• Røde has added the NTH-50 professional on-ear headphone model to its headphone line-up.

    Promising a ‘natural and balanced sound signature with ultra-low distortion and superior passive noise isolation’, the NTH-50s are intended for DJs, sound engineers and content creators.

  • Black Lion Audio has released the PBR XSplit8, a premium eight-channel passive XLR mic splitter engineered for use in studio, onstage and live sound environments.

  • Allen & Heath has announced six new Qu series mixers, bringing 96kHz FPGA and Deep Processing capabilities, Dante options, and a host of workflow and hardware enhancements to the digital mixing platform.

  • Alcons Audio has released the Director6, its latest high-performance amplified loudspeaker controller, purpose-built to drive Alcons’ pro-ribbon systems in fixed and semi-permanent installations.

  • Lenbrook Media Group has launched a new suite of studio plug-ins, giving music creators unprecedented control over critical details in their recordings. Developed by its MQA Labs unit, Inspira and Endura offer engineers and producers previously unavailable methods for managing impulse response, noise shaping and dither. The user has full control in pursuit of their desired sound.

  • Violectric has expanding its product portfolio of headphone amplifiers with the HPA V324, a compact reference amplifier with inputs and outputs, as well as two illuminated level indicators with analogue pointer instruments.

  • Slate Digital has announced the SD-D Chorus and Custom D Chorus modules for Virtual Mix Rack, introducing modulation effects to its Virtual Mix Rack (VMR) line-up.

  • Sennheiser has announced a single-channel version of the Profile Wireless 2.4GHz all-in-one microphone solution launched in late 2024. The streamlined single-mic system comes in a compact bag and includes a second USB charging cable instead of the charging bar of the earlier two-channel version.

  • Solid State Logic has extended its SSL 360° platform with the Meter Pro plug-in and updated SSL 360° software to v1.9.

    The new pro metering plug-in provides users with precise real-time analysis, controllable via the SSL UF1 DAW controller, while the SSL 360° update adds further capabilities to the UF1, UF8 and UC1 controllers.

  •  L-Acoustics has announced L-Acoustics DJ, promising to transform traditional stereo DJ set-ups into fully immersive spatial audio experiences.

  • The Waldorf Blofeld software wavetable synthesiser plug-in is now available for iPad, with AUv3 support.

  • Sustaining the legacy of the pioneers PPG Wave synthesis systems, Groove Synthesis has announced the 3rd Wave 8M, a compact desktop synthesiser that offers the distinctive Groove Synthesis sound to a more accessible price point, without compromising on sound quality or core features.

  • Nugen Audio has launched a new speech intelligibility plug-in, DialogueCheck. A mono, stereo and multichannel dialogue clarity meter, the software provides an objective measure of speech audio intelligibility suited to use in film, TV, radio, podcasting and game audio production, as well as in postproduction environments.