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Sennheiser Encourages Microphone Owners to Petition to the FCC in Light of Impending UHF Spectrum Auction
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Sennheiser Encourages Microphone Owners to Petition to the FCC in Light of Impending UHF Spectrum Auction

In light of the pending spectrum auction, Sennheiser says the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should retain two blocks of clean UHF for hypercritical mics and ear monitors, and mic owners should receive compensation as a result of spectrum repacking. The company encourages microphone owners to write to the FCC before November 12th, 2014, and is offering to help with any filing or procedural requirements.
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Open Control Architecture Alliance Makes Progress at AES
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Open Control Architecture Alliance Makes Progress at AES

The OCA Alliance successfully made the case for Open Control Architecture at the 137th AES Convention in Los Angeles. The OCA Alliance made considerable progress in promoting the benefits of its proposed standards-based control and monitoring architecture for networked audio devices employing any media transport protocol. AES project “AESX210” is currently working to render OCA into a ratified AES standard.
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Meyer Sound Names John McMahon New VP of Solutions and Strategy
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Meyer Sound Names John McMahon New VP of Solutions and Strategy

Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc. has appointed John McMahon to the newly created position of Vice President of Solutions and Strategy, working closely with CEO John Meyer and Executive Vice President Helen Meyer. McMahon joined Meyer Sound in 2005 during the acquisition of Level Control Systems (LCS Audio) where he served as CEO.
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Yamaha’s Vocaloid Brings Back a Singing Voice from the Past
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Yamaha’s Vocaloid Brings Back a Singing Voice from the Past

Yamaha re-created the singing voice of deceased Japanese musician “hide” (Hideto Matsumoto) using its unique singing voice synthesizer technology Vocaloid to complete unrecorded and unreleased songs. Analyzing in detail the massive amount of digital vocal data that the Japanese singer recorded during his lifetime, Yamaha was able to re-create his voice using Vocaloid technology.
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Skyworks Introduces High-Fidelity Solutions for Streaming Music Platforms at Bose and Sonos
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Skyworks Introduces High-Fidelity Solutions for Streaming Music Platforms at Bose and Sonos

Ramping in volume production across all key customers, Skyworks Solutions recently introduced a new generation of highly advanced front-end solutions for 802.11 wireless audio applications. The semiconductor company confirms increasing demand from OEM’s, including industry leaders in the streaming music platforms such as Bose and Sonos.
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Micro Electronic-Acoustics Component Market (Global & China)
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Micro Electronic-Acoustics Component Market (Global & China)

A new analysis for 2014 titled “The Global and China Micro Electronic-Acoustics Component Industry Report, 2013-2014” was published in October 2014 by Research in China and shows that the earphone and headphone categories have been the main growth areas since the second half of 2013. The 95 pages report provides the most recent data and information on the micro electronic-acoustics industry, detailing profiles of 21 micro electronic-acoustics manufacturers.
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137th AES Convention Was The Largest West Coast Convention in More Than a Decade
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137th AES Convention Was The Largest West Coast Convention in More Than a Decade

The 137th Audio Engineering Society Convention marked a triumphant return to L.A. with 15,403 registered attendees and 307 exhibitors/sponsors - a west coast 10-year record high. During four days there were 350 presentations from 731 leading researchers and practitioners in the field, providing AES attendees an unprecedented program.
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Insights on Audio Source Separation - ADX TRAX Promotion
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Insights on Audio Source Separation - ADX TRAX Promotion

The October 2014 edition of audioXpress, features an article written by Rick Silva, Vice President of Production and Product Management for Audionamix, explaining how the company approached audio source separation using its new software, ADX TRAX. The article also details the new ADX TRAX 2.0 Spectral software, demonstrated at the recent 137th AES convention in Los Angeles.
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THAT Corporation Celebrates 25 Years in Pro Audio
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THAT Corporation Celebrates 25 Years in Pro Audio

THAT Corporation, manufacturer of high-quality integrated circuits to the pro audio industry, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. THAT was founded in 1989 through a management buyout of the dbx OEM division by senior managers and engineers. Currently, THAT designs and sells high-performance analog integrated circuits for professional audio manufacturers.
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Acquisition of Cabasse by AwoX
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Acquisition of Cabasse by AwoX

AwoX announced the acquisition of 100% of the shares of French acoustics technology company Cabasse from the Canon Group. Canon had acquired Cabasse in 2006. AwoX is known for its innovative Awox StriimLIGHT Bluetooth and Wi-Fi LED light bulbs, equipped with a 10W speaker, allowing to stream music stored on a tablet, smartphone or computer and supporting multiroom applications thanks to a synchronization function.
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