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Muse Group Updates Audacity Audio Editing Software and Launches New Audio Sharing Service
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Muse Group Updates Audacity Audio Editing Software and Launches New Audio Sharing Service

San Francisco, CA-based Muse Group, current owners of the world's most popular audio editing software, are paving the way for greater music accessibility with the release of Audacity 3.2, the latest version of the leading audio editor and recorder. Audacity 3.2 takes leaps toward being an end-to-end production tool with the addition of real-time effects support, non-destructive editing, VST3 support, UX and UI improvements, and notably, quick audio sharing with the newly launched audio.com service.
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Gaudio Lab Earns CTA Approval for Its OTT Loudness Management Technology
by Joao Martins

Gaudio Lab Earns CTA Approval for Its OTT Loudness Management Technology

Gaudio Lab, the innovative audio technology solutions company from Seoul, South Korea, announced that its Loudness Management 1 (LM1) loudness normalization technology has been referenced in the standard ANSI/CTA-2075.1, Loudness Standard for Over the Top Television (OTT) and Online Video Distribution (OVD) for Mobile and Fixed Devices, developed by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Video Systems Committee and accredited as an American National Standards.
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Rational Acoustics Announces Substantially Updated Smaart v9 Software
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Rational Acoustics Announces Substantially Updated Smaart v9 Software

Rational Acoustics announced the next major release version of Smaart (System Measurement Acoustic Analysis Real-time Tool), with many important new features. Smaart v9 will introduce a fundamentally revised software 64-bit code base, which unifies all editions to a common foundation and coherent interface: Smaart Suite v9, Smaart RT (Real-Time Edition), Smaart LE (Light Edition), and Smaart SPL (SPL Edition). The widely used acoustic test & measurement software platform, will be released on Tuesday, September 27, 2022.
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New High Quality, Low Latency Digital Wireless Transmission Solution Available from Audio Codecs
by Joao Martins

New High Quality, Low Latency Digital Wireless Transmission Solution Available from Audio Codecs

Audio Codecs, a new Belfast-based company and the developers of the Skylark digital audio data compression algorithm designed for low latency, joined forces with Virscient, a New Zealand based RF consultancy house, to launch a new wireless audio transmission module using Bluetooth Low Energy. The solution uses a Nordic Bluetooth LE SoC to transmit a 24-bit/48kHz high quality, low latency digital wireless microphone signal.
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Amadeus Holophonix Expands Options for Spatial Audio Productions
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Amadeus Holophonix Expands Options for Spatial Audio Productions

Available as an hardware processor and now as a native macOS app, the Holophonix spatial sound processor from French audio equipment manufacturer Amadeus, has been evolving since its original introduction and is now proven in multiple high profile productions. Unveiled originally in 2018 at the Frankfurt Prolight+Sound trade show, and commercially available since January 1, 2019, the Holophonix spatial sound processor received many new features and improvements, according to requests and needs expressed by its users.
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Roon Labs Introduces Roon 2.0 and Mobile App Roon ARC
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Roon Labs Introduces Roon 2.0 and Mobile App Roon ARC

Roon was always the media library and streaming player software for those users who want to appreciate cover artwork and read all about the artists and all the recording credits, as much as listening to the music. And obviously, this was always associated with a home desktop experience, that only a large screen - or a large tablet, at best - can provide. With the new Roon 2.0, the company takes the experience mobile with the Roon ARC app for iOS and Android mobile devices. Roon 2.0 also brings additional enhancements, like native support for Apple Silicon.
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Bowers & Wilkins Launches 700 Series Hi-Fidelity and Home-Theater Range
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Bowers & Wilkins Launches 700 Series Hi-Fidelity and Home-Theater Range

It's not for everyone's taste, but large, brown, woody speakers are still selling, particularly when featuring a famous brand name and the pedigree of a company that remains associated with bringing the studio sound to the living room. Bowers & Wilkins just unveiled its 700 Series range of hi-fidelity and home-theater loudspeakers, with eight models, from floorstanding to stand-mount and center-channel loudspeakers.
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Paul Wojciechowski Joins Russound as Director of Product Development
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Paul Wojciechowski Joins Russound as Director of Product Development

Russound, a leading developer and manufacturer in home audio entertainment, announced the appointment of Paul Wojciechowski to the position of Director of Product Development. The long-time CE product development specialist, whose extensive background in consumer and custom electronics includes leadership roles at ELAC Audio and Sonavox/Merry Electronics, will drive an aggressive period of product design and manufacturing at Russound. He reports to the company’s CEO, Charlie Porritt.
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SMPTE Announces 2022 Honorees and Awards John Meyer the Samuel L. Warner Memorial Medal
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SMPTE Announces 2022 Honorees and Awards John Meyer the Samuel L. Warner Memorial Medal

SMPTE, the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has once again honored industry luminaries and next-generation leaders. The 2022 SMPTE Awards Gala takes place during the SMPTE Media Technology Summit (The Summit), the Society's first in-person conference since 2019. Among the names honored by the SMPTE, John Meyer receives the Samuel L. Warner Memorial Medal, which recognizes a Lifetime of Contributions to Excellence in Cinema Sound.
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John Calder Creates Calder Acoustics
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John Calder Creates Calder Acoustics

John Calder started in the music and sound business as a teenager playing drums in a surf band, and later became a successful recording engineer, working in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Milan and Montreal. His interest in acoustics lead him to work in studio design. After 10 years with Acoustical Surfaces (ASI), were he created and led the Acoustic Geometry brand, he now started as an independent room acoustics designer as Calder Acoustics, based in Minneapolis, MN.
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