Pascal Moves Into Expanded Headquarters with State-of-the-art EMC Test Laboratory
Following a year of continuing accelerated growth, Danish pro audio amplifier electronics manufacturer Pascal A/S kicked off 2018 with a transition to newly expanded headquarters and facilities, featuring a state-of-the-art EMC test laboratory. Completion of the 55 percent expansion of its HQ, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, was the closing high note of 2017, a year in which the company, once again, eclipsed its growth targets.
James Loudspeaker Unveils 2.1 Format LR-S Soundbars
Ideally suited for commercial or residential applications where detailed, full-range sound is required to accompany any flat-panel display, the new series of 2.1 soundbars from James Loudspeaker can be customized to match nearly any flat-panel display, and are ideal for bringing clarity and full-range sound to applications where an external subwoofer is impractical. The new LR-S format soundbars generate left and right-channel audio as well as bass energy from a center-mounted built-in subwoofer.
HiFiBerry Partners with Bang & Olufsen on New BeoCreate Board
HiFiBerry, the Swiss developer of Digital to Analog Converter components for DIY, OEM, and integrators announced a new interesting solution to provide advanced capabilities for speakers, developed in partnership with Bang & Olufsen. HiFiBerry's new BeoCreate board was designed to give a new lease on life to legacy audio speakers, like the popular BeoVox CX50 and CX100, "up-cycling" them to be compatible with the best of today's wireless and Internet-connected technology.
XMOS Showcases Advanced True Stereo Voice Interface Solutions
XMOS will be showcasing their portfolio of far-field voice capture solutions for voice-enabled stereo smart TVs, soundbars, set-top boxes, and digital media adapter markets at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2018, Barcelona, 26th February to 1st March. XMOS will be demonstrating commercial solutions in development, and proof of concepts that capture voice commands accurately from across the room even when the audio appliances are playing content at high volume in complex noisy acoustic environments.
Valens Adds New HDBaseT Chipsets to the Colligo Family for Plug-and-Play Product Design
Valens, the developer of HDBaseT and founder of the HDBaseT Alliance, announced the availability of the VS200 and VS210 chipsets, for simpler HDBaseT installations where not all 5Play features are necessary. The addition of the VS200 and VS210 to the Valens Colligo family allows HDBaseT equipment vendors to design and manufacture a range of products, from high-end to low-end, using a common hardware platform.
Your Audio Systems Launches Software Development Solution for AES67 and AES70 Embedded Devices at ISE 2018
In preparation for its Integrated Systems Europe debut, Swiss-based Your Audio Systems announces the first major demonstration of Orchestra, an embedded Linux software solution for AES67/AES70 professional embedded devices, now available for OEM implementations. The company will exhibit Orchestra in the OCA Alliance stand (7-R240) in the Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam, from February 6-9.
Aurender Music Servers First to Support RAVENNA Networking
Merging Technologies announced that it will be showing an Aurender X100 Music Server directly connected to a RAVENNA AoIP network and using a MERGING+NADAC as the DAC. This significant move sees Aurender be the first manufacturer to take advantage of the benefits that a RAVENNA network can bring to home applications, as part of a multi-room or multi-zone system without any of the traditional cable length limitations of USB connectivity.
Avid Unveils Pro Tools 2018 and Multiple Music and Audio Product Innovations at NAMM 2018
At NAMM 2018, Avid announced Avid ArtistCentral, Pro Tools 2018, Sibelius 2018, Waves Audio integration, an expanded Avid Artist Community, and more. Highlight for the Avid user community was, no doubt, the announcement of the latest release of Pro Tools 2018 with new features including Track Presets, retrospective MIDI record, MIDI editing enhancements, Playlist Comping enhancements, and much more. A new version of EUCON software was also announced.
Adam Hall Group Presents LD Systems MAUI 5 GO Mobile PA at Winter NAMM 2018
As NAMM 2018 unveiled its enhanced show experience and expanded campus, Adam Hall Group corresponded with an expanded booth concept located front-and-center in Hall A, where it premiered a series of products and introduced many more to the US market, including the stunning LD Systems MAUI P900, developed in collaboration with the renowned Porsche Design Studio. Among the main premieres for the show was the remarkable LD Systems MAUI 5 GO, an ultra-portable battery-powered column PA system.
Audient Announces New iD44 USB Audio Interface
British manufacturer Audient raised the stakes once again with the release of its latest, and to date most powerful 24-bit/96kHz desktop audio interface. The new Audient iD44 combines four Class-A Audient preamplifiers, high quality AD/DA converters, two ADAT I/Os for digital expansion, two discrete JFET instrument inputs, two fully balanced inserts, two independent stereo headphone outputs and two speaker outputs, in a metal chassis with configurable function keys, and dedicated Talkback, Dim and Cut controls.