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Martin Professional’s Maxedia Broadcast media composer and playback device has been optimized for playback of HD content with quad core processors, 1080p playback support and two dedicated engine outputs. Nearly a terabyte of drive space in a RAID array is available to support large shows. Two graphics cards provide a dedicated user interface plus two engine outputs. The Maxedia Broadcast also offers a touchscreen-optimized user interface, a library of media content and 16 screen view options. Maxedia can drive display devices ranging from plasma screens to projectors and LED displays. The product is sold as a complete system, and every Maxedia is tested to ensure high standards.

NEW YORK — ETC appointed Craig Fox as the company’s northeast architectural regional manager. He will work out of the Middleton, Wis.-based company’s New York office.  George Doukas, who held that role prior to Fox, will focus on the southeast U.S. sales region and will be based in ETC’s Orlando office.

MILWAUKEE, WI — Amplifying the coffin motif on their latest release, Death Magnetic, Metallica’s current tour is getting visual life with eight 2-ton lighting structures equipped with 56 Coemar Infinity Wash XL lights.

Pyrotek Special Effects’ Fire-Screen propane flame effects use a modular programmable pixel-based unit for control, which can be adjusted from high to moderate speeds. The Fire-Screen systems let users shoot a lazy flame bar or fire jets to create a wall of fire on cue that measures up to eight feet in height.

CAMBRIDGE, ON — The snow fell silently, but the hundreds of participants in Cambridge’s “Unsilent Night” event walked through it to the rhythms of music coming from a variety of boom boxes, MP3 players and other sources after switching four different tracks of music on simultaneously and then trekking from Cambridge City Hall to downtown and back.