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VB-Audio Updates Voicemeeter Audio Mixer Applications
November 20, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

VB-Audio Updates Voicemeeter Audio Mixer Applications

One year after the Voicemeeter Potato Release, VB-Audio Software updated all the Voicemeeter series to version 1.0.7.0 for Voicemeeter Standard, 2.0.5.0 for Voicemeeter Banana and 3.0.1.0 for Voicemeeter Potato. Voicemeeter is a virtual audio mixer and a virtual audio device for Windows able to connect any audio points and any audio applications together. It does everything Windows should do at the OS level and doesn’t.
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Yamaha Introduces Dedicated Online Tool To Simplify Background Music System Design
November 20, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Yamaha Introduces Dedicated Online Tool To Simplify Background Music System Design

Designing a successful background music (BGM) system, even for small spaces, is usually something that only a professional systems integrator can do properly. The Yamaha In-store Music System Advisor (YIMSA) is a new online tool, dedicated to the BGM market, which provides system recommendations based on the input of some basic, easy to understand details.
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Genelec Signals the Rise of Smart IP with Launch of 4430 IP-Connected Installation Loudspeaker
November 19, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Genelec Signals the Rise of Smart IP with Launch of 4430 IP-Connected Installation Loudspeaker

Genelec announced the availability of the new 4430 two-way active installation loudspeaker, the first model to incorporate the company’s ground-breaking Smart IP technology, a development effort initiated in 2005. Now supporting Dante and AES67 audio transport over PoE+ infrastructures - requiring a clever combination of a new high efficiency power supply and built-in processing - Genelec believes it can offer an ideal ideal solution, combining exceptional sound quality with single cable convenience.
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Global True Wireless Earbuds Market Reaches 33 Million Units in Q3 2019
November 19, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Global True Wireless Earbuds Market Reaches 33 Million Units in Q3 2019

The true wireless earbuds market for 2019 is expected to reach 120 million units and global tech giants’ strategies focused on voice communication will help sustain the strong growth momentum. The size of the global market for true wireless earbuds reached 33 million units (USD 4.1 billion) in Q3 2019, growing 22% QoQ, according to the findings of Counterpoint Research’s Hearables Market Tracker (Counterpoint applies the term “hearables” loosely to describe TWS products, which the company’s report actually differentiates).
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Semtech Launches Next Generation BlueRiver AV Processor Chipset Series for SDVoE Applications
November 19, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Semtech Launches Next Generation BlueRiver AV Processor Chipset Series for SDVoE Applications

Semtech Corporation announced its new BlueRiver audio visual processor (AVP) chipset. The BlueRiver AVP chipset provides all the features, functions and benefits of Semtech’s existing NT1000 and NT2000 FPGA-based offerings (i.e., matrix-switch like performance over IP, under 0.1 millisecond latency, 4K60 uncompressed image quality, and common API), with the key new benefits of system cost reduction, significant power reduction, AV transceiver functionality, and fully integrated USB-HID interface.
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Enclave Audio Introduces World’s First THX Certified and WiSA Certified Wireless Home Theater System
November 18, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Enclave Audio Introduces World’s First THX Certified and WiSA Certified Wireless Home Theater System

Thanks to the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association (WiSA) efforts, home theater systems can finally meet consumer's demand for more immersive home audio experiences with the convenience of wireless. Enclave Audio, a manufacturer of immersive wireless audio systems for home entertainment environments, expanded its CineHome product portfolio with the introduction of two new WiSA Certified wireless multi-channel surround speaker systems: the CineHome II and CineHome PRO and the new CineHub wireless audio transmitter.
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Listen Technologies Launches Navilution Wi-Fi Streaming Entertainment Solution
November 18, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Listen Technologies Launches Navilution Wi-Fi Streaming Entertainment Solution

Listen Technologies has launched Navilution Wi-Fi the first affordable, plug-and-play, low-latency, streaming passenger entertainment solution. Navilution Wi-Fi was designed by AudioConexus for the sightseeing industry, making it easy for tour operators to deliver engaging, GPS-triggered content to visitors through their smartphones. Following the AudioConexus acquisition by Listen Technologies, the solution benefited from the integration of both company's technologies.
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Netgear Advances Professional AV Over IP With Powerful New 100G Switches
November 18, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Netgear Advances Professional AV Over IP With Powerful New 100G Switches

Building on the tremendous demand for AV over IP, Netgear is now shipping powerful new M4300 switches along with the addition of two new 100 Gigabit network switches. The new 16, 24, and 48-port 10 Gigabit models, previously debuted at InfoComm 2019, are now available for purchase. Additionally, the new M4500 series 100 Gigabit Network Switches have been added to the Netgear managed switch line. All of these new offerings are purpose built to streamline audiovisual solutions over IP by reducing the complexity and cost of networked deployments but are equally applicable to standard IT network deployments.
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xHE-AAC Adaptive Bit Rate Audio Codec Now Natively Supported on Apple, Amazon and Android Products
November 15, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

xHE-AAC Adaptive Bit Rate Audio Codec Now Natively Supported on Apple, Amazon and Android Products

A rapidly growing number of platforms and playback devices now support xHE-AAC decoding natively, which means interrupted or buffering audio and video streams are becoming a thing of the past. Consumer devices powered by the latest Android, Fire and Apple operating systems support the most efficient AAC codec with mandatory MPEG-D DRC loudness and dynamic range control metadata – delivering a seamless streaming experience on any device in any environment.
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Brüel & Kjær Launches Type 4988-A 1/4" Pressure-Field Measurement Microphone
November 15, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Brüel & Kjær Launches Type 4988-A 1/4" Pressure-Field Measurement Microphone

Bruel & Kjaer has a new miniature microphone ideal for high-precision acoustic measurements tests within confined spaces – Type 4988-A. A mini, yet mighty microphone, this new 1/4" low noise, prepolarized, all titanium microphone was designed to help engineers and acousticians achieve accurate measurements in everyday tasks. The new Type 4988-A is flat from 20Hz to 20KHz (±1 dB) and can be used close to hard reflective surfaces, or very close to sound ports of an audio device.
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