Business
InfoComm Best of Show Special Edition Deadline Extended!
With the virtual InfoComm only days away, this year’s special edition of Future’s Best of Show awards will be how many find out about the latest advancements announced.
Business
Business
People: Hires and Promotions in the Audio Industry for June 2020
Industry moves this month include promotions and hires at Audix, Point Source Audio, Dirac, Yamaha Corp. of America, Synthax, L-Acoustics Creations, Xilica, d&b audiotechnik, Stage Tec, Shure, Martin Audio and Riedel Communications.
Tour Sound
Crew Sues Over Deadly Tour Bus Crash
Lawsuits fly over last fall's deadly tour bus crash that killed a monitor engineer and injured seven others.
Business
InMusic Acquires Stanton from Gibson
With the acquisition, inMusic brings Stanton into its lineup of DJ brands including Numark, Rane and Denon DJ.
Post and Broadcast
SMPTE Revises IMF Standards
SMPTE’s latest IMF standards revisions address results from IMF Plugfests, as well as feedback from implementers and users.
Business
CEDIA Expo 2020 Cancelled; Virtual Event Planned
COVID-19 takes down another trade show as CEDIA moves to a virtual format for this year’s Expo.
Business
Studios Vie for CARES Relief with Mixed Results
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law on March 27, includes provisions that are bringing welcome relief to recording studios forced to shutter in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.
Business
Pro Audio Manufacturers Ready for the Rebound
More than 30 pro-audio manufacturers share insights into how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting their businesses and what comes next.
Post and Broadcast
Dolby, Tidal HiFi Roll Out Immersive Streaming
Streaming titan Tidal is making Dolby Atmos Music available from Atmos-enabled home systems.
Recording
Recording Academy Advises How To Reopen Studios
With all 50 states now in the process of reopening, the Producers & Engineers Wing of the Recording Academy has released “Considerations For Recording Studios As They Reopen.”
Business
View from the Top: Dusty Wakeman and Colin Liebich, Mojave Audio
Mojave Audio president Dusty Wakeman and CFO Colin Liebich trace the boutique mic manufacturer’s long and winding road from the garage of designer David Royer in 1985 to today, as the company is poised to introduce a number of...
Live
PAMA Contributes Aid to Live Sound Pros
The Clinic, Crew Nation and the AES each have received a $2,500 PAMA donation to help them in turn aid their constituents during the pandemic.
Business
NAB Show Express Draws Virtual Crowds
An estimated 40,000 attendees went online to experience the inaugural edition of the virtual trade show, NAB Show Express.
Business
dCS Expands Legends Award
The dCS (Data Conversion Systems, Ltd.) Legends Award campaign, which began last year, has been expanded to highlight more engineering legends.
Business
Survey Explores Female Representation in AV
A new 32-page report by Women in AV provides a breakdown of demographic and industry-based statistics, outlining women’s presence in the AV workplace.
Business
Innovations: Renkus-Heinz ICLive X Series
The CTO at Renkus-Heinz, looks back at the development of the ICLive X Series—a journey that starts roughly two decades ago.
Business
Almo E4v Evolution Kicks Off
Almo’s first E4 Evolution (E4v), expands the E4 Experience with a set of regional, virtual events on May 18-22
Business
InfoComm Best of Show Special Edition Awards Nominations are Now Open
This year’s InfoComm show is moving online. To help your product announcement cut through the clutter, nominate it in the InfoComm Best of Show Special Edition Awards!
Business
Pro Sound News Names “Best of Show Special Edition” Award Winners
The Best of Show Awards Special Edition Program guide will list all participating companies and products.
Recording
Recording All-Stars Welcome Niko Bolas to METAlliance
Chuck Ainlay, Frank Filipetti, George Massenburg, Elliot Scheiner and Al Schmitt have named producer/engineer Niko Bolas as a new member of the METAlliance.
Business
AES Readies Virtual Vienna Convention
AES Virtual Vienna Convention will include student recording and design competitions, an Education and Career Fair, Student Delegate Assembly events and more.
Tour Sound
Roy Williams, FOH Engineer for Robert Plant/Led Zeppelin, Dead at 73
A veteran of the live concert business, Roy Williams helmed the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion and multiple Robert Plant tours.
Business
Steve Johnson Joins Audix as VP, Sales & Marketing
Industry veteran Steve Johnson has been named the news Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Oregon-based Audix Microphones.
Business
Nexo Loudspeaker Production Resumes
Nexo loudspeaker production is restarting as the French live sound manufacturer began reopening its operations on May 11.
Business
Shure Donates $79,000 in Earphones to Students
Providing students and teachers with Shure SE215 earphones for online learning is just one of the pandemic-related efforts the pro-audio manufacturer has made.
Business
Sweetwater Moves GearFest 2020 Online
With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging, internet pro-audio retailer Sweetwater will hold GearFest 2020 online June 26-27.
Business
60 Seconds with Jonathan ‘JP’ Parker of Danley Sound Labs
Get to know Jonathan “JP” Parker, director of global sales and marketing at Danley Sound Labs.
Business
Yorkville Sound Pivots to Produce Ventilators
Pro-audio manufacturer Yorkville Sound has teamed up with Starfish Medical to design and produce ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Business
Streaming Drives Global Revenues Up for Fifth Straight Year
Streaming accounted for more than half of global recorded music revenue in 2019, according to the IFPI’s newly released annual Global Music Report.
Business
Listen Acquires ExXothermic
Listen Technologies has acquired ExXothermic, Inc., a manufacturer working in the realm of low-latency Wi-Fi audio technology.
Business
People: Hires and Promotions in the Audio Industry for May 2020
Industry moves this month include promotions and hires at Group One Ltd., Meyer Sound, DHD Audio, MSE Audio, Clear-Com, beyerdynamic and Lectrosonics.
Post and Broadcast
Post Companies Partner to Serve Game Developers
Periscope Post & Audio and Unlock Audio will provide game developers with an integrated single source for sound and music services.
Business
Reminder: “Best of Show” Special Edition Deadline Is Friday!
The winners of this year’s Special Edition Best of Show Awards will be announced during the week of NAB Show Express!
Business
View from the Top: Martin Seidl, Austrian Audio
When a 2017 global reorganization left Vienna-based employees of AKG laid off, Martin Seidl saw an opportunity to keep the team together and create something new in the form of Austrian Audio.
Business
Stage Tec Wins iF Design Award, Again
Stage Tec has won the iF Design Award for the third time
Post and Broadcast
Major Podcasters Keep Content Coming Despite Pandemic
With audiences and production teams working at home now, major podcasters Stitcher and Parcast have revamped their audio tech and workflows to keep content coming.
Business
2020 Marks Shure’s 95th Anniversary
The venerable pro audio company hits its 95th anniversary of providing audio pros with tools they need.
Business
Genelec Webinar to Cover Immersive Monitoring Solutions
The studio monitor mainstay will explore its immersive monitoring solutions in an upcoming Genelec webinar this Thursday.
Business
SSL Broadcast Tech Wins Queen’s Award
Solid State Logic lands an honor in its homeland, taking home a Queen’s Award for Enterprise.
Business
Roland Cloud Academy Expands
Roland’s Live Online Learning Platform has added new online classes covering topics such as Livestreaming, Zenbeats and FANTOM.
Business
Special Edition Best of Show Awards Deadline Extended
In light of the just-announced digital version of the NAB Show, NAB Show Express, the deadline for nominations for the Special Edition Best of Show Awards has been extended.
Business
Tonmeistertagung 2020 Still On
The four-day audio engineering trade show in Düsseldorf is still set for October, though registration has been pushed back to May.