Leading stock video marketplace adds music and sound effects to its royalty-free collection

New York, NY, October 28, 2009 — Pond5.com, the fast-growing marketplace for stock video, has significantly expanded its offering by adding stock music and sound effects to it’s collection of downloadable royalty-free stock media. This major addition provides media producers everywhere with instant access to the full array of stock content needed in today’s production workflows.

The audio side of Pond5 launches with more than 15,000 sound effects and over 3,000 production music tracks, which will complement one of the leading stock video collections on the web. Pond5 now features over 240,000 royalty-free stock footage clips, with thousands more added each week. All media can be searched, previewed, purchased and downloaded directly from the site.

“We’re extremely excited about introducing audio on Pond5,” says CEO Tom Bennett. “We think the same factors more

Digital Snake Used as Part of Audio Distribution for PA and Recording Setup

ERIE, PA, NOVEMBER 2, 2009— Aviom’s Pro64® digital snake (WFX Booth 1124) is helping to simplify audio distribution for the front of house and recording setup at First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant in Erie, PA. more

LOS ANGELES, CA, OCTOBER 26, 2009— Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles, CA, (SBCLA) is ensuring its services in the sanctuary, on the radio and, soon, for broadcast ring out loud and clear with Aviom’s Pro64® digital snake and Pro16® personal mixers (WFX Booth 1124). Recognized as one of the last locations where Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke, as well as one of the oldest churches in LA, Second Baptist Church has a strong reputation in the community and looks to maintain that reputation in every element of its services. The addition of the Aviom Pro64 system solves the church’s many acoustic problems, streamlines stage to console signal routing and paves the way for a plug-and-play future for television production. more

Vaddio, the global leader in robotic PTZ cameras and camera control systems in the audiovisual and videoconferencing industries, will showcase its affordable, easy-to-use HD solutions at this year’s WFX, October 29 - 30 in Charlotte, NC.

Leading the booth this year will be Vaddio’s ClearVIEW HD-18 single CCD high definition PTZ camera, equipped with a 1/3-inch, 1.3 megapixel CCD imaging sensor, a glass multi-element wide dynamic zoom lens (18x optical), a tally light and a 1.8-lux rating, providing superior images in a wide range of high-definition video applications. more

Music 2 Hues

Enfield, Connecticut–October 20th, 2009 Music 2 Hues, a leading supplier of Production Music & Sound Effects to the, Film, Video, Animation, & Multimedia Industries, announced their newest Flagship CD title, “Solo Piano,” is now shipping worldwide. Solo Piano is now available on Audio CD, or it can be downloaded in Mp3 and WAV file formats. “This release satisfies the needs of our clients that have been asking for a CD of soft and emotional solo piano music beds, for all visual and multimedia support,” says Andy Wells, president of Music 2 Hues.

“Our updated Download Center offers our clients the ability to purchase individual tracks from all of our more

BILLERICA, Mass. — Oct. 13, 2009 — Echolab Inc. today announced that Southeast Christian Church (SECC) in Louisville, Ky., has deployed an Overture2™ MD switcher to support live production of three high-energy student ministry services that draw more than 1,200 students each week. In fact, with Echolab’s Conductor™ touchscreen interface, the Overture switcher is so easy to use that the church now trains volunteers as young as 11 to run it during the live services. The Echolab Overture 2 is housed in SECC’s new 80,000 square foot student ministry building called “The Block,” which opened in April 2009. more

SECAUCUS, NJ (September 29, 2009) – Earlier this year, the Salvation Army USA Eastern Territory equipped its new Gregg Media Center with three Panasonic AG-HPX500 P2 HD camcorders in studio configuration, an AJ-HPM110 P2 Mobile recorder/player and AV-HS400A multi-format HD/SD switcher. More recently, the Eastern Territory Media Bureau purchased two AG-HPX300 P2 HD camcorders to handle its varied field production needs. more

“How Personal Microphones Can Save Your Health,” a FREE educational article published by JDB Sound Acoustics and sponsored by Point Source Audio, is a timely reminder about proper microphone etiquette during this heightened period of deadly flu viruses.

JDB Sound Acoustics, an acoustics consulting firm and Point Source Audio (PSA), a specialty manufacturer of earset microphones today officially announced the availability of the newly revised “How Personal Microphones Can Save Your Health,” a FREE article to help remind all microphone users about the importance of good microphone etiquette: following proper guidelines in using and cleaning microphones—and to avoid sharing microphones if at all possible. The article is available for immediate download at www.jdbsound.com and www.point-sourceaudio.com. more

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (September 21, 2009) – Vaddio, the leading manufacturer and OEM distributor of specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems, provided Platt Design Group of Sierra Madre, Calif. with two WallVIEW PRO 300 camera systems intended for live image magnification (IMAG) at Irvine Baptist Church. more

enCORE 100

Blue Microphones Launches New Series of Live Microphones

Westlake Village, CA, (September 21, 2009) - Blue Microphones, a leading innovator in microphone technology and design, has launched enCORE, a new series of microphones that bring their heritage of high-quality studio microphones to the stage. The enCORE 100, 200, and 300 models are designed and priced for any live application from the rehearsal space and coffee shop to the auditorium and stadium.

Blue’s entry into the live microphone market brings modern microphone technology with a proven track record in professional studio recording and combines it with a rugged build, individual style, and quality components to help vocalists and musicians sound and look their best on stage. more