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Sony confirms 360 Reality Audio Immersive Music Experiences on New Amazon Echo Studio
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Sony confirms 360 Reality Audio Immersive Music Experiences on New Amazon Echo Studio

Sony Corporation announced that 360 Reality Audio content, which offers a new immersive music experience for listeners, will be made available on the new Amazon Echo Studio with Amazon Music HD to customers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan later this year. Sony's 360 Reality Audio is an immersive audio experience utilizing MPEG-H object-based spatial audio technology from Fraunhofer IIS.
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AES New York 2019 Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track Will Bridge the Theoretical and Practical
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AES New York 2019 Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track Will Bridge the Theoretical and Practical

At the 147th AES New York 2019 convention (October 16–19), the Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track will feature nine events over the convention’s four days that explore the way we hear and the ways the spaces we listen in affect perception. Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track chair Alex Case has curated the program, which is dedicated to the prospect that, as Case notes, “all who listen hear better when they know more about the science behind acoustics and psychoacoustics.”
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Kurt Howell Joins NTP Technology As Sales Director For North America
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Kurt Howell Joins NTP Technology As Sales Director For North America

In a strategic and focused effort to support broadcast audio sales in the US, NTP Technology is teaming up with industry veteran Kurt Howell. He joins the company as Sales Director for North America and will work in close co-operation with NTP’s and Digital Audio Denmark (DAD) current distribution.
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Vesper Hires Lorenzo Ponzanelli as SVP of Worldwide Sales and Business Development
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Vesper Hires Lorenzo Ponzanelli as SVP of Worldwide Sales and Business Development

Vesper, the piezoelectric MEMS specialist, announced that Lorenzo Ponzanelli has joined the company as senior vice president of worldwide sales and business development, overseeing sales strategy and execution to drive rapid global growth. The appointment is confirmed at a time when the Boston firm is expanding both engineering and sales teams and plans to expand in Europe and Asia, adding to its current offices in China, Korea and Singapore.
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Steinberg Expands Mastering Audio Possibilities with New WaveLab 10
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Steinberg Expands Mastering Audio Possibilities with New WaveLab 10

Steinberg announced the immediate availability of WaveLab Pro 10 and WaveLab Elements 10 audio mastering software. This major update introduces a whole new dimension to WaveLab, allowing users to do a lot more without the need of ever leaving the application, including working with video. The highly anticipated tenth version now supports video playback, Reference Track, Audio Montage editing enhancements plus many other new features for mastering, editing, restoration and refinement.
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Music, Sound and Entertainment Technology United at The NAMM Show 2020
by Cristina Costa

Music, Sound and Entertainment Technology United at The NAMM Show 2020

The 2020 NAMM Show returns to Anaheim, California Thursday, January 16 to Sunday, January 19 - a little earlier than usual. The annual global gathering of the musical instruments, pro audio, and entertainment technology industries will be on display across the NAMM Campus at the Anaheim Convention Center and the excitement for this 2020 edition couldn't be greater. The NAMM Show consolidates its position on the global stage as the most important trade show for music, sound and live technologies.
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Softube Launches Console 1 Fader Mixing Surface and DAW Extension
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Softube Launches Console 1 Fader Mixing Surface and DAW Extension

Once upon a time, a Swedish audio software company decided it was time to have a physical extension for their successful plug-ins, and that was how Softube launched its Console 1 concept. “Building on the success of Console 1 was never going to be easy. But we believe in ambitious dreams. To further improve the epic workflow advantages Console 1 brings, we had to ask, “where can we go next?” The answer was clear, and the result is here: Console 1 Fader,” the company explains.
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Angry Audio Introduces new Bluetooth Audio Gadget
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Angry Audio Introduces new Bluetooth Audio Gadget

Angry Audio, an audio problem solver manufacturer from Nashville, Tennessee, just announced another very useful box. The Bluetooth Gadget is a solution to connect phones, tablets and computers to any studio or professional audio production setup, eliminating the messy cables and adapters and the annoying whine of digital ground loops. Equipped with AAC and the virtually-lossless aptX codec algorithms, the Bluetooth Gadget always chooses the best possible codec for the connected device.
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OCA Alliance and Networked Audio In Focus at AES New York 2019
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OCA Alliance and Networked Audio In Focus at AES New York 2019

Networked audio continues to play an ever-expanding role in a wide variety of pro audio applications, from recording and production, to live sound, installs, and more, with a near ubiquity of network capabilities on new gear and the bridging of proprietary standards by the AES67 and AES70 protocols. The Audio Networking Track events, taking place during the 147th AES New York Convention, October 16–19 at the Javits Center, are set to connect the latest technologies and techniques with attendees looking to take their audio networking skills to the next level.
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Chirp and DSP Group Unveil Reference Design for Sound-Based Data Transmission
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Chirp and DSP Group Unveil Reference Design for Sound-Based Data Transmission

Chirp, the pioneer of data-over-sound technology, and DSP Group, the specialist in wireless chipsets for smart-enabled devices, announced a turnkey solution leveraging embedded data-over-sound to improve user experiences with enhanced provisioning for consumer applications. The design kit combines Chirp’s ultrasonic signaling protocol for smart-enabled devices with DSP Group’s SmartVoice technology to allow connectivity between nearby devices without requiring any set up, pairing, or configuration.
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