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Blackmagic Design New Web Presenter HD Is the Broadcast Transmitter for the Streaming Age
by Joao Martins

Blackmagic Design New Web Presenter HD Is the Broadcast Transmitter for the Streaming Age

Not into video, but need to do presentations or record content to streaming platforms? You need this! Blackmagic Design announced a new compact unit called Blackmagic Web Presenter HD, which is basically a self contained streaming solution that includes a broadcast quality H.264 processor for direct streaming to platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and more. If offers, video and audio connections and monitoring, and allows streaming 1080P HD content at the press of a button. The Blackmagic Web Presenter HD sells for US $495.
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Noveto Promotes SoundBeamer Headphones Alternative on Kickstarter
by Joao Martins

Noveto Promotes SoundBeamer Headphones Alternative on Kickstarter

Noveto is the Israeli company that successfully demonstrated its sound-beaming technology for web conferencing and automotive zoning applications at CES 2018, and more recently partnered with electronics giant Foxconn to bring to market its own audio chipset. Now, the company launched a limited pre-sale Kickstarter campaign to bring to market a proof-of-concept of its technology with the SoundBeamer 1.0 integrated speaker.
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IK Multimedia announces iRig Pre 2 Mobile XLR Microphone Interface
by audioXpress Staff

IK Multimedia announces iRig Pre 2 Mobile XLR Microphone Interface

IK Multimedia announced iRig Pre 2, the affordable pocket-sized mic preamp and interface that lets creators, musicians and journalists easily use XLR mics to record, perform and stream with an iPhone, iPad, Android device or DSLR camera. The sequel to the brand's best-selling mobile mic preamp, iRig Pre 2 delivers the same professional sound users are accustomed to, while adding direct monitoring, auto-switching wiring for use with digital cameras, and much more.
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Nugen Audio Announces Update to Paragon Convolution Reverb
by audioXpress Staff

Nugen Audio Announces Update to Paragon Convolution Reverb

Nugen Audio released Version 1.1 of its 3D-compatible convolution reverb plug-in, Paragon. Included among the updates is the addition of outdoor Impulse Responses (IRs) and improved balancing of early reflections. Version 1.1 also features new presets and an improved browser, with “search,” “tagging” and “favorite” functions. Unlike other convolution reverbs on the market, Paragon offers full control of the decay, room size and brightness via state-of-the-art re-synthesis modeled on 3D recordings of real spaces.
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McIntosh Announces MCD85 SACD/CD Player For Serious Music Lovers
by audioXpress Staff

McIntosh Announces MCD85 SACD/CD Player For Serious Music Lovers

McIntosh introduced the MCD85 SACD/CD Player. A perfect companion to McIntosh's similarly styled amplifiers and preamplifiers, the new MCD85 SACD/CD Player is the ultimate music source that any serious music enthusiasts will be proud to own. The MCD85 is designed as a companion piece to McIntosh's monoblock MC830 Solid State Amplifier and C8 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier, introduced in September 2020. But even on its own, this is a versatile player providing a myriad of format and connectivity options.
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Celestion Impulse Responses Included in HK Audio’s Innovative MOVE 8 Battery-Powered Loudspeaker System
by audioXpress Staff

Celestion Impulse Responses Included in HK Audio’s Innovative MOVE 8 Battery-Powered Loudspeaker System

Celestion announced that HK Audio’s new PREMIUM PR:O MOVE 8 loudspeaker system features three of the company’s most popular Impulse Responses, including the Celestion Greenback, the Vintage 30 and the Celestion Blue. Supporting Bluetooth 5 audio streaming and control for all its channel, processing and mixing features, using the MOVE 8 REMOTE App can even manage the integrated effects, including the 3 Celestion guitar cabinet simulations to optimize the sound of an electric guitar on one of the channels.
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Bold North Audio Expands Range with New Carbon Fiber Cone Woofers
by audioXpress Staff

Bold North Audio Expands Range with New Carbon Fiber Cone Woofers

American audio solutions manufacturer MISCO announced the introduction of the BWF-6503, a 6.5" red carbon fiber woofer, and the BMW-4001, a 4" carbon fiber midwoofer to its growing line of premium and performance-based drivers. The two new designs are Klippel Verified and manufactured under the Bold North Audio brand in MISCO’s facility in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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AMS Launches Smallest Proximity Sensor To Enable Integration of New Functionality In Space-Constrained Wireless Earbuds
by Joao Martins

AMS Launches Smallest Proximity Sensor To Enable Integration of New Functionality In Space-Constrained Wireless Earbuds

AMS launched the TMD2636, a fully integrated proximity sensor which occupies 30% less space than currently available solutions, and delivers transformational added value to manufacturers of True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds. The new TMD2636 fully integrated proximity sensor module is supplied in an ultra-low-profile package. This means that an earbud can now accommodate multiple proximity sensors to increase reliability or add new features and still save power when the earbud is not in use.
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Focal Unveils Clear MG Professional Open-Back Headphones
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Focal Unveils Clear MG Professional Open-Back Headphones

Focal announced another new headphone model, this time in its Focal Professional range. The new Focal Clear MG Pro is a flagship professional mixing solution that evolves the design and aesthetic of their original Clear Pro model. The Clear MG Pro circumaural open-back headphones use Focal's unique 40mm full-range drivers with M-shaped magnesium inverted domes to deliver a precise and detailed sound. The physical design ensures maximum comfort and introduces a new honeycomb grille design which opens the cup enclosure to allow improved soundstage.
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Pro-Ject Introduces Phono Box Preamp Models and Record Brooms
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Pro-Ject Introduces Phono Box Preamp Models and Record Brooms

Following the announcement of the Phono Box RS2 reference class preamp, Pro-Ject has confirmed the launch in the North-American market of a series of phono products and accessories, some of which were released previously in Europe. Those included the Phono Box S2 Ultra discrete MM/MC phono preamplifier, the limited edition Phono Box Ultra 500 in polished chrome, and the Sweep It E and Sweep It S2 record brooms to clean vinyl while records are playing.
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