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Aurender Music Servers First to Support RAVENNA Networking
by Joao Martins

Aurender Music Servers First to Support RAVENNA Networking

Merging Technologies announced that it will be showing an Aurender X100 Music Server directly connected to a RAVENNA AoIP network and using a MERGING+NADAC as the DAC. This significant move sees Aurender be the first manufacturer to take advantage of the benefits that a RAVENNA network can bring to home applications, as part of a multi-room or multi-zone system without any of the traditional cable length limitations of USB connectivity.
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Cypress Delivers Industry’s First Certified Bluetooth Mesh Wireless MCU and Combo Solutions
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Cypress Delivers Industry’s First Certified Bluetooth Mesh Wireless MCU and Combo Solutions

Cypress Semiconductor announced its single-chip solutions for the IoT applications are the world’s first to deliver Bluetooth mesh connectivity certified by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) to a consumer product. Three Cypress wireless combo chips and the latest version of its Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) software development kit (SDK) support state-of-the-art Bluetooth connectivity with mesh networking capability.
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Avid Unveils Pro Tools 2018 and Multiple Music and Audio Product Innovations at NAMM 2018
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Avid Unveils Pro Tools 2018 and Multiple Music and Audio Product Innovations at NAMM 2018

At NAMM 2018, Avid announced Avid ArtistCentral, Pro Tools 2018, Sibelius 2018, Waves Audio integration, an expanded Avid Artist Community, and more. Highlight for the Avid user community was, no doubt, the announcement of the latest release of Pro Tools 2018 with new features including Track Presets, retrospective MIDI record, MIDI editing enhancements, Playlist Comping enhancements, and much more. A new version of EUCON software was also announced.
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Audient Announces New iD44 USB Audio Interface
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Audient Announces New iD44 USB Audio Interface

British manufacturer Audient raised the stakes once again with the release of its latest, and to date most powerful 24-bit/96kHz desktop audio interface. The new Audient iD44 combines four Class-A Audient preamplifiers, high quality AD/DA converters, two ADAT I/Os for digital expansion, two discrete JFET instrument inputs, two fully balanced inserts, two independent stereo headphone outputs and two speaker outputs, in a metal chassis with configurable function keys, and dedicated Talkback, Dim and Cut controls.
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Adam Hall Group Presents LD Systems MAUI 5 GO Mobile PA at Winter NAMM 2018
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Adam Hall Group Presents LD Systems MAUI 5 GO Mobile PA at Winter NAMM 2018

As NAMM 2018 unveiled its enhanced show experience and expanded campus, Adam Hall Group corresponded with an expanded booth concept located front-and-center in Hall A, where it premiered a series of products and introduced many more to the US market, including the stunning LD Systems MAUI P900, developed in collaboration with the renowned Porsche Design Studio. Among the main premieres for the show was the remarkable LD Systems MAUI 5 GO, an ultra-portable battery-powered column PA system.
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Celestion Debuts F12-X200 Full-Range Guitar Loudspeaker Designed Specifically for Use with Amp Modeling
by Joao Martins

Celestion Debuts F12-X200 Full-Range Guitar Loudspeaker Designed Specifically for Use with Amp Modeling

During NAMM 2018, Celestion announced the F12-X200, the first guitarist’s speaker designed from the ground up for use with guitar amp and speaker cabinet emulations. The new F12-X200 is effectively a coaxial design, combining a compression driver and a 12" woofer in a pressed steel chassis with a 2" round copper voice coil and ceramic magnet, able to reproduce a full range of frequencies from 60 Hz to 20,000Hz, with a power rating of 200W at 8Ω and 96dB sensitivity.
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Apogee New Special Edition 2×6 I/O Module for Symphony I/O Mk II
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Apogee New Special Edition 2×6 I/O Module for Symphony I/O Mk II

Apogee Electronics announced a new 2×6 Special Edition AD/DA module for their flagship Symphony I/O Mk II Studio Interface. Designed specifically for mastering engineers, whose critical work demands ultimate sonic performance, Apogee says that the new Symphony I/O Mk II 2×6 SE now offers the highest quality AD/DA conversion of any of the brand's converters ever. Symphony I/O Mk II 2×6 SE is available preconfigured for Thunderbolt or Pro Tools HD or it can be purchased as an expansion module for any existing Mk II configuration.
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Neumann Launches Re-Issue of the Famous U 67 Tube Microphone
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Neumann Launches Re-Issue of the Famous U 67 Tube Microphone

Neumann used the opportunity of a vibrant 2018 NAMM Show, which for the first time also attracted the whole AES West Coast convention community, to announce the reissue of the famous U 67. For the first time in decades, the iconic tube microphone is back in production and built to the original specifications. And this is not something that Neumann would take lightly.
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Musikmesse and Prolight+Sound 2018 To Reinforce Professional Focus
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Musikmesse and Prolight+Sound 2018 To Reinforce Professional Focus

Musikmesse (11 to 14 April 2018) and Prolight+Sound (10 to 13 April 2018) will once again bring together companies with retailers, professionals from the musical-instrument, event and media-technologies sectors, as well as musicians from all over the world. In 2017, the two events attracted a total of around 100,000 visitors from 144 countries to Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre. In 2018, the Frankfurt Messe will reinforce the professional focus and synergies between the two shows.
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The Freedman Group Acquires FuzzMeasure and Launches RØDETest Division
by Joao Martins

The Freedman Group Acquires FuzzMeasure and Launches RØDETest Division

RØDE Microphones announced the establishment of a new Scientific Test and Measurement division, named RØDETest, which will house RØDE’s future line of measurement microphones and software. With the announcement comes the news that The Freedman Group has acquired FuzzMeazure, the audio and acoustic measurement software created by Chris Liscio of SuperMegaUltraGroovy.
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