The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities
It just gets better every week! The Audio Voice newsletter addresses the interests of both audioXpress and Voice Coil readership communities. A unique perspective for audio developers, manufacturers, marketeers, design and engineering houses, supply chain, and industry insiders. Every week, there's a rich mix of industry news and trends, product design and new technology highlights, trade-show calendar updates, a selection of free magazine articles, and much more, directly to your inbox.
GoerTek Acquires the Majority Shares of Dynaudio
GoerTek Inc., a leading hi-tech consumer electronics company from China has acquired the majority shares of Danish loudspeaker manufacturer Dynaudio. Wilfried Ehrenholz, the founder of Dynaudio, will remain as a minority shareholder and continue to participate in Dynaudio´s product and marketing strategy. With Goertek, Dynaudio gains engineering experience in electronic and wireless technology, considered critical for the company’s latest product developments.
K-array KH8 First System Built for FIRmaker Optimized Use
The K-array KH8 line array loudspeaker system has been purpose-designed for steering and coverage optimization by AFMG’s FIRmaker Technology. With this implementation, the Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG) sees an ideal combination of his revolutionary sound optimization tool with the innovative K-array fully digital concept.
Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing and Acoustics International (ALMA) Winter Symposium 2015
The ALMA Winter Symposium 2015 is approaching and the Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing and Acoustics, International is preparing its most ambitious event ever. 4 Seminars. 3 Forums. Over a dozen Papers and Tutorials. Plus lots of quality Networking. January 3 & 4, 2015, at the Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas, NV (The weekend before CES).
Positive Grid Releases BIAS Desktop Amp Matching Modeler
For anyone with a passion for tube amps and in particular for exploring all the possibilities of tube tones in guitar amps, the new BIAS guitar amp Modeler software by Positive Grid - a fully customizable plug-in for AAX/RTAS/AU/VST - offers infinite possibilities in mixing-and-matching customizable preamps, tone stacks, power amps, transformers, cabinets or even mic selection and placement.
Pro Design Releases Embedded Processing Platform for FPGA based SoC and IP Prototyping
Pro Design, supplier of high-speed FPGA-based Prototyping Systems, announced the launch of its new proFPGA Zynq 7000 FPGA Module, a complete embedded processing platform for the development and verification of SoC and IP design. The new modular system addresses projects who require a complete embedded processing platform for high performance SoC Prototyping solution, IP verification and early software development.
Audio Challenges on World’s First Gig on an Iceberg
A small iceberg has been turned into the most unlikely of gig venues in the Greenland Sea, as UK metal band The Defiled (Nuclear Blast Records) performed on top of the ice platform for the Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig – which sees artists put to the test as they perform in unconventional conditions. British company Studiomaster supplied a “berg suitable” PA for the world’s first ever gig, performed in sub-zero temperatures.
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.
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.
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.