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Reason 11 Adds AU Support and is Now Available For Apple Logic
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Reason 11 Adds AU Support and is Now Available For Apple Logic

Following closely on the heels of the recent launch of Reason 11, simultaneous with the announcement of Propellerhead Software becoming Reason Studios, the Swedish company announced that Reason 11 is now available to an even broader host of DAW users – including Apple Logic owners – with the addition of AU support in version Reason 11.1. The announcement further underscores the significance of the launch of Reason 11, bringing the major update to Reason Studios’ flagship music-making software to a wider global audience of music creators.
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Harman Professional Solutions Announces New JBL Entertainment KP G2 Series Karaoke Loudspeakers and Subwoofer
by Nora Wong

Harman Professional Solutions Announces New JBL Entertainment KP G2 Series Karaoke Loudspeakers and Subwoofer

It's the latest product announcement coming from JBL's headquarters in Northridge, CA. The new JBL KP G2 Series includes eleven new loudspeakers and a matched subwoofer with "a sleek, modern design for any KTV venue." For those who don't know what a KTV venue is and need to ask, better continue without knowing because the new karaoke loudspeakers series was designed for the China and APAC markets only, where JBL is recognized in this space.
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ATC Loudspeaker Technology Launches C1 SUB MK2 Active Subwoofer
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ATC Loudspeaker Technology Launches C1 SUB MK2 Active Subwoofer

Built to provide a dynamic low-distortion bass foundation for ATC’s Entry Series speakers, its C1C and C3C center speakers, HTS Series on-wall speakers and all but the largest satellite speaker systems, the new C1 Sub Mk 2 is a compact real wood veneered design, incorporating a hand-built 12” (314mm) ATC bass driver and a fully discrete ATC 200W MOSFET power amplifier. Faithful to the signal, the new C1 Subwoofer design will generate deeper, cleaner bass in the sub-$3,500 market.
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Røde Introduces New 3.5mm and USB-C VideoMic NTG Microphone
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Røde Introduces New 3.5mm and USB-C VideoMic NTG Microphone

Røde Microphones introduced the latest addition to its best-selling VideoMic range, the VideoMic NTG. Released fresh off the back of the NTG5 broadcast shotgun microphone, the VideoMic NTG is introduced by the Australian company as "another gamechanger," and "an incredible-sounding, supremely versatile on-camera shotgun microphone unlike anything else out there." And there's a reason for excitement, since a lot has been happening lately at Røde to support a development like the NTG.
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Sonos Announces Acquisition of Snips to Expand Voice Efforts
by Joao Martins

Sonos Announces Acquisition of Snips to Expand Voice Efforts

Sonos announced the acquisition of Snips, a French company that provides embedded voice assistants and interfaces for connected devices that run locally and offline. The acquisition adds a talented group of employees and strategic IP to Sonos. Following the company's presentation at CES 2019, Snips received a Best of Innovation Awards in the Embedded Technology category. Snips will enable Sonos to design speech-enabled devices that can operate offline and to market them faster without sacrificing its own brand identity.
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HEAD acoustics Launches New Artificial Head for Low Noise Measurements of ANC Headphones and More
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HEAD acoustics Launches New Artificial Head for Low Noise Measurements of ANC Headphones and More

Measuring very low signal levels like idle noise of Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) headphones requires highly accurate measurement equipment. With the new binaural artificial head measurement system HMS II.3-LN (Low Noise), German test and measurement specialists HEAD acoustics offers a new artificial head that is suitable for low noise measurements of close to the ear sound sources. The ear simulators with highly sensitive microphones assure a very low inherent noise of 16 dBSPL(A).
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VB-Audio Updates Voicemeeter Audio Mixer Applications
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VB-Audio Updates Voicemeeter Audio Mixer Applications

One year after the Voicemeeter Potato Release, VB-Audio Software updated all the Voicemeeter series to version 1.0.7.0 for Voicemeeter Standard, 2.0.5.0 for Voicemeeter Banana and 3.0.1.0 for Voicemeeter Potato. Voicemeeter is a virtual audio mixer and a virtual audio device for Windows able to connect any audio points and any audio applications together. It does everything Windows should do at the OS level and doesn’t.
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Yamaha Introduces Dedicated Online Tool To Simplify Background Music System Design
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Yamaha Introduces Dedicated Online Tool To Simplify Background Music System Design

Designing a successful background music (BGM) system, even for small spaces, is usually something that only a professional systems integrator can do properly. The Yamaha In-store Music System Advisor (YIMSA) is a new online tool, dedicated to the BGM market, which provides system recommendations based on the input of some basic, easy to understand details.
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Genelec Signals the Rise of Smart IP with Launch of 4430 IP-Connected Installation Loudspeaker
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Genelec Signals the Rise of Smart IP with Launch of 4430 IP-Connected Installation Loudspeaker

Genelec announced the availability of the new 4430 two-way active installation loudspeaker, the first model to incorporate the company’s ground-breaking Smart IP technology, a development effort initiated in 2005. Now supporting Dante and AES67 audio transport over PoE+ infrastructures - requiring a clever combination of a new high efficiency power supply and built-in processing - Genelec believes it can offer an ideal ideal solution, combining exceptional sound quality with single cable convenience.
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Global True Wireless Earbuds Market Reaches 33 Million Units in Q3 2019
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Global True Wireless Earbuds Market Reaches 33 Million Units in Q3 2019

The true wireless earbuds market for 2019 is expected to reach 120 million units and global tech giants’ strategies focused on voice communication will help sustain the strong growth momentum. The size of the global market for true wireless earbuds reached 33 million units (USD 4.1 billion) in Q3 2019, growing 22% QoQ, according to the findings of Counterpoint Research’s Hearables Market Tracker (Counterpoint applies the term “hearables” loosely to describe TWS products, which the company’s report actually differentiates).
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