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GENELEC 8200 SERIES BI-AMPLIFIED MONITORS
AND 7200 SUBWOOFER HELPS XM PRODUCTIONS/EFFANEL MUSIC
HONOR AMERICA’S HEROES
NATICK, MA — When John Mellancamp and his
band performed for a gathering of U.S. servicemen and women at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center on April 27, 2007, the 5.1 surround broadcast
of the event on high-definition network HDNet let America be right there
with them. And to insure the highest quality audio, renowned remote
recording specialists XM Productions/Effanel Music chose Genelec DSP
Series Active Monitors with AutoCal. The Genelec DSP models chosen for
the OSR high-end audio recording truck were three 8250A speakers for
the L-C-R array, a pair of 8240A speakers for the left and right surrounds,
and the 7260A subwoofer for LFE and bass management reproduction, providing
the broadcast event with an incredibly accurate surround sound field.
The event, held before an intimate assembly of about 200
U.S. service personnel and their families, was broadcast completely
in high-definition audio and video. The audio was mixed by GRAMMY®
Award winning veteran 5.1 music mixers John Harris and Joel Singer.
A digitally controlled 64-channel output preamp converted signal at
the stage was sent as MADI via fiber-optic snake to the OSR truck, where
it was distributed to the digital mixing console and to two Digidesign
Pro Tools® systems, one for primary recording, the second for back-up.
From there it went to the HDNet truck for uplink where the high-resolution
signal remained completely digital. Engineers agreed it takes a very
special monitoring system to be able to accurately portray a discrete
surround soundscape of such a pristine signal, and only the Genelec
8200 Series was up to it. “Other systems on the market contend
they have adaptive DSP calibration capability that can adjust to various
listening environments, but compared to the Genelec 8200 Series, they
simply fail,” says Joel Singer, Lead Engineer on the project.
“Other systems will look for a room node and then adjust the entire
system for it; the Genelec 8200 Series speakers and the 7200 series
subwoofers have four notch filters on each speaker that can look across
the bands, find the nuances in each aspect of the spectrum, and adapt
each speaker individually. That is the definition of a highly adaptive
system.”
The Genelec 8200 Series Bi-Amplified 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. Long-time Genelec users XM Productions/Effanel
Music experienced the Genelec 8200 Series DSP monitoring system when
they used it on the surround of the 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast
earlier this year, where it performed in stellar fashion. “We
found the Genelec 8200 Series system to be a brilliant system that could
adapt itself between various environments on the GRAMMY broadcast,”
says Singer. “Genelec delivered for us then and it delivered for
us yet again at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center event. With the
ability to utilize DSP to adapt the surround speaker field you feel
comfortable knowing your monitoring is spot on.”
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Genelec, the pioneer in Active Monitoring technology,
was founded in 1978 and has concentrated its efforts and resources into
the design and manufacturing of active monitoring loudspeakers with
unparalleled sonic accuracy. Genelec has been credited with promoting
the concept of active monitors, a trend in technology that some manufacturers
are just now incorporating into their products. Genelec has a complete
line of active main, mid-field, and near-field monitors for application
in the music recording, postproduction, project studio, broadcast, TV,
and CD mastering markets.
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—For more information on the complete range of Genelec Active
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Web: http://www.genelecusa.com/.