SURFING THE WEB
Hafler, makers of amplifiers and monitors, introduces a new component
to its Web site, www.hafler.com.
The Web site now supports 360-degree views of the company’s product
line.
QSC amplifier owners can now order products at the company’s online
store at www.qscstore.com.
The online order center allows customers to access descriptions and photos
of signal processor modules, bus card adapters, and input and output transformers.
Symetrix also added an online store to its Web site at www.symetrixaudio.com.
Los Angeles-based Apogee added an online store to its redesigned Web site
at www.apogeedigital.com/store.
A new database was added to Line 6’s Web site, www.line6.com.
The browser, FAQTRAQ, guides users to information about the company’s
gear. dbx DriveRack users can now access information about the product
line on a dedicated Web site, www.driverack.com.
Skokie, Ill.-based MacPherson has a redesigned Web site at www.macpherson-inc.com.
WORKSHOPS and CONFERENCES
Sonic Solutions is in the midst of its 42-city seminar series, “eDVD—Making
DVD and the Internet Work for You.” The seminar began in September
and will run through December in cities worldwide. To find a seminar near
you, visit www.sonic.com
or e-mail the seminar coordinator at dvdseminar@sonic.com.
ATR Service Company will offer in-depth analog alignment seminars on March
9, June 11 and October 15 of 2001. The series will cover issues about
recorder alignment procedures, including the fundamentals, choice of tape
format, tape formulation, tape speed and use of noise reduction. For more
information, call ATR at 717/852-7700.
CORRECTION
The September “What’s New in Plug-Ins?” feature listed
incorrect prices for the Antares Microphone Modeler. The TDM version is
$599; VST, RTAS and MAS versions are $399; and the DirectX version is
$299. In addition, the Antares Web site was listed incorrectly. The correct
URL is www.antarestech.com.
The Society of Broadcast Engineers (Indianapolis) awarded Fred Baumgartner, James T. Bernier, Jr. and Edward J. Miller a membership grade of Fellow in the Society…AKG Acoustics (Nashville) announced numerous appointments: Kevin Madden Eastern regional sales manager; Tom Stotler Central regional sales manager; Doug Kittle Western regional sales manager; Cindy Carroll Eastern sales administrator; Sara Anderson Central sales administrator; and Christi Heard Western sales administrator…Recording school SAE (New York) announced the appointment of Udo Hopenworth as VP SAE USA NY and director of SAE Institute in New York…Lightfactor Sales (Middlesex, UK) will now be the distributor for Apogee Sound (Petaluma, CA), and KEM Electronics (Athens, Greece) will be the sole distributor in Greece. In other company news, Nissa Hess is the new national sales coordinator, and Doug McCombs was added to customer service…Retired General Dennis J. Reimer was elected to DRS Technologies’ (Parsippany, NJ) board of directors…Ron Bradshaw joined Symetrix in the newly created position of product development manager…Furman (Petaluma, CA) announced new management additions: Margarita Gorokhovsky, VP of operations; Steve Rose, VP of marketing and international affairs; and Bruce Seifried, director of new market development. Furman also named Pacific Systems Group (Torrance, CA), Burhans and Burhans (Crystal City, MO) and Metro North (Edison, NJ) to the newly formed rep council…BGW (Hawthorne, CA) welcomed Steve Lyle, new chief engineer, to its family…Group One (Farmingdale, NY) expands with the appointments of Michael Puehse as display market manager for lighting division, Jimmy Kawalek to market development manager of Western audio division, Brian Quinn to operations manager for audio and lighting divisions, and Kevin Gibbons as primary contact for customer service for audio division…Rick Cannata joins Fostex (Norwalk, CA) as pro products manager…iZ Technology (Burnaby, BC), inventor and manufacturer of Radar hard disk recorders, introduced a support and service hotline at 800/776-1356. The company is also now the sole distributor of Radar products…Philip N. Sanders, principal consultant, Jason R. Duty, principal consultant, Brian M. Brustad, senior consultant, join design firm Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc. (San Francisco)… Crown Audio (Elkhart, IN) presented David Glass, field service specialist, and Leslie Kruse, domestic sales agent, with awards for Technical Support Employee of the Year and Sales Administration Employee of the Year, respectively…Atlas Sound (Phoenix) is joined by Steven Young, new director of marketing and technical sales for the company’s domestic and professional divisions…Maxwell (Fair Lawn, NJ) announced the appointments of Pamela Barber district sales manager for Florida and Brian Cox sales representative for professional blank media products in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio…Post Perfect (New York) president Dean Winkler announced his resignation, and co-founder Patrick Howley assumed the role of general manager…McKay Conant Brooks Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) hired Kyle Ridenour as a media system design consultant…GLW (Nashville), makers of Harrison consoles, moved its offices to 1024 Firestone Parkway, Lavergne, TN 37068; 615/ 641-7200; fax 615/641-7224…Megatrax Production Music (North Hollywood, CA) promoted Leisa Korn to the newly created position of director of publishing and administration…Nexo (San Rafael, CA) has moved its office and warehouse to 2165 Francisco Boulevard E, Suite E2, San Rafael, CA 94901; 415/482-6600; fax 415/482-6110.
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