Heavy-duty CAT5e and CAT6 Ethernet Cables from Io Audio Technologies Support etherCON Standard
Io Audio Technologies, a division of Knight Electronics, Inc., has developed a family of heavy-duty CAT5e and CAT6 Ethernet cables addressing the needs of the working musician and professional sound technician in today's audio networking environments. The Professional Series Shielded CAT5e and CAT6 etherCON cables are designed for solid digital audio connections such as digital snakes, AES50, & MADI or lighting protocols like DMX512 and ARTNET.
Voice Control for Spotify Update for Ultimate Ears MEGABLAST and BLAST Portable Speakers
Ultimate Ears announced new features for its Ultimate Ears MEGABLAST and BLAST, the recently-released portable speakers from the brand’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth smart speaker range, with immersive 360-degree sound and Amazon Alexa built-in. Voice control for Spotify is coming soon on Ultimate Ears MEGABLAST and BLAST, with enhanced app features available now, and grouping later this year, with the updates available to all users.
Optocore Festival Box Allows All Protocols To Tunnel Over The Same Fiber
With the festival season fast approaching, Optocore chose the Prolight+Sound 2018 to launch its new Festival Box. Having already proven the versatile fiber based technology in the broadcast industry — marketed through its close technology partner BroaMan — Optocore has responded to the growing demand from the live sound community for a more elegant and efficient signal transport system, with a hot-swappable SFP solution that will radically streamline multiple-band festival bills. Hence the name Festival Box.
Gayle Sanders Returns with Launch of New Company Eikon at Axpona 2018
Gayle Sanders, co-founder of Martin Logan and one of the industry’s most celebrated speaker designers, turns a new page in his prestigious career with the introduction of his new company, Gayle Sanders Eikon. The world premiere of his new digital active loudspeaker system, featuring the Image1 and Eikontrol, took place at the 2018 Axpona Show. The Eikon concept combines reference DSP-based electronics with direct connection to multiway speakers, and a new user interface, setting a new standard for total system performance.
Musikmesse and Prolight+Sound 2018 Report Signals Upward Trend for Internationality and Exhibitor Satisfaction
The Saturday-evening concert by Dionne Warwick and the New Philharmonic Orchestra Frankfurt marked the end of a week of music and events. 1,803 companies from 56 countries launched their latest products during the five days of Musikmesse and Prolight+Sound 2018. For 2019, Frankfurt Messe promises to return to a unified format, with Musikmesse and Prolight+Sound overlaping fully on all days and move closer together spatially.
Lawo Introduces Third Generation mc²56 Production Console at 2018 NAB Show
With live productions becoming increasingly complex in a multi-platform and multi-format environment, digital production consoles have to accommodate an increasing number of functionalities, including automated routines, while enabling operators to remain in control at all times. This is precisely where German company Lawo has been excelling and the focus for unveiling the third generation of the mc²56 console at NAB 2018, introducing support for the latest networking protocols and standards.
Wireless Microphone Market will Account for Revenues Worth USD $4.5 Billion by 2028
Market intelligence and consulting services firm Future Market Insights (FMI) just released a new market research report focusing on the wireless microphone market with analysis and forecasts until 2028. The report features useful insights on the growth in adoption of wireless microphones across key regional markets, including key factors that will influence the Wireless Microphone Market, which FMI predicts will enable rapid growth in a changing technological environment and intense competition among players.
Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration will Merge with Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik Forming New Company HBK
The companies Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH (HBM) and Brüel & Kjær Sound and Vibration A/S (BKSV), both owned by UK-based Spectris plc, have announce that they will be merging their businesses. The merger will become effective on January 1st, 2019. The merger aims to redefine the concept of a complete solution, where the two companies will unite their expertise and provide an integrated offering, encompassing sensors, acquisition, preparation, evaluation and engineering services.
Magix Brings Back Revolutionary Digital Audio Workstation ACID Pro
Following the acquisition of Sony Creative Software (SCS) products by Magix Software GmbH, the German software house has kept its promise to maintain and revitalize popular audio editing and music production applications Sound Forge Pro and ACID Pro. In August 2017 Magix released version 12 of Sound Forge Pro, and now announced the release of the new ACID Pro 8 on April 23, 2018, featuring more power and plug-ins, a new user interface and improved accessibility.
Fraunhofer MPEG-H TV Audio System Selected as 3D Audio Standard for UHD TV in China
China’s AVS 3D Audio Task Group has chosen Fraunhofer IIS as the transmission audio codec solution provider for the upcoming 3D Audio standard that will be used in the country’s 4K UHD broadcast. Fraunhofer proposed its MPEG-H TV Audio System according to the requirements of China's next-generation broadcasting audio standard in order to meet the Chinese market demand for compelling audio.