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Graeme Harrison, vice president and general manager of Bluesound Professional, recounts how the residential streaming audio hardware manufacturer reinvented itself by launching a division aimed at commercial spaces.
Mu Yang, product manager, Shure Global Product Management, traces the development process behind transitioning Shure’s long-running analog-based SLX wireless microphone into the digital realm.
Steve Ellison, Meyer Sound director, Spatial Sound, pulls back the curtain on the development of Meyer Sound's Spacemap Go iPad-based interface. Allowing multichannel panning using multiple GALAXY processors, it becomes a spatial audio performance instrument by turning the company’s...
Brad Price, senior product marketing manager at Audinate, traces the history and development of Dante Domain Manager software, which allows users to build ever-larger, more sophisticated AV systems using brands they already know.
Matt Ruwe, senior product manager for Bose, discusses the thought process behind the creation of the Bose SoundComm B40 Headset, intended for use on the road and in the field by live event professionals.
Since the mid-1980s, the plug-on transmitter has been a cornerstone of Lectrosonics’ wireless offerings. Karl Winkler, vice president of sales and service, recounts the history and highlights how that effort has led to the company’s new offering, the DPR Digital...
The Genelec W371A Adaptive Woofer System aims to offer large main-monitor performance in a freestanding package.
Thomas Jensen, vice president of technical operations for Solid State Logic’s Systems & Support Group New York, recounts the history of the company’s System T broadcast console and its ongoing refinement to benefit its users and the marketplace.
When the founder of pioneering IEM manufacturer Sensaphonics teamed up with the CEO of Think-A-Move, a manufacturing company focused on headset products used in high-noise applications, the result was a brand new company that takes a fresh approach to...
Allen & Heath R&D director Andy Bell takes us behind the scenes into the development of the company's latest console, the Avantis.
Marc Viadiu, the founder and chief engineer of EZ Acoustics, recounts his company’s long journey developing its latest product, and how a chance meeting at the 2018 NAMM Show led to the involvement of longtime acoustic treatment proponent Peter...
By Brian Pickowitz. LEA Professional was founded earlier this year by a team of former Harman executives and engineers who aimed to a new installation-oriented, IoT-enabled professional amplifier with cloud-based control and monitoring. Months later, LEA’s first products are...
By Tony Agnello. Eventide managing director and co-owner Tony Agnello recounts the colorful history of its flagship digital multi-effects processors, from the pioneering SP2016 to the ambitious new fifth-generation H9000 Network Effects Platform.
Simon Browne, vice president, product management, at Clear-Com, discusses the expansive history and painstaking development of FreeSpeak, its digital wireless intercom system.
By Karl Winkler. Digital microphone systems are expected to meet three performance criteria—high channel counts, decent battery life and long range—but achieving any two of those goals generally comes at the expense of the third. Lectrosonics aims to change...
Matthias Christner, head of R&D Acoustics at d&b audiotechnik, takes us behind the scenes of the KSL System’s creation.
Waves’ Mick Olesh discusses the company’s recently introduced eMotion LV1 system, intended to be an all-inclusive/cost-effective mixing solution for live engineers working in clubs, touring bands and houses of worship.
By Alan Shirley. Developing a ‘Family Sound’ with Flexibility.
Klas Dalbjörn, product manager at Powersoft, takes us behind the scenes into the creation of the company’s new T Series, weighing not only how to capitalize on 40 years of advancements in amplifiers, but also how to make the...
Genelec’s Will Eggleston provides a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the S360 SAM studio monitor, as the company aimed to address music and performance trends, immersive audio for post-production, fixed installations and home theater with as small a...
By Wesley Smith. PreSonus director of loudspeaker design Hugh Sarvis and loudspeaker designer Don Keele presented their research on constant directivity at the 143rd AES Convention; their whitepaper subsequently became the blueprint for PreSonus’ CDL12 loudspeaker.
Rick Perrotta, president of Royer Labs, dissects the creation of the company’s latest ribbon microphone, the R-10.
Holoplot CEO Roman Sick explains how the company is rethinking Spatial Audio Reproduction.
By Miles Rogers. It’s not that often that you get to work on a project that changes the way you look at—or in this case listen to—the world.
By Tom Turkington. Ultimately the best way to greatly increase operational range is to put the RF where you need it. CrewCom’s distributed architecture and proprietary network allows system administrators to do just that.