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Q-SYS Launches Major Update to Q-SYS Reflect Cloud-Based Monitoring and Management System
by audioXpress Staff

Q-SYS Launches Major Update to Q-SYS Reflect Cloud-Based Monitoring and Management System

Q-SYS, a division of QSC, announced a significant update to Q-SYS Reflect, including new pricing and feature tier optimizations for easier deployment and scalability. Now an intrinsic part of the Q-SYS Platform, Q-SYS Reflect enables access to robust cloud-based monitoring and management capabilities, expanding this full stack AV platform to also harness the exponential power of AI, within the data and cloud-manageable architecture of Q-SYS.
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Audinate Announces Dante Director Remote Management Software
by Joao Martins

Audinate Announces Dante Director Remote Management Software

Audinate will keep busy at InfoComm 2024, where the company is unveiling Dante Director, an SaaS solution to manage remote Dante products and installations, enabling manufacturer-agnostic device management from anywhere. Audinate also announced its latest enhanced security feature, adding Dante Media Encryption to protect end-to-end media flows. Dante Media Encryption protects the content using strong AES-256 encryption, safeguarding media from interception or unauthorized access.
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InfoComm 2024 Advances Sustainability and the Future of Education, Conferencing, and Collaboration
by audioXpress Staff

InfoComm 2024 Advances Sustainability and the Future of Education, Conferencing, and Collaboration

InfoComm 2024, June 8-14 (exhibits 12-14) takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and promotes an extensive program focused on the core topics currently top of mind for the audio and image installation industries. Attending professionals will care about advancing sustainability in the industry, while discovering the latest audio solutions for learning spaces, conferencing and collaboration.
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RTW Unleashes the Full Potential of TouchControl 5 Meter and Monitor Control System
by Joao Martins

RTW Unleashes the Full Potential of TouchControl 5 Meter and Monitor Control System

RTW Audio, has more than 50 years of experience designing and producing advanced recording-studio equipment, leading in high quality audio metering and monitoring tools. The company announced a major initiative that promises to expand its market exponentially. With the launch of software version 1.1 for its TouchControl 5 system, RTW is abandoning its license-based model and selling the sophisticated studio audio meter and monitor controller with all the available features, for a single price.
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ERA Music Announces Acquisition of Meters Music Audio Brand
by Joao Martins

ERA Music Announces Acquisition of Meters Music Audio Brand

A new musical instruments and musical accessories conglomerate called ERA Music Brands announced the acquisition of Meters Music — a brand affiliated with owners of Ashdown Engineering, marketed by the famous British bass and guitar amplifier company. ERA Music Brands, headquartered in Tampa, Florida, says it will expand Meters Music with lifestyle headphone and wireless audio products, capitalizing on the original aspect of the cool VU meters.
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Dolby Laboratories Reinforces Licensing Business with Acquisition of GE Licensing
by Joao Martins

Dolby Laboratories Reinforces Licensing Business with Acquisition of GE Licensing

Dolby Laboratories announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GE Licensing, which owns, maintains, and licenses an extensive portfolio of intellectual property (IP), primarily targeting the consumer digital media and electronics sectors. GE Licensing is responsible for more than 5,000 patents, including important digital media technologies such as the HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) and VVC (Versatile Video Coding) video and audio encoding technologies.
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USound and Luxshare-ICT Introduce Gemini 2.0 Dual Driver Module for TWS and IEM Applications
by Joao Martins

USound and Luxshare-ICT Introduce Gemini 2.0 Dual Driver Module for TWS and IEM Applications

USound announced the availability of a new dual driver module created in collaboration with Luxshare-ICT. This is the practical result of the collaboration between the two companies announced in 2022, targeting the development of a new audio solution that would fulfill all criteria for true wireless stereo (TWS) and in-ear monitors (IEMs). The new Gemini 2.0 UAM-C1102 dual driver module is now available.
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Alta Audio Receives US Patent for its XTL II Hybrid Transmission Line Technology
by Joao Martins

Alta Audio Receives US Patent for its XTL II Hybrid Transmission Line Technology

Alta Audio, the company created by industry veteran Michael Levy, announced that it received US patent 11917361B2 for its XTL Transmission Line technology. Recently introduced in the company's latest Aphrodite four-way loudspeaker, updating an already patented original technology that applies the cabinet internal geometry to tune the frequency response, the new approach evolves to a hybrid transmission line, a ported enclosure design that Michael Levy says greatly increases power handling, lowers distortion, and extends bass frequencies.
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Cirrus Logic, Audioscenic, and Zylux Reveal Laptop Design Featuring Multichannel Spatial Audio at Computex 2024
by Joao Martins

Cirrus Logic, Audioscenic, and Zylux Reveal Laptop Design Featuring Multichannel Spatial Audio at Computex 2024

During Computex 2024, Audioscenic revealed a multichannel laptop reference design built through a special collaboration with Cirrus Logic and Zylux. The reference design combines Audioscenic Amphi position-adaptive 3D sound with DSP smart amplifier technology from Cirrus Logic, and micro-transducers from Zylux. Once again, Audioscenic showcases the full potential of multichannel spatial audio to enhance audio reproduction, even under the most extreme hardware constraints.
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Lenbrook Media Group Unveils MQA Labs and Exciting Plans for IP Portfolio
by Joao Martins

Lenbrook Media Group Unveils MQA Labs and Exciting Plans for IP Portfolio

The newly formed Lenbrook Media Group (LMG), a business unit created on the aftermath of the MQA acquisition in the autumn of 2023, has announced the creation of MQA Labs with a mission to advance the distribution of high resolution audio with a suite of audio processing enhancement, conversion and encoding products for the music supply chain. Its three core solutions now include AIRIA by MQA Labs, essentially the SCL6 adaptive hi-res audio codec; FOQUS by MQA Labs, addressing analog-to-digital conversion; and QRONO by MQA Labs, audio processing enhancements for playback devices.
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