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TASCAM Celebrates Analog Audio with Limited Release Master 424 Studio C-60 High Bias Type II Cobalt Cassette
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TASCAM Celebrates Analog Audio with Limited Release Master 424 Studio C-60 High Bias Type II Cobalt Cassette

In celebration of the company’s 50th anniversary, TASCAM launched the TASCAM Studio 424 Master cassette, a limited release genuine high bias cobalt oxide cassette specifically engineered for use with TASCAM Portastudio cassette recorders. The tape formulation was tested specifically in recalibrated and restored vintage TASCAM Portastudio workstations - the multitrack recorders that opened the door to home recording over 40 years ago.
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Audioscenic and Tectonic Promote Adaptive Beam Steering Soundbar Demonstration
by Joao Martins

Audioscenic and Tectonic Promote Adaptive Beam Steering Soundbar Demonstration

Audioscenic Limited, a UK-based company exploring 3D audio technology, and Tectonic Audio Labs, the renown manufacturer of audio solutions using Bending Wave technology, will demonstrate a highly innovative living room soundbar at CES 2022. The evolved speaker concept features Audioscenic’s adaptive beam steering and Tectonic Balanced Mode Radiator (BMR) speaker technologies, aiming at product implementations for home audio, gaming, and home cinema.
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Cambridge Audio Celebrates 10 Years of StreamMagic Platform
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Cambridge Audio Celebrates 10 Years of StreamMagic Platform

Cambridge Audio is celebrating two milestones in 2021: the 10th anniversary of its StreamMagic platform, and the fact that 100,000 individual units that use the StreamMagic module have now been sold. StreamMagic is the clever combination of hardware and software that sits at the heart of Cambridge Audio’s network audio players (such as Evo, CXN V2 and Edge NQ), and allows listeners to play digital music from anywhere.
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USound Raises $30M to Ramp Manufacturing of Second-Generation MEMS Technology
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USound Raises $30M to Ramp Manufacturing of Second-Generation MEMS Technology

USound, the Austria-based developer and manufacturer of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) speakers for personal devices and wearable technology, announced that it has raised $30 million USD (€25 million EUR) to move into mass production of its second generation MEMS devices, with commitments from several global companies. The investment will ensure that USound will be in a position to build a stable supply chain to meet growing demand for its second-generation MEMS technology.
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Infineon Expands Support to Matter Smart Home Designs With New AIROC Bluetooth LE and 802.15.4 Low-Power SoC Solution
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Infineon Expands Support to Matter Smart Home Designs With New AIROC Bluetooth LE and 802.15.4 Low-Power SoC Solution

Infineon announced the launch of the new AIROC Bluetooth LE and 802.15.4 family to help companies quickly bring low-power, high-performing Matter products to market. Infineon’s new AIROC CYW30739 Bluetooth LE and 802.15.4 system on chip (SoC) is offered as a reliable, secure and scalable solution to connect low-power devices in the smart home. To further demonstrate the company’s commitment to Matter, Infineon expanded its role with the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) by joining the Alliance’s Board of Directors as a Promoter Member.
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Martin Audio Awarded Patent for XE Monitor Waveguide
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Martin Audio Awarded Patent for XE Monitor Waveguide

Martin Audio has extended its list of notable patents with the addition of a United Kingdom Patent for its XE stage monitor waveguide. The patent covers the use of Martin Audio’s differential dispersion coaxial drive units and the continuation of their waveguide shape to form the baffle, as seen in the XE monitors to achieve the desired HF coverage. The geometry of the static HF horn, the LF cone/moving waveguides and the static baffle combine to form a single HF horn.
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Knowles Partners with Ole Wolff to Offer Compact Hybrid Driver for TWS Earphones
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Knowles Partners with Ole Wolff to Offer Compact Hybrid Driver for TWS Earphones

Knowles Corporation and Ole Wolff, the Danish manufacturer of high quality speakers, receivers, and provider of acoustic system integration, announced the result of their cooperation to improve the comfort and performance of True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earphones with high-definition audio and active noise cancellation (ANC). The two companies have announced an innovative dynamic driver matched to a new balanced armature tweeter that meets the premium sound, high-performance ANC, and hearing personalization in a smaller size.
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Arkamys and Analog Devices Bring SoundStage Solutions to SHARC Processors
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Arkamys and Analog Devices Bring SoundStage Solutions to SHARC Processors

Audio signal processing specialist Arkamys announced that his SoundStage Audio Software Suite will be deployed to Analog Devices' portfolio of SHARC audio processors beginning in early 2022. With no hardware modifications required, the SoundStage solutions provide cutting-edge audio features for automotive with an emphasis on fast time to market. This announcement is the result of a long history of close collaboration between Arkamys and the semiconductor company headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
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COMSOL Announces Multiphysics Version 6.0 with Valuable New Features in the Acoustics Module
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COMSOL Announces Multiphysics Version 6.0 with Valuable New Features in the Acoustics Module

With the latest release of COMSOL Multiphysics 6, users of the Acoustics Module will benefit from many new and highly requested features that reflect the software's increasing use in the audio industry. Expanding the level of detail and applicability of multiphysics simulation to every area of development, COMSOL Multiphysics V6 introduces a new platform feature for model management, uncertainty quantification analysis, and important updates and performance enhancements to all modules.
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Parso Wireless Wearable Unidirectional Speaker Delivers Personal Sound
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Parso Wireless Wearable Unidirectional Speaker Delivers Personal Sound

Japanese company AFUR has announced the launch of Parso, a wireless, wearable, unidirectional speaker design that "only you can hear." The highly directional speaker uses ultrasonic elements to achieve its narrow directivity for personal listening. The new Wearable Parametric Speaker (Patent Pending) design is scheduled to enter production in mid 2022, but the company is promoting the concept to evaluate market interest in new application areas.
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