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Axpona Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Largest Event To Date
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Axpona Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Largest Event To Date

Audiophiles, music lovers, vinyl collectors, audio engineers and musicians, will join 500 manufacturers in 185+ listening rooms, and Live Music events, for the 2019 edition of AXPONA (Audio Expo North America), from April 12-14 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center. Three jam-packed days of high-quality sounds, technology, presentations, design, and the very latest products in the industry.
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OCA Alliance Promotes AES70 Control Standard Upgrade at ISE 2019
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OCA Alliance Promotes AES70 Control Standard Upgrade at ISE 2019

The OCA Alliance – the AV trade association formed to promote awareness, implementation and development of the AES70 open network control standard – has announced the release of the latest revision of the AES70-2018 standard with new developer tools and resources, making implementation “easier than ever before”. The result of several years of collaborative work within the OCA Alliance and the AES, AES70-2018 is an evolutionary upgrade to the original AES70-2015 standard.
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L-Acoustics Unveils Ultra-compact X4i Coaxial Enclosure
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L-Acoustics Unveils Ultra-compact X4i Coaxial Enclosure

Previewed at NAMM 2019 and now officially introduced at ISE 2019, the new L-Acoustics X4i speaker is a powerful yet unobtrusive and highly weatherized coaxial loudspeaker for installation applications. In a convenient enclosure weighing less than a kilo, X4i, the smallest loudspeaker the company has ever manufactured, measures only 3.9 inches/99 mm deep, yet still offers the L-Acoustics sonic signature. A high performance, purpose-built tiny package for discreet installation applications.
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Auralex Acoustics Now Offers Room Layout eXpress Standalone Acoustical Treatment App
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Auralex Acoustics Now Offers Room Layout eXpress Standalone Acoustical Treatment App

Auralex Acoustics announced that its Room Layout eXpress (RLX) acoustical treatment app is available as a standalone app available on the Apple App Store and Android App Store. Unveiled at NAMM 2019, the RLX app is an intuitive, automated treatment app that is specifically designed to provide instantaneous recommendations for various small room types and gives users the ability to quickly get acoustical treatment suggestions on their mobile devices.
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Bose Professional Introduces ArenaMatch Loudspeakers for Outdoor Installations
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Bose Professional Introduces ArenaMatch Loudspeakers for Outdoor Installations

During NAMM 2019, Bose Professional introduced its new ArenaMatch DeltaQ array loudspeakers and ArenaMatch Utility loudspeakers for outdoor installations. ArenaMatch arrays incorporate DeltaQ technology, to improve sound quality, consistency, vocal clarity and flexibility to outdoor installations — sports stadiums, arenas, outdoor entertainment centers, and more. Featuring an IP55 weather rating, ArenaMatch DeltaQ modules make it easy to create durable and reliable outdoor loudspeaker arrays that bring consistent, intelligible sound to listeners.
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Tascam Unveils New Series USB Audio/MIDI Interfaces with Built-in DSP
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Tascam Unveils New Series USB Audio/MIDI Interfaces with Built-in DSP

Tascam unveiled a new value-oriented series of USB 2.0 audio-MIDI interfaces for musicians and home studios, with two models that deliver 24-bit, 192 kHz recording and playback to a Mac, Windows PC, or iPad. Controllable with included custom software, the two versatile Series interfaces — 102i 10-in, 2-out and 208i 20-in, 8-out — feature powerful DSP input and output mixers with built-in digital reverb, compressor, phase invert, and four-band EQ for each channel.
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MAGIX Software Announces ACID Music Studio 11
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MAGIX Software Announces ACID Music Studio 11

The wait is over. Five years since the last version and less the a year since reviving ACID Pro with an update, MAGIX released the all-new ACID Music Studio 11 – with more power and more professional features, but easier to use than ever before. ACID Music Studio 11 now has the innovative power of the completely updated legend for loop-based music production, ACID Pro 8. It packs a 64-bit engine behind a brand-new GUI, new instruments, effects, and many new ACIDized loops.
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Genelec Launches Smart IP Audio Platform at ISE 2019
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Genelec Launches Smart IP Audio Platform at ISE 2019

Leveraging the company's pioneering efforts with audio-over-IP and the introduction of the world's first AoIP-enabled monitors in 2016, Genelec is now unveiling a unique open IP networking technology platform at ISE 2019. This platform is aimed specifically at the installation market and will deliver power, audio, and scalable loudspeaker system configuration, supervision and calibration features via a single, standard CAT5 cable.
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CEVA Announces Availability of RivieraWaves Bluetooth 5.1 IP
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CEVA Announces Availability of RivieraWaves Bluetooth 5.1 IP

CEVA announced the general release of its RivieraWaves Bluetooth 5.1 IP and multiple license agreements already signed with leading semiconductor companies. Supporting the headline new feature of Direction Finding via Angle of Arrival (AoA) and Angle of Departure (AoD) for enhanced location services, the RW-Bluetooth 5.1 IP is available in both Bluetooth Dual Mode and Bluetooth Low Energy flavors.
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Audinate Announces Dante AV, Complete Integrated Audio and Video Networking Solution
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Audinate Announces Dante AV, Complete Integrated Audio and Video Networking Solution

Audinate, developer of the industry-leading Dante audio networking technology, has announced Dante AV, a first-of-its-kind integrated audio and video-over-IP solution for manufacturers. Dante AV is a complete integrated audio and video networking solution, bringing ease-of-use, unified control and tight synchronization to distribution of audio and video over standard IP networks. Dante AV enables complete interoperability with more than 1600 Dante-enabled audio products already on the market.
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