MUSIC
MIX MOBILE CHOOSES GENELEC DSP MONITORS FOR 2010 GRAMMY® AWARDS
SHOW LIVE BROADCAST
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With newly-expanded operations, Music Mix Mobile’s M3 and
M3 West remote recording trucks handle the 5.1 surround audio broadcast,
utilizing Genelec DSP Active Monitors —
NATICK,
MA, February 2, 2010 — 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 Sunday, January 31, 2010, Music Mix Mobile was
commissioned to capture and mix the music audio for the 52nd annual
GRAMMY® Awards, broadcast live in 5.1 on CBS-TV from the Staples
Center in Los Angeles. In the company’s dual M3 trucks (now
known as “M3” and “M3 West”), the GRAMMY
Award Show Broadcast Music Mixers John Harris and Eric Schilling,
along with Music Mix Mobile Engineer-in-Charge Joel Singer, 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 (in an L-C-R array) and 8240A
Bi-Amplified Active DSP Monitors (L-R rear), along with 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 GRAMMYs again included a who’s
who of broadcast audio. The broadcast music mix was handled by Harris
and Schilling and was supervised by Hank Neuberger, a prominent
member of The Recording Academy® Producers & Engineers Wing®.
ATK/Audiotek provided the sound system with FOH (front-of-house)
Engineers Ron Reaves and Mikael Stewart.
In the days
leading up to the awards ceremony and broadcast, the night’s
performers rehearsed their segments live on the stage, with Schilling
and Harris developing 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. 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,
Engineer-in-Charge and co-founder of Music Mix Mobile, stated, “Last
year when we added the new West Coast-based M3 West mobile recording
truck, we wanted to have a consistent monitoring environment, not
only for reference during recording and 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 very comfortable
with them because they’re the high-end industry standard.
With a show like the GRAMMYs, we’re rehearsing and playing
back tracks for up to 15 hours a day for several days, but with
the Genelecs, no one ever experiences ear fatigue. They deliver
accurate, transparent 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 Mobile Engineer-in-Charge
Joel Singer, along with the 52nd GRAMMY® Awards Broadcast Co-Music
Mixer John Harris, in the M3 truck. 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. Photo by Matthew Cohen. (This photo is the
property of Matthew Cohen and may be used by the press only for
the purpose of one-time reproduction. Unauthorized use, alteration
or reproduction of this photograph is strictly prohibited.)
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.
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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/.