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139th International AES Convention and Successful AES67 Interoperability Demonstration
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139th International AES Convention and Successful AES67 Interoperability Demonstration

With an all-time high record of nearly 20,000 visitors, the 139th Audio Engineering Society Convention in New York City was a huge success, according to the AES final report. A major highlight at the show and attracting a lot of attention, the Media Networking Alliance (MNA) promoted for the very first time in public a live demonstration of audio networking based on the new AES67 interoperability standard.
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Lectrosonics New HHa Digital Hybrid Wireless Handheld Transmitter
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Lectrosonics New HHa Digital Hybrid Wireless Handheld Transmitter

Lectrosonics introduced the latest edition of their acclaimed Digital Hybrid Wireless handheld transmitters – the HHa. The HHa features a wide tuning range of 75 MHz or 3 standard Lectrosonics blocks, selectable RF power of 50 or 100 mW, IR sync for quick setup, and a USB port for firmware updates in the field. An ideal handheld for a variety of wireless microphone applications, from live vocal performance to broadcast.
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Consumer Technology Association Study Shows Strong Interest in Hi-Res Audio
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Consumer Technology Association Study Shows Strong Interest in Hi-Res Audio

A new study from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) finds the audio category is constantly evolving with new features and products entering the market, including high-resolution equipment. More than half of recent audio technology consumers are interested in Hi-Res Audio (HRA) and three-quarters researched audio products in physical stores.
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Shure Updates its ShurePlus MOTIV Mobile Recording App for iOS
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Shure Updates its ShurePlus MOTIV Mobile Recording App for iOS

Shure released a new version of its ShurePlus MOTIV Mobile Recording App, designed for use with the company’s MOTIV Digital Condenser Microphones. Version 1.1 of this iOS app offers a host of new features, including five-band EQ and gain adjustment controls for the MV51 Digital Large-Diaphragm Condenser Microphone, the MV5 Digital Condenser Microphone, and MVi Digital Audio Interface.
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RF Venue Releases OS X Spectrum Analysis Software for RF Explorer
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RF Venue Releases OS X Spectrum Analysis Software for RF Explorer

Boston-based wireless audio manufacturer RF Venue has released Vantage, a native Mac OS X spectrum analysis and frequency monitoring application for use with its RF Explorer portable spectrum analyzers as well as RF Venue’s rack-based RF Explorer RackPRO. The software is the first professional third-party RF Explorer interface and coordination program that was built exclusively for the Macintosh OS X environment.
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Economical 3GHz RF Signal Generator Series for Designers Involved in Wireless Technology from Saelig
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Economical 3GHz RF Signal Generator Series for Designers Involved in Wireless Technology from Saelig

Saelig has announced the availability of Rigol DSG800 RF Signal Generators, with output frequencies from 9kHz to 3.0GHz, providing a clean and stable RF output with low phase noise and high amplitude accuracy, and all of the functions of other high-level RF signal generators at much lower cost. Designed for electronics designers involved in wireless technology, Wi-Fi, electronics educators, EMC/EMI engineers, and amateur radio enthusiasts.
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Radial Gets Wired or Wireless Audio From A to B
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Radial Gets Wired or Wireless Audio From A to B

Among several innovative and interesting products introduced at the 139th AES convention in New York, Radial Engineering introduced its new Catapult 4 channel audio snake to send analog and AES digital audio signals over standard cat-5 shielded twisted pair cable. And for situations where wireless is preferred, there’s also the new Radial BT-Pro Bluetooth direct box.
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Renkus-Heinz Expands Engineering Team with the appointment of Lorenzo Barrios as Loudspeaker Engineer
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Renkus-Heinz Expands Engineering Team with the appointment of Lorenzo Barrios as Loudspeaker Engineer

Renkus-Heinz has again expanded their engineering team with the appointment of Lorenzo Rene Barrios, Jr. to the position of Loudspeaker Engineer. Barrios joins Renkus-Heinz from Walt Disney Imagineering. He has also held high-level design engineering positions at QSC Audio, as well as JBL Corporation.
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COMSOL Releases COMSOL Multiphysics 5.2 Including Major New Features to the Acoustics Module
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COMSOL Releases COMSOL Multiphysics 5.2 Including Major New Features to the Acoustics Module

COMSOL announced the release of Multiphysics version 5.2. With this update COMSOL adds several new features within the acoustics module. To demonstrate the power of the Application Builder, new acoustics apps have also been added to the extensive Application Libraries showcase.
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Bluetooth Technology to Gain Longer Range, Faster Speed, and Mesh Networking in 2016
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Bluetooth Technology to Gain Longer Range, Faster Speed, and Mesh Networking in 2016

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is previewing highlights from its 2016 technology roadmap. Planned enhancements for the technology are focused on increasing its Internet of Things (IoT) functionality. Key updates include longer range, higher speeds and mesh networking.
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