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Zylia Introduces ZR-1 Ambisonics Recorder and 6DoF VR/AR Development Kit
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Zylia Introduces ZR-1 Ambisonics Recorder and 6DoF VR/AR Development Kit

During the 2019 AES Convention in New York, Zylia unveiled two major additions to its industry-leading 3D audio recording and production portfolio of solutions, designed around the Zylia ZM-1 spherical microphone array. The new Zylia ZR-1 portable recording device and 6DoF VR/AR Development Kit add greater flexibility to 360-degree and 3rd order Ambisonics recording applications, responding directly to market demand, particularly field applications.
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Harman Professional Solutions Announces New AKG Lyra Multimode USB Microphone
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Harman Professional Solutions Announces New AKG Lyra Multimode USB Microphone

Harman Professional Solutions announced a new AKG microphone, the AKG Lyra multi-mode USB microphone, designed to be used in the studio for music recording but also for podcasts and consumer recordings like YouTube videos and more. Featuring advanced circuitry that supports 24-bit/192kHz audio resolution, the AKG Lyra delivers an acoustically transparent audio signal using a new AKG Adaptive Capsule Array, which provides user-selectable capture modes optimized for any application.
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Nureva Granted Three Patents for Its Microphone Mist Technology Platform
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Nureva Granted Three Patents for Its Microphone Mist Technology Platform

Nureva, the collaboration-solutions company from Calgary, Alberta, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued three new patents for the company’s Microphone Mist technology platform. Patents numbered 10,063,987 and 10,397,726 describe the ability to focus sound signals in a shared 3D space, and patent 10,387,108 describes the use of sound source positional information to derive automatic gain control output parameters.
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Solid State Logic Next Generation Analog Studio Console Introduced at AES 2019
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Solid State Logic Next Generation Analog Studio Console Introduced at AES 2019

Solid State Logic (SSL) decided it was time to revisit the company’s analog origins with a new studio classic console. Visitors to the AES NY 2019 convention had the chance to witness the first preview of the Origin analog console, the latest in a long heritage of SSL studio mixing consoles. Origin has a traditional analog studio workflow at its heart whilst providing the perfect partner for a modern DAW driven ‘hybrid’ production studio.
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Waves Introduces the eMotion LV1 Proton 16-Channel Live Mixing System and SuperRack
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Waves Introduces the eMotion LV1 Proton 16-Channel Live Mixing System and SuperRack

Waves Audio introduced the new eMotion LV1 Proton 16-Channel Live Mixing System at the 147th AES Convention in New York. Expanding on the concept of the original eMotion LV1 software mixer, the LV1 Proton is now Waves’ most affordable complete live mixing system, ideal for 16-channel live setups that aspire to combine sound quality with a live mixing system controlled from a touchscreen control surface, offered for an unprecedented cost of under $5K.
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Sony confirms 360 Reality Audio Immersive Music Experiences on New Amazon Echo Studio
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Sony confirms 360 Reality Audio Immersive Music Experiences on New Amazon Echo Studio

Sony Corporation announced that 360 Reality Audio content, which offers a new immersive music experience for listeners, will be made available on the new Amazon Echo Studio with Amazon Music HD to customers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan later this year. Sony's 360 Reality Audio is an immersive audio experience utilizing MPEG-H object-based spatial audio technology from Fraunhofer IIS.
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AES New York 2019 Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track Will Bridge the Theoretical and Practical
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AES New York 2019 Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track Will Bridge the Theoretical and Practical

At the 147th AES New York 2019 convention (October 16–19), the Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track will feature nine events over the convention’s four days that explore the way we hear and the ways the spaces we listen in affect perception. Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track chair Alex Case has curated the program, which is dedicated to the prospect that, as Case notes, “all who listen hear better when they know more about the science behind acoustics and psychoacoustics.”
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Kurt Howell Joins NTP Technology As Sales Director For North America
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Kurt Howell Joins NTP Technology As Sales Director For North America

In a strategic and focused effort to support broadcast audio sales in the US, NTP Technology is teaming up with industry veteran Kurt Howell. He joins the company as Sales Director for North America and will work in close co-operation with NTP’s and Digital Audio Denmark (DAD) current distribution.
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Vesper Hires Lorenzo Ponzanelli as SVP of Worldwide Sales and Business Development
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Vesper Hires Lorenzo Ponzanelli as SVP of Worldwide Sales and Business Development

Vesper, the piezoelectric MEMS specialist, announced that Lorenzo Ponzanelli has joined the company as senior vice president of worldwide sales and business development, overseeing sales strategy and execution to drive rapid global growth. The appointment is confirmed at a time when the Boston firm is expanding both engineering and sales teams and plans to expand in Europe and Asia, adding to its current offices in China, Korea and Singapore.
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Steinberg Expands Mastering Audio Possibilities with New WaveLab 10
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Steinberg Expands Mastering Audio Possibilities with New WaveLab 10

Steinberg announced the immediate availability of WaveLab Pro 10 and WaveLab Elements 10 audio mastering software. This major update introduces a whole new dimension to WaveLab, allowing users to do a lot more without the need of ever leaving the application, including working with video. The highly anticipated tenth version now supports video playback, Reference Track, Audio Montage editing enhancements plus many other new features for mastering, editing, restoration and refinement.
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