Award-Winning Producer and Engineer Andrés Mayo Is the New Audio Engineering Society President
Following the highly-successful 137th convention in Los Angeles, the Audio Engineering Society elected Andrés Mayo to be the new AES President, taking over the leadership role from Dr. Sean Olive. An award-winning producer and engineer, Andrés Mayo owns is own mastering and audio post business in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is set to guide the AES into the coming year and through AES138 in Warsaw, Poland and the Convention’s return to New York City for AES139 in the fall of 2015.
Denon and Marantz to Offer Auro-3D Upgrades on Premium AV Receivers
Denon and Marantz announced a unique upgrade offer to bring three-dimensional audio format Auro-3D to their recently introduced Premium AV Receivers. Expected to be available in December, a firmware upgrade will further enhance the feature set of the highly-acclaimed Denon AVR-X5200W and the AVR-X4100W models and Marantz SR7009 and AV7702 receiver and pre-amp / processor.
Tron Atlantic Power Amplifier Now Available
Designed, manufactured and assembled in England, the new Tron Atlantic high end amplifier combines an affordable price with a compact chassis not compromising on big sound. The Atlantic is an extremely low noise stereo 300B design with a D3a driver stage, delivering 9 watts per channel with 4, 8 and 16 ohm outputs.
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GoerTek Acquires the Majority Shares of Dynaudio
GoerTek Inc., a leading hi-tech consumer electronics company from China has acquired the majority shares of Danish loudspeaker manufacturer Dynaudio. Wilfried Ehrenholz, the founder of Dynaudio, will remain as a minority shareholder and continue to participate in Dynaudio´s product and marketing strategy. With Goertek, Dynaudio gains engineering experience in electronic and wireless technology, considered critical for the company’s latest product developments.
K-array KH8 First System Built for FIRmaker Optimized Use
The K-array KH8 line array loudspeaker system has been purpose-designed for steering and coverage optimization by AFMG’s FIRmaker Technology. With this implementation, the Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG) sees an ideal combination of his revolutionary sound optimization tool with the innovative K-array fully digital concept.
Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing and Acoustics International (ALMA) Winter Symposium 2015
The ALMA Winter Symposium 2015 is approaching and the Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing and Acoustics, International is preparing its most ambitious event ever. 4 Seminars. 3 Forums. Over a dozen Papers and Tutorials. Plus lots of quality Networking. January 3 & 4, 2015, at the Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las Vegas, NV (The weekend before CES).
Positive Grid Releases BIAS Desktop Amp Matching Modeler
For anyone with a passion for tube amps and in particular for exploring all the possibilities of tube tones in guitar amps, the new BIAS guitar amp Modeler software by Positive Grid - a fully customizable plug-in for AAX/RTAS/AU/VST - offers infinite possibilities in mixing-and-matching customizable preamps, tone stacks, power amps, transformers, cabinets or even mic selection and placement.
Pro Design Releases Embedded Processing Platform for FPGA based SoC and IP Prototyping
Pro Design, supplier of high-speed FPGA-based Prototyping Systems, announced the launch of its new proFPGA Zynq 7000 FPGA Module, a complete embedded processing platform for the development and verification of SoC and IP design. The new modular system addresses projects who require a complete embedded processing platform for high performance SoC Prototyping solution, IP verification and early software development.
Audio Challenges on World’s First Gig on an Iceberg
A small iceberg has been turned into the most unlikely of gig venues in the Greenland Sea, as UK metal band The Defiled (Nuclear Blast Records) performed on top of the ice platform for the Jägermeister Ice Cold Gig – which sees artists put to the test as they perform in unconventional conditions. British company Studiomaster supplied a “berg suitable” PA for the world’s first ever gig, performed in sub-zero temperatures.