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AES Announces 140th International Convention to Take Place in Paris, France, June 2016
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AES Announces 140th International Convention to Take Place in Paris, France, June 2016

The Audio Engineering Society is striving to bring back its European conventions to the audio industry’s agenda, focusing on the promotion of the latest in audio research, developments and technologies. For 2016, the AES has confirmed its 140th International Convention will return to Paris, France.
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audioXpress September 2015 - Speaker Focus Edition - Now Available
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audioXpress September 2015 - Speaker Focus Edition - Now Available

Our super-sized September 2015 issue focuses on speaker design, from industrial/commercial to DIY perspectives. If you like speakers and are looking for new project ideas and new areas of product design, this edition of audioXpress is full of insights into how to approach DIY builds from new directions.
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High Resolution Revolution and the Return of Reel-to-Reel Tape at The California Audio Show 2015
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High Resolution Revolution and the Return of Reel-to-Reel Tape at The California Audio Show 2015

The 2015 California Audio Show (August 14-16), at the Westin San Francisco Airport (SFO) Hotel, in the Bay Area, is the 2nd longest-running audio show in the U.S., now in its 6th year. Already with an exciting list of exhibitors for the 2015 edition, the California Audio Show decided to promote new high resolution audio demonstration areas, among other interesting initiatives.
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Ultra HD Blu-ray Content Will be Available for 2015 Holiday Season
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Ultra HD Blu-ray Content Will be Available for 2015 Holiday Season

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) will commence licensing the Ultra HD Blu-ray format starting August 24, 2015. Product announcements are anticipated for 2015 Holiday Season. This is good news for all home-theater enthusiasts and anyone in the market for a new 4K TV set and a new immersive audio installation.
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New DT 1770 PRO Studio Headphones from beyerdynamic
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New DT 1770 PRO Studio Headphones from beyerdynamic

beyerdynamic surprised the market by releasing information about its new DT 1770 PRO professional studio headphones prior to the presentation at the 2015 Hong Kong High-End Audio-Visual Show and IFA 2015 in Berlin. We are glad they did, because these are Tesla 2.0 drivers in closed 250 ohm headphones!
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Acoustic Power Lab Introduces APL1s Loudspeaker Equalization Solution
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Acoustic Power Lab Introduces APL1s Loudspeaker Equalization Solution

Acoustic Power Lab released a two-channel hardware loudspeaker equalization solution that enables the application of corrective as well as custom FIR filtering for studio monitors, live performance and installed sound systems. Up to 16 user-configured 4096-tap FIR equalization curves generated in conjunction with Acoustic Power Lab’s measurement and analysis software may be stored, recalled and applied by the new APL1s unit.
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Pioneer Professional Audio Unveils New Bulit Series Studio Monitors
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Pioneer Professional Audio Unveils New Bulit Series Studio Monitors

Pioneer Professional Audio unveiled its new Bulit line of active reference studio monitors, with three models targeted at music creation. Clearly, Pioneer is trying to get a foothold in the project-studio monitor market segment with this affordable series, following also the recent launch of its RM Series coaxial monitors.
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National Instruments Drives Down Cost of Wireless Production Test
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National Instruments Drives Down Cost of Wireless Production Test

The new Wireless Test System (WTS) from National Instruments is driving down the cost in wireless production test. The WTS couples NI’s PXI vector signal transceiver (VST) and multicore processing technologies to deliver industry-leading test speeds. With faster measurements, the solution is optimizing manufacturing costs for testing wireless devices, such as mobile devices and infotainment systems, from major brands.
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Universal Audio Releases UAD Software v8.3 Featuring AKG Spring Reverb, Ampeg SVT Bass Amp and Tube-Tech EQ Plug-Ins
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Universal Audio Releases UAD Software v8.3 Featuring AKG Spring Reverb, Ampeg SVT Bass Amp and Tube-Tech EQ Plug-Ins

Universal Audio announced the release of UAD Software v8.3, a new software for UAD-2 DSP Accelerators and Apollo interfaces, featuring an exclusively licensed and endorsed plug-in version of AKG’s legendary spring reverb, BICHA 20, as well as two Ampeg SVT bass amplifier plug-ins from Brainworx and the Tube-Tech EQ Plug-In Collection from Softube.
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Merging Technologies Confirms Pyramix 10 64-bit for IBC 2015
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Merging Technologies Confirms Pyramix 10 64-bit for IBC 2015

As promised, Merging Technologies has made the transition of all its software products to 64-bit. Pyramix 10 is the first 64-bit only release for its flagship DAW and mastering solution. The changes to Pyramix are sufficiently major to prompt the company to overhaul the software packs offered and to make a number of changes to the pricing structure which will be announced at IBC 2015 (10-15 September).
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