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Pascal Awarded with Third Gazelle for Continuous Growth in the Last Four Years
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Pascal Awarded with Third Gazelle for Continuous Growth in the Last Four Years

Pascal, the Danish based OEM manufacturer of high-power amplifier modules for the professional audio industry, has been awarded its third Børsen Gazelle Award, which recognizes companies that have had continuous growth in turnover or gross profit within the last four years, and more than doubled their turnover or gross profit in the period.Pascal has now received the award for three years in a row.
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Avid Introduces Pro Tools 12.4 Update With New Track Freeze Feature
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Avid Introduces Pro Tools 12.4 Update With New Track Freeze Feature

Avid continues to introduce new features to Pro Tools as a way to demonstrate how those incremental enhancements are valuable for users with its subscription All Access plans. The new software update for Pro Tools with Track Freeze frees up DSP resources quickly and improves workflow efficiency. Users with older versions of Pro Tools have special upgrade plans available until December 31, 2015.
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TIDAL Certifies StreamUnlimited’s StreamSDK Development Platform
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TIDAL Certifies StreamUnlimited’s StreamSDK Development Platform

StreamUnlimited, a provider of software solutions and development modules for connected audio products, announced TIDAL has certified StreamSDK, its streaming and multi-room audio integration solution, as an approved product module for companies who incorporate the service into its products. TIDAL’s certification will allow audio manufacturers to bring products to market much easier and faster.
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Avegant Glyph Combines Personal Immersive Sound and Vision
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Avegant Glyph Combines Personal Immersive Sound and Vision

Avegant, a technology company from California announced the availability of the Glyph integrated vision and audio headphones system, following a successful campaign on Kickstarter. Avegant is shipping over 10,000 Founder’s Edition Glyphs in Q1 2016 and the company just launched its new website and online store. Meanwhile former Lucasfilm executive, Richard Kerris, joined Avegant as CMO.
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FaitalPRO Powers Flare Audio’s Sound Reinforcement Solutions
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FaitalPRO Powers Flare Audio’s Sound Reinforcement Solutions

In this testimony, British company Flare Audio explains their unique approach to loudspeaker design based on the theory of Waveform Integrity, combining driver alignment and a patented enclosure structure and porting technology. All Flare’s sound reinforcement solutions use FaitalPRO drivers.
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Ultrasone Presents New More Comfortable Version of PRO 900i Closed Headphones
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Ultrasone Presents New More Comfortable Version of PRO 900i Closed Headphones

The Bavarian headphone specialist Ultrasone announced a new generation of its highly acclaimed closed top model from the PRO series, the PRO 900i. These headphones for professional users and discerning music lovers feature the company’s S-Logic Plus technology and are now even more comfortable to wear thanks to a new expanded headband design.
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Keysight Technologies Updates Step-by-Step Guide for USB Type-C Connector and Cable Assembly Compliance Testing
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Keysight Technologies Updates Step-by-Step Guide for USB Type-C Connector and Cable Assembly Compliance Testing

Keysight Technologies announced the availability of a newly updated Method of Implementation (MOI) document for cable and connector assembly compliance tests defined in Rev. 1.1 of the USB Type-C specification and Rev. 1.0 of the USB Type-C Compliance Test Specification (CTS). The step-by-step document provides measurement procedures for compliance testing USB Type-C cables and connectors in the time and frequency domains, using the ENA Network Analyzer.
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John Krivit Now Leads the Audio Engineering Society
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John Krivit Now Leads the Audio Engineering Society

The Audio Engineering Society welcomed John Krivit as its new president, taking over the leadership role from Andres Mayo. In his first message addressing the AES, Krivit says his goals are “to make better use of 21st century tools to strengthen and engage our community and to focus our narrative and our message so that the world knows better who we are and what we do.”
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Sennheiser Introduces New and Improved HD 800 S Headphones
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Sennheiser Introduces New and Improved HD 800 S Headphones

The Sennheiser HD 800 over-ear circum-aural headphones are cherished by music lovers throughout the world for its brilliant sound image and impressive spatiality. With the HD 800 S, the German brand now presents a new version, which surpasses the listening experience of its predecessor. The HD 800 S features the same proven large dynamic transducer technology, now with an optimized medium and low frequency response.
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New 15” High Performance LF Ferrite Driver from LaVoce
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New 15” High Performance LF Ferrite Driver from LaVoce

LaVoce continues to extend its product catalog now introducing a new 15” high performance low-frequency ferrite driver WAF154.00, entirely designed in Italy with Finite Elements Modeling and Analysis methods. Featuring 1500 W AES power handling and high mechanical excursion, the transducer delivers 97 dB Sensitivity with really limited harmonic distortion.
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