Audinate, developer of the Dante audio over IP media networking technology, is now shipping new firmware for its Ultimo UXT family of audio networking chipsets that support products with increased output capacity of two and four channels.
German specialist manufacturer RME, which produces a range of audio conversion units and microphone pre-amplifiers, expanded its Digiface range of interfaces at the 2018 NAB Show with the introduction of two new mobile networking products, one for the Dante audio over IP (AoIP) protocol and one for the Audio Video Bridging (AVB) standard.
German mixing console and routing developer Stage Tec expanded its audio over IP (AoIP) capability with the introduction of the NEXUS fibre and IP interface (XFIP) during the 2018 NAB Show. The new board is designed for the NEXUS audio networking system and features full compliance with the AES67 AoIP interoperability standard.
Loudspeakers began as simple wooden boxes. Today, they have evolved into a wide variety of shapes, sizes, colours, materials and technology. Yet, the physics of audio acoustics and the human auditory system has not changed. John Watkinson looks at the state of loudspeaker design and how the industry continues to make the same design errors.
Focusrite has launched its new Focusrite Pro division, formed to serve the specific needs of broadcast audio professionals.
THX has introduced the THX Spatial Audio Platform, an end-to-end universal positional audio solution built with the flexibility to support emerging immersive content formats (object-based and ambisonics) and open standards, as well as legacy content, across mobile, PC and consumer electronic devices.