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The Audio Engineering Society Publishes New Standard Framework for 3D Audio
March 13, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

The Audio Engineering Society Publishes New Standard Framework for 3D Audio

The Audio Engineering Society announced the recent publication of the AES69-2015 standard, which provides an important framework for the growing binaural and 3D personal audio industries. The standard, which describes the format and exchange of spatial acoustics files, is the product of the AES Standards Committee.
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Apogee Announces Compatibility with Logic Pro X Audio Interface Controls
March 13, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Apogee Announces Compatibility with Logic Pro X Audio Interface Controls

Apple recently updated Logic Pro X to version 10.1 and now Apogee Electronics announced the availability of new software installers that provide compatibility with the audio interface remote controls recently introduced in Logic Pro X 10.1 and Logic Remote 1.2. This way, Logic users with Apogee audio interfaces are able to adjust hardware input parameters directly from the Mixer view in Logic Pro X and Logic Remote.
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Bob Moog Foundation Unveils Historic Schematics from Archives
March 13, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Bob Moog Foundation Unveils Historic Schematics from Archives

The Bob Moog Foundation released 15 new schematics from its vast archives of hardware, conceptual drawings, photographs, vintage catalogs, design schematics and more. The release is the second of its kind, following 20 schematics shared on the Foundation’s eighth anniversary, August 21, 2014.
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Audio Precision Expands China Presence With New Authorized Partner
March 13, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Audio Precision Expands China Presence With New Authorized Partner

Audio Precision announced the expansion of their representation in China with the addition of Electronic Scientific Engineering Ltd. as authorized partner responsible for Northern and Western China. AP Technology Ltd. continues to be responsible for Southern and Eastern China.
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Cambridge Consultants Demonstrates First All-Digital Radio Transmitter Design
March 12, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Cambridge Consultants Demonstrates First All-Digital Radio Transmitter Design

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (March 2-5, 2015), Cambridge Consultants demonstrated its Pizzicato all-digital radio transmitter. The technology innovation firm says this is the world’s first radio transmitter built purely from computing power - a turning point in radio design and a real enabler for the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) and 5G technology.
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Parasound New Halo Integrated Amplifier and DAC Now Shipping!
March 12, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Parasound New Halo Integrated Amplifier and DAC Now Shipping!

As Richard Schram, the president and founder of Parasound explains, “several years ago we challenged ourselves to create a no-compromise integrated amp that would match the performance of our Halo separates in every respect. We call it the Halo Integrated Amplifier.” Parasound’s new 2.1-channel integrated amplifier/DAC with 160-watts per channel of John Curl designed amplifier topology is now shipping.
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ReSound LiNX2 Family of Smart Hearing Aids with Spatial Sense Technology
March 12, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

ReSound LiNX2 Family of Smart Hearing Aids with Spatial Sense Technology

Audiology specialist ReSound introduced its new ReSound LiNX2 Made for iPhone hearing aids, setting a new benchmark in Smart Hearing solutions. The new solution combines direct streaming from iOS devices, direct control and personalization with the Resound Smart App and new Spatial Sense processing technology with enormous social benefits.
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Cakewalk Delivers First Major Release for SONAR Membership Program
March 11, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Cakewalk Delivers First Major Release for SONAR Membership Program

Most software companies have been long critized by their inconsistent and sometimes disruptive upgrade policies. Cakewalk, now a Gibson Brand, is trying to change that paradox introducing a new membership upgrade policy based on user feedback. The Cakewalk SONAR “Braintree” release is the first example of that new policy, introducing enhancements to the core program and a variety of new content for musicians of all genres.
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New Sound Devices 688 Field Recorder and Mixer with SuperSlot Open Wireless Control and Interfacing Technology
March 11, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

New Sound Devices 688 Field Recorder and Mixer with SuperSlot Open Wireless Control and Interfacing Technology

Sound Devices introduced its next generation 12-input, 16-track portable mixer/recorder. The new 688 is the center of an extensible mixing and recording system incorporating MixAssist, Sound Devices automatic mixing technology. The 688 accepts the new SL-6 SuperSlot powering and wireless accessory and simplifies power distribution and interconnection.
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Cedar Audio and Merging Technologies Agreement on Retouch Technology
March 11, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Cedar Audio and Merging Technologies Agreement on Retouch Technology

Cedar Audio and Merging Technologies have agreed on a patent license and now announced the development of a new, 64-bit CEDAR for Pyramix. Cedar Audio’s Retouch introduced the concept of spectral editing in February 2002. Since then, many software companies have licensed the CEDAR's technology and, in 2014, after a dispute with a US company, “the Retouch patent”, was validated.
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