– Mars now makes music in Toronto

Mars Music Corp., headed by film composer Marty Simon, has moved its offices from Montreal to Toronto. The new location features a digital in-house recording studio which caters to music scoring and will be wired for fiber-optic cable. Six television/film scores are slated for the new facility, including Salter Street Films’ 3D sci-fi tv series, The Dark Zone.

– Henry moves into Northwest

Vancouver’s Northwest Imaging and f/x has acquired a Henry visual effects system, making it the first post facility in b.c. so equipped. The company has just signed contracts with mgm, which is shooting The Outer Limits and Poltergeist tv series in Vancouver, both conducive to the particular capabilities of Henry. Northwest gm Alex Tkach says the machine is already booked through October.

– Marc adds Avid to its tech roster

Ottawa’s Marc Productions has added to their digital post hardware with an Avid Media Composer 4000/3D, providing the audio and video technical services company with complete non-linear editing capabilities.

– The CD goes HD

Berkeley, Calif.’s Pacific Microsonics introduced its Model One High Definition Compatible Digital Processor, used to encode cds, to the professional audio market at the Audio Engineering Society convention, held in New York from Oct. 6-9.

hdcd technology, the 10-year project of pm, is designed to recapture the full range of sound that sticklers say is missing from digitized recordings. It has already been used on Neil Young’s Mirror Ball and is slated for use on a number of upcoming projects, both rereleases and new recordings. The processor is designed to provide hdcd process mastering, post-production and monitoring capabilities in studio and remote environments.