July 2011 HARMAN Professional, the Northeast Chapter of the Producers & Engineers Wing of The Recording Academy and GC Pro recently co-sponsored the latest Sonic Sessions product application showcase at Guitar Center in Manhattan. The event featured products and representatives from HARMAN’s AKG, JBL Professional and Lexicon, with four demonstration rooms set up to exhibit the latest in HARMAN professional recording technology. “As the organization behind the GRAMMY® awards, we are committed to encouraging technical as well as artistic excellence,” said Maureen Droney, Senior Executive Director of The Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing. “Sonic Sessions is an ideal way to bring producers, engineers, manufacturers and consumers together to exchange ideas and learn about new technologies. We are proud to work with HARMAN and GC Pro to put on such a successful and educational event.” “Our Sonic Sessions events give the GRAMMY members who make the recordings the opportunity to put our products through their paces first-hand and get an in-depth look at microphone, signal processing and monitoring techniques,” noted Peter Chaikin, Director, Recording and Broadcast at JBL Professional. “It helps them improve their studios and their recordings, while also giving us invaluable insight into how our products are being used in the industry.” Two demo rooms were set up from AKG, with one demo room each for JBL Professional and Lexicon. HARMAN representatives Joe Wagoner of AKG, Peter Chaikin of JBL and Tiffany Stalker and Casey Young of Lexicon were on hand to demonstrate the products, which included AKG K271 Mk II professional studio headphones, C 12 VR and Perception 820 Tube microphones, the Lexicon PCM Native Effects Plug-In Bundle and JBL LSR Series studio monitors. “AKG, JBL and Lexicon have been sponsors of the GRAMMY Association’s Producers and Engineers Wing for about six years,” stated AKG’s Wagoner. “Many of the engineers and producers attending this event utilize our equipment, so it was a pleasure to speak with them about their use, get feedback on our products and introduce them to our latest microphones.” “The event was a great success as we introduced and reintroduced some of the latest and greatest in HARMAN gear for the studio,” stated Michael Yorky, pro account manager, GC Pro.
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