Press Releases

Carlitos Del Puerto Finds His Mojo With REDDI

Carlitos Del Puerto Finds His Mojo With A-Designs REDDI LOS ANGELES – September 2008 – Since his arrival in the United States from Cuba just a few years ago, 30-year-old acoustic bass prodigy Carlitos del Puerto has quickly become one of the most recognized and highly sought-after session players in Los Angeles. Having performed or… Read more »

ATC Loundspeakers Make 251 Music

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 2008: Brett Cookingham and Matt Pavolaitis, founders, owners, and operators of 251 Music, are remarkably busy. In only a few short years, they have placed over 3,000 pieces of original, high-quality music, of every conceivable genre, on network television. On one day, they may be writing and recording a country… Read more »

GML Gear Perfect for Wombats

Capturing “The Wombats” first show at San Francisco’s Popscene club are (from left to right) Steve Jarvis, recording engineer; Sep V, co-owner of the Wombat’s US label, Bright Antennae Entertainment and owner of FM Recorders; Erik Tharalsen, FM Recorders intern; Josh Bluth, head of production for 330 Ritch/Popscene and Mike Walti, FM Recorders first engineer…. Read more »

Rob Wasserman Gets Reddi

MILL VALLEY, California — Bass legend Rob Wasserman, who’s graced recordings and stages with Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Rickie Lee Jones, Lou Reed, and Ratdog with Bob Weir, recently discovered a direct box that changes everything. During recording sessions for his forthcoming solo album, with Reed guitarist and producer Mike Rathke, Wasserman plugged his electric… Read more »

Drawmer Doubles Up the Value with the New A2D2 Converter

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: TransAudio Group, a premier sales and marketing representative for high-end audio equipment based in Las Vegas, Nevada, has announced the availability of the Drawmer A2D2, an AES Grade 1 dual stereo output analog-to-digital converter. The stereo A/D converter offers dual simultaneous stereo outputs, each with separately selectable sample rates, and additionally provides… Read more »

Lee Groitzsch Gets True for New Ricky Scaggs Release

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – APRIL 2008: With thirteen Grammy Awards, eleven International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, seven Country Music Association Awards, and the unfaltering respect of Bluegrass musicians and devotees everywhere, it is no stretch to suggest that Ricky Skaggs is an icon and legend in his own time. Long-time Skaggs Family Records recording engineer and… Read more »

Bass Ace Steve Bailey Stocks Up with A Designs

MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina — Pioneering jazz bassist, clinician, author and educator Steve Bailey is the latest artist to incorporate A-Designs’ gear into his brimming arsenal of studio equipment and myriad musical projects. Bailey recently tapped a pair of A-Designs’ EM-PEQ equalizer modules and a REDDI tube D.I. unit, as well as two P-1s, an… Read more »

Drawmer Slims Down with the M-Clock Lite

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: TransAudio Group, a premier sales and marketing representative for high-end audio equipment based in Las Vegas, Nevada, has introduced the Drawmer M-Clock Lite, a simple, high quality AES Grade 1 master clock generator. A first class, high stability master clock generator is an essential requirement for high quality digital recording, and M-Clock… Read more »

Rice Puts A-Designs Pacifica to Work Daily

TULSA, Oklahoma – March 2008 — As senior sound editor for the Gemstar TV Guide network, Justin Rice handles all aspects of audio post-production for the channel’s promotional spots. Between original programming, such as Reality Chat and Hollywood 411, red-carpet awards show coverage and syndicated VH1 shows, including Surreal Life and My Fair Brady, the… Read more »