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Martin Audio’s MLA speakers deliver Glastonbury’s highest permitted sound levels yet
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Martin Audio’s MLA speakers deliver Glastonbury’s highest permitted sound levels yet

Martin Audio’s groundbreaking Multi-Cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) system has made history at the Glastonbury festival by delivering the highest sound levels to the audience without exceeding noise pollution levels beyond the perimeter. More than 150,000 fans listened to headline acts mixed on the MLA system.
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Jensen Transformers Acquired by Peter Janis, Teams up with Radial Engineering
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Jensen Transformers Acquired by Peter Janis, Teams up with Radial Engineering

Peter Janis, owner and president of Radial Engineering acquired Jensen Transformers. As Janis himself explains, “we felt that the brand was simply too important to the industry and our long-term health to end up being purchased by a multi-national and made offshore.” Jensen will remain an independent operation in Chatsworth, CA.
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Renkus-Heinz helps bring Intrepid Museum’s Legends to Life
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Renkus-Heinz helps bring Intrepid Museum’s Legends to Life

NY-based Metro Sound Pros successfully completed a challenging audio installation at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York. The spectacular aircraft carrier USS Intrepid museum benefited from a Renkus-Heinz system to solve the acoustic challenges on its Space Shuttle Pavilion exhibit.
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Brazil’s first 4K OB truck equipped with Lawo and RAVENNA IP technology
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Brazil’s first 4K OB truck equipped with Lawo and RAVENNA IP technology

The World Cup 2014 in Brazil has been the ideal test field for the first live global broadcasts in Ultra High-Definition (4K). Used for 4K football live production at Maracanã Stadium, GloboSat’s new TV OB truck is fitted with audio equipment from Lawo and state-of-the-art RAVENNA IP networking technology.
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Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney excels with Dante
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Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney excels with Dante

An impressive Dante deployment at the Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney used Harman’s BSS BLU digital signal processing units to create an audio distribution network of 160-plus channels across 200 acres. The Dante enabled BSS units increased quality and control while minimizing labor and installation costs.
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Yamaha AFC3 Delivers Dramatic Acoustic Improvement to Multi-purpose Venue
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Yamaha AFC3 Delivers Dramatic Acoustic Improvement to Multi-purpose Venue

A Norwegian venue has employed Yamaha’s AFC3 acoustic enhancement system to transform its main auditorium into an acoustically enhanced space. Even the most modern venues can suffer from acoustic issues and the Lørenskog Hus multi-purpose is using the AFC3 system every day, transforming the acoustics of the venue.
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Moogfest 2014 Featuring DirectOut MADI System
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Moogfest 2014 Featuring DirectOut MADI System

Billed as the “Synthesis of Technology, Art and Music,” Moogfest is a fabulously quirky celebration of electronic music, geekiness and the legacy of synthesizer legend, Bob Moog. For the first time, two DirectOut MADI systems were used for the live recording of two of the main festival venues.
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New Microchip Low-Cost PIC32MX1/2 Series MCUs for Audio and Bluetooth Applications
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New Microchip Low-Cost PIC32MX1/2 Series MCUs for Audio and Bluetooth Applications

Microchip announced an expansion of its low-Cost PIC32MX1/2 Series MCUs now with larger Flash and RAM, offering optimized performance, memory and peripheral mix support for digital audio with Bluetooth, USB audio, embedded control, low-cost graphics and touch sensing applications.
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New DSP “Lab-in-a-Box” for ARM-Based Audio Systems
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New DSP “Lab-in-a-Box” for ARM-Based Audio Systems

ARM announced a new digital signal processing (DSP) ‘Lab-in-a-Box’ (LiB) solution to help boost practical skills development and the creation of new ARM-based audio systems, using Cortex-M4-based microcontroller boards by STMicroelectronics and audio cards from Wolfson Microelectronics and Farnell element14.
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Intel Boosts Performance with New Xeon Phi Processors
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Intel Boosts Performance with New Xeon Phi Processors

At the International Supercomputing Conference 2014 in Leipzig, Germany, Intel confirmed its next-generation Intel Xeon Phi Processor with integrated Intel Omni Scale Fabric to be available in the second half of 2015. The new microarchitecture will deliver up to 3 times the performance of previous generation computers.
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