NEW YORK—Up-and-comers in the broadcast business take note: You have a chance later this month to brush elbows with nationally syndicated radio air personality Angela Yee and other radio and TV talent at a mixer put on by the Broadcasters Foundation of America.

The foundation has announced the first of such mixers it plans to hold to give young professionals advancing in their careers a chance to meet and mingle with peers as well as increase mindshare about its charitable mission.

The first mixer will be held July 20, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the New York Studios of iHeart Media. Sponsors of the event include Hearst, iHeart Radio, Katz Media and the New York State Broadcasters Association. The event is free, but space is limited. 

“We’re very excited about this new initiative,” said foundation president Tim McCarthy. “It’s imperative that we reach the next generation of broadcast industry leaders with our message of help and hope, while giving them an opportunity to network with higher level professionals who they may not otherwise have an opportunity to meet.”

Registration is available online.

REEDSBURG, WIS.—It’s a family affair now, as Sound devices has announced that its CL-12 linear fader controller is now compatible with the entire 6-series line of field production mixers with its recent firmware update. Originally only for the 688 mixer/recorder, version 2.11 of the CL-12 is now able to function with the 664 and 633 field production mixers.

CL-12 with 664 production mixer

The CL-12 is an optional accessory that features 100-mm linear faders for the mixing of multiple audio signals. It provides both the 664 and 633 with sunlight-views, 22-segment LED metering, and 7-segment PFL metering with limiter activity. There are also three user-programmable buttons and back-lit buttons for access to functionalities like metadata entry, transport controls, track arming, and routing. This new firmware version also offers new features for the 664 and 633, including QR codes for smartphone access to online documentation, and a User Bits mode that jams external timecode user bits. The CL-12 also features two additional USB ports, one for a USB keyboard connection and one for powering an optional USB lamp.

When using CL-12, the 664 has a 54dB linear fader range across 12 linear faders, high pass filter control on channels 7-12, and input phase control on channels, 2, 4, and 6. With the 633, the CL-12 provides 96dB linear fader range across six linear faders, high pass filter control on all channels, and input phase control on channel 2.

Sound Devices is a designer of audio products and acoustical test and measurement applications.