Better Acoustics, Better Designs in audioXpress August 2024!

Better Acoustics, Better Designs in audioXpress August 2024!
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Audio Amplification Meets Product Development in audioXpress July 2024

Audio Amplification Meets Product Development in audioXpress July 2024
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The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities

The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities
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Aiming for Better Loudspeaker Designs in Voice Coil July 2024

Aiming for Better Loudspeaker Designs in Voice Coil July 2024
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SPAT Revolution Now Supports Audio-Technica's BP3600 Immersive Audio Microphone
by audioXpress Staff

SPAT Revolution Now Supports Audio-Technica's BP3600 Immersive Audio Microphone

The recently released SPAT Revolution software (version 23.08) now supports the new Audio-Technica BP3600 immersive audio microphone, allowing for the capture and mixing of a truly three dimensional audio image. According to FLUX::Immersive, the update of its object and perceptual immersive mixing software is now Apple Silicon ARM Native compatible, and introduces loads of new features and optimization updates.
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DPA Microphones Launches New 2017 Compact Shotgun Microphone
by audioXpress Staff

DPA Microphones Launches New 2017 Compact Shotgun Microphone

DPA Microphones has launched its new 2017 Shotgun Microphone. Already offering the recognized 4017 shotgun with separate preamp, DPA designed the new 2017 as a fixed capsule, robust option for any location recording application, with high directivity, clarity and consistency. With a durable design and ability to withstand any environment or extreme application, this new DPA solution is ideal for broadcast and live events, from traditional news and sports to location sound or musical performances.
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Bandwidth, Slew Rate and All That Jazz
by Jan Didden

Bandwidth, Slew Rate and All That Jazz

To reproduce an audio signal faithfully over the whole audio band, your circuit needs to have a bandwidth at least as large as the audio band. But that’s not the only requirement: your circuit needs to maintain that bandwidth from the lowest to the highest signal level. That’s where the crux lies: it is relatively easy to get a nice wide bandwidth for small signals, only to have it breakdown with high signal levels due to the dreaded slew rate limiting.
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    Vance Dickason's Loudspeaker Design Cookbook Celebrates 46 Years in Print with Expanded 8th Edition!
    by Vance Dickason

    Vance Dickason's Loudspeaker Design Cookbook Celebrates 46 Years in Print with Expanded 8th Edition!

    More than 150,000 copies in print and acclaimed as the loudspeaker engineering "bible," Vance Dickason's Loudspeaker Design Cookbook celebrates 46 Years with an expanded 8th Edition. Vance Dickason explains what is new in this much expanded edition, published in color for the first time, and available softbound or hardbound.
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    Peter D’Antonio Honored with Wallace Clement Sabine Medal Award from Acoustical Society of America
    by audioXpress Staff

    Peter D’Antonio Honored with Wallace Clement Sabine Medal Award from Acoustical Society of America

    REDIacoustics co-founder and Director of Research Dr. Peter D’Antonio has been awarded the Wallace Clement Sabine Medal by the Acoustical Society of America [ASA] recognizing outstanding contributions to the knowledge of architectural acoustics. ASA highlights Peter D’Antonio's contributions to the theory, design and application of acoustic diffusers. The award will be presented at the spring 2024 ASA meeting to be held in Ottawa, Canada.
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    Edifier Elevates TWS Audio Performance with Knowles Balanced Armature Drivers and MEMS Microphones
    by Joao Martins

    Edifier Elevates TWS Audio Performance with Knowles Balanced Armature Drivers and MEMS Microphones

    Knowles Corporation has joined forces with consumer audio brand Edifier in the creation of the NeoBuds Pro 2 True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds. The new flagship TWS earbud design from Edifier raises the bar for premium wireless audio with the help of Knowles RAN balanced armature (BA) receivers and SiSonic MEMS microphone technology. The new flagship earbuds are the first to debut Edifier's proprietary Wide-Band Multi-Channel ANC.
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    JBL Professional Introduces IRX ONE All-in-One Column PA
    by Alfred Moody

    JBL Professional Introduces IRX ONE All-in-One Column PA

    The concept of portable vertical column arrays on top of a subwoofer with built-in mixer and Bluetooth is now established in the market with numerous options. JBL is a leader in that space with the powerful JBL EON ONE, recently updated to the Mk2 model. Now, the JBL Professional catalog was expanded with the introduction of the JBL IRX ONE All-in-One Column PA, featuring an advanced acoustic package, 3-channel mixer and Bluetooth 5.0 audio streaming. The design continues to be easy-to-use, road-tested and great for any type of event of performance.
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    Voice Coil Patent Review: Two Key Resonado Patents
    by James Croft

    Voice Coil Patent Review: Two Key Resonado Patents

    James Croft looks at two patents from Resonado Labs, the young speaker company that has been pursuing a new speaker topology — originally called Flat Core Speaker (FCS), and now rebranded as Res-Core — using a reconfigured speaker with a planar voice coil mounted perpendicularly to its flat diaphragm. This review covers two of the company's patents granted in 2022, titled "Speaker Comprising Split Gap Plate Structure," and "Flat Speaker Driven by a Single Permanent Magnet and One or More Voice Coils.".
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    Simulation Techniques: Dinaburg C2S Concentric Coplanar Stabilizer Analysis
    by Roger Shively

    Simulation Techniques: Dinaburg C2S Concentric Coplanar Stabilizer Analysis

    Dinaburg Technology developed a unique patented integral coaxial speaker cone approach that features the advantages of a passive radiator in a small volume and takes advantage of a back wave from the loudspeaker’s diaphragm to optimize the passive radiator’s response and the off-axis performance of the active driver. The advantages are clearly audible, and this article dives into the mathematical simulation, and integrating the mechanical, acoustical, and electrical simulations.
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    An American Icon Reimagined: Harrison Audio Launches 32Classic Mixing Console
    by audioXpress Staff

    An American Icon Reimagined: Harrison Audio Launches 32Classic Mixing Console

    In April 2023, Audiotonix, the technology group that owns DiGiCo, Solid State Logic, Allen & Heath, Calrec, and Slate Digital has expanded its leadership in the mixing console business even more with the acquisition of US-based pro audio console and music production software manufacturer Harrison Audio. The legendary-brand is now part of Solid State Logic, and the company decided to carry forward its nearly 50-year legacy in console design with the launch of the 32Classic Mixing Console.
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