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Audinate Confirms Dante Audio Networking Licensed to More Than 500 Manufacturers
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Audinate Confirms Dante Audio Networking Licensed to More Than 500 Manufacturers

Audinate’s Dante, the de facto standard for digital audio networking, recently reached an impressive milestone with more than 3,000 different products now incorporating Dante for audio-over-IP connectivity. According to research from RH Consulting, 3,034 Dante-enabled devices are available from 361 different manufacturers as of January 2021. The data from RH Consulting indicates Dante is the protocol of choice in more than 91 percent of the networked audio products currently on the market.
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Merging Technologies Announces Updated Hapi MKII Modular Audio Interface
by Joao Martins

Merging Technologies Announces Updated Hapi MKII Modular Audio Interface

Merging Technologies just announced a new updated MKII version of its popular Hapi networked audio interface and converter. Hapi was instrumental in introducing the world to Ravenna/AES67 audio-over-IP, and its economical form factor made it the ideal local stagebox or studio interface for demanding applications, benefiting from a modular interface card architecture, common with the Merging Horus flagship interface. Now, Merging launched the Hapi MKII with updated technology, making it an ideal extension for any DAW, regardless of OS.
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New DiGiCo Quantum225 Configurable Digital Mixing Console
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New DiGiCo Quantum225 Configurable Digital Mixing Console

Design for a challenging environment in live production, DiGiCo announced the new Quantum225 mixing console. Following on from the massive Quantum 338 introduced at NAMM 2020, the 225 brings the power of the latest Quantum platform with its three large-scale seventh generation FPGAs in a compact and robust surface. The working area is dominated by a high-brightness 17-inch multitouch screen, with a left area that can be used to mount a laptop, an extra screen or a dedicated controller.
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Audinate Announces SDK for Dante Embedded Platform
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Audinate Announces SDK for Dante Embedded Platform

Audinate, the developer of the industry-leading Dante AoIP networking technology, has announced the availability of a software development kit (SDK) for manufacturers of ARM-based audio products. This SDK lets manufacturers deploy Dante audio networking as on-chip software in their products, reducing costs and conserving on space while still delivering the same audio performance. This means that embedded computing platforms with a simple Ethernet connection can now be Dante-enabled.
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Focusrite Red 8Line Thunderbolt 3 Audio Interface Now Available
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Focusrite Red 8Line Thunderbolt 3 Audio Interface Now Available

The momentum for Thunderbolt audio recording interfaces in professional studios of all sizes couldn't be higher, with some Windows PC finally supporting Thunderbolt 3/4, and extremely powerful Macs now more affordable and optimized for audio than ever. Focusrite Audio Engineering is offering the perfect mix of connectivity to help users navigate this major technology transition. The new Thunderbolt 3 Red 8Line interface offers two Red Evolution microphone preamplifiers, analog line-level, DigiLink, Dante, ADAT and S/PDIF connectivity.
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Telos Alliance Launches Axia iQs AES67 Mixing Console Software with Full HTML-5 Control
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Telos Alliance Launches Axia iQs AES67 Mixing Console Software with Full HTML-5 Control

Leading audio broadcast group Telos Alliance launched Axia iQs, an AES67 Mixing Console Software that allows broadcasters and podcasters to ‘Studio Anywhere.’ Axia iQs is the first soft console controlled by a full HTML-5 interface, allowing users to control a mix from anywhere, on any device — Mac, Windows, tablet, laptop, or even a smartphone — for the ultimate remote broadcast and virtual workflows. A very significant development to make organizations even more agile and decentralized.
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Avid Pro Tools Carbon Audio Interface Is a Dead End
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Avid Pro Tools Carbon Audio Interface Is a Dead End

With competition in the studio recording and particularly in the music production market segments heating up while computer interfaces and network technologies continue to evolve at a fast pace, Avid finds itself increasingly in a hot spot. The industry standard Pro Tools software is facing aggressive competition from all directions, while Avid's hardware days are now long gone. The company needed to do something for the project/small studio market, which they are loosing fast, and so they launched Pro Tools Carbon, a new audio interface.
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Merging Technologies Introduces New MAD ASIO Driver for Windows With Enhanced Network Infrastructure Features
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Merging Technologies Introduces New MAD ASIO Driver for Windows With Enhanced Network Infrastructure Features

Merging Technologies has gained a justifiable reputation for supplying enabling tools for AES67/Ravenna AoIP networks that have more recently been incorporated into the ST2110 standards. The freeware CoreAudio VAD has been downloaded thousands of times and the Linux ALSA driver has found favor with a number of OEMs. Meanwhile, the ASIO driver supplied with Merging interfaces was beginning to show its age and lacked some key features. In response, Merging introduced a new Merging Audio Device (MAD) driver, which totally redefines possibilities and introduces a new enhanced MAD Infrastructure option.
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AES Show Fall 2020 Audio Engineering Month Concludes with Technical Program October 27-30
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AES Show Fall 2020 Audio Engineering Month Concludes with Technical Program October 27-30

This year’s expanded format AES Show Fall 2020 features a variety of themed programming each week. Audio Engineering Month already included a series of special panels and interviews, TechTours, webinars, Special Events, the APEI Product Development Symposium, the AoIP Summit, and AES Student Week - all online. The final week of Audio Engineering Month will feature the AES Show Technical Program and Marquee Event with Imogen Heap, Heyser Lecture, Special Panels and more TechTours.
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DirectOut Technologies Discloses New Compact EXBOX.RAV Ravenna/MADI Converter
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DirectOut Technologies Discloses New Compact EXBOX.RAV Ravenna/MADI Converter

German AoIP specialists, DirectOut announced new products during its first online event, the DirectOut Insider. One of the highlights is a completely new hardware solution, the compact EXBOX.RAV, designed to migrate baseband audio to IP. The core of this new converter is running on DirectOut’s well-proven Ravenna (AES67, ST 2110-30 / -31) audio-over-IP implementation and supports NMOS for stream discovery (IS-04) and connection management (IS-05).
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