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Texas Instruments Introduces New TAS2555 Smart Amp with Integrated Speaker Protection
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Texas Instruments Introduces New TAS2555 Smart Amp with Integrated Speaker Protection

Texas Instruments (TI) introduced a low-power smart amplifier that allows designers to develop next-generation smartphones, tablets, portable audio docks or Bluetooth speakers with industry-leading audio quality at peak volumes while maximizing battery efficiency. The TAS2555 audio amplifier with integrated speaker protection uses back electromotive force and low power of 5.7 W to produce bigger sound from small devices.
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New Concept for Prolight+Sound 2016 Promises Successful Future for Frankfurt Show
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New Concept for Prolight+Sound 2016 Promises Successful Future for Frankfurt Show

Prolight+Sound - 5 to 8 April 2016 at the Frankfurt Fair and Exhibition Centre - introduces a completely new concept. The trade-show will now take place at the East side of the fair and will be starting a few days before the Musikmesse. Messe Frankfurt promoted a press conference to provide updates on the rollout of the new concept, as well as initial information about the positive response so far received from exhibitors.
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Renkus-Heinz Announces Harro Heinz to Return as President and CEO, Following Resignation of Roscoe Anthony
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Renkus-Heinz Announces Harro Heinz to Return as President and CEO, Following Resignation of Roscoe Anthony

Renkus-Heinz announced that company president Roscoe Anthony has decided to resign from his position effective immediately after just 14 months in the position. Renkus-Heinz also confirms no replacement for Mr. Anthony is currently under consideration and that company founder and chairman Harro Heinz will return to serve as President and CEO.
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M-Audio Announces Songwriter Suite Recording and Software Bundles
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M-Audio Announces Songwriter Suite Recording and Software Bundles

M-Audio, part of inMusic Brands, has announced a new range of affordable bundles for composers, combining award-winning software from Waves, Steinberg and Ableton, together with a powerful collection of virtual Instruments for drums, piano and more, from AIR Music Technology. The bundles are centered around M-Audio’s M-Track II, M-Track Plus II, and M-Track Eight interfaces or the Vocal Studio Pro II package.
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Stigmount Redefines Portable Speakers with Universal Speaker Mount
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Stigmount Redefines Portable Speakers with Universal Speaker Mount

While the wireless audio industry is heading in a more durable and waterproof direction, Connor Moelmann believed the next big step in speakers would be about improving portability and created Stigmount, currently campaigning on Kickstarter. The Chicago, Illinois-based company wants people to be able to carry their portable Bluetooth speakers everywhere, with a quick-mounting system that works on any surface from backpacks to surfboards.
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Keysight Technologies Introduces USB Type-C Protocol Trigger, Decode Software
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Keysight Technologies Introduces USB Type-C Protocol Trigger, Decode Software

Keysight Technologies introduced the industry’s first oscilloscope-based USB-PD (Power Delivery) protocol decoder software with real-time triggering and protocol decode performance. The Keysight N8837A USB-PD protocol trigger and decode software provides unique protocol decoder performance that enables engineers to verify and debug Type-C interfaces that implement USB-PD.
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Apple Releases Swift Programming Language as Open Source
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Apple Releases Swift Programming Language as Open Source

In the hope that developer contributions will help make Swift even better and available on more platforms, Apple announced that its Swift programming language is now open source. As an open source language, the broad community of developers - from app developers to educational institutions to enterprises - can contribute to new Swift features and optimizations and help bring Swift to new computing platforms.
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IK Multimedia Releases T-RackS Mic Room Professional Studio Microphone Modeling Tool for Mac/PC
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IK Multimedia Releases T-RackS Mic Room Professional Studio Microphone Modeling Tool for Mac/PC

IK Multimedia just launched Mic Room, a microphone-modeling tool for its T-RackS processing software including a world-class collection of over 20 classic and contemporary microphones. The software runs on any DAW and gives users the power to process and “re-mike” physical microphones to sound and perform like dynamic, condenser and ribbon microphone models, plus other unconventional and highly creative models.
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PCI Express Clock Jitter Measurement Tool from Silicon Labs Simplifies Timing Design
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PCI Express Clock Jitter Measurement Tool from Silicon Labs Simplifies Timing Design

Silicon Labs has introduced a free software tool to quickly and easily measure PCI Express (PCIe) clock jitter from an oscilloscope data file in just a few simple clicks, making it easy to verify PCIe specification compliance and reduce system development time. Silicon Labs’ jitter measurement tool for PCIe technology is available to developers now.
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Steinberg Releases Cubase Pro 8.5 and Cubase Artist 8.5
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Steinberg Releases Cubase Pro 8.5 and Cubase Artist 8.5

Precisely a year since the last major update, Steinberg Media Technologies announced availability of its new Cubase Pro 8.5 and Cubase Artist 8.5 music production systems. The updates to these popular software packages introduce new creative tools, workflow enhancements while taking online collaboration within Cubase to the next level with VST Transit.
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