Mackie Introduces Innovative ProFX10 GO Battery-Powered Mixer

Mackie, the legendary brand that is now part of the Freedman Group (Røde), announced a new addition to their acclaimed ProFX mixer line, the battery-powered ProFX10 GO. The portable design allows user to mix anything from anywhere, and offers up to eight hours of battery life in a feature-packed 10-channel analog mixer loaded with Mackie’s Onyx preamps and built-in GigFX+ digital effects, EQ, and compression, as well as USB-C interface and Bluetooth connectivity.

Focal is elevating its studio monitors with the introduction of the Utopia Main, a new range designed to take studios to the most demanding levels required by audio professionals with main and midfield options. Leveraging innovations from the company’s ultra high-end speaker range, the new Focal Utopia Main 112, and Utopia Main 212 are professional designs with completely new drivers, exceptional power, and advanced functionality.

AUDIX revealed its latest OMX series of dynamic vocal microphones that will be officially launched at NAMM 2025. Comprising three models, this product family matches a handheld microphone to each of three common stage scenarios. The AUDIX OMX-E is a versatile choice for a range of mic distances and positions, while the OMX-M offers a mid-tight capture zone and subtle mid-high presence. The OMX-T microphone provides tight control and excellent isolation of vocals on loud stages.

Now in its 16th year, AXPONA (Audio Expo North America) will return April 11-13 to the Schaumburg Convention Center offering three jam-packed days of incredible sounds, technology, seminars, networking and the newest products in the industry including a Car Audio Showcase. North America’s largest high-end audio expo will continue to expand in 2025, with 200+ listening rooms, top hifi audio brands, thousands of products and gear, educational seminars and live musical performances.

This article reviews a patent awarded to Teppei Yamada, on behalf of Zorzo Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan), describing an original design of a low-frequency enclosure system incorporating multiple woofers inter-coupled in a manner similar to what is known as an isobaric or compound woofer enclosure. James Croft reviews other approaches to the concept, starting in 1954 with a patent granted to Harry F. Olson on a dual, compound woofer system and later "reinvented" and popularized by Linn Corp., in 1975. In the new patent, the inventor uses an enclosure with as many as 12 woofers, all seriously coupled through individual air chambers

This article is a detailed review of the intriguing AVAA C214 Digital Active Bass Absorber from Swiss studio monitor and high-end speaker specialist PSI Audio. The concept is more or less the same as the AVAA C20, which PSI launched in 2017. the first commercially available analog active bass trap. Now, with the AVAA C214, PSI has introduced a digital controlled active bass trap that's better suited to deal with room modes below 150Hz in listening spaces and small studios rooms. For this review, the solution was tried and tested in two different spaces and applications.

With Microsoft’s enhanced emulation technology for native Windows apps, current ARM laptops are now ready for professional audio production. However, audio is a unique domain where driver emulation is not an option. To meet this challenge RME has developed WDM and ASIO drivers that are fully compatible with Windows 11 ARM 64-bit, unlocking the potential of Snapdragon X-CPU chipsets from Qualcomm.

The Audio Engineering Society (AES) has announced Gary Gottlieb as President as of January 1, 2025. An AES Member for forty years, Gottlieb has been deeply engaged in various levels of leadership in the organization for the last twenty, bringing an extensive experience in AES leadership to his role as President. In his role, Gottlieb is already focused on the promotion of the lineup of AES events in 2025, and creating a compelling slate of events for 2026 and 2027.

In a refreshing announcement coming from QSC, the new KC12 “K Column” active 3-way column loudspeaker system builds on the legacy and reputation of the company’s World of K portfolio. The KC12 is a first-of-its-kind, 3000-watt active column loudspeaker system that surpasses the acoustic performance of conventional designs. Simple and easy to deploy, the elegant QSC KC12, available in black and white, is ideal for a wide range of applications from solo entertainers, musicians and bands, to DJs, corporate AV, and event production.

Building upon extensive collaborations in the home theater and headphone markets, Dirac and Denon have expanded their partnership to the automotive market. At CES 2025, the two companies showcased the first result of their automotive industry collaboration in a Denon Car Audio Concept System enabled by Dirac, showcasing upmixed, spatialized sound, in collaboration with other Audio Foundry partners Tymphany and Sonified by Trèves Group.