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Antelope Audio Announces Discrete 8 Thunderbolt and USB Interface with Modeling Microphones
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Antelope Audio Announces Discrete 8 Thunderbolt and USB Interface with Modeling Microphones

Antelope Audio launched its new Discrete 8 Thunderbolt & USB Interface with accompanying Edge and Verge modeling microphones, available as various bundles. According to Antelope, this solution will bring a new level of creativity to studios, by combining a powerful audio interface with the FPGA Accusonic 3D Modeling Engine, which enables both Edge and Verge to emulate any type of microphone and circuit, with complete control over proximity effect, off-axis response, and polar patterns, during or after recording!
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Jensen Transformers Introduces new ISO-MAX products at AES 2017
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Jensen Transformers Introduces new ISO-MAX products at AES 2017

At the 143rd Audio Engineering Society Convention in New York, Jensen Transformers expanded its ISO-MAX line of products. The new PI-RJ2X for balanced XLR connections, and the CI-RJ2R for unbalanced RCA connections, are both designed to take a stereo L-R signal, sum it into mono, and output the signal over Ethernet. Jensen also introduced the DIN-LI-SUM-B, and DIN-LI-SUM-U, 35mm DIN rail interface modules, with L-R summing functionality.
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Sierra Wireless Announces the Most Secure Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Combo Module with Integrated Cloud Services
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Sierra Wireless Announces the Most Secure Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Combo Module with Integrated Cloud Services

Sierra Wireless announced the BX Series Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combo modules with built-in cloud services and security features. With Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support on a single common flexible form factor (CF3) module, the BX Series provides manufacturers the flexibility to migrate between short-range and cellular technologies, as well as future-proof their product designs, optimized for connected applications.
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Toshiba Expands U-MOS IX-H MOSFET Family with 40V N-Channel Devices
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Toshiba Expands U-MOS IX-H MOSFET Family with 40V N-Channel Devices

Toshiba America Electronic Components, announced the addition of two new N-channel devices to its U-MOS IX-H family of high-efficiency, high-speed switching MOSFETs. Delivering best-in-class efficiency across a range of load conditions, Toshiba’s new MOSFETs feature U-MOS IX-H technology, which ensures stable operation also over a wide range of temperatures.
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HARMAN International Joins the Wireless Speaker and Audio (WiSA) Association
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HARMAN International Joins the Wireless Speaker and Audio (WiSA) Association

The Wireless Speaker and Audio (WiSA) Association, an industry group dedicated to bringing high resolution, wireless, multi-channel audio products to the home theater market, announced HARMAN International as its newest member. Will this signal a comeback for what it was a great technology proposition? It was successfully implemented and is still used by Bang & Olufsen and Klipsch, among other companies. And the audio industry certainly needs it.
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New Futuresource 2017 Worldwide Headphones Market Report
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New Futuresource 2017 Worldwide Headphones Market Report

Futuresource Consulting continues to release consistent market research that provides guidance for any company in the consumer electronics space and specifically for the audio industry. In their latest 2017 Worldwide Headphones Report, Futuresource predicts further growth in global headphones aftermarket both in units shipped and average prices. The report predicts 4.1% growth to 362 million units in 2017, generating revenues worth $15.5 billion.
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Audio-over-IP, AES67 and more at the 143rd International AES Convention
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Audio-over-IP, AES67 and more at the 143rd International AES Convention

With the recent publication of the new SMPTE ST 2110 suite of standards for real-time media transport over IP and the critical role of AES67 in defining the audio component of these, the 143rd International AES Convention in New York, co-located with the NAB Show New York 2017, will be an important moment for the audio industry to learn, engage, experiment and plan its future. The Audio Engineering society, the Media Networking Alliance, and other industry organizations will focus on education, education, education.
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Waves Audio Starts Shipping Ambisonics Encoder and Tools
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Waves Audio Starts Shipping Ambisonics Encoder and Tools

Waves Audio is now shipping two new tools and a combo for audio engineers mixing 360-degree and VR projects: the Waves B360 Ambisonics Encoder, a new plugin for converting mono, stereo or surround audio into 360-degree Ambisonics B-format; Waves Nx Ambisonics, a new component of the Waves Nx Virtual Mix Room over Headphones plugin, designed for monitoring 360-degree Ambisonics B-format audio on regular stereo headphones; and Waves 360° Ambisonics Tools, a combo of both plugins.
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Lectrosonics Introduces the SMWB and SMDWB Wideband Wireless Transmitters that can also Act as a Body-Worn Recorder
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Lectrosonics Introduces the SMWB and SMDWB Wideband Wireless Transmitters that can also Act as a Body-Worn Recorder

Lectrosonics introduced two new transmitters as the latest generation in the award-winning Digital Hybrid Wireless SM Series product line: the “wide band” SMWB (single AA battery) and SMDWB (dual AA battery). The two new wireless audio transmitters have a similar look and feel to previous SM Series units, but with several innovative new features, including the ability to either act as a transmitter or as a body-worn recorder, as well as wideband tuning.
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Sonnet Technologies Introduces Allegro USB-C PCIe Card to Support Data Transfers Up to 960 MB/s
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Sonnet Technologies Introduces Allegro USB-C PCIe Card to Support Data Transfers Up to 960 MB/s

Sonnet Technologies unveiled the Allegro USB-C PCIe 3.0 adapter card, a two-port USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 solution, offering ultra-fast data transfers from connected USB-C devices at speeds up to 960 MB/s. This Sonnet adapter card for Mac and Windows systems, simultaneously supports two bus-powered devices, such as SSDs, hard drives, and external DVD and Blu-ray disc drives, without the need to connect additional AC power adapters.
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