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Jonathan Novick Joins Avermetrics To Support Company's Expansion
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Jonathan Novick Joins Avermetrics To Support Company's Expansion

Avermetrics, an innovator in electronic production test systems, announced the hiring of Jonathan Novick as Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Novick is now responsible for product launches and the worldwide sales and distribution of Avermetrics products. The appointment comes at a strategic moment when the company is preparing to expand its test and measurement portfolio with new solutions, soon to be unveiled.
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Waves Nx VR and MaxxVoice Audio Technology Now Available for Cadence Tensilica HiFi Audio DSPs
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Waves Nx VR and MaxxVoice Audio Technology Now Available for Cadence Tensilica HiFi Audio DSPs

Cadence Design Systems and Waves Audio announced the availability of the Waves Nx Virtual Reality Audio Technology on the Cadence Tensilica HiFi 3 DSP for Audio, Voice, and Speech. The Waves Nx solution, which delivers high-quality VR audio and true 5.1 or 7.1 surround with a minimal resource footprint, will be demonstrated at the Cadence booth at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 27 to March 2, 2017, in Hall 6, Stand 6L36.
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Gracenote Unveils New Much-Improved Connected Music Metadata Databases
by Joao Martins

Gracenote Unveils New Much-Improved Connected Music Metadata Databases

As previewed at CES 2017, Gracenote, now a Nielsen company, announced its new generation of advanced connected metadata databases to enable new possibilities in search and discovery of digital entertainment across platforms and services. Spanning Video, Music and Sports, the all-new connected databases enable services like Apple Music, Tidal and Deezer with a whole new range of possibilities, including advanced audio personalization.
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Bluetooth World 2017 to Pave the Way for Bluetooth 5 Introduction
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Bluetooth World 2017 to Pave the Way for Bluetooth 5 Introduction

Bluetooth World 2017 brings together 1000+ developers, executives and start-ups on a busy exhibition floor to promote innovation, with conference and development sessions focused on Bluetooth development and applications. Bluetooth World, 28-29 March 2017, intends to provide participants with all the information and contacts that companies need to develop, test and market a Bluetooth 5 enabled product.
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Wheatstone Acquires Former Harris Broadcast Radio Division
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Wheatstone Acquires Former Harris Broadcast Radio Division

Wheatstone Corporation has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Pacific Research & Engineering (PR&E) from GatesAir of Quincy, Illinois (formerly Harris Broadcast) for an undisclosed amount. The purchase includes audio consoles, the networking system, the furniture lines, all designs, trademarks, engineering files and tooling, effectively restoring the PR&E console brand under the Wheatstone umbrella.
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Voice Coil March 2017 Is Ready. Get All the Loudspeaker Industry News and Updates
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Voice Coil March 2017 Is Ready. Get All the Loudspeaker Industry News and Updates

The March 2017 edition of Voice Coil is now available. Read everything you need to know about the 2017 ALMA International Symposium And Expo (AISE). Read Christopher J. Struck's Technical Notes on Equal Loudness Contours and Mike Klasco's Spotlight on Engineering Simulation Software for speaker design, which includes a directory of software manufacturers. This month's Test Bench, characterizes two new compression drivers from FaitalPRO and Celestion.
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Facebook Unveils Technology Behind Audio 360 Virtual Reality Experience
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Facebook Unveils Technology Behind Audio 360 Virtual Reality Experience

First announced in Q4 2016, Facebook's 360 audio technology was discussed for the first time at Video@Scale, an invitation-only technical conference for engineers who work on large-scale video platforms and technologies. During the event, Facebook revealed more details of its new spatial audio encoding and rendering technology, using "hybrid higher-order ambisonics," and supporting head-locked audio for virtual reality applications.
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LD Systems Introduces Stinger G3 High-Performance Speaker Range
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LD Systems Introduces Stinger G3 High-Performance Speaker Range

The Adam Hall Group launched its new STINGER G3 Series from LD Systems. In its third generation, this professional series of multi-functional full-range speakers and subwoofers has been significantly improved. Available in active and passive versions, providing both excellent sound and an array of practical detail solutions, these robust and roadworthy sound systems feature custom designed LF drivers and HF units from BMS, maintaining the usual excellent price-performance ratio.
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Dirac Promises Major Product Introductions At Mobile World Congress 2017
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Dirac Promises Major Product Introductions At Mobile World Congress 2017

Sound optimization technology experts Dirac Research announced the introduction of two new audio solutions that help transform nearly any mobile device and headphone into an on-the-go home theatre. The two solutions — the brand new Dirac VR and a second-generation Dirac Panorama Sound — will be formally unveiled and demonstrated at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017.
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STMicroelectronics To Manufacture USound's Patented Thin-Film Piezo-Electric MEMS Micro-Speaker Technology
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STMicroelectronics To Manufacture USound's Patented Thin-Film Piezo-Electric MEMS Micro-Speaker Technology

STMicroelectronics and Austrian company USound GmbH announced their collaboration on the industrialization and production of the world's first miniature piezoelectric MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) actuators for smart audio systems in portable devices. The patented micro-speaker technology from USound aims to replace commonly used balanced-armature and electrodynamic receivers for handsets with a small piezo-MEMS actuator.
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