Pioneer DJ Introduces HDJ-S7 Professional On-Ear DJ Headphones
Pioneer DJ announced the HDJ-S7 headphones, a professional, on-ear design, combining audio quality, superior durability and improved functionality for comfort while DJing. Following a form-factor extremely popular among professional DJs, the HDJ-S7 headphones expand the Pioneer DJ current range, following the HDJ-X10, HDJ-X7 and HDJ-X5 professional over-ear DJ headphone models, launched in autumn 2017.
Audio Precision Engineers Contribute to “The Power of Sound,” Deliver Trio of Presentations at AES-Milan
Audio Precision previewed its planned contributions to the 144th International AES Convention, Milan, Italy, May 23–26 at the NH Hotel Milano Congress Centre. Themed “The Power of Sound,” AES Milan will bring together audio professionals and advanced audio technologies from around the world for four days of audio immersion, experiences and networking. Audio Precision will promote three presentations, discussing smart speaker testing, speech intelligibility, and chirp-based measurements.
Sonarworks Reference 4 Software Adds 26 New Headphone Calibration Profiles
The innovative audio software developers from Sonarworks announced that it's Reference 4 software has added 26 new headphone calibration profiles, supporting additional models from AKG, Audio-Technica, Beyerdynamic, Bose, HyperX, Master & Dynamics, Philips, Plantronics, Sennheiser and Sony. The revolutionary monitoring software — which is able to deliver a true reference standard almost anywhere — now includes 150 headphone calibration profiles.
Harman Professional Announces Availability of JBL C221 and C222 Two-Way ScreenArray Cinema Loudspeakers
Harman Professional Solutions announced that its new JBL C221 and C222 two-way ScreenArray cinema loudspeakers using patent-pending Dual Dissimilar Arraying Technology are now shipping in limited quantities, with full availability in May 2018. These next-generation cinema sound loudspeakers deliver the latest JBL technology in a compact and accessible form factor, helping small- and mid-sized cinemas upgrade to improve coverage and smooth sound reproduction at an accessible price point.
Ward-Beck Introduces New PreMo Series of Networked Microphone Preamps
Ward-Beck is moving fast forward into fully IP convergence, and leading the way in audio networking implementation. At NAB 2018, the Canadian company unveiled its new preMO series of networked microphone preamps representing the convergence of analog audio, digital conversion, and IP based networking, creating completely new workflows. These new products rethink audio operations in the networking age, leveraging AES67 and ST2110 protocols, and AES70 for remote control.
Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 15 with Improved Audio Features and New Fairlight Audio Consoles
Anyone visiting the NAB 2018 show was certainly surprised by the Blackmagic Design booth, the largest ever, filled with so many products that any effort to see everything would take the great part of one day. Among the many unveilings for NAB, and only a year and a half since the Fairlight acquisition, Blackmagic unveiled a much improved DaVinci Resolve 15 software with important new audio tools and features, while showing the first of a new generation of Fairlight modular audio consoles.
ICEpower Announces Its Most Powerful Amplifier Module to Date
ICEpower’s latest amplifier power module, the 1200AS, was designed for live sound and concerts and the Danish company confirms this is their most powerful audio module to date. Based on ICEpower's recent ICEedge class D chip set, the new ICEPower 1200AS incorporates the latest technologies enabling superior sound quality and an ultra-low noise floor (less than 30 μV – 130dB Signal to Noise Ratio). The extremely high audio quality also makes it a superior high-end audio amplifier for consumer applications.
HumBeatz Mobile Looper App from AmpTrack Technologies Allows Voice to MIDI Instrument Conversion
There are hundreds of innovative apps for iOS and Android devices, with many featuring advanced composition and recording tools. Swedish company AmpTrack Technologies just released their new mobile app HumBeatz, that lets users hum, whistle or beatbox and turn those sounds into a musical instrument. With HumBeatz, the vocal sounds can be used to easily and quickly create a bass line, drum groove, trumpet riff or other sounds, for creating musical parts, loops, stems or song sketches.
Recording and Production Presentations at 144th AES Milan Convention Announced
The AES has always been at the center of the audio recording community, bringing the top engineers together to share techniques and promote new ideas. The forthcoming 144th AES International Convention will offer the year’s most comprehensive program of Recording and Production workshops, tutorials and demonstrations, along with a chance to see the latest gear from top industry brands, from 23-26 May at the NH Hotel Milano Congress Centre in Milan, Italy.
Silicon Labs Completes Acquisition of Sigma Designs' Z-Wave Business
Silicon Labs and Sigma Designs announced the completion of Silicon Labs' acquisition of Sigma Designs' Z-Wave business, including a team of approximately 100 employees, for $240 million in an all-cash transaction. Z-Wave is a leading mesh networking technology for the smart home. More than 2,400 certified, interoperable Z-Wave devices are available from the thriving Z-Wave Alliance of more than 700 manufacturers and service providers worldwide.