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New Hafler P3100 2-Channel Amplifier Featuring Patented Lateral MOSFET Trans-nova Technology
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New Hafler P3100 2-Channel Amplifier Featuring Patented Lateral MOSFET Trans-nova Technology

Following earlier presentations at trade-shows, Hafler (a division of Radial Engineering Ltd.) announced the new P3100 2-channel amplifier will start shipping in July 2016. Designed for both studio recording and home listening, the P3100 follows David Hafler’s philosophy of offering the very highest quality at an affordable price point, and signals the return of a legendary brand following Radial’s acquisition of the Hafler brand from Rockford in 2014.
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Allen & Heath Announces Major Updates to QU Series Mixers
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Allen & Heath Announces Major Updates to QU Series Mixers

Allen & Heath has announced a host of major enhancements to the feature set and ecosystem of its Qu Series of compact digital mixers. Accompanying the release of firmware V1.9 is a number of key updates to the Qu-Pad app, factory mic presets from leading manufacturers Shure and Sennheiser, streamlined DAW Control for Windows, plus the new, customizable Qu-Control app for install applications.
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TSL Products joins RAVENNA Partnership in Response to Rapid Adoption of AoIP
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TSL Products joins RAVENNA Partnership in Response to Rapid Adoption of AoIP

TSL Products, a leading broadcast equipment manufacturer, has become the latest company to join the growing ranks of the RAVENNA audio networking community. Based in the UK, TSL Products designs and manufactures a range of hardware and software solutions to facilitate operations within the TV broadcast, cable, satellite, IPTV and IT industries.
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SoundHound Integrates Houndify Speech-to-Meaning Technology
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SoundHound Integrates Houndify Speech-to-Meaning Technology

Sound recognition and voice search technology specialists, SoundHound Inc., has enhanced its popular music app, SoundHound, to include “the most advanced voice interface of any mobile app, enabling a hands-free experience.” The updated SoundHound music discovery app now enables hands-free search, discovery and play, including ability to add songs to a Spotify playlist, all using the company’s Houndify natural language voice search engine.
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Rotel Electronics Launches New RA-1592 Integrated Amplifier
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Rotel Electronics Launches New RA-1592 Integrated Amplifier

Rotel Electronics has introduced the RA-1592 stereo integrated amplifier built upon the award-winning Rotel RC-1590 preamplifier and RB-1582mk2 power amplifier in a sleek, single chassis design. While home theater is still in high demand for consumers, Rotel believes that listening to music should be more than a secondary pastime. The new RA-1592 integrated amplifier provides an optimal solution for stereo music listening, whether its from modern digital sources or classic analog vinyl recordings.
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Waves Audio Announces the DTS Neural Surround Collection
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Waves Audio Announces the DTS Neural Surround Collection

Waves Audio and DTS have collaborated to create the DTS Neural Surround Collection, a bundle including three real-time audio processing plugins – DTS Neural Surround DownMix, DTS Neural Surround UpMix and DTS Neural Mono2Stereo. Together, these plugins provide a discrete-sounding, end-to-end surround delivery system for any live broadcast or post-production situation.
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A Completely New Rega Planar 3 Turntable
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A Completely New Rega Planar 3 Turntable

The UK based Rega team of designers, directed by Rega’s original founder Roy Gandy, devoted two years of intensive development to perfect the Planar 3 turntable. This was the most intensive redesign of the iconic ‘three’ model ever, looking for new ways to extract greater performance. To compliment the Planar 3 is the new RB330 tonearm. Engineered alongside the Planar 3, the RB330 is the culmination of 35 years of tonearm design experience.
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Spectrum Launches Educational Tools to Teach Signal Generation, Acquisition And Analysis
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Spectrum Launches Educational Tools to Teach Signal Generation, Acquisition And Analysis

German test and instrumentation specialist Spectrum has made available a number of academic tools that can be used to learn the basics of waveform generation, acquisition and analysis. The tools are freely available for download on the Spectrum website and are designed so that they can be used by teachers and other educators for structured learning classes or by students who wish to follow a self-tutorial style process. The academic tools are also helpful for first time digitizer and Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG) users wanting to learn the basics of these instruments.
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Propellerhead Unveils Reason 9 Music Production Software
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Propellerhead Unveils Reason 9 Music Production Software

Propellerhead unveiled the next generation of Reason (version 9) scheduled to be officially launched June 21, 2016. The latest version of this powerful music production software builds on the established platform, introducing a host of new devices, sounds, and creative tools. It features new Player devices, Scales & Chords, Note Echo and Dual Arpeggio, an expanded sound-bank, new Pitch Edit time-stretch technology and improved Audio to MIDI conversion.
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Powersoft Promotes Training Sessions During InfoComm 2016
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Powersoft Promotes Training Sessions During InfoComm 2016

During the next edition of the InfoComm show in Las Vegas, NV, the Italian audio manufacturer will promote valuable training sessions, providing knowledge to maximize the potential of Powersoft amplifiers in Dante-based environments, fixed installations and voice alarm applications. The first training series takes place during the Dante Networking World event on Tuesday June 7.
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