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PRESS RELEASE
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO’S NEW FACILITIES ARE ALL-GENELEC

— 19 new studios, control rooms and edit suites all utilize Genelec 8020A, 8030A and
8040A monitoring systems with 7050B and 7060A active subwoofers, joining an array of Genelec 1030A and S30D monitoring systems in the original broadcast facility complex —


NAB CONVENTION, LAS VEGAS, NV, April 24, 2006 — Minnesota Public Radio, one of the nation’s leading public radio networks, will be opening a new expansion of its facilities in St. Paul, more than doubling the broadcaster’s headquarters to over 135,000 square feet. Every one of the 19 new studios, control rooms and edit suites is outfitted with Genelec monitoring.

“The goal was to achieve consistent monitoring throughout a technologically and physically diverse facility,” explains Ethan Torrey, Chief of Research & Development in the Research Department of Minnesota Public Radio. “And we were able to do just that using a variety of Genelec monitoring systems. The spaces are quite different, from recording studios to control rooms to small edit bays, and each needed very specific monitoring solutions. The unifying factor is that Genelec was able to supply systems that addressed the requirements of each of those spaces, and by going with a single provider, we have a remarkably consistent monitoring experience throughout the facility, and one that also provides consistency between the original facility and the new one.”

In the new broadcast annex, four control rooms are fitted with a combination of Genelec 8030A monitoring systems and 7050B active subwoofers, and two more control rooms have Genelec 8040A monitors and 7060A subs. Two new broadcast studios employ Genelec 8040A monitors, while the news booth relies on Genelec 8020A monitors. Ten new edit suites are equipped with Genelec 8020A monitors and 7050B subs. These join the Genelec 1030A monitors already in use in MPR’s recording studio, and Genelec S30D monitors in the broadcast studios and control rooms of the original facility, making MPR an all-Genelec broadcaster. Furthermore, by April a new satellite uplink facility will come on line featuring Genelec’s 8040A monitoring system.

“All of the Genelec monitors are great,” says Torrey. “In particular, the 8020A/7050B combination in the edit suites works incredibly well. The spaces are small and some have difficult physical configurations, with countertops below and rack spaces above where the monitoring needed to be situated. The 7050 subs really give us a full-range listening experience in cramped quarters. And Genelec’s support has been outstanding. They were here tweaking the system and helping us meet out timetable to bring the new facility on line. Genelec — the products and the people — really do a great job.

Bruce Bartone, Genelec National Sales Manager, offers, “Genelec worked closely with Ethan Torrey at MPR during the critical design stage to ensure correct product specification and optimum speaker placement in each production environment. This effort was followed up with acoustic system calibration to further ensure consistent and neutral sound reproduction throughout the new and existing facilities. Projects may now be moved to any room and critical audio adjustments made with confidence.”


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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 postproduction, project studio, broadcast, TV, and CD mastering markets.

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/.

 

 

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