Audiotonix Creates DJ Mixer Kit To Help Develop STEM and Audio Engineering Skills

Audiotonix, the holding company and home for some of the best mixing console brands, announced a new educational program, oriented towards fostering STEM, audio engineering, and mixing skills. The global professional audio group will launch a kit-based DJ mixer project, which will also be the first and only Audiotonix branded product, the STEAM powered DJ mixer kit - a fully working product that requires soldering PCBs.

Following a positive response to its DDK4000 Drum Microphone Kit, DPA Microphones announced several new professional sound microphone kits packed inside sturdy Peli Cases. The Danish company created bundles of its popular solutions, including the DLK4000 Live Microphone Kit, DSK4001 Studio Microphone Kit, DRK4001 Ultimate Recording Kit and DLS4000 Location Sound Kit. These new kits provide the ultimate selection of high-quality condenser microphones for use everywhere from stage to screen.

The two learn-to-solder kits designed by the Audio Builders Workshop (ABW is an offshoot of the Boston Audio Engineering Society section) are now available for purchase online at CrowdSupply - a crowdfunding organization and website helping creators fund and launch products that people can build themselves and customize at will. CrowdSupply and their parent company, Mouser have been great supporters of ABW, and it was just natural that the entities would team up to offer the kits.

For the May 2019 "Glass Audio" special edition, audioXpress asked Erik Owen to share with us his experience with the new Nu:Tekt HA-K1 “Tube” headphone amplifier using the novel Korg Nutube 6P1 device. This interesting headphone amplifier is sold as a kit for $199, it's relatively easy to assemble, and - more interestingly - makes for a practical way to actually induce some of the magic of tubes in a relatively portable configuration.

Following the introduction in 2016 of the BOSEbuild Speaker Cube, a complete kit that lets kids explore the science of sound, Bose announced its second BOSEbuild product. The BOSEbuild collection is now expanded with a set of “build-it-yourself” Bluetooth headphones. It’s a complete kit that provides kids - and anyone else - with a fun and interactive way to explore putting together a pair of high-quality headphones.

Another fun project to build from MOD Kits DIY. Part of the effects pedal collection from MOD Kits DIY, the Contortionist II kit is an all-analog high octane fuzz box with lots of character. All MOD kits come with easy to follow instructions and use point to point wiring. Pre-drilled enclosure and all parts are included.

Akitika makes high-performance home audio kits, including the GT-101 Stereo Power Amplifier and now the PR-101 Stereo Preamplifier Kit which the company describes as Akitika’s Preamp Platform (APP) because it contains everything needed in a stereo preamplifier, plus three option slots that allow the user to customize and extend it. That makes the APP a platform to build, and to build on.