The 3DME Music Enhancement IEM System Gen2 consists of Active Ambient earphones with embedded binaural MEMS ambient microphones, a bodypack mixer/controller/DSP processor/headphone amplifier with an included jumper cable to connect to wireless IEM receivers, and the Bluetooth-enabled ASI Audio App for control.
"Our mission at ASI Audio has always been two-fold," says ASI Audio and Sensaphonics Chairman and 3DME’s inventor, Dr. Michael Santucci Au.D. "We want to give our customers the ultimate stage monitoring experience as well as help protect their hearing. The 3DME Gen2’s enhanced feature set aids in both of those goals."
"With Gen2, we’ve added options that touring musicians will appreciate," ASI Audio System Engineer Stephen Julstrom elaborates. "One allows the Monitor In signal to bypass the limiting and EQ stages to enable professional monitor engineers to maintain full unimpeded control over the mix they deliver. Another optimizes the system for use with either the standard full-range dual-driver earpiece or the new Custom Pro quad-driver earpiece."
Evidencing the ASI Audio team’s commitment to listening safety and hearing health, several new options are designed to accommodate listener comfort. The internal limiter’s lowest Limiter Threshold setting is now stretched down from 84 dB-SPL to 76 dB-SPL for those with especially sensitive hearing, along with subtle improvements in the attack characteristic of the limiter and the linearity of extremely high frequencies.
The selectable Start-Up Squeal Suppressor (formerly called the Safety Limiter) eliminates the rare, unharmful feedback squeal that was possible when a user covered the ambient microphone with their finger while inserting the earpieces with the system powered. Similarly, turn-on and turn-off “thumps” heard when powering the system with earpieces inserted are now greatly reduced. For musicians and other end users who can hear very little in one ear – single-sided deafness (SSD) or unilateral hearing loss, which creates a head shadowing effect that negatively impacts clarity and timing – the CROS (Crosslateral Routing Of Signal) option restores intelligibility by combining the binaural signals and removing all sound to the impaired ear.
"The Gen 2 version of our 3DME is a result of the pro audio community telling us exactly what we needed to add to our In Ear Monitors for this new version," adds Evan MacKenzie, ASI Audio x Sensaphonics Vice President, Marketing and Sales. "We're grateful and appreciative that our customers have embraced the 3DME Active Ambient Monitor System for both the natural stage experience it delivers as well as its sound quality and are delighted to reward their loyalty with these additional enhancements."
The free ASI Audio App allows untethered adjustment of the system’s 7-band stereo EQ and limiter threshold, and now also offers an Audio Seal Test to confirm perfect IEM fit and allows the saving and recall of User Presets to ensure repeat access to preferred sound signatures. In operation, after locking in the preferred EQ and limiter settings, up/down switches on the bodypack make it easy to add the perfect amount of ambience to the monitor mix, so the performer can hear exactly what they want, no matter the style of music or type of venue. When used without a monitor mix, 3DME functions as variable-level, high fidelity earplugs.
The universal-fit earphones supplied with 3DME can be converted to custom fit with silicone sleeves from Sensaphonics or upgraded to Custom Pro earpieces.
The ASI Audio x Sensaphonics 3DME Gen2 is available immediately at an MSRP of $799.00 USD for the standard system, $2000.00 for the Custom Pro version and $2500.00 for the Custom Tour Quad version (both custom versions are available direct from Sensaphonics).
ASI Audio Names Scott Shapiro President
ASI Audio has appointed Scott Shapiro to the position of President, effective immediately. Shapiro comes from Think-a-Move, ASI’s co-founding company and a leading developer of advanced hands-free control and communications technologies and Automatic Speech Recognition solutions. With over 20 years of cross-functional experience in strategic management, product & business development, and marketing for technology-based industries including speech, wireless telecom, and pro audio, Scott Shapiro also has a lifelong passion for music and has worked as an international performance DJ and producer. With an intimate knowledge of the market and its unique needs, Shapiro has also consulted for several companies in the industry, including Pioneer DJ, Melodics, AKAI Professional and more.
"As ASI Audio grows and matures, we saw that additional dedicated leadership was needed to nurture the company to its full potential," says Dr. Michael Santucci. "We are delighted that Scott has agreed to join the ASI Audio team. Given his background, experience and his knowledge of our product on many levels, there’s no one more perfectly suited to continue the evolution of ASI Audio."
In parallel to Shapiro’s appointment, ASI has secured a new round of funding that will help enable the company’s ongoing rollout of its second-generation 3DME Gen2 Active Ambient Monitoring System and help fuel new product development, inventory fulfillment and international expansion.
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