Apex Launches Next-Generation Intelli-X3 Series of System Management Processors

Building on the success of Apex’s flagship Intelli-X2 series, the company is proud to introduce the first model of the next-generation Intelli-X3 series, the Intelli-X3 648 system management processor with optional Dante audio over IP capacity for full network redundancy. This is an extremely powerful 4 in by 8 out processor, with a simple user interface, and integration with Rational Acoustics Smaart 7 or 8 and WaveCapture LiveCapture.

German test and instrumentation specialist Spectrum has made available a number of academic tools that can be used to learn the basics of waveform generation, acquisition and analysis. The tools are freely available for download on the Spectrum website and are designed so that they can be used by teachers and other educators for structured learning classes or by students who wish to follow a self-tutorial style process. The academic tools are also helpful for first time digitizer and Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG) users wanting to learn the basics of these instruments.

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.

If you are in speaker design, either professionally or as a DIYer, you know Siegfried Linkwitz, period. For decades Mr. Linkwitz has put his mark on speaker and crossover design in audio. Yet, his career was not in speaker design but in microwave test equipment. It is just a coincidence that audio wavelengths are comparable to microwave wavelengths. Or is it? - audioXpress original article - April/2011

Martin Audio’s groundbreaking Multi-Cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) system has made history at the Glastonbury festival by delivering the highest sound levels to the audience without exceeding noise pollution levels beyond the perimeter. More than 150,000 fans listened to headline acts mixed on the MLA system.

A Norwegian venue has employed Yamaha’s AFC3 acoustic enhancement system to transform its main auditorium into an acoustically enhanced space. Even the most modern venues can suffer from acoustic issues and the Lørenskog Hus multi-purpose is using the AFC3 system every day, transforming the acoustics of the venue.

Electro-Voice had big news at InfoComm 2014 expo in Las Vegas, with the global preview of the next generation of X-Line line-array loudspeakers (X1 & X2). At the EV booth, cutaway models allowed a close-up look at the engineering innovations of the new series, while the X1 line-array system could be seen in action in the demo room.