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Audio Mixing Consoles on Track for 5% Market Growth Despite Challenges
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Audio Mixing Consoles on Track for 5% Market Growth Despite Challenges

Audio mixing consoles, devices that blend together multiple sound sources, continue to experience a customer shift towards low-end products, cannibalizing the mid-range market. That’s one of the key takeaways from a new report released by Futuresource Consulting’s pro audio team. On the positive side, the overall segment continues to grow, thanks to the strong momentum experienced by professional audio digital mixing consoles in touring and rental, broadcast, and installed commercial applications.
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HEAD acoustics To Showcase Latest Measurement Technology for Voice and Audio Quality Testing at MWC Americas 2018
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HEAD acoustics To Showcase Latest Measurement Technology for Voice and Audio Quality Testing at MWC Americas 2018

From September 12-14, the mobile industry will once again meet in Los Angeles for the 2018 Mobile World Congress Americas. HEAD acoustics, one of the world’s leading software and hardware companies for optimizing voice and audio quality will attend and promises to show its latest measurement technology for voice and audio quality testing at booth S.2618.
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Electronic Music Pioneer Thomas Dolby to Keynote AES New York 2018 Convention
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Electronic Music Pioneer Thomas Dolby to Keynote AES New York 2018 Convention

The Audio Engineering Society announced that Thomas Dolby will deliver the keynote address during the Opening Ceremonies of the AES New York 2018 International Convention. Thomas Dolby’s AES keynote address “The Conscious Sound Byte” will focus on next-generation sound technologies, in particular adaptive/non-linear music and audio for games, VR/AR, “hearables” and other new media platforms.
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Dirac Powers All-New Aesthetically Designed MEIZU Gravity Speaker
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Dirac Powers All-New Aesthetically Designed MEIZU Gravity Speaker

Dirac Research announced that its Dirac Power Sound solution is embedded in the all-new, aesthetically designed MEIZU Gravity portable speaker that began shipping this week. Originally announced in 2016 and promoted with a crowdfunding Indiegogo campaign, the Chinese company was not able to manufacture the ambitious product with its bold “floating” display concept as advertised. Apparently, the problem was not so much on the display or the design itself but with the promised sound quality. Enter Dirac Research to the rescue.
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Corporate Pro-AV Market Continues to Flourish, According to New AVIXA Research
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Corporate Pro-AV Market Continues to Flourish, According to New AVIXA Research

The corporate market continues to account for the largest segment of pro-AV revenue. According to AVIXA's Industry Outlook Trends and Analysis (IOTA), pro-AV solutions for corporate office environments are expected to generate nearly $15 billion in revenue in the Americas in 2018. Growth is expected to be somewhat slower than the overall industry, at 1.5 percent annually from 2017 through 2022.
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Redco Audio Offers Online Service for Custom Mic Boxes
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Redco Audio Offers Online Service for Custom Mic Boxes

Redco Audio, based in Stratford, CT, is an established resource for audio and AV professionals looking for cables and connectors (bulk and assemblies), adapters, racks and rack mount accessories, wiring kits, snake boxes, wall plates and all sorts of wiring and studio equipment. Expanding its options for custom configured connectivity solutions, the company now added the "Build Your Own MB Box” page at Redco.com, allowing anyone to create Mic Boxes just the way they want.
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Skyworks to Acquire Wireless Audio, Voice and Speech Processing Specialist Avnera Corporation
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Skyworks to Acquire Wireless Audio, Voice and Speech Processing Specialist Avnera Corporation

Skyworks Solutions announced it signed a definitive agreement to purchase Avnera Corporation, the developer of Analog System on Chips (ASoCs) and one of the main technology providers for audio development in the areas of analog/mixed signal audio, voice and speech processing engines. Avnera solutions are used by many reputed consumer electronics brands for all wireless audio applications as well as Bluetooth, Lightning and USB-C product development.
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Qualcomm Audio Consumer Insights Report Shows Rising Popularity of Wireless Headphones and Wireless Speakers
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Qualcomm Audio Consumer Insights Report Shows Rising Popularity of Wireless Headphones and Wireless Speakers

Qualcomm has released its annual The State of Play 2018 report, with valuable insights on the fast-moving world of personal and home audio technology - including expectations and product purchase drivers for American, British and Chinese consumers. The new report shows, for the second year in a row, that sound quality is by far the highest ranked buying consideration when choosing wireless headphones or speakers. More than half of participants surveyed (53%) said they are planning to purchase completely wire-free earbuds.
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Muzika Startup Wants to Revolutionize the Music Industry with Blockchain
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Muzika Startup Wants to Revolutionize the Music Industry with Blockchain

Three young South Korean entrepreneurs with a track record of successful tech startups have announced a second venture: Muzika. Co-founders Inseo Chung, Sangmin Heo, and Jangwon Lee previously launched Mapiacompany, a music technology platform. Muzika will incorporate blockchain technology to build a music sharing platform that envisions a revolutionary token economy for music that allows fans to engage directly in the production, distribution, and consumption of music.
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Rycote Lyre Inventor Chris Woolf Joins Røde Microphones to Work on the Development of New Shockmounts And Windshields
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Rycote Lyre Inventor Chris Woolf Joins Røde Microphones to Work on the Development of New Shockmounts And Windshields

Australian pro audio giant The Freedman Group – home to RØDE Microphones – announced the appointment of legendary audio innovator Chris Woolf as a Senior Innovation Engineer, exclusive to RØDE. Formerly a Senior Engineer for the windshield and microphone accessories company Rycote, Chris Woolf is the inventor of, amongst many other patented noise-reduction solutions, the Rycote Lyre shock-mount and the Rycote Cyclone Windshield system.
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