Powersoft Expands Cloud Monitoring Capabilities and Unica Amplifier Line at ISE 2024
At ISE 2024, Powersoft introduced Verso, a gateway device designed to connect current Powersoft products to its MyUniverso cloud platform. This way, the Italian manufacturer enables all its current products in the field to be connected and monitored from the cloud. And following on last year's introduction, Powersoft introduced two new versions of the Unica Series. The new Unica 1K8 and 5K4 feature lower power consumption without compromises.
The IEC 60263:2020 Standard - Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?
With the proliferation of different electronic formats and screen grabs, aspect ratios, scales, and sizes for plotting frequency characteristics and polar diagrams, presenting audio measurement results in a clear and informative way is an even greater problem today than in the past! Geoff Hill explains what there is to know about the IEC 60263:2020 updated standard: Rules for scales and sizes for plotting frequency characteristics and polar diagrams... and what could go wrong.
Logitech Commits to Transition Collaboration Portfolio to Recycled Plastic and Next Life Materials
Logitech the company headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, and San Jose, California, which owns brands Logitech, Logitech G, Streamlabs, Jaybird, Blue, and Ultimate Ears, announced that all its Logitech video conferencing and collaboration portfolio will now be designed for sustainability, using materials that lower the carbon impact of each product. This expands from previous important initiatives that Logitech pioneered in the consumer space such as the innovative Logitech G435 wireless headsets.
Listen Technologies and Ampetronic Promote Auracast Assistive Listening Solutions at ISE 2024
Listen Technologies, a provider of advanced wireless listening solutions for 25 years, working with audio induction loop systems specialist Ampetronic, demonstrated a complete assistive listening system using Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast broadcast technology at the ISE 2024 show in Barcelona. The two companies, in direct cooperation with the Bluetooth SIG, hosted a press conference to preview and promote the solution, which is expected to generate a new significant opportunity for system integrators.
Waves Clarity Vx DeReverb Pro Wins Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award
Waves Audio was the recipient of a Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Award at the 39th Annual TEC Awards, during the 2024 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. The Clarity Vx DeReverb Pro plugin, an advanced AI reverb removal for dialogue and vocals, got top honors in the Signal Processing Software (Dynamics / EQ / Utilities) category. Another significant recognition for Waves, following the recent Emmy Award for the Waves Clarity Vx Pro noise-reduction plugin.
R&D Stories: TPCD Technology in Headphones - Engineering to Control Diaphragm Resonances
This article details how thin-ply carbon diaphragm (TPCD) technology can also be applied to headphones, allowing precise control of diaphragm resonances rather than trying to reduce its negative effects, as the speaker industry already recognizes. As the pioneer of TPCD technology, Composite Sound is now entering the over-ear headphone market with its Metamodal TPCD engineering approach, enabling headphones with better sound quality, improved bass performance, and higher sensitivity.
Test Bench: SEAS’ New L22ROY2 8” Subwoofer from Its Extreme Line
The new L22ROY2 8" subwoofer from Norwegian OEM manufacturer SEAS offers a well-appointed feature set that includes a proprietary cast 16-spoke (8 twin spokes) cast-aluminum frame, completely open 1" deep below the spider mounting shelf. Other features include a very stiff black anodized aluminum cone and dust cap, NBR surround, driven by a 2" voice coil. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, September 2023.
Holoplot Showcases Broader Possibilities for 3D Audio-Beamforming and Wavefield Synthesis at ISE 2024
Berlin-based Holoplot returns to ISE 2024 to showcase its new approach to sound reinforcement to the broader global installation market. As its acclaimed X1 product series - now recognized as “the sound of Sphere” - once again takes center stage, Holoplot is also showing how the company will address small to large scale commercial audio installations and speech-focused requirement with its new, more compact X2 Matrix Array.
DeusO Announces AUX Panel Flexible Control Software for Touch Interfaces
As the OCA Alliance celebrates the publication of the latest update to the AES70 suite of standards for control and monitoring of devices in professional media networks, one of the OCA members, DeusO GmbH, unveiled AUX Panel, a software for system integrators looking for flexible control touch interfaces. At the OCA booth, AUX Panel is being used to demonstrate control of a series of available development boards and AES70-ready systems.
OCA Alliance Promotes AES70-2023 Core Standards at ISE 2024
The Audio Engineering Society has formally published the latest AES70 suite of standards for control and monitoring of devices in professional media networks and the OCA Alliance is promoting a series of initiatives to showcase its possibilities at ISE 2024. The open control and monitoring standard was officially standardized on 4 January 2016 by the Audio Engineering Society Standards Committee (AESSC) in the AES70 standard for audio applications of networks – Open Control Architecture.