Summer NAMM 2014—July 17-19 at Nashville’s Music City Center
Nashville’s Music City Center will be filled with professional development offerings, product debuts and engaging evening events, promises the NAMM Association. The Summer NAMM packs three days and nights of can’t-miss events, live music, and networking opportunities, from July 17-19 at Nashville’s Music City Center.
New free recording and mixing app from Propellerhead!
Those crazy and always creative Swedes at Propellerhead Software have done it again! After releasing some of the worlds most innovative music software applications, interfaces and technologies, the company decided to offer its new Take Creative Vocal Recorder iOS music creation app for free!
“The Distortion of Sound” documentary exposes ‘quality for convenience’ trade-offs
A new documentary presented by Harman, featuring Quincy Jones, Mike Shinoda, Hans Zimmer, A.R. Rahman, Manny Marroquin and others, addresses audio compression’s impact on the listening experience. The documentary aims to promote the audiotioning of music using proper speakers and non-compressed sources.
RTI releases Two-Way Driver for Sonos Audio Devices
A new two-way driver from Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI) allows the brand’s processors to directly control audio functions on one of the world’s most widely used streaming audio solutions. The new driver allows intuitive control of popular Sonos systems directly from RTI interfaces, including mobile devices.
Panasonic offers Wireless Sound with Launch of aptX Enabled TVs
Panasonic has chosen to integrate aptX streaming into a number of its Viera digital TV models. With CSR’s aptX already supporting a number of its wireless audio devices like headsphones, speakers, and soundbars, Panasonic has now become the first manufacturer to offer a range of TVs with the audio codec.
Microchip Extends Spotify Connect Support for SoC JukeBlox Platform
Microchip announced Spotify Connect support in its JukeBlox system-on-a-chip (SoC) and Software Design Kit (SDK) for networked audio platform, releasing a new media module to support Spotify’s streaming service. This release extends support to more than 8 million audio products based on Microchip’s network audio processors.
Audinate’s AV Networking World Breaks Attendance Record for Las Vegas Conference
Nearly 250 consultants, integrators, sound engineers and IT managers from all over the world came together in Las Vegas on June 17th, 2014 for the AV Networking World Conference to learn about Dante, Audinate’s market leading audio networking solution.
New Speakers and Drivers 2014 – SICA / Jensen
At the Prolight+Sound 2014 show there was a wealth of new components available from all major pro audio and MI speaker manufacturers. Some products were already introduced earlier at the Winter NAMM in January, while many other were worldwide launches. AudioXpress highlights new products from SICA Altoparlanti.
Universal Audio Releases Thermionic Culture Vulture Plug-In
Universal Audio announced the release of its new Thermionic Culture Vulture Plug-In for the UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform and Apollo audio interfaces. This is a circuit emulation of the legendary British-made Thermionic Culture“all-valve” boutique distortion hardware. Uncanny!
Martin Audio’s MLA speakers deliver Glastonbury’s highest permitted sound levels yet
Martin Audio’s groundbreaking Multi-Cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) system has made history at the Glastonbury festival by delivering the highest sound levels to the audience without exceeding noise pollution levels beyond the perimeter. More than 150,000 fans listened to headline acts mixed on the MLA system.