All items tagged with engineer (24)
November 20, 2013 by audioXpress Staff

SSL Live Console Ships to Customers and Sales Partners

Solid State Logic (SSL) has been a dominant console designer and manufacturer for music, broadcast, and post production for more than 35 years. However, SSL had never produced a product specifically designed for live audio production, until now. SSL’s reputation …
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The December 2013 Edition of audioXpress is Now Available Online
November 20, 2013 by Joao Martins

The December 2013 Edition of audioXpress is Now Available Online

In this month’s issue, you can read our review of the elysia xfilter 500, an extraordinary equalizer “Made in Germany” in a 500-series format that offers a precise stereo image based on computer-selected, stepped potentiometers and low-tolerance film capacitors. In …
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Audio Engineering Society (AES) Welcomes New President, Dr. Sean Olive
November 8, 2013 by audioXpress Staff

Audio Engineering Society (AES) Welcomes New President, Dr. Sean Olive

The 135th Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention, held Thursday, October 17, through Sunday, October 20, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, was hailed as one of the AES’s biggest successes in recent memory. Now, the AES prepares …
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Q&A: Daniel Weiss - Audio Engineer Focuses on the “Masters”
November 7, 2013 by Shannon Becker

Q&A: Daniel Weiss - Audio Engineer Focuses on the “Masters”

Daniel Weiss founded Weiss Engineering in 1985. The company designs and manufactures digital audio equipment for mastering studios. Daniel graduated in 1979 with a BSEE from the HTL Rapperswil. Joined the Studer Revox company in 1979 as an Electronics Engineer. There he worked on analog anti-aliasing filters, test signal generators, sampling frequency converters and digital audio processing for a two channel DASH recorder. He left Studer in 1984 to start Weiss Engineering. Daniel is a Fellow of the AES and a Member of the IEEE.
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Industry Watch: November 2013
November 5, 2013 by audioXpress Staff

Industry Watch: November 2013

Ray Dolby (1933-2013) Ray Dolby passed away on September 8, 2013 at the age of 80 died after battling with Alzheimer’s and leukemia. While Dolby was mostly known for his work in noise reduction and electronics, his surround-sound invention had …
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Gel-Based Speaker Demonstrates Ionic Conductor Capabilities
October 17, 2013 by audioXpress Staff

Gel-Based Speaker Demonstrates Ionic Conductor Capabilities

Researchers Jeong-Yun Sun and Christoph Keplinger at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated a new type of loudspeaker transducer, which works on a different principle than the conventional moving coil design. It is made of …
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Q&A: Gregory Charvat - Early Curiosity Leads to a Lifelong Engineering Pursuit
October 16, 2013 by Shannon Becker

Q&A: Gregory Charvat - Early Curiosity Leads to a Lifelong Engineering Pursuit

Gregory Charvat—an engineer, professor, entrepreneur, and author—encourages people to explore the opportunities that come their way. SHANNON BECKER: Your interest in amateur radio equipment began when you were young and continued through your high school years. Can you describe some …
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Sonnox and Fraunhofer Introduce the Codec Toolbox
October 15, 2013 by Joao Martins

Sonnox and Fraunhofer Introduce the Codec Toolbox

The collaboration between innovative plug-in developer Sonnox and MP3 inventor Fraunhofer IIS started in 2011 with the launch of the Pro-Codec mastering software. Sonnox and Fraunhofer are currently seeking an affordable solution to encode music for the web. The Codec …
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Yamaha AFC3 Generates Positive Response at 52nd AES Conference
October 11, 2013 by Joao Martins

Yamaha AFC3 Generates Positive Response at 52nd AES Conference

Yamaha Commercial Audio sponsored the 52ndAudio Engineering Society (AES) Conference, which was held at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Yamaha gave a comprehensive demonstration of the recent Active Field Control system (AFC3), which attracted a lot of positive attention. …
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The SMPTE Announces 2013 Honorees and Award Winners and Recognizes Thomas A. Scott
October 10, 2013 by Joao Martins

The SMPTE Announces 2013 Honorees and Award Winners and Recognizes Thomas A. Scott

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), an organization devoted to motion-imaging standards and education for the communications, media, entertainment, and technology industries, revealed the outstanding industry members who will be recognized Thursday, October 24, at the SMPTE …
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