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HumBeatz Mobile Looper App from AmpTrack Technologies Allows Voice to MIDI Instrument Conversion
by Joao Martins

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.
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Heavy-duty CAT5e and CAT6 Ethernet Cables from Io Audio Technologies Support etherCON Standard
by audioXpress Staff

Heavy-duty CAT5e and CAT6 Ethernet Cables from Io Audio Technologies Support etherCON Standard

Io Audio Technologies, a division of Knight Electronics, Inc., has developed a family of heavy-duty CAT5e and CAT6 Ethernet cables addressing the needs of the working musician and professional sound technician in today's audio networking environments. The Professional Series Shielded CAT5e and CAT6 etherCON cables are designed for solid digital audio connections such as digital snakes, AES50, & MADI or lighting protocols like DMX512 and ARTNET.
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Voice Control for Spotify Update for Ultimate Ears MEGABLAST and BLAST Portable Speakers
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Voice Control for Spotify Update for Ultimate Ears MEGABLAST and BLAST Portable Speakers

Ultimate Ears announced new features for its Ultimate Ears MEGABLAST and BLAST, the recently-released portable speakers from the brand’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth smart speaker range, with immersive 360-degree sound and Amazon Alexa built-in. Voice control for Spotify is coming soon on Ultimate Ears MEGABLAST and BLAST, with enhanced app features available now, and grouping later this year, with the updates available to all users.
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Optocore Festival Box Allows All Protocols To Tunnel Over The Same Fiber
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Optocore Festival Box Allows All Protocols To Tunnel Over The Same Fiber

With the festival season fast approaching, Optocore chose the Prolight+Sound 2018 to launch its new Festival Box. Having already proven the versatile fiber based technology in the broadcast industry — marketed through its close technology partner BroaMan — Optocore has responded to the growing demand from the live sound community for a more elegant and efficient signal transport system, with a hot-swappable SFP solution that will radically streamline multiple-band festival bills. Hence the name Festival Box.
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Lawo Introduces Third Generation mc²56 Production Console at 2018 NAB Show
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Lawo Introduces Third Generation mc²56 Production Console at 2018 NAB Show

With live productions becoming increasingly complex in a multi-platform and multi-format environment, digital production consoles have to accommodate an increasing number of functionalities, including automated routines, while enabling operators to remain in control at all times. This is precisely where German company Lawo has been excelling and the focus for unveiling the third generation of the mc²56 console at NAB 2018, introducing support for the latest networking protocols and standards.
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Magix Brings Back Revolutionary Digital Audio Workstation ACID Pro
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Magix Brings Back Revolutionary Digital Audio Workstation ACID Pro

Following the acquisition of Sony Creative Software (SCS) products by Magix Software GmbH, the German software house has kept its promise to maintain and revitalize popular audio editing and music production applications Sound Forge Pro and ACID Pro. In August 2017 Magix released version 12 of Sound Forge Pro, and now announced the release of the new ACID Pro 8 on April 23, 2018, featuring more power and plug-ins, a new user interface and improved accessibility.
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Clair Brothers Unveils 10SPOT Hybrid Loudspeaker at Prolight+Sound 2018
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Clair Brothers Unveils 10SPOT Hybrid Loudspeaker at Prolight+Sound 2018

Clair Brothers unveiled another innovative loudspeaker with the 10SPOT – designed as an ultimate hybrid loudspeaker that combines Clair Brothers Curved Array Technology together with the company's One Series coaxial horn technology. The result is a unique form factor loudspeaker that occupies little visual space while covering listening areas more coherently than average conventional point sources. The premiere took place at the recent Prolight+Sound 2018 show in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Yamaha Announces Next Generation of Loudspeakers and Subwoofers with Dante Integration and Extra Processing Power
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Yamaha Announces Next Generation of Loudspeakers and Subwoofers with Dante Integration and Extra Processing Power

During Prolight+Sound 2018 in Frankfurt, Yamaha announced the addition of new lines of powered (DZR/DXS-XLF) and passive (CZR/CXS-XLF) loudspeakers and subwoofers to its pro audio lineup, offering enhanced performance and professional sound quality. The new speakers feature advanced digital processing and audio networking connectivity, with direct integration with Yamaha's range of digital mixing consoles, and the brand's range of amplifiers and processors in the passive models.
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Sennheiser’s Introduces New Evolution Wireless G4 Wireless Camera Audio Systems and Previews New Mobile Recording Solution
by Joao Martins

Sennheiser’s Introduces New Evolution Wireless G4 Wireless Camera Audio Systems and Previews New Mobile Recording Solution

The Sennheiser stand at NAB 2018 showed tailor-made audio solutions for mobile journalism, newsgathering, and film productions, in addition to presenting the AMBEO range of products for VR and AR productions. New configurations for the updated Evolution Wireless G4 family were the main focus, but there was also a preview of a very interesting new wireless audio recording solution for mobile devices.
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Solid State Logic Improves Immersive Audio Possibilities For System T
by Joao Martins

Solid State Logic Improves Immersive Audio Possibilities For System T

During the NAB 2018 show, Solid State Logic demonstrated a new immersive audio implementation for System T, now adding support for ATSC 3.0, Dolby Atmos, and MPEG-H at the heart of its digital console architecture. SSL announced the release of v2.0 software for all its System T broadcast audio production platform, which includes a range of consoles, remote hardware & software interfaces, processor engines, and I/O, all designed from the ground up to be part of a next generation IP network-based broadcast production environment.
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