YAMAHA MIXERS PERFORM AT BILLBOARD LATIN MUSIC AWARDS

—DM2000s and PM3500 Used for Mixing and Tracking—

BUENA PARK, CA (June 20, 2003)—No audio industry professional in the city of Miami needs proof that Latin music is probably the fastest-growing genre in the U.S. This year, the city played host to every Latin-oriented music awards show, including the MTV Latin America Video Music Awards, the Latin GRAMMYs and the Billboard Latin Music Awards—which recently saw a move from an invitation-only event at the 2,700-seat Jackie Gleason Theater to a star-studded extravaganza at the 16,000-seat Miami arena, complete with a flashy production befitting the glamour of the burgeoning Latin music scene and a ticket-buying public.

Acoutech Corp. of Hollywood (FL) has become the vendor of choice for Telemundo, handling sound reinforcement duties for the Billboard Latin Music Awards three years in a row for the broadcast giant.

Acoutech Corp. of Hollywood, FL covered sound reinforcement duties for this year's show (their third year with the Billboard Awards), with Acoutech principals/owners A.J. Perez and Juan Turro assisting audio coordinator and GRAMMY Awards veteran Michael Abbott. The event was taped for broadcast in the U.S. and Latin America by the show producer and one of the company's top clients, Telemundo Network.

At front of house, Abbott and company mixed production and music on an analog Yamaha PM3500 and digital Yamaha DM2000 console. The house P.A. included a 48-cabinet JBL Vertec line array system, driven by Crown MacroTech amplifiers.

Eric Schilling and his DM2000/ProTools rig, which was used to track the awards show for the May 10 airing.

Backstage, engineer Eric Schilling used a second DM2000 to track the show to a portable ProTools rig, which was then remixed and sweetened in post production for Telemundo's final air mix on Saturday May 10.

"Since there's some competition among the award shows, and [the Billboard Awards] had moved to a bigger venue, Telemundo really upped the production quality for this show," noted Acoutech's Turro. "They succeeded. This show was one of the biggest, and best, in recent memory." Winners and performers in the 49 categories included Pilar Montenegro, Chayanne, Thalia, Alexandre Pires, Los Temerarios, Juanes, Las Ketchup and Ricky Martin.

Acoutech Corp. co-owner Juan Turro at front of house.

Although small in number (with four full-time employees), Acoutech Corp. has become the vendor of choice for broadcast giant Telemundo, for live and installation services. The company recently handled live audio for Azucar! (a tribute to popular Cuban artist Celia Cruz), hosted by Marc Anthony and Gloria Estefan. The program was broadcast live to air and recorded by 02R-equipped mobile truck Artisan Recorders. Acoutech has provided a Yamaha DM2000 for a new ProTools production room, and two custom-loaded PM3500 consoles used for live mixing in two studios at Telemundo's Miami location.

For more information, contact Yamaha Corporation of America, Commercial Audio Systems Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622, telephone 714-522-9011, email infostation@yamaha.com or visit www.yamaha.com/proaudio.