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The Biz Beat: Sept, Oct, Nov, 2022

Every now and then, your heart skips a Beat. And every now and then, we do too.

Here’s a quick overview of what went on during September, October, and November at Audio Biz to get that beat back in rhythm again.

Shure came out with some exciting new products and updates.

  • Shure UniPlex Cardioid Lavalier Microphone - the perfect solution for speaking situations when rejection of sound from stage noise, an audience, or close-proximity presenters is called for.

  • Shure AD600 Axient® Digital Spectrum Manager - delivers real-time, wide-band spectrum scanning and monitoring from 174 MHz to 2.0 GHz, spectrum analysis, and frequency coordination in a single rack unit.

  • Stem Ecosystem Firmware Update 2.5 - improves the installation and setup experience of Stem solutions and the reliability of products already in the field as well as substantial improvements in acoustical performance and audio quality.

Chamsys and Chauvet Professional made their mark.

Liberty launched an entire new family of HDMI cables.

And SKB showed off their injection molding skills.

And introduced the iSeries 2421-7 Custom 24” iMac Case and the iSeries 1813-7 RODECaster Pro II Case.

Plus, We hosted and attended an event or two..

  • Heartland Business Systems Innovate 2022

  • AVI Live 2022

  • Pearl Technology, Technology Showcase

  • MxU Live Tour 2022

  • Audio Biz Michigan Shure Trainings (Grand Rapids & Detroit)

  • Clearwing Shure Wireless Bootcamp & Fall Demo Day

  • AES, NAB, & LDI

We just wanted to add how thankful we are for all of you and we hope your holiday season is filled with happiness and joy!

And just as a heads up, it’s not too late to take advantage of some of the hottest holiday sales from Shure, Allen & Heath, and Tascam!

Contact us for more details and don’t forget to follow us on social media to get all the important updates in real time. See you in 2023!

The Biz Beat: August, 2022

“an event is not over until everyone is tired of talking about it” -Mason Cooley

With all the events that took place in August, it’ll be a while until we are done talking about them! Here’s a brief recap of what went on with Audio Biz and our Brand Partners in August. Stay for the end to get a look ahead of what’s to come in the shorter days of September!

SHURE MXA920 DEMO VIDEO

Shure released this live demo recording of all you need to know about the MXA920! Recorded at the Shure Customer Experience Center, it includes live interactive demos requested from the audience. Take some time to check it out as soon as you can!

IN OTHER BIG SHURE NEWS…

Shure announced that the MV7 Microphone is the first-ever Zoom Certified Pro Mic! Read more about Shure’s Zoom Certified products here.

Irish Fest 2022 is in the Books!

We were joined by Allen & Heath, dB Technologies, and EAW on the nation’s largest Irish Fest! We gave demos of the products from our brand partners, and powered many of the stages! Some quick stats about the event: 4 show days, 16 stages, 22 desks, 2 full speaker rigs, 235 performances, 149 miles walked, 113 guests from 22 companies, and “some” whiskey. Read the article from Allen & Heath here, and from dB Technologies here.

UC User Experience with Salamander Designs

At this event, we spent the day with Salamander Designs and met with manufacturers and suppliers to give them hands on experience with their products. We had tons of productive convos with AV professionals about their projects and wowed attendees with the new Cabinet Designer software!

Chamsys magicq training in chicago

ChamSys hosted a 2 day MagicQ training in Chicago! During the training, participants learned a wide variety of skills for operating these consoles including editing, using dimmers, programming, patching, file management, and more! Head here to check out the full line of MagicQ consoles.

Tascam Portacapture X8 Firmware update

Tascam just released Portacapture X8 firmware update V1.30! This update includes the support of 32bit float USB transmission as an audio interface, storage of user settings on app and input presets (up to three for each), and the ability to save your own presets for onboard apps and input settings, plus USB mix-minus on PODCAST app. Download the update here.

Plus, two maintenance firmware updates from Allen & Heath

Allen & Heath released two new maintenance firmware updates! The updates include dLive V1.94 (download here) and Avantis V1.21 (download here).

SKB Released two new cases

The 3i-2421-IMAC is for the new Apple iMac, and the 3i1813-7-RP2 is a product specific case for the new Rode PROCaster II. These cases are part of SKBs iSeries Injection Molded Mil-Standard Waterproof Cases. These cases are in stock now!

eaw’s new line array- the kf210

The KF210 is a medium format 2-way passive line array designed to support a wide range of applications in a small and easy to deploy package. Check out the specs here.

So with all of that in only August, what’s to come in September, or should we just wake you up when it ends? Stay tuned and don’t forget to follow us on social media for daily updates!

The Biz Beat: July, 2022

Summer days driftin’ away… but that doesn’t stop the new products from rollin in!

Safe to say for a lot of us, July was a busy month! Tons of our brand partners released new products and software updates, and we stayed busy crafting new videos and demoing gear. Here’s a look at all the Audio Biz happenings from July, and what we are looking forward to in August (you might be surprised to find it’s not the late summer humidity).

Shure announced the release of Stem Firmware Update 2.4.2 and barco clickshare certification

This update began it’s rollout on July 26th, and will be widely available in the coming weeks. The update includes improved microphone performance for a better far-end experience, updated branding, faster boot up time and more. Read more about it here.

Shure also announced that Stem Ecosystem now has Barco ClickShare certification which eliminates the need for you to rewire the entire conferencing system every time a new user needs to use the conference room, giving any meeting space the flexibility to let a presenter BYOD for video conferencing and content sharing. Find out more about the partnership here.

SKB Released TWO new cases in July

One for the new Apple iMac (3i-2421-IMAC), and another product specific case for the new Rode PROCaster II (3i1813-7-RP2). These cases are part of SKBs iSeries Injection Molded Mil-Standard Waterproof Cases.

Also check out SKB’s new time-lapse video of their new Injection Molder and how it was built! Here.

Allen & Heath Dlives were captured in action at summerfest in milwaukee

Gearing up for the show, we had the awesome chance to talk with the engineers from Portugal the Man and Milky Chance. They ran these consoles for their show on the Miller Lite Stage at the festival.

dLive is Allen & Heath’s flagship digital mixing system, learn more about them here.

Chauvet announced the future release of new fixtures

Coming soon from Chauvet, the Maverick Storm 2 BeamWash is a compact, IP65 BeamWash equipped to produce powerful, tight aerial beams, wide washes, and individual pixel control. It weighs in under 40 pounds and nearly 10,000 lumens. Check out the new line here.

Lea is gaining new certifications

On Friday, LEA announced that once all proper paperwork is completed, the Connect Series amplifiers will officially be EN54-16 certified! The LEA Professional Connect Series EN54-16 voice alarm compliant amplifiers include 352, 354, 702, 704 Network models as well as the 352D, 354D, 702D, and 704D Dante models.

and Liberty AV Solutions teamup+ series expands

The new DL-N5USB-PHUB from Liberty AV Solutions is a networked USB 3.0 hub with control and client switching capability. They have revolutionized this USB Hub by adding remote management, robust power, surge protection, client port switching and uninterruptible power to USB peripherals connected to the heart of the system, your PC. Specs here.

we weren’t lying when we said july was a busy month. But august might be even better..

Here’s what we are looking forward to in this coming month:

We are joining Salamander Designs on August 4th in Chicago at the UC User Experience 2022!
At this event, you can meet with manufacturers and suppliers to get hands on with products and meet with professional’s that can help design your AV infrastructure in the constantly changing hybrid work environment. Register here.

ChamSys has a 2-day MagicQ training coming up in Chicago in August!
This in-person event on August 23 & 24 will teach beginner and intermediate level users all there is to know about operating these consoles. Hosted at Sound, Production & Lighting, the training starts at 10AM and ends at 5PM on both days. Spots are limited so check out more info and register ASAP using this link.

Thanks for checking out this months Biz Beat. Don’t forget to follow us on social media to stay up to date in the moment when big things happen! Until next time!

NAMM and InfoComm 2022 Recap

From New products, trainings, awards, and more, Here’s a “Biz Eye VIEW” OF all the Exciting takeaways from The NAMM Show and InfoComm this year.

We kicked off the first week of June by leaving the humidity of the Midwest and landed ourselves in sunny California! Our first stops included factory tours with SKB and Hosa, as well as meetings with many of our brand partners where our very own Redbeard was awarded with the A&H Bulldog and the dB Technologies Top Gun Maverick Awards. A big and well deserved “Congrats” went out to him for his extensive knowledge and hard work this year!

Once The NAMM Show was in full swing that Friday, we spent our time demoing this year’s hottest new gear, networking with our customers, and giving tours of our brand partners’ booths.

By the time Sunday rolled around, we packed up our bags again and hopped on a flight to the beautiful (and scorching hot!) Las Vegas where we attended trainings at Chauvet’s Experience Center and had meetings with some more partners including LEA, Salamander Designs, and Listen Technologies. Once the trade show floor opened in the Las Vegas Convention Center, we were back at it networking, giving tours, and demoing gear (one of us clocked over 50 miles of walking over the two tradeshow runs!).

To say we had an absolute blast on and off the tradeshow floor would be an understatement, and we can’t wait until both of these shows kick off next year again.

Here’s a glance at some of the newest and best products that were highlighted at this year’s shows from our brand partners:

(Click the bold words for links to learn more about each product.)

INNOVOX AUDIO

NAMM

HLA Series Hybrid Line Arrays

Audio Biz Welcomes Salamander Designs

Audio Biz is proud to announce we are now representing Salamander Designs Commercial line of furniture.

If you are thinking of adding a new look, display, video conferencing or collaboration technology to your workplace. A refresh is a perfect time to leverage Salamander Designs furniture for every existing or new space.

Their design team matches your high-tech electronics with personalized carts, stands and furniture that allow users to derive maximum benefit of each technology. Roll our mobile carts from room to room—and roll them right into the future with simple upgrades as your technology evolves.

Salamander not only refreshes your workspace – we transform it. You’ll immediately improve productivity and collaboration. Our premium furniture is engineered to make today’s offices mobile, global and better than ever before.

When you’re ready – think Salamander Designs. Contact your Audio Biz sales rep for info and to schedule a design consultation https://calendly.com/salamanderdeisgns/salamander-audio-biz?month=2021-11

Audio Biz Welcomes EAW

Audio Biz is excited to announce that EAW has joined our portfolio of products to offer. EAW is a premier manufacture of loudspeakers from smaller portable speakers to large concert PA. EAW has several patented technologies in their loudspeakers like Adaptive that allows the audio to be focused where you want it and not where you don’t.

For more information on what EAW has to offer or to schedule a demo reach out to us at Audiobiz.com