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elysia Designs skulpter 500 Class-A Sound Shaping Recording Preamp
May 29, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

elysia Designs skulpter 500 Class-A Sound Shaping Recording Preamp

High-end studio processor manufacturer elysia announced availability of its new skulpter 500 sound shaping preamp — pushing its range of 500 Series recording hardware into another area of processing. According to the German company, the skulpter 500 is high quality recording preamp based on single resistors controlling a fully discrete Class-A amplifier capable of complementing any microphone or high-impedance instrumental source and adding two variable saturation/filter stages and an intelligent onboard compressor.
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Bragi Joins STMicroelectronics Partner Program with Bragi Intelligent Edge
May 28, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Bragi Joins STMicroelectronics Partner Program with Bragi Intelligent Edge

Bragi announced its inclusion in ST Microelectronics Partner Program to create software solutions that address the current needs for modern IoT development, granting shorter development time as well as reducing the time and cost to market. Bragi offers state-of-the-art configurable, scalable, and power-efficient software building blocks of its Intelligent Edge computing platform, combined with products, technologies, and solutions from ST.
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Belkin Expands Digital Audio Portfolio with 3.5 mm Jack to Lightning Cable
May 28, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Belkin Expands Digital Audio Portfolio with 3.5 mm Jack to Lightning Cable

Mobile accessories brand Belkin announced a new 3.5 mm Audio Cable with Lightning Connector which allows iPhone users to connect directly to the car stereo or home speakers with a single cable. The new cable converts digital signals to analog and is able to output high resolution audio. It is available in 3 ft / 6 ft lengths for listening to music in different environments, at home or in the car.
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Microchip Announces New Software Library to Easily Implement Low-power Touch Pads with Surface Gestures
May 28, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Microchip Announces New Software Library to Easily Implement Low-power Touch Pads with Surface Gestures

Microchip Technology announced a new 2D Touch Surface library that enables designers to easily implement touch pads using the company’s 8-bit PIC and AVR microcontrollers (MCUs) and 32-bit SAM MCUs. Available free of charge with the purchase of any compatible MCU, the library provides a simplified, low-cost solution for embedded applications, making possible to add taps, swipes, pinch and zoom to headphones and other consumer electronics devices at no additional cost.
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Sound Particles Expands Creative Tools with the Release of Doppler and Air Plugins
May 25, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Sound Particles Expands Creative Tools with the Release of Doppler and Air Plugins

Sound Particles is an audio software company focused on native 3D sound applications for Audio Post Production. Their approach to sound design starts with a physical representation of actual tridimensional spaces, in this case using particles and virtual microphones, generating sound animations which can be rendered anytime to any intended output format, from Ambisonics to Dolby Atmos. Anyone who has seen any of the recent Hollywood blockbusters has already enjoyed the results. Now, the company expanded its set of creative tools with the release of two very useful sound design plug-ins.
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Nugen Audio Advances Signal Flow Modification with New Toolbox Plug-in
May 25, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Nugen Audio Advances Signal Flow Modification with New Toolbox Plug-in

Nugen Audio announced availability of SigMod — a utility toolbox plug-in that more than lives up to its Thousands of ways to enhance existing plug-ins and DAW tagline with straightforward signal flow modification via 11 single-process modules that can easily be inserted, swapped, and moved around, allowing for new options to correct, convert, or tweak audio as required. The new SigMod tool was presented during the 144th AES Convention in Milan, Italy.
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Tascam Unveils 202mkVII Dual Cassette Deck with USB Output
May 25, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Tascam Unveils 202mkVII Dual Cassette Deck with USB Output

Yes, you read that right! A dual cassette deck! Tascam’s new 202mkVII is the latest generation of the company's professional cassette recorders. For those who still remember what a cassette was (and that’s the target, because you’ll probably still have hundreds of those in drawers…), Tascam’s cassette decks were always coveted for their reliable performance, comprehensive feature set, and audio quality. With the new Tascam 202mkVII Dual Cassette Deck users actually have a way to copy cassettes and they have a USB output to digitize those contents for good.
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IsoAcoustics New ISO Series Line of Acoustic Isolation Stands Now Available Worldwide
May 24, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

IsoAcoustics New ISO Series Line of Acoustic Isolation Stands Now Available Worldwide

IsoAcoustics announced that their latest line of acoustic isolation stands, the ISO Series, designed for professional audio speakers and subwoofers, is now available worldwide. The new models, which include the ISO-130, ISO-155, ISO-200 and the ISO-200SUB, feature a new contemporary design, a lower profile and all new isolators – offering the acclaimed acoustic isolation performance that the company’s multiple award-winning legacy stands have become famous for.
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Meyer Sound Debuts Svelte, UP-4slim UltraCompact Installation Loudspeaker
May 24, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Meyer Sound Debuts Svelte, UP-4slim UltraCompact Installation Loudspeaker

Meyer Sound has introduced the UP-4slim ultra-compact installation loudspeaker, a slender new solution for applications that demand superior performance and exceptional power-to-size ratio together with elegant aesthetics. The UP-4slim incorporates Meyer Sound’s exclusive IntelligentDC technology, integrating the inherent sonic advantages of self-powered loudspeakers with the installation ease of low voltage systems. It is the first IntelligentDC multi-way loudspeaker from the Californian brand to be housed in an all-aluminum enclosure.
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Gracenote Introduces Recording-Level Music Style Datasets for Better Music Discovery, Curation and Personalization
May 24, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Gracenote Introduces Recording-Level Music Style Datasets for Better Music Discovery, Curation and Personalization

Gracenote, now a Nielsen company is launching Sonic Style, a breakthrough music descriptor system which classifies the “style” of musical recordings across massive catalogs for the first time ever. Leveraging audio analysis and state-of-the-art machine learning, Gracenote Sonic Style provides the music industry with a powerful and scalable new dataset at the recording level, enabling a more perfect playlist.
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