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Audio Precision Sponsors AES Scholarship Honoring the Legacy of Tom Kite
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Audio Precision Sponsors AES Scholarship Honoring the Legacy of Tom Kite

The Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation has announced the establishment of “Advancing Audio – The Tom Kite Scholarship.”. The scholarship honors Kite’s legacy of dedication to engineering excellence in audio and audio measurement, as well as his achievements within the AES and as Vice President of Engineering of Audio Precision.
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QSC Debuts New Improved Website with Enhanced Features, Navigation and Content Structure
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QSC Debuts New Improved Website with Enhanced Features, Navigation and Content Structure

QSC just launched its new www.qsc.com website with enhanced features, navigation and content structure. The new site structure makes it easier for users to navigate and find the company’s Live Sound, Systems and Cinema solutions, along with industry resources and support information.
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Get Ready and Better Informed. Get Voice Coil December 2015
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Get Ready and Better Informed. Get Voice Coil December 2015

Prepare for CES 2016 with the Voice Coil December 2015 issue, now available. In this issue, read how the Test Bench column has evolved, learn more about VocalZoom’s Laser Microphone, check the Microphone Capsule supplier directory and read about another audio patent granted to Apple. Learn more about two pro sound drivers as Test Bench focuses on the CF0617M 6.5” midrange driver from Celestion, and the 18iD woofer from Eighteen Sound.
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Roland and V-MODA release M-100 AIRA Over-ear Headphones
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Roland and V-MODA release M-100 AIRA Over-ear Headphones

Designed and built by lifestyle and DJ brand V-MODA in collaboration with Roland, targeting fashion-conscious DJs pretending to be musicians by turning knobs, the new M-100 AIRA headphones combine the DJ-acclaimed V-MODA Crossfade M-100 over-ear headphones with the AIRA logo customized on each shield, along with AIRA-green chevrons on the headband.
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Paul Reed Smith Launches Digital Harmonic With Patented Image and Waveform Technology
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Paul Reed Smith Launches Digital Harmonic With Patented Image and Waveform Technology

Guitar maker Paul Reed Smith and a team of scientists and physicians have lunched a new image and sound waveform technology company called Digital Harmonic LLC. The company intends to explore revolutionary medical applications for its patented image technology ‘Weds Mathematics and Physics to Medicine’ to develop sharper X-Ray images with significantly less radiation exposure.
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Freescale Produces the First Record Album on a Silicon Wafer
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Freescale Produces the First Record Album on a Silicon Wafer

Finding innovation in old places, Freescale Semiconductor has engineered a modern application for a classic music format – record albums. For the first time, an eight-inch silicon wafer was programmed and etched to play a music recording, just like a vinyl record album. Developed within the Freescale Discovery Lab, this retro project intends to demonstrate the unique expertise in the company’s engineering and manufacturing facilities.
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Blue Introduces Lighter and Slimmer Lola Headphones
by Joao Martins

Blue Introduces Lighter and Slimmer Lola Headphones

Blue decided to follow-up on the positive things achieved with its original Mo-Fi headphones and has now introduced Lola, dropping the built-in amplifier while maintaining the main positive things from its radical form-fit design. Lola shares the same custom 50mm drivers in a new lighter, slimmer design that actually allows enjoyment in comfort.
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New Actran 16 Release Delivers New Advances for Acoustic Response in Bigger Domains and for Higher Frequencies
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New Actran 16 Release Delivers New Advances for Acoustic Response in Bigger Domains and for Higher Frequencies

Free Field Technologies (FFT), an MSC Software Company, announced the release of Actran 16. The new release provides new audio and electroacoustic capabilities; acoustic propagation in huge domains and at high frequencies; new aeroacoustic modeling capabilities for fast virtual testing; and co-simulation with other MSC Software tools for multi-discipline analyses. The new release also introduces performance enhancements, including on graphical user interface and its meshing tool.
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DPA Microphones Launches New Website With New Mic Finder
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DPA Microphones Launches New Website With New Mic Finder

DPA’s new website makes finding the right microphone even easier - that was the main focus for the redesign of the company’s online presence. The Danish company completely revamped its website to create a resource that is both useful and informative for new and experienced microphone users. The new website is also much better on mobile platforms.
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ON Semiconductor Acquires Fairchild Semiconductor
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ON Semiconductor Acquires Fairchild Semiconductor

It’s hard to keep track how semiconductor companies evolve given the pace of mergers, spin-offs and acquisitions. ON Semiconductor, a relatively young player in the industry but increasingly crucial for the audio industry, announced it will acquire one of the most iconic companies, Fairchild Semiconductor, for $2.4 Billion in Cash. The acquisition creates the global leader in the power semiconductor market, they say.
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