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StormAudio Separates from Auro Technologies and Forms Immersive Audio Technologies Group
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StormAudio Separates from Auro Technologies and Forms Immersive Audio Technologies Group

Auro Technologies has agreed to sell its StormAudio High-End Immersive Audio Hardware Brand Division to Yves Trélohan, the company's Senior VP, with backing from Saffelberg Investments. The acquisition encompasses the StormAudio hardware brand, its intellectual properties, infrastructure and inventory, all now hosted in a dedicated new company, Immersive Audio Technologies Group. With the management buyout, StormAudio is free to work closer on technical and marketing initiatives with Dolby and DTS.
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Dirac Research to Introduce the Next Generation of Dirac Live Platform at CES 2018
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Dirac Research to Introduce the Next Generation of Dirac Live Platform at CES 2018

Dirac Research announced several major updates to its pioneering Dirac Live room correction platform, including a refreshed, modern user interface with a simplified setup procedure, improved performance through a new algorithm, and new multi-language support. CES 2018 attendees will be able to experience a pre-release demo of this platform. The updated software is expected to launch in Q1 2018.
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Attero Tech Now Shipping AES67 Networked Audio Products
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Attero Tech Now Shipping AES67 Networked Audio Products

Networked A/V solutions specialists, Attero Tech is now shipping their recently-announced line of AES67 networked audio endpoint products. Built from the ground up, these AES67 products enable Attero Tech's innovative audio connectivity technologies to interface with the AES67 enabled Q-SYS Platform from QSC. The new AES67 enabled products are also designed for interoperability with all Dante AES67-enabled technologies.
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RØDE Microphones Unveils AI-1 USB Type-C Audio Recording Interface
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RØDE Microphones Unveils AI-1 USB Type-C Audio Recording Interface

RØDE Microphones has released its first Audio Interface – the AI-1. For a leading microphone manufacturer, this might seem like an odd initiative, but the Australian company turned the announcement into a powerful audio recording proposition. The RØDE AI-1 is a simple computer 24-bit/96kHz USB bus-powered desktop interface, featuring a high-quality preamp with phantom power, one Neutrik XLR-1/4” analog combo input, two balanced outputs, and headphone amplifier, allowing direct monitoring.
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Pascal CEO Lars Fenger Receives Price Waterhouse Cooper’s Prize for Talent & Technology
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Pascal CEO Lars Fenger Receives Price Waterhouse Cooper’s Prize for Talent & Technology

Pascal A/S CEO, Lars Fenger, has been awarded the Price Waterhouse Cooper’s ‘Theme Prize’ for ‘Talent & Technology’. The regional prize – for the greater Copenhagen area, home to more than half the country’s companies – was given in recognition of Fenger’s leadership in shaping the modular power amplifier manufacturer’s far sighted employment practices and organizational culture.
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McIntosh MA252 First Ever Hybrid Integrated Amplifier is Now Available
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McIntosh MA252 First Ever Hybrid Integrated Amplifier is Now Available

The MA252 Integrated Amplifier is the first ever hybrid integrated amplifier design from McIntosh. Unveiled early November 2017, the MA252 is now shipping. The amp brings the benefits of vacuum tube (valve) to its preamp stage, with solid-state technology on the output stage, all with a visually stunning, integrated package, taking retro design cues from the legendary McIntosh MC275 Vacuum Tube Amplifier.
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XMOS Announces First True-Stereo AEC Linear Voice Processor and Far-Field Voice Kit for Smart Devices
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XMOS Announces First True-Stereo AEC Linear Voice Processor and Far-Field Voice Kit for Smart Devices

XMOS announced the XVF3500 voice processor which delivers 2-channel full duplex acoustic echo cancellation (AEC), along with the world’s first stereo AEC far-field linear microphone array solution, the VocalFusion Stereo Evaluation Kit (XK-VF3500-L33). The XVF3500 voice processor is designed for developers working in the growing voice-enabled smart TV, soundbar, set-top box, and digital media adapter markets, all of which require stereo-AEC support for “across the room” voice-interface solutions.
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Audinate Announces New Global Reseller Channel for Dante Domain Manager
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Audinate Announces New Global Reseller Channel for Dante Domain Manager

Audinate has announced its initial roster of over 20 resellers for Dante Domain Manager, its enterprise-grade system administration, network management solution. Audinate’s reseller channel is being developed to promote, sell, and support the Dante Domain Manager solution to end users as it becomes commercially released. Dante Domain Manager is offered as a software license and will be available for purchase through authorized resellers worldwide.
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Integrated Systems Europe 2018 to Debut Compelling Range of Conferences and Events
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Integrated Systems Europe 2018 to Debut Compelling Range of Conferences and Events

Delivering an expanded, immersive experience in 2018, Integrated Systems Europe 2018 will see the premier of a range of new show initiatives designed to make the fifteenth edition of the world’s largest AV and systems integration show the most compelling so far. Integrated Systems Europe attracts over 73,000 attendees and almost 1,200 exhibitors to its Amsterdam location every February 5 to 9, 2018.
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Danish Podspeakers Launches New Wireless MicroPod
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Danish Podspeakers Launches New Wireless MicroPod

The new MicroPod Bluetooth MKII is the first in a series of new and fully portable Podspeakers with Bluetooth and built-in battery from the famous Danish Podspeakers brand. The new small but powerful speaker combines Bluetooth and Truewireless technology, allowing perfect pairing with two units for a wireless stereo setup that can be taken anywhere thanks to the built-in battery.
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