Fulcrum Acoustic Celebrates the Promotion of Rich Frembes to Director of Loudspeaker Engineering
Fulcrum Acoustic announced the promotion of Rich Frembes to Director of Loudspeaker Engineering. In this new role, Frembes will assume greater responsibilities in leading the development and coordination of daily engineering activities at the company. Fulcrum Acoustic will leverage his extensive experience and leadership qualities to further advance the company’s innovative audio solutions.
The 2023 Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook (LIS) Edition is Now Available!
We say that every year, but the 2023 edition of the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook (LIS) is the best ever! In this issue, we included not only the latest updated listings of key audio industry suppliers, vendors and service providers, but we also offer an updated overview of the state of the loudspeaker industry. And that includes guest features covering WiSA wireless audio, A2B, AES70, and Ultra Wide Band (UWB) and much more vital topics.
COMSOL In-Person Conferences Return with Munich Event in 2023
COMSOL has released the dates and locations for the COMSOL Conference 2023. The first conference will be held in Munich, Germany, from October 25-27. Additional conference locations for 2023 are Bengaluru, Seoul, Taipei, and Tokyo. In those events, attendees can connect with other practitioners in the simulation community, gain inspiration from industry leaders, learn new modeling techniques using the COMSOL Multiphysics software, and showcase their own research and case studies.
Apple's WWDC 2023 Announcements: What Is New in Audio
As it happens every year, Apple promoted its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) from June 5–9, 2023. Did you notice Apple’s important breakthrough in headset audio design? It was easy to just be dazzled by all the technology involved in the Vision Pro, but this design was described as providing "mind-boggling audio fidelity" by those who tried it. The Vision Pro features an interesting audio system that was the focus for this editorial, together with Adaptive Audio and other important technology innovations.
Test Bench: Faital Pro’s 10HX230 Coaxial 10" Pro Sound Driver
The 10HX230 10" coaxial professional driver from Faital Pro is another interesting example in the category, particularly well-received in professional audio applications. The Faital Pro 10" 10HX230 driver expands the company's extensive 12 model coaxial line. The driver is built on a proprietary six-spoke cast-aluminum frame, a curvilinear uncoated paper cone woofer, driven by a ferrite magnet, and a compression driver driven by a separate neodymium motor attached to the back plate horn mounted coincident with the woofer. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, March 2023.
Audiotonix Acquires Sonible
Audiotonix has announced the acquisition of Sonible, an Austrian hardware and software company working with assistive artificial intelligence -based processing solutions for professional audio. Sonible has developed plug-ins that have been recognized as a new generation of intelligent audio processing production tools, with uniquely intuitive usability and workflow-enhancing features at their core. Sonible also developed smart hardware that was adopted by many live sound engineers and was recommended by KLANG:technologies, acquired by DiGiCo in 2018.
Spatial Introduces Fully Customizable Soundscape Library for Workplace Environments
Spatial, the immersive sound solutions company, announced the launch of a new soundscapes library designed for wellness in the workplace and commercial environments. Since its launch in 2017, Spatial achieved success in delivering immersive sound technology to enhance human experience in real world environments. Soundscapes designed to enhance workplace wellbeing are inspired from studies that show sound is directly tied to increase well-being, productivity, and sound masking.
Yamaha Introduces New DM7 Digital Mixers Series for All Production Needs
Yamaha announced its new DM7 series of professional digital mixers. Following the announcement of the DM3 Series compact digital mixing consoles in April, the Japanese company now applies its decades of development experience to create a completely new family for all production needs. The DM7 series takes the best elements of Yamaha's previous digital mixing systems and combines them with innovative new features in a powerful and expandable package.
Nicolas Sturmel Joins DirectOut's Team of Audio Network Specialists
DirectOut, a leading provider of bridging solutions for audio networks, is proud to announce the addition of Nicolas Sturmel to their team. Nicolas will assume the role of Senior Network Technologist, leveraging his expertise and commitment to expand the audio network capabilities of the company's R&D team. Nicolas Sturmel was intimately involved with the RAVENNA/AES67 audio-over-IP development efforts since its inception.
New Premium Audio Brand Theory Professional Debuts at InfoComm 2023
Theory Professional is making its official debut into the commercial audio market at InfoComm 2023 in Orlando, Florida. Exhibiting in booth 4989 and Audio Demo Room W223A, June 13 – 16, 2023, Theory Professional (Theory) is the new brand created by the Orange County-based company, already established with the Theory Audio Design brand of audio products for the home and residential installation. With a hyper-focus on performance and design, Theory Professional aims to become a go-to premium solution for the commercial audio market.