Business
AKM Fire Fallout: What’s Pro Audio’s Next Move?
Two weeks after a three-day fire ravaged AKM's factory that produces high-end DAC and ADCs, the pro-audio industry is still determining what to do next.
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Police Nab Suspects, Recover Gear in Idaho Studio Heist
Police have arrested two suspects in connection with a Nov. 1 burglary of $35,000 in gear and instruments from Audio Lab Recording Studio.
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AV Network Nation Approved for 4.75 AVIXA CTS RUs
AV Network Nation, taking place virtually on December 10, will allow CTS, CTS-D, and CTS-I holders to earn AVIXA Renewal Units (RUs).
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London’s Hollywood Snags U.S. Investor
Hackman Capital Partners (HCP) has agreed to invest £300 million over the next three years to develop Eastbrook Studios London.
Business
View from the Top: Mohit Parasher, Guitar Center Business Solutions
Mohit Parasher, newly appointed president of Guitar Center Business Solutions, shares why the future is “Smart”—as in Smart Homes, Smart Offices and Smart Venues.
Business
AKM Factory Fire—A Pro-Audio Industry Disaster
A 82-hour fire in AKM's semiconductor factory is already hurting numerous top pro-audio manufacturers around the globe.
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People: Hires and Promotions in the Audio Industry for October 2020
Industry moves this month include promotions and hires at Audix, Synthax, Yamaha Corp. of America, Symetrix, Danley Sound Labs, All Pro Integrated Systems and AVDG.
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People: Hires and Promotions in the Audio Industry for September 2020
Industry moves this month include promotions and hires at Earthworks Audio, 64 Audio, PMC USA, United Recording, Audiologic, Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and AVDG.
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AES Show Continues Show Floor Tradition
The traditional trade show floor exhibition is still a part of this year’s virtual AES Show Fall 2020 Convention.
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72nd Engineering Emmy Awards to Honor Sound
This year's Engineering Emmy Awards will honor a variety of individuals, companies and organizations, including two audio-oriented winners.
Business
RIAA Releases Mid-Year Latin Music Report
According to the RIAA’s mid-year report on the Latin music market, revenues in the U.S. enjoyed a fourth straight year of double-digit growth.
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BAE Audio Founder Cameron “Brent” Averill, 1949-2020
Cameron “Brent” Averill, founder of BAE Audio, died in August at the age of 71.
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Genelec Opens U.S. Experience Center
Genelec has built a new experience center serving as a mix room, a theater and a research and test center at the company’s U.S. Headquarters.
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Sound Particles Awarded Epic MegaGrant
Audio software developer Sound Particles has been awarded $50,000 as part of the Epic MegaGrant program created by Epic Games.
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New Hampshire Launches Live Venue Relief Program
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has launched a $12 million relief program to help live performance venues in the state.
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AES 2020: Something for Everyone, Everywhere
The Audio Engineering Society’s 149th Convention will be hosted virtually this year, and to accommodate the online format, the program is being expanded from four days to four weeks.
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Mark Brunner, Shure Executive, Passes
A veteran of the pro-audio industry for more than 30 years, Shure mainstay Mark Brunner passed October 1 of undisclosed causes.
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Recording Academy’s ChangeMusic Event Set a Roadmap
The Recording Academy and Color of Change hosted a virtual industry-wide ChangeMusic Summit on Oct. 1.
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Systems Contractor News and AVNation Launch AV Network Nation Event
December 10 Virtual Event to focus on tech topics and new technologies for the AV Community
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Zappa Engineer/Pro-Audio Exec Mark Pinske Dead at 70
Across five decades, Mark Pinske was a renowned studio owner, audio executive, and live sound engineer, most notably for Frank Zappa.
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SB Audience Debuts in U.S.
SB Audience, a new brand of pro transducers, is now being distributed in the U.S. by Madisound
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David Croxton, KV2 Sales Director, Dead at 59
Industry veteran David Croxton, sales director of KV2, has died due to a fatal accident. He was 59.
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Innovations: Flock Audio PATCH System
Darren Nakonechny, founder and CEO of Flock Audio, recounts the upstart company’s journey from his first idea of rethinking the typical patch bay for his home studio, to developing and releasing its first product, PATCH.
Blogs
COVID-19 and Pro Audio: An Industry Interrupted
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the pro-audio industry in ways both expected and surprising, but while manufacturing and recording are recovering from lockdown, live sound is being left behind.
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Audio-Technica’s Phil Cajka Sets Retirement
Audio-Technica U.S. president/CEO Phil Cajka has announced his pending retirement March 31, 2021, after being with the organization since 1981.
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TEC Awards Nominees Announced
Despite the pandemic, the 36th annual TEC Awards will be held as scheduled in January, and now the nominees have been announced.
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ISE 2021 Exclusive Update: On the Record with AVIXA’s Joé Lloyd
Joé Lloyd, AVIXA’s senior director of communications shares the latest information on ISE 2021 and InfoComm 2021.
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Pro Sound News Announces Fall Best of Show Award
Pro Sound News has announced the recipient of the 2020 Best of Show Award Virtual Edition program.
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Focusrite Experiences Record Growth
Focusrite PLC—parent company to Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation, Ampify, ADAM Audio and Martin Audio—has had a very good year in spite (and in some cases, because) of the pandemic.
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Audio Offerings at The Photography Show & The Video Show Virtual Festival
As this year’s UK convention The Photography Show & The Video Show moves online, audio pros and content creators worldwide can get in on the fun for free.
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RIAA Releases Mid-Year Report
According to the mid-year report released by the RIAA, revenues for recorded music continued their upward trend in the U.S. during the first half of 2020.
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Breaking: NAB Moves Spring Show to Fall of 2021
The National Association of Broadcasters has decided to move the 2021 NAB Show from April to October of next year.
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Best of Show Awards Virtual Edition Nominations Close Friday
This is your last chance to nominate your products for The Best of Show Awards Virtual Edition taking place around this year's IBC Showcase, September 8-11!
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Educators Are in the Kitchen During Covid-19
Audio Test Kitchen reports that various audio institutions around the world are using the company’s mic performance comparison website as a teaching tool.
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Purdue Researchers Reinvent the Guitar Pickup
Researchers at Purdue University have created a printed circuit board that acts as an electric guitar pickup.
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Audix Names Steve Young as Director of US Sales
Audix has appointed Steve Young, CTS, as its new director of US Sales.
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AES Show Readies Hip-Hop and R&B Track, Events
This year’s AES Show programming will dive into audio engineering and production insights, artistry, and gear behind top tracks from BIPOC artists, producers, and engineers.
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Live Events Pros Set for #RedAlertRESTART Tonight
On September 1, more than 1,500 venues, famous buildings and homes across the U.S. will be lit up in red from 9PM to midnight in a national effort to raise awareness of the current plight of the live events...
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Podcast Explores Yorkville Sound’s Ventilator Production During Pandemic
The latest episode of the Yorkville Sound Podcast focuses on how the manufacturer responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by pivoting to build ventilators.
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Gearsupply Eyes How Pro-Audio Gear is Resold Online
Cincinnati-based Gearsupply.com has launched as an online marketplace for users to buy and sell used pro-level audio gear.
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Sound Travels Aims to Circumvent Pandemic
The Sound Travels team describes how the COVID-19 crisis served as the impetus for the remote hire platform for the music industry. “Sound Travels started as a job market and it’s turned into almost a social justice platform, so...
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View from the Top: Glenn Burack, Bose
Glenn Burack, director of aviation, military and broadcast headsets at Bose, looks back at how the company’s military headset technology, first developed in 1986, proved itself adaptable to other markets even as it evolved over the years.