On December 1st 2009, Genelec gathered its European Product Specialists in Abcoude just outside Amsterdam, for a one-day training session.

The topic of the session was the new 8260A Three-way DSP loudspeaker system featuring the revolutionary MDC Minimum Diffraction Coaxial technology. More...

Visitors to ISE 2010 will get the chance to preview an exciting development in active loudspeaker solutions, the compact and powerful, 4020A and 4030A from Genelec.

These high performance two-way active loudspeakers have been designed for indoor commercial and professional installations and have many new connectivity and installation features that will deliver major benefits to systems integrators. More...

Mixology Studio owner and Berklee instructor Jeff Largent knows his mixes translate well from his personal studio space to the dub stage thanks to the Genelec SE DSP monitoring system. Largent needed a compact but highly accurate monitoring system for his studio, and Genelec’s SE DSP Monitoring System was the perfect solution. “The AutoCal™ feature makes all the difference in the world,” says Largent. More...

Manchester has always had a lively arts scene and media industry, with more than its share of great bands coming from the city. Helping to reinforce the city’s cutting-edge reputation, Manchester’s Futureworks Media School provides training in sound, music, film, TV games, design and 3D animation.
The school was set up three years ago by Pro Tools Instructor Chris Mayo to provide a ‘real-world’ working environment for students and is well equipped for audio production, with six music and post-production studios designed by Harris Grant. More...

London-based TV and Film facilities company Molinare has completed a revamp of its audio suites with Genelec monitors. Edit suites are now equipped with 8030A and 8040A based systems, while audio suites have been upgraded to 8240A and 8250A based Genelec DSP surround systems.
“At Molinare most rooms are surround-capable,” reports Molinare Scott Holmgren. ‘With Genelec DSP Series monitoring system as our house standard, we’re able to ensure consistent, accurate monitoring, which we can recreate in any room with total precision.” More...

Genelec is very proud to receive this year’s prestigious TEC Award for outstanding technical achievement in professional audio product design in the category 'Studio Monitor Technology' for its 6010A and 5040A Desktop Audio System.

The 6010A Bi-Amplified Active Monitor and 5040A Active Subwoofer TEC award honors Genelec with its 10th TEC Award. More...

The Centre for Research in New Music at the University of Huddersfield is pushing forward the boundaries of music composition, performance, and interactive control with SPIRAL, its new SRlF (Science Research Infrastructure Funding) funded facility.

Art meets science at SPIRAL for the exploration of 25 channel audio and its control. - Paul Mac reports. More...

A unique event showcasing the links between heritage, sound-art and music will take place in the dramatic setting of York Minster next month. Genelec active monitoring systems will be used to reproduce the sound of this unique event.

I Hear Too: Live which is organized by AudioLab researchers in the Department of Electronics at the University of York, will feature seven specially commissioned music, performance, and sound-art installation works in various locations in the Minster. More...

Genelec is very proud to introduce to the market at the IBC Amsterdam 2009 show, the 8260A three-way DSP System.

The 8260A is a master piece in electro-acoustic design as mechanical, acoustical, and signal processing designs are intimately linked together.

Genelec MDC™ Minimum Diffraction Coaxial Mid/High driver technology takes a big step in perfecting audio quality in professional active studio monitors. To learn more, read further!

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Australia's longest running film school, the School of Film and Television at the University of Melbourne (VCAM) has recently undertaken a number of audio and visual hardware upgrades. VCAM Film & TV is located in a modern purpose-designed building housing animation and visual effects production spaces, film studios, rushes rooms, a 90-seat cinema and a 220-seat cinema/recital hall. Technical AV facilities include high definition digital post-production off-line and on-line edit suites and three dedicated audio post-production suites. More...

Genelec Oy is exhibiting at the IBC Amsterdam 2009 show taking place between 11.-15.9.2009, at booth 8.C58.

At the show we are launching the revolutionary Genelec 8260A 3-way DSP loudspeaker system presenting a major breakthrough in audio monitoring.

To experience the remarkable accuracy and perfect imaging of this new product, you can book your demo session on-line. To book, read further! More...

The exciting Video Competition 2009 open to all Genelec Community Members is now over. We have felt honored to see how much work you have put into these videos, so thank you very much for the effort! To learn about the winners read further! More...

Genelec has today announced that its 6010A/5040A System, consisting of the 6010A Bi-Amplified Active Monitor and 5040A Active Subwoofer, has been nominated for outstanding technical achievement in the category of Studio Monitor Technology.

The announcement was made by Will Eggleston, Genelec U.S. Marketing Director. More...

Music Mix Mobile, a US full-service remote facilities company combining the talents of award-winning production professionals and state-of-the-art audio solutions, is a collective consisting of industry veterans Joel Singer, John Harris, Jay Vicari and Mitch Maketansky. Recently, Music Mix Mobile was charged with capturing the audio for the live performances at Nashville’s CMA Music Fest 2009. In the company’s M3 truck, Music Mixer John Harris and Engineer-in-Charge (EIC) Joel Singer chose Genelec 8250A Bi-Amplified Active DSP Monitors as their reference speakers along with a 7260A subwoofer to handle the bass management. More...

We are pleased to announce that a new Genelec Loudspeaker Manager Small Environment SE software release, GLM.SE V1.2.0, is now ready for distribution.

Customers who currently run GLM.SE 1.0 can download an upgrade to version 1.2.0 on the Genelec website without any cost if they are properly registered.

Version 1.2.0 runs on PC Windows XP and Vista as well as MAC Panther, Tiger, or Leopard. More...

DTK Audio, with head office in the greenest fields of Denmark, Aulum, Jylland and a sales office in Copenhagen area, are expanding their business portfolio with Genelec professional monitoring brand.

DTK Audio has 11 employees and distributes pro audio lines such as Audio Technica , HK Audio, Crest and several others. More...

Thank you all for joining the Genelec Community during the first 2 months, we are closing up on 1000 members pretty soon!

As promised, a lottery of 6010A's was open for everybody and the winner is....

Shannon McCourt from Australia!

Congratulations to the winner, who will be contacted personally for receiving the prize. More...

Missouri-based Mansion Mobile Television is quickly emerging as one of the most desirable mobile television production companies on the road today, covering sporting / entertainment events throughout the Midwest.
Its recently-unveiled flagship ME-2HD truck features state-of-the-art components. The ME-2HD truck’s Genelec 8240A’s are set up as a 5.1 surround system with a Genelec 7260A Subwoofer, and a separate pair of 8030A Bi-Amplified Active Monitors is set up for PFL (pre-fade listen), easily allowing the engineer to listen to the program material prior to going live to air. More...

Writing new music on the road has often been less than ideal for artists, and having just delivered another burst of gargantuan electro-rock in the form of their new album ‘Invaders Must Die’, The Prodigy find themselves trying to do just that. For the past two months, band founder and songwriter Liam Howlett has been using his new Genelec 6010A compact active monitors in conjunction with his laptop to write new songs and twist his old tunes into exciting shapes while traveling from venue to venue. More...

Acclaimed American composer Wayne Sharpe, working in both Hollywood and India’s growing Bollywood film industry, discovers Genelec Active Monitors while on location in Mumbai and then selects 8250A Bi-Amplified DSP Monitoring System for his personal studio.

“Indian films are unbelievable – their budgets are getting bigger and their scoring studios are very advanced,” says Sharpe. More...

Genelec is very proud to announce that the Genelec 6010A two-way active loudspeaker won this year Radio World’s “Cool Stuff” Award.

Radio World’s “Cool Stuff” Award-winning products, announced by U.S. Editor in Chief Paul J. McLane, were selected by a panel of expert radio broadcast engineers as notable for their design, features, cost efficiency and performance in serving radio broadcast users.

Only a small number of products were chosen for the Radio World “Cool Stuff” Awards from among the hundreds, if not thousands, of new products on display at the 2009 NAB Show in Las Vegas. More...

From 22nd to 27th April 2009, the Milan Fairgrounds plays host to the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Euroluce (the International Lighting Exhibition), the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition and SaloneSatellite.

Featuring an infinite variety of goods, from furnishing, furnishing accessories, lighting products and creations by young designers, quality and innovation are merely the lowest common denominator. The yearly Milan Design Week attracted nearly 350’000 people last year.

Genelec 6010A and 2009 Fennia Award winner Genelec 5040A subwoofer were part of the show in hall 24, thanks to Genelec Italian distributor A&DT. More...

Genelec, the world-leading manufacturer of Active Monitoring loudspeakers from Finland, has launched an on-line community on its website.

The Genelec Community at www.community.genelec.com is aimed at all Genelec users and enthusiasts who want to get in touch with fellow users and fans to discuss and share their experiences on Genelec products and studio work in general. More...

The 35th AES 'Audio for Games' conference took place at the Royal Academy of Engineering in the heart of London during February 2009. Genelec provided two speaker systems for the event, one being a 7.1 DSP system using 8250A and a 7271A subwoofer. This was used by Ville Pulkki of Helsinki University of Technology to demonstrate his DirAC based audio engine technology, which uses spatial audio synthesis to place sound sources in a virtual 3D world. More...

Genelec, the leading manufacturer of active monitoring solutions is proud to introduce the 1038CF 3-way active monitoring system. Based on the highly acclaimed full range Genelec 1038B 3-way monitoring system and as a response to high customer demands for the same Mid/High performance in a compact package, the 1038CF main new features are a very flat enclosure depth (version F) of only 235 mm and dual 8” long throw bass drivers.

Following the successful Genelec 8020A 2-way active monitor system, Genelec introduces now the 8020B model. With this introduction, Genelec is clearly showing more emphasis on environmental care. The basic change in the B model is the addition of a mains power switch now located on the enclosure’s rear panel.

Genelec is also extremely proud to introduce to the market a major advance in audio driver technology integrated to a sophisticated enclosure design with the 8260A 3-way DSP active monitoring system. With the new MDC™ Minimum Diffraction Coaxial Mid/High driver technology Genelec takes a step further in its task of refining audio quality in active studio monitors. More...

The move towards a better understanding of sound systems and the use of better sound and A/V equipment in Europe’s worship houses generally lags that of the US and certain Asian countries, but there is no doubt that there is a new awareness and the will to explore alternative solutions.

In this respects at least, Finland’s churches are leading the world. Tim Goodyer takes a tour of Lappeenranta. More...

The Oscars of Bollywood are undoubtedly Filmfare where Sound.com has been providing audio solutions for the second year in a row, added with doing the broadcast sound as well this year.

Audio requirements of such high standards require an immense amount of experience, expertise, responsibility and pressure, to meet the expectations. More...

For applications centered around computers, such as a producer approving mixes from his office or an engineer mixing on a laptop, Genelec has addressed the needs of this class of professional listener with a no-compromise system designed specifically for computer interface and desktop monitoring. The diminutive 6010A loudspeaker follows the form and function of Genelec’s 8000 series in a sub-compact format. When married with the companion 5040A subwoofer, the result is a full bandwidth, full fidelity system for stereo and surround monitoring, tailored to the application. - Frank Wells reports. More...

At the 51st Annual Grammy® Awards Show, telecast on CBS from L.A.’s Staples Center on the evening of Sunday, February 8th, XM Productions/Effanel Music employed Genelec 8200 Series Active DSP Monitoring Systems. Genelec DSP systems consisting of 8250A and 8240A active monitors, along with the 7260A subwoofer, were used in XM Productions/Effanel Music’s L7 truck for the live music mix, as well as in the mirrored system in the Nova offline remix booth. More...

The winners of the Fennia Prize 2009 competition were announced yesterday 19.2.2009 in an awards ceremony held at the Finlandia Hall in Helsinki. The Fennia Prize 2009 Grand Prix was given to Genelec Oy for the design of the Genelec 5040A active subwoofer. More...

Genelec, pioneers of studio monitor speaker technology, have supplied an 8250A DSP monitoring system and an 8020A active system to the Shapeshifters in their newly re-furbished studio in West London.

Simon Marlin and Max Reich are the brains behind The Shapeshifters; a chart-topping partnership and internationally esteemed DJ team. More...

We are pleased to announce that the new Genelec Loudspeaker Manager software Release 1.2.0 is now available. The GLM V1.2.0. runs on PC with Windows XP or Vista as well as MAC OS X with Panther, Tiger, or Leopard operating systems.

This new software version is also available for customers who currently run GLM V1.1.X as a downloadable upgrade on the Genelec website if they are properly registered. Note that this software release is only for GLM and not GLM SE. More...

Who is not familiar with the hits of Baschi, Florian Ast, Lovebugs, Gimma, Bligg, Myron, Sandee or Natacha and others. There are not many more successful Swiss music productions, which do not come out from the ‘hit-factory’ of Hitmill Studio in the heart of Zurich. The producer duo Roman Camenzind and Fred Hermann can look back for successful past. The duo is always inspired by new musical influences and their creativity both as sound engineer and producer lead them to only count on first-class audio equipment, monitoring system included. More...