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New 64-bit Version 18 of Altium Designer Previewed
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New 64-bit Version 18 of Altium Designer Previewed

Altium has completed an exclusive preview tour of its Altium Designer 18 at a series of global PCB design conferences. Altium Designer continues its focus on delivering new, easy-to-use and productivity enhancing PCB design tools as part of a single, unified application. Leveraging feedback and suggestions from the design community, Altium Designer 18 features capability updates and performance optimizations to significantly enhance user experience and productivity.
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SurCode for Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Encoder Now Available for Adobe Creative Cloud
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SurCode for Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Encoder Now Available for Adobe Creative Cloud

Minnetonka Audio, now a part of the TV Solutions Group of the Telos Alliance, announced that its widely accepted Dolby encoder, SurCode for Dolby Digital Plus 5.1, is now available for Adobe Creative Cloud. The tightly integrated plug-in provides Adobe Creative Cloud users with full encoding support for Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital Plus audio formats.
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Spotify Acquires Soundtrap Online Music and Podcast Recording Platform
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Spotify Acquires Soundtrap Online Music and Podcast Recording Platform

Spotify announced that it acquired Soundtrap, the innovative online music and podcast recording platform headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and successfully funded in Silicon Valley. With consumer and education solutions available in English, Spanish, French, German and Swedish, Soundtrap is an easy-to-use solution that works across iOS, Android, Chromebooks, Mac and Windows.
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Sonic Studio Brings Integrated MQA Support to Amarra Luxe 4.1
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Sonic Studio Brings Integrated MQA Support to Amarra Luxe 4.1

Sonic Studio announced the release of Amarra 4 Luxe v4.1 featuring integrated MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) audio technology. The latest version of the popular Mac-based software music player now supports MQA Core Decoding that unfolds an MQA file to deliver higher than CD-quality sound, and supports MQA TIDAL streaming, delivering the sound of the original master recording with files small enough to stream, while also being backward compatible, so they can be played on any device.
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Crazybaby Announces Air (NANO) Bluetooth 5.0 Ready True Wireless Earbuds
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Crazybaby Announces Air (NANO) Bluetooth 5.0 Ready True Wireless Earbuds

Crazybaby, developer of personal audio devices and software services, announced the launch of a new true wireless earbuds design, Air by Crazybaby (NANO), also known as Air (NANO). The fourth product from this creative company is again launched with a crowdfunding campaign, now available on Indiegogo for $99. This new spin on the original Air by Crazybaby earbuds, the new more compact model features the same carbon nanotube technology in 10 custom colors.
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CTA Announces Innovation Award Honorees for CES 2018
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CTA Announces Innovation Award Honorees for CES 2018

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced the Best of Innovation Honorees for CES 2018. The Honorees of these prestigious awards were announced during the annual CES Unveiled New York, an invitation-only event featuring the latest innovations and trends and important show announcements leading up to CES. Owned and produced by CTA, CES 2018 is the global stage for innovation and will run Jan. 9-12, 2018, in Las Vegas.
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AudioControl Adds Dolby Vision HDR Support to their Complete Lineup of Premium Home Theater Receivers and Preamp/Processors
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AudioControl Adds Dolby Vision HDR Support to their Complete Lineup of Premium Home Theater Receivers and Preamp/Processors

Responding to the market uptake in 4K UDH displays and content with High Dynamic Range, Seattle-based AudioControl, makers of innovative high-performance audio solutions for the residential, commercial and automotive markets has added support for Dolby Vision HDR to their entire line of home theater A/V receivers and preamp/processors including the new Maestro M5 introduced at the 2017 CEDIA Expo.
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Steinberg Surprises Studio Market with Early Unveiling of Cubase 9.5
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Steinberg Surprises Studio Market with Early Unveiling of Cubase 9.5

Maintaining a steady scheduled of updates for all its software products, Steinberg introduced new updates to its popular range of complete music production systems. Less then a year past since the unveiling of the previous iterations, Steinberg unveiled the new Cubase Pro 9.5, Cubase Artist 9.5 and Cubase Elements 9.5. The updates put a clear emphasis on user-requested features and enhancements for creating, producing and mixing music.
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Audio-Technica Expands Its Sound Reality Headphones Lineup With Introduction of New Wireless In-Ear Models
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Audio-Technica Expands Its Sound Reality Headphones Lineup With Introduction of New Wireless In-Ear Models

Audio-Technica expanded its high-performance Sound Reality headphones lineup with the introduction of three new in-ear models with Bluetooth technology. The ATH-CKR75BT, ATH-CKR55BT and ATH-CKR35BT are designed to deliver an outstanding wireless listening experience along with the convenience of answering/ending calls and controlling music and video playback on compatible Bluetooth wireless devices.
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Amazon Introduces Alexa, Alexa Skills Kit and Alexa Voice Service to Canada
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Amazon Introduces Alexa, Alexa Skills Kit and Alexa Voice Service to Canada

Amazon announced that Alexa, the voice recognition engine that powers the Amazon Echo range of smart speakers, is now available for Canada, along with three Alexa-enabled devices: Echo, Echo Plus, and Echo Dot. The expansion also means that the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) and the Alexa Voice Service (AVS), enabling developers to build voice experiences for Alexa users will now be available for English speakers in Canada.
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