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Røde Microphones Releases NTG5 Broadcast Shotgun Microphone
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Røde Microphones Releases NTG5 Broadcast Shotgun Microphone

Røde Microphones announced a new supercardioid microphone to its portfolio of professional audio solutions. The NTG5 is a short shotgun mic designed for the most demanding recording applications, featuring a tailored frequency response, tight polar pattern and smooth off-axis response. Its lightweight aluminum construction makes it perfect for location recording with a boom pole, and RF-bias circuitry and conformal coating ensure high resistance to adverse environmental conditions.
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Austrian Audio OC818 Variable Polar Pattern Microphone at AES 2019
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Austrian Audio OC818 Variable Polar Pattern Microphone at AES 2019

Following the company's first public presentation at Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt, Germany, in April 2019, Austrian Audio's first product, the OC818 large diaphragm microphone, was displayed for the first time at the AES NY show courtesy of Cranborne Audio. The new OC818 not only features multiple polar patterns, but also offers innovative remote control possibilities, using the same CKR12 ceramic capsule as the OC18 microphone, which is a fixed cardioid version.
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Audeze Launches LCD-1 Compact Reference Planar Magnetic Headphones
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Audeze Launches LCD-1 Compact Reference Planar Magnetic Headphones

Californian high-end audio headphone manufacturer, Audeze announced a new reference audio headphone, the Audeze LCD-1. Available now for $399, this headphone combines Audeze’s renowned planar magnetic technology with a new lightweight foldable design. The LCD-1 has been engineered to provide a response that is matched with the brand's LCD series, within a compact, travel friendly package that is both perfect for industry professionals and audio enthusiasts.
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Zylia Introduces ZR-1 Ambisonics Recorder and 6DoF VR/AR Development Kit
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Zylia Introduces ZR-1 Ambisonics Recorder and 6DoF VR/AR Development Kit

During the 2019 AES Convention in New York, Zylia unveiled two major additions to its industry-leading 3D audio recording and production portfolio of solutions, designed around the Zylia ZM-1 spherical microphone array. The new Zylia ZR-1 portable recording device and 6DoF VR/AR Development Kit add greater flexibility to 360-degree and 3rd order Ambisonics recording applications, responding directly to market demand, particularly field applications.
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Harman Professional Solutions Announces New AKG Lyra Multimode USB Microphone
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Harman Professional Solutions Announces New AKG Lyra Multimode USB Microphone

Harman Professional Solutions announced a new AKG microphone, the AKG Lyra multi-mode USB microphone, designed to be used in the studio for music recording but also for podcasts and consumer recordings like YouTube videos and more. Featuring advanced circuitry that supports 24-bit/192kHz audio resolution, the AKG Lyra delivers an acoustically transparent audio signal using a new AKG Adaptive Capsule Array, which provides user-selectable capture modes optimized for any application.
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Solid State Logic Next Generation Analog Studio Console Introduced at AES 2019
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Solid State Logic Next Generation Analog Studio Console Introduced at AES 2019

Solid State Logic (SSL) decided it was time to revisit the company’s analog origins with a new studio classic console. Visitors to the AES NY 2019 convention had the chance to witness the first preview of the Origin analog console, the latest in a long heritage of SSL studio mixing consoles. Origin has a traditional analog studio workflow at its heart whilst providing the perfect partner for a modern DAW driven ‘hybrid’ production studio.
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Waves Introduces the eMotion LV1 Proton 16-Channel Live Mixing System and SuperRack
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Waves Introduces the eMotion LV1 Proton 16-Channel Live Mixing System and SuperRack

Waves Audio introduced the new eMotion LV1 Proton 16-Channel Live Mixing System at the 147th AES Convention in New York. Expanding on the concept of the original eMotion LV1 software mixer, the LV1 Proton is now Waves’ most affordable complete live mixing system, ideal for 16-channel live setups that aspire to combine sound quality with a live mixing system controlled from a touchscreen control surface, offered for an unprecedented cost of under $5K.
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Steinberg Expands Mastering Audio Possibilities with New WaveLab 10
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Steinberg Expands Mastering Audio Possibilities with New WaveLab 10

Steinberg announced the immediate availability of WaveLab Pro 10 and WaveLab Elements 10 audio mastering software. This major update introduces a whole new dimension to WaveLab, allowing users to do a lot more without the need of ever leaving the application, including working with video. The highly anticipated tenth version now supports video playback, Reference Track, Audio Montage editing enhancements plus many other new features for mastering, editing, restoration and refinement.
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Softube Launches Console 1 Fader Mixing Surface and DAW Extension
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Softube Launches Console 1 Fader Mixing Surface and DAW Extension

Once upon a time, a Swedish audio software company decided it was time to have a physical extension for their successful plug-ins, and that was how Softube launched its Console 1 concept. “Building on the success of Console 1 was never going to be easy. But we believe in ambitious dreams. To further improve the epic workflow advantages Console 1 brings, we had to ask, “where can we go next?” The answer was clear, and the result is here: Console 1 Fader,” the company explains.
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Angry Audio Introduces new Bluetooth Audio Gadget
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Angry Audio Introduces new Bluetooth Audio Gadget

Angry Audio, an audio problem solver manufacturer from Nashville, Tennessee, just announced another very useful box. The Bluetooth Gadget is a solution to connect phones, tablets and computers to any studio or professional audio production setup, eliminating the messy cables and adapters and the annoying whine of digital ground loops. Equipped with AAC and the virtually-lossless aptX codec algorithms, the Bluetooth Gadget always chooses the best possible codec for the connected device.
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