Bose SoundLink Color Bluetooth Speaker II Becomes Water-Resistant
Bose announced a new member of its iconic SoundLink Bluetooth speaker family: the SoundLink Color II. This time, the main reason for the update was to introduce a more rugged water-resistant design, and new colors, maintaining the same quality sound of the original. The new Bose Color II speakers offer an even better combination of performance, durability and fun than its predecessor, making it ideal to take just about anywhere.
New Tascam DR-10L Ultra-Compact Recorder with Lavalier Microphone
With the market literally flooded with multiple options of high quality audio recorders and alternative accessories for using smartphones for mobile recording, anyone recording video interviews is faced with multiple problems when capturing audio on camera. For interviews and events, Tascam now announced a great solution that was missing in the market with its DR-10L, an ultra-compact recorder with lavalier microphone.
Audinate Expands Offices in Sydney and Portland to Support Company Growth
To support the rapid adoption of Dante audio networking technology, Audinate has expanded its Australian global headquarters in Sydney, Australia and more recently its North America headquarters in Portland, OR. The company recently completed an expansion of its global headquarters and Innovation Center in Sydney, Australia, doubling the size of the office.
Wireworld Launches Bold New Design for Cat 8 Ethernet Cable
Wireworld Cable Technology announced availability of its new Starlight Category 8 cables for high speed media network applications. These thinner and more flexible cables utilize a new conductor geometry, which Wireworld says were developed to support higher transmission speed for more lifelike reproduction of streamed music and video.
PreSonus Releases StudioLive AR USB Hybrid Mixers
PreSonus made a series of new product announcements, paving the way for a strong end of year for the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, company. Completely revamping its already cutting-edge mixer range for musicians, touring bands and events, PreSonus is now shipping its StudioLive AR USB-series hybrid mixers, packed with analog connections and digital tools for live performance and studio use, featuring built-in recording, multichannel interfaces, Bluetooth connections and more.
New Elysia mpressor 500 Series Creative Compressor Module
German high-end studio processor manufacturer Elysia announced the availability of the mpressor 500, its latest 500 series module, bringing the heritage of its immensely powerful rack-mount mpressor creative compressor to the popular standard format. Like all Elysia products, the audio path of the mpressor 500 is completely based on discrete circuitry and features unique ways of processing the audio signals in the most effective way.
Soundtrap Cloud-Based Audio Recording Platform Secures Funding to Embark On New Markets
Digital Audio Workstations have reached their peak some time ago and even the market leaders are wondering where to take their products next. Meanwhile, companies like Propellerhead, Steinberg and several new players are placing their bets on cloud software and online music collaboration tools as the way forward. Swedish company Soundtrap is the latest sensation in online music tools, supporting any devices and OS platforms.
Digital Audio Denmark (DAD) Cooperation with Dynaudio and Avid
At the 141st Audio Engineering Society convention, Digital Audio Denmark (DAD) scored big with some key announcements of joint projects with Danish speaker powerhouse Dynaudio, and a very interesting new product development for Avid, with the preview of the new MTRX audio interface for Pro Tools. Two powerful alliances, given DAD’s expertise with audio networking and AD/DA conversion technologies.
Newly Ratified IEEE 802.3bz Standard Allows 5-Gigabit Ethernet of Existing Infrastructures
The Ethernet Alliance, the global consortium dedicated to the advancement of Ethernet technologies, hailed the ratification of the IEEE 802.3bz standard, allowing an upgrade path for existing infrastructures, considering the more than 70 billion meters of Cat5e / Cat6 cabling installed worldwide. The new IEEE standard allows network access layer bandwidth to evolve incrementally beyond 1 Gigabit per second (Gb/s) to 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s.
iZotope Introduces Neutron Intelligent Mixing Assistant Software
iZotope has embarked in a new quest to make its most sophisticated audio technologies available to a wider number of users, through a new generation of software tools that provide simple solutions for audio mixing and processing. Using powerful new features like Track Assistant and Masking Meter, iZotope’s Neutron is able to identify perceptual frequency collisions getting any mixing session to an optimal starting point, while allowing creative control over all mix decisions.