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L-R: Chris Chopin, Director of Technology at St. Paul's Episcopal,
and Sime Restovic, Account Manager for GC Pro in New Orleans,
in front of the Digidesign D-Command Worksurface in the school's
new recording studio, outfitted by GC Pro.
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PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Clyne Media, Inc.
Tel: (615) 662-1616
Fax: (615) 662-1636
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GC PRO INSTALLATIONS DESIGNS, INSTALLS AND COMMISSIONS NEW RECORDING AND POST-PRODUCTION STUDIO AT NEW ORLEANS’ ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
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GC Pro Installations’ technology sales and system design employs gear
from Digidesign, Avalon, Universal Audio and Sennheiser, resulting in a
studio complex on par with those found at college-level
multimedia programs —
— New studio marks latest round of post-Katrina rebuilding for the school, thanks in large part to a turnkey solution from GC Pro Installations —
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA, September 21, 2009
— As part of its System and Products Installation Initiative, Guitar
Center Professional (GC Pro), the outside sales division of Guitar
Center that focuses on the needs of professional users, is pleased to
announce the completion of the latest project in this ongoing program.
Like
many area schools, St. Paul’s Episcopal School was devastated when
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. However, like the other
resilient residents of one of America’s leading cultural centers, St.
Paul’s has come back better than ever, now including a
professional-level recording and post-production studio that was
designed, built and equipped, and whose staff was trained, by GC Pro.
The
studio, which was commissioned in September, just in time for the new
school year, was designed by Sime Restovic, Account Manager for GC Pro
in New Orleans, with system integration by Sound Bites Productions LLC.
Restovic took a former computer lab at the school and designed a
control room, tracking room and green-screen video suite to be built on
that site. GC Pro specified and supplied all of the equipment used in
the studio, including a Digidesign D-Command® Worksurface, Pro Tools
recording and mixing software, Apple Mac® Pro 8-core 3.0-GHz 4 x 500-GB
HD RAID with four GB of RAM, Apple 30-inch Cinema Display flat panel
monitor, JBL LSR Series monitoring, mic pre's from Neve, SSL and
Avalon, microphones from Shure and Sennheiser, and an assortment of
M.I. gear from the New Orleans Guitar Center store. The new studio also
fits well with the state’s active campaign to attract film and video
production to Louisiana and New Orleans, and in that way is further
contributing to the renaissance of the city.
“We
wanted to do something unique, and we accomplished that,” says
Restovic, noting that GC Pro helped the St. Paul’s staff envision the
project from start to finish, outlining the design, constructing the
studios, and specifying, installing and commissioning the equipment. GC
Pro Installations even provided training for the teachers who would use
the studio. “There is simply nothing like this level of equipment I
know of in an elementary school in the U.S.,” he said.
Chris
Chopin, Director of Technology at St. Paul’s Episcopal, agrees, adding,
“St. Paul’s wants to offer our students the best professional studio
environment so that they may have access to and appreciate how far
digital technology can actually take them.”
The
studio is already being put to good use on many levels: in addition to
exploring the technical media arts, students are also using it to
create digital biographies as part of a story-telling class, and they
are setting mathematics lessons to music in ways that enhance the
learning experience.
As
for Chopin, he says his experience working with GC Pro was as
fulfilling as it was uncomplicated. “They took care of everything,
start to finish, even sourcing esoteric equipment, like the
green-screen technology,” he says. “Katrina gave us the chance to start
over and do something innovative and unique -- from something terrible
we were able to make something wonderful. And GC Pro was the way we did
it.”
GC
Pro Director Rick Plushner stated, “I’m very proud of the latest GC Pro
Installations project. In this case we delivered a complete turnkey
system – design, construction, gear, installation and training all
under our meticulous quality control. We ultimately insured the
customer’s full satisfaction. Sime, in coordination with our
headquarters staff, did a great job for the client.”
For more information, please visit www.gcpro.com.
Photo File: GCPro_Education_StPaulsEpiscopal.JPG Photo
Caption: Pictured L-R: Chris Chopin, Director of Technology at St.
Paul’s Episcopal School, and Sime Restovic, Account Manager for GC Pro
in New Orleans, in front of the Digidesign D-Command® Worksurface in
the school’s new recording studio, outfitted by GC Pro.
About
Guitar Center Professional/Guitar Center
Guitar
Center Professional is the outside sales division of Guitar Center that
focuses on the needs of professional users. Its clientele includes
recording studios, audio engineers, producers, recording and touring
musicians, live sound venues, post production facilities and more.
Emphasizing extraordinary individualized service via local account
managers, GC Pro offers expert consultation and a comprehensive
selection of the world’s finest equipment for music and audio
professionals. More information on GC Pro can be found by visiting
www.gcpro.com.
Guitar
Center is the leading United States retailer of guitars, amplifiers,
percussion instruments, keyboards and pro-audio and recording
equipment. Our retail store subsidiary presently operates more than 200
Guitar Center stores across the U.S. In addition, our Music & Arts
division operates more than 100 stores specializing in band instruments
for sale and rental, serving teachers, band directors, college
professors and students. We are also the largest direct response
retailer of musical instruments in the United States through our wholly
owned subsidiary, Musician’s Friend, Inc., and its catalog and Web
site, www.musiciansfriend.com. More information on Guitar Center can be
found by visiting the Company’s Web site at www.guitarcenter.com.
The
Guitar Center logo is a registered trademark of Guitar Center, Inc.
Other brand or product names may be trademarks of the respective
companies with which they are associated.
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