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Pioneer Licenses Imagination’s FlowRadio Internet Radio Service for its In-Vehicle App Program
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Pioneer Licenses Imagination’s FlowRadio Internet Radio Service for its In-Vehicle App Program

Imagination Technologies announced that Pioneer has licensed its FlowRadio internet radio service for its in-car entertainment app program. The internet radio and podcast content delivered by FlowRadio will be available through Pioneer’s AppRadioLIVE app as a one-off in-app purchase called the Pioneer Radio Collection.
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JBL Professional 7 Series Next Generation Monitoring System Is Shipping
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JBL Professional 7 Series Next Generation Monitoring System Is Shipping

JBL Professional’s new 7 Series Master Reference Monitors have been developed to meet the requirements of Post Production and Broadcast Control Rooms. Originally introduced at the AES 2014 Convention in Los Angeles, in 2014, the new 708i 8-inch two-way, and 705i 5-inch 2-way are part of complete 5.1, 7.1 and immersive sound monitoring systems.
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QSC names Joey D’Angelo Director of Systems Solutions
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QSC names Joey D’Angelo Director of Systems Solutions

QSC appointed Joey D’Angelo as its new Director of Systems Solutions, to develop QSC’s growing system market presence in Corporate AV and beyond. D’Angelo will be deeply engaged in product conceptualization and roadmap discussions for QSC Systems in the Corporate AV arena and other key market segments.
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PCB Piezotronics Introduces High Amplitude and High Frequency 1/2 Inch Free-field Measurement Microphone
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PCB Piezotronics Introduces High Amplitude and High Frequency 1/2 Inch Free-field Measurement Microphone

PCB Piezotronics introduced its new model 377A06 1/2 inch high amplitude, high frequency microphone cartridge for free-field measurements. This new 1/2” microphone minimizes overloading and provides an accurate (flat) response in applications where high frequencies (up to 40 kHz) need to be measured very accurately.
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MISCO Extends Testing & Acoustic Design Lab Services With Warkwyn Acquisition
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MISCO Extends Testing & Acoustic Design Lab Services With Warkwyn Acquisition

Loudspeaker and audio systems manufacturer MISCO has acquired Warkwyn Associates, an independent acoustic design, measurement, and testing lab. MISCO president Dan Digre says that Warkwyn will continue to provide its same high level of services for current Warkwyn customers. Warkwyn has relocated from Pakenham, Ontario to MISCO’s home base of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Microchip Expands High-Performance 32-bit MCU Family With Integrated Floating Point Unit Series
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Microchip Expands High-Performance 32-bit MCU Family With Integrated Floating Point Unit Series

Microchip is now offering the new PIC32MZ family of 32-bit MCUs as an ideal foundation for high-end and next-generation applications, including wireless audio projects. The new 48-member series supports an extensive DSP instruction set and integrates 2MB Flash, 18 MSPS 12-bit ADC, FPU, Crypto Engine, Hi-Speed USB, 10/100 Ethernet, CAN and rich peripheral options.
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500 Dante-Enabled Products Confirm Audinate’s Position as Leading AoIP Technology
by Joao Martins

500 Dante-Enabled Products Confirm Audinate’s Position as Leading AoIP Technology

Audinate, creator of the industry-leading media networking solution Dante, has announced that over 500 Dante-enabled products are now available from licensed manufacturers worldwide. This represents more than a 60% increase in the number of available products in the last 12 months, including a remarkable take up in the broadcast market.
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Fraunhofer IIS and Modulation Index Present World’s First xHE-AAC Enabled Live Streaming Encoder
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Fraunhofer IIS and Modulation Index Present World’s First xHE-AAC Enabled Live Streaming Encoder

At the IBC 2015 show there was a unique chance to compare how really efficient audio compression algorithms have become, from mp3 and ogg-vorbis to AAC, HE-AAC and the new xHE-AAC, optimized for speech and music transmission with very low bit rates. The Fraunhofer Institute For Integrated Circuits IIS together with Modulation Index promoted the demonstration.
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Bowers & Wilkins Unveils New 800 Diamond Series Loudspeakers
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Bowers & Wilkins Unveils New 800 Diamond Series Loudspeakers

On the eve of the company’s 50th anniversary, Bowers & Wilkins introduced a reimagined 800 Series Diamond loudspeakers. The new range features new midrange drivers with a composite cone material replacing the Kevlar and a new curved cabinet design. Even the famous diamond tweeter domes received a new motor system.
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Universal Audio Introduces New Apollo Twin USB for Windows Systems
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Universal Audio Introduces New Apollo Twin USB for Windows Systems

Arriving in stores October 2015, Universal Audio’s new Apollo Twin USB audio interface takes the same class-leading sound quality and flexibility of the original Thunderbolt Realtime UAD Processing and Unison technology to Windows users over USB 3. While everyone waits for Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.1 to reach the market, this will have to do.
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