miniDSP - Q4 2020 Newsletter
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Hello Visitor, Hoping you're doing well and staying healthy! We're excited to give you a short update on what we've been up to for the past few months. Two new products for our Acoustic Measurement product line, one more for the Car Audio Series and no less than six new application notes will hopefully keep you entertained. We look forward to hearing back from you so feel free to contact us if you have any questions. DevTeam |
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UMIK-2Introducing the UMIK-2, miniDSP's second-generation omni-directional acoustic measurement microphone. The UMIK-2 has everything that made the first-generation UMIK-1 one of our best selling products, including a convenient plug-and-play USB connection and a unique calibration file for each microphone to ensure accuracy. The UMIK-2 is a substantial upgrade in performance and functionality. A larger 1/2-inch microphone capsule provides lower noise and lower distortion, which is preserved by the 32-bit ADC (analog-to-digital converter) built into the microphone shell. Furthermore, sample rates are selectable from 44.1 to 192 kHz for compatibility with the widest possible range of measurement and recording software. The UMIK-2 is of course fully compatible with REW (Room EQ Wizard) and Dirac Live (version 3 and later). Driverless operation with macOS, Linux, Android and iOS, and a supplied ASIO driver for Windows ensure simple integration into many other measurement and recording applications.
Priced at $195 US, this new reference measurement microphone represents an incredible value for an all in one low noise, high SPL, high bit rate microphone. You can pre-order it on our webshop and learn more from our datasheet and UMIK-2 user manual. Shipments are expected to start first week of November. Stay tuned! UMIK-XEver tried to tune a large room or a car while moving your microphone around? 1)Measure a few positions 2)Tweak EQ 3)Measure... Introducing the miniDSP UMIK-X, a distributed microphone array containing up to 16 microphone capsules for multichannel measurement. Four capsules are mounted onto a UMA4 microphone module, and up to four UMA4 microphone modules are daisy-chained with a single twisted-pair cable carrying the Analog Devices A2B protocol for multichannel audio transport. The chain can be up to 40 meters long so more than enough for your Home Theater! The UMA4 modules are interfaced to the computer with the included USB-A2B interface, which provides 16 channels at 24-bit/44.1 or 48 kHz. The USB-A2B is a UAC-2 compliant interface. Furthermore, the UMIK-X is compatible with the new multi-channel measurement capability of the Room EQ Wizard measurement software. We're excited to partner with REW and package the cost of the Multichannel license with your UMIK-X purchase so you're up and running with software&hardware as a combo!
New Applications Notes
As usual, we work hard to bring new learning material to our community on how to use our platforms to their full potential. Each application note takes a lot of energy so we hope that you find them useful! Here are the new app notes for this month: - Using the UMIK-1 or UMIK-2 and REW with HDMI output / Windows and Mac: Here are two application notes on how to setup REW+HDMI with your Window or Mac computer. We hope you find it useful for your next Home Theater tuning! - Using the UMIK-X with MultiSub Optimizer: Here is an extensive step by step application note using the UMIK-X + MSO, our favorite tuning software for multi-sub. Check out the predicted MSO response vs multipoint UMIK-X measurement, strikingly close results by this powerful platform.
- AutoEQ with UMIK-1/2 + REW: This application note needed a little update to keep up to date with REW's new GUI. It's now available in our app note library and we hope it will help your next project! - UMIK-1 or UMIK-2 Setup with REW: We wanted to make sure you have a complete step by step summary on how to start REW with both UMIK-1 and UMIK-2. Check out this updated application note. Have an idea for a new application note? Make sure to share it with our team! News from the LAB
Here is a new section called "News from the Lab" where we hope to share what engineers are working on behind the scenes but aren't ready to ship yet. Hoping you'll enjoy the reading! - Introducing Harmony 8x12: This new amplifier is very exciting as we've worked for quite a few months to combine a 12 channel Class D amplifier with USB Audio/Toslink & A2B connectivity. Loaded with miniDSP's flexible toolbox + Dirac Live, the Harmony 8x12 pushes the boundaries of your typical multichannel amplifier. The firmware is being finalized and we expect shipments to start by mid-November. Stay Tuned for more details on our Car Audio space!
- Roon Ready Certification: The final touches are ongoing but with a slight delay as can happen for complex implementations. Customers of SHD/SHD Studio/SHD Power platforms will soon receive a free upgrade in coming weeks. Thanks again for your patience! REW Multichannel Measurement
We're very excited to see the release of the paid multichannel option for Room EQ Wizard. Yet another breakthrough by John for this powerful measurement software. While 1 x multichanel license is already included with a UMIK-X purchase, standalone licenses are also available for purchase on the REW website if you already have access to multiple microphones. As for those of us not into multichannel but still finding REW as powerful as we do, please make sure to support his effort with a small donation. :-) Not interested any more?
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