
co-founder of Music Mix Mobile, stated, “When we added the new
West Coast-based M3 West mobile recording truck, I wanted to have
a consistent monitoring environment, not only for our lead mixers
John Harris and Jay Vicari to reference during recording/broadcast,
but for the artists, producers and managers that come into our M3
trucks for playback. I have worked with Genelecs for years and everybody
is completely comfortable with them because they’re the industry
standard. Ear fatigue is non-existent, and they deliver uncolored,
accurate sound, providing us with the security of knowing exactly
what we’re hearing on the night of the broadcast.”
The Genelec
8200 Series Bi-Amplified Active Monitors employ the company’s
proprietary DSP (Digital Signal Processing), GLM™ (Genelec Loudspeaker
Manager software) and AutoCal™ (Automated Calibration software)
technologies, which together create a self-calibrating monitoring
solution that both guarantees accurate audio and ensures a steady-paced
workflow. This, combined with Music Mix Mobile’s long-time use
of Genelec active monitors, made the Genelec DSP monitors an easy
decision.
For more information,
please visit www.genelecusa.com.
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Photo Caption: Pictured L-R: Music Mix Moible’s Jay Vicari and
Joel Singer in their M3 truck at the 43rd annual CMA Awards, November
11, 2009, in Nashville, Tennessee. Genelec DSP systems consisting
of 8250A Bi-Amplified Active DSP Monitors and 8240A Bi-Amplified Active
DSP Monitors, along with the 7260A Active DSP Subwoofers, were used
in Music Mix Mobile’s M3 truck for the live music mix, as well
as in the identical mirrored system in the M3 West offline remix truck.
Genelec,
the pioneer in Active Monitoring technology, is celebrating over 30
years of designing and manufacturing active loudspeakers for true
and accurate sound reproduction. Genelec is credited with promoting
the concept of active transducer technology, which many manufacturers
are just now incorporating into their products. Since its inception
in 1978, Genelec has concentrated its efforts and resources into creating
active monitors with unparalleled sonic integrity. The result is an
active speaker system that has earned global acclaim for its accurate
imaging, extremely high acoustic output from small enclosures, true
high-fidelity with low distortion, and deep, rich bass.
Other
brand and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies
with which they are associated.
—For
more information on the complete range of Genelec Active Monitoring
Systems, contact: Genelec Inc., 7 Tech Circle, Natick, MA 01760. Tel:
(508) 652-0900; Fax: (508) 652-0909; Web: http://www.genelecusa.com/.