SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA: Music runs deep in Oscar Castro-Neves. The multi-faceted guitarist / composer / arranger / producer was there in Brazil as one of the founding fathers of Bossa Nova, along with Antonio Carlos Jobim, João Gilberto, and a few others. During his long career, Castro-Neves has led his own quartet, was featured with Sergio Mendez' Brazil 66 for fifteen albums, and has performed and recorded with such artists as Quincy Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Dave Grusin, and countless others. His film credits include "Blame It On Rio," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," "L.A. Story," "Sister Act II," and many others.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: After more than 25 years in the business, producer, mixer, and studio and live sound engineer Bobby Brooks boasts an impressive resume that spans many musical genres, from classic Motown to heavy metal. In that time, Brooks, who operates out of his own Archangel Studio, has used every music production tool out there, but none has proved more essential than Metric Halo's ChannelStrip plug-in.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Manhattan-based television and film composer Daniel Antonio Srebnick has plenty to celebrate since adopting Metric Halo's Mobile I/O 2882+DSP production interface 18 months ago. No longer tethered to the recording studio, Srebnick is enjoying the newfound creative freedom resulting from his transition from a full-blown DAW system.

VIRGINIA BEACH, VIRGINIA: Once upon a time, R&B legend James Brown was rightfully known as the hardest working man in show business. But times change. These days, that title might more accurately be applied to mixer Serban Ghenea, whose total transition from the analog to the digital audio world, made that much easier by Metric Halo's ChannelStrip software, has allowed him to build a credits list that knows few musical boundaries.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: English composer Julian Scott's unique approach to film, television and special projects, in which he combines sound design and effects with music, has brought his work to a world stage for numerous unique projects. Most recently, Scott produced the soundtrack for the entire Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, during which Metric Halo's Mobile I/O 2882 and ULN-2 played critical roles.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Technical specs may change from tour to tour but the one constant for any itinerant sound engineer is their laptop computer. Busy freelance engineer Sean Sullivan's laptop, combined with Metric Halo's Mobile I/O 2882, has become an essential piece of gear on the road for him. It provides critical signal analysis and metering tools via Metric Halo's SpectraFoo software, while the MIO gives him signal routing that is frequently unavailable in touring sound systems.

NIJMEGEN, HOLLAND: Ryan Moore's Twilight Studio, located in Nijmegen, Holland, boasts a mouth-watering complement of vintage analogue processing, recording, and mixing equipment, which he uses to add the special sonic sauce to his Twilight Circus Dub Sound System releases. But Moore's latest acquisition, a Metric Halo Mobile I/O 2882 audio processing system, has brought him kicking and screaming into the digital world and, he says, has opened up a whole new way of working.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK: After more than three decades in the business, engineer Barry Diament recently expanded his services to include direct to stereo location recording. Searching for a portable and sonically transparent interface for his PowerBook, he heard about Metric Halo's Mobile I/O 2882+DSP and was thrilled to discover that it lived up to its reputation.

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE: As a musician, composer, arranger, and producer, Jack Hale has had a long and illustrious career. He has recently been involved in a variety of musical productions scheduled for release during this year that have benefited from his use of Metric Halo's powerful ChannelStrip and SpectraFoo plug-ins.

ROME, ITALY: A location sound recordist with a passionate, audiophile approach to his craft, Maurizio Argentieri found the audio interface of his dreams two years ago when he read about Metric Halo’s Mobile IO 2882+DSP on the Internet. An audio engineer in the Italian film industry for over 15 years, the Rome native’s recent work can be heard in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” as well as Mike Barker’s upcoming "A Good Woman" and Michael Apted’s much anticipated HBO series, “Rome.”