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Linear Audio Volume 8 Is Now Available
by audioXpress Staff

Linear Audio Volume 8 Is Now Available

Compiled and published by Jan Didden, Linear Audio Volume 8, the eight issue of a series of printed bookzines dedicated to technical audio and perception is now available. The new edition includes a guest editorial by John Atkinson, Stereophile’s Editor-in-Chief, and contributions by Giovanni Stochino, Stuart Yaniger, Frank Blöhbaum, Rudolf Moers, Marcel van de Gevel, Barrie Gilbert, Ian Hegglun, Stan Curtis, Morgan Jones, Hans Polak, and more.
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Arturia Scales Sequential Soft Synth for the iPad
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Arturia Scales Sequential Soft Synth for the iPad

Music software and hardware company Arturia announced availability of iProphet — an authentic emulation of the Eighties-vintage, California-created classic Prophet VS Digital Vector Synthesizer, Sequential’s first digital design (and, alas, the final synth, sadly, from the iconic innovative instrument manufacturer) for Apple’s popular iPad platform.
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Happy 28th Birthday Voice Coil - November 2014 Edition Online
by Vance Dickason

Happy 28th Birthday Voice Coil - November 2014 Edition Online

As Vance Dickason reminds us, November 2014 marks the beginning of Voice Coil’s 28th year as the leading information resource for the loudspeaker industry. Since the first issue in November 1987 Voice Coil stayed true to its original concept as a world-class clearing-house of information for loudspeaker engineers, manufacturers, marketing specialists, and OEM suppliers. The November 2014 edition is now available.
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Crane Song Shows New Avocet II Monitor Controller and Insigna Tube Equalizer
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Crane Song Shows New Avocet II Monitor Controller and Insigna Tube Equalizer

Crane Song by Dave Hill introduced two new products at the 137th AES Convention in Los Angeles. The Avocet II discrete class A monitor controller, the latest iteration of one of Crane Song’s best-selling hardware products, features an entirely new DAC and also offers significantly improved jitter performance. The Insigna Tube Equalizer, featuring three bands of EQ plus selectively variable high and low pass filters, is the third 500 Series module from Crane Song.
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JBL Professional Announces 7 Series Master Reference Monitors
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JBL Professional Announces 7 Series Master Reference Monitors

During the 137th AES Convention, JBL Professional has announced the first two models in its new 7 Series Master Reference Monitors, the 708i and the 705i. Leveraging patented technologies of JBL’s flagship M2 Master Reference Monitor, the two models were developed to meet the needs of broadcast and post-production facilities.
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Audio Precision introduced the APx555 audio test instrument at the 137th AES Convention
by Vance Dickason

Audio Precision introduced the APx555 audio test instrument at the 137th AES Convention

Audio Precision marked its 30th year in business with the public debut of its new high-performance audio analyzer at the 137th International AES Convention. The APx555 outperforms the legendary Audio Precision 2700 Series, the previous leader in analog audio performance, and delivers improved flexibility, automation and ease-of-use for developers of audio components, equipment and systems.
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PreSonus Dante Networking Available for StudioLive AI Loudspeakers
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PreSonus Dante Networking Available for StudioLive AI Loudspeakers

PreSonus StudioLive AI Active Integration are now the first Dante-enabled active loudspeakers on the market. PreSonus is already shipping the promised SL-Dante-SPK upgrade option card, offering connection for Dante audio networking and remote control via the free SL Room Control application for StudioLive AI-series loudspeakers.
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iZotope Previews Ozone 6 New Mastering System
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iZotope Previews Ozone 6 New Mastering System

Previewed at the 137th AES Convention in Los Angeles, iZotope's mastering system Ozone 6 was completely redesigned based on observation on how users interacted with the application. Launching this fall, Ozone 6 introduces a new modern visual paradigm allowing users to freely experiment new signature sounds.
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dbx Goes Vintage-Style with the New 676 Tube Mic Pre Channel Strip
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dbx Goes Vintage-Style with the New 676 Tube Mic Pre Channel Strip

Everyone else’s doing it, so why shouldn’t an historic brand like dbx do it as well? With the new model 676 Tube Mic Pre Channel Strip, HARMAN’s dbx offers a Class A vacuum tube-based microphone preamplifier combined with its classic compressor/limiter designs and dynamics processing in a vintage-style solution.
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Phorus Introduces Its Next-Generation PS5 Wireless Home Audio Speaker with DTS Play-Fi Technology
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Phorus Introduces Its Next-Generation PS5 Wireless Home Audio Speaker with DTS Play-Fi Technology

Phorus, a subsidiary of DTS, introduced the Phorus PS5 Speaker with DTS Play-Fi technology. The Phorus PS5 Speaker combines elegant new design and uncompromised sound quality with integrated Play-Fi Technology to stream music from any device or platform over standard Wi-Fi.
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