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• Export Distributor of the Year: Independent Audio Receives Award from Sonifex

  November 23, 2022
  

  Sonifex has presented to Independent Audio the Sonifex 2022 Export Distributor of the Year Award. We have been a Sonifex distributor since 1996. Here’s to many more years working together!

• New Product: Sonifex AVN-DIO12 Dual Microphone Input to Dante® with Mic Gain Audio Interface

  February 4, 2022
  

  Sonifex is proud to announce the launch of the Sonifex AVN-DIO12 Dual Microphone Input to Dante® with Mic Gain. The Sonifex AVN-DIO12 is a dual microphone input to Dante® converter with adjustable mic gain in the Sonifex DIO range of Dante® input/output devices. It’s effectively 2 x AVN-DIO09 units in a single chassis still offering [more]

• CEDAR Audio wins Engineering Emmy®

  October 14, 2021
  

  13 October 2021: We are delighted to announce that the Television Academy has awarded CEDAR Audio an Engineering Emmy for CEDAR Studio. These awards honour individuals, companies and organisations for developments in broadcast technology. “Engineers, scientists and technologists are a vital part of our industry and are key to the continuing evolution of television,” says [more]

• Independent Audio Receives Award From Sonifex

  August 18, 2021
  

  The Sonifex Distributor of the Year Awards are usually handed out during the IBC show in Amsterdam in September each year. However, due to COVID-19, and the postponement of the show, the 2020-2021 Export Distributor Award was given in person to Fraser Jones, president of Independent Audio, when he recently visited the Sonifex factory. Independent [more]

• New Product: Sonifex AVN-DIO20 Dante to MADI AES3 Audio Interface

  May 28, 2021
  

  Sonifex are pleased to announce the release of the new AVN-DIO20, a MADI and AES3 to Dante bridging device allowing MADI to connect bidirectionally with AoIP, together with 8 stereo channels of AES3. This elegant PoE audio interface provides a simple method of connecting legacy MADI interfaces on SFP and BNC MADI connections, to the Dante AoIP [more]

• Video: CEDAR DNS Two Software Dialogue Noise Suppressor

  March 1, 2021
  

  A huge success within the DNS 2™ hardware unit, the newly developed algorithm in DNS Two has already proved to be the quickest, simplest and most effective dialogue noise suppressor ever developed. In almost all cases, using DNS Two is as simple as switching on LEARN and then adjusting the attenuation to obtain the desired [more]

• Video: Sonifex AVN-DIO10 Dante to SDI Embedder & De-Embedder

  August 11, 2020
  

  Sonifex AVN-DIO10 Dante to SDI Embedder & De-Embedder is a Dante to 3G/HD/SD-SDI Embedder/De-Embedder with PoE (Power over Ethernet) and is the easiest way to connect legacy SDI equipment to a Dante or AES67 Audio-over-IP network. The AVN-DIO10 takes an SDI feed, de-embeds the 16 audio channels and places them on channels 1-16 of the [more]

• Video: Sonifex AVN-DIO Audiophile Dante Interfaces

  August 11, 2020
  

  Sonifex AVN-DIO Audiophile Dante Interfaces are simple plug and play devices that provide a convenient and elegant method of connecting legacy analogue and digital audio equipment to a Dante AoIP (Audio over IP) network. What’s the difference between these units and others? First, the audio quality. Sonifex Ltd is using A/D and D/A circuitry that’s [more]

• New Product: Cedar DNS 8D Dante-Enabled Hardware Dialogue Noise Suppressor

  October 24, 2019
  

  We are delighted to announce the Cedar DNS 8D Dante-Enabled Hardware Dialogue Noise Suppressor – the first CEDAR product with Dante designed specifically for your customers in broadcast and live sound. More than two years in development, this is an important new 8-channel dialogue noise suppressor that has been requested by broadcasters and other DNS [more]

• Thermionic Culture Snow Petrel Mic Pre Will Launch At AES Show The Javits Center In NYC

  October 24, 2019
  

  September 26, 2019 – Portland, Maine. Fraser Jones, President of Independent Audio which is the exclusive U.S. distributor of the Thermionic Culture product range, announced the launch of the Thermionic Culture Snow Petrel Mic Preamp at the AES Show, Javits Center, NYC, from October 16 -18, 2019. The Thermionic Culture Snow Petrel is a two-channel [more]

• Introducing CEDAR Trinity 4 Audio Surveillance System

  March 1, 2019
  

  1 March 2019: CEDAR AUDIO are proud to announce a major upgrade to our CEDAR Trinity multi-user surveillance recorder, processor, transcription and reporting system. CEDAR Trinity 4 offers all of the features needed to monitor, collect and enhance audio in the field or the lab, and the new version greatly extends previous systems with enhancements implemented in [more]

• Review: Thermionic Culture Kite EQ (MusicTech)

  January 16, 2019
  

  The Thermionic Culture Kite EQ has received a glowing review on MusicTech.com: “The Kite is not a conventional equaliser, in the manner of parametric and graphic types. Rather, it’s an enhancer, making good-quality recordings sound even better. It can be used in a more corrective capacity, bringing to life dull or flat-sounding mixes and sub-mixes by adding [more]

• New: Thermionic Culture Kite Valve Stereo EQ

  October 8, 2018
  

  Thermionic Culture is proud to present the new Thermionic Culture Kite Valve Stereo EQ, an all valve stereo Equalizer with Attitude. “We’ve had many requests for a version of our Fat Bustard without the summing facility, keeping the Attitude, eq, and of course the big fat sound. So The Kite was born.” – Vic Keary, M.D. & designer. [more]

• Sonifex AVN-CU2 Commentator Unit with Dante coming in 2019

  October 3, 2018
  

  The Sonifex AVN-CU2 Commentator Unit is a Dante-enabled Commentator Unit for use by up to 2 commentators. Using Dante® AoIP together with 4 wire connections they bridge the gap between old and new technology, allowing the ease of connectivity & functionality of AoIP together with the legacy connections needed to operate with the existing infrastructure [more]

• Video: Using the CEDAR SE 1 Speech Enhancer for Surveillance

  August 6, 2018
  

  Using the CEDAR SE 1 Speech Enhancer for surveillance is a must for Police, security and counter-terrorism forces who require covert audio surveillance systems that are rugged while remaining as small and light as possible. The SE 1 is simple to operate and able to run on batteries as well as mains power so that it [more]

• Independent Audio Has Moved to 82 Gilman Street, Portland Maine 04102

  September 21, 2017
  

  After 25 years of doing business at 43 Deerfield Road in Portland, Maine, we are delighted to announce that Independent Audio has moved to 82 Gilman Street, Portland ME 04012. We have been bursting at the seams for a few years, and finally bit the bullet and bought this spacious 5,000 square foot commercial facility [more]

• Now Available: Sonifex PC-AD2 PCIe Half Height Sound Card

  May 24, 2017
  

  Sonifex has made an addition to its sound and radio capture cards by introducing the Sonifex PC-AD2 PCIe half height sound card, a dual stereo analogue and digital PCIe card. The PC-AD2 is a dual stereo analogue input/output and dual stereo AES-3 digital input/output sound card in the PCIe half height format. One of the [more]

• Video: Thermionic Culture The Swift EQ Now Available In The US

  May 16, 2017
  

  Thermionic Culture The Swift EQ has combined the best classic e.q. ideas from the USA and the UK plus its own special features to create an all valve 2 Channel Stereo Equalizer (named after Britain’s fastest flying bird) which is quick and easy to use with a very laid out front panel. Frequencies have been [more]

• Video: CEDAR DNS 8 Live Now Available In The US

  May 16, 2017
  

  We are proud to announce the first DNS designed specifically for live use. With eight simultaneous channels of dialogue noise suppression, the CEDAR DNS 8 Live hosts a new DNS algorithm boasting a simplified ‘2-knob’ approach as well as a detailed editing mode that offers more control than any previous dialogue noise suppressor. Nonetheless, it [more]

• Video: Sonifex RB ADDA2 Available From Independent Audio

  April 19, 2017
  

  Sonifex RB ADDA2 available from Independent Audio: The RB-ADDA2 A/D and D/A converter is a 1U rack-mount which produces an AES/EBU, S/PDIF or TOSlink optical level digital audio output from a balanced XLR or unbalanced phono stereo audio input. It also produces a stereo balanced XLR or unbalanced phono output from an incoming AES/EBU, S/PDIF [more]

• Video: CEDAR DNS2 Hardware Dialogue Noise Suppressor On Location

  April 6, 2017
  

  The CEDAR DNS2 Hardware Dialogue Noise Suppressor excels at location recording for live broadcast, documentaries, news and interviews. It eliminates traffic noise, air conditioning, wind, rain, babble and general background noise from audio signals. It will also help to compensate for unfavourable acoustic conditions and poor microphone placement, and will even suppress excessive reverberation. Watch the [more]

• CEDAR DNS 2 wins 2017 Cinema Audio Society Award

  February 27, 2017
  

  CEDAR DNS 2 wins 2017 Cinema Audio Society Award: 21 February 2017: CEDAR Audio is delighted to announce that the CEDAR DNS 2 dialogue noise suppressor has been honoured by the Cinema Audio Society as the Outstanding Product for Production in 2017. CEDAR’s Managing Director, Gordon Reid says, “We are very proud that a CEDAR [more]

• Video: CEDAR DNS 2 Dialog Noise Suppressor at WWE

  February 9, 2017
  

  On a recent trip behind the scenes at the WWE on the road, The WWE audio staff sung the praises of the CEDAR DNS 2 Dialog Noise Suppressor. At every event the team need to produce the clearest audio possible for both the audience at the venue and the tv broadcast. The DNS 2 has [more]

• The CEDAR DNS 2 On Location for Live Broadcast, Documentaries, News and Interviews

  February 9, 2017
  

  8 February 2017 Watch the video: the DNS 2 on location We’ve been asked many times – by live broadcasters, documentary film makers, news reporters and other interviewers – to explain how they can use the CEDAR DNS 2 dialogue noise suppressor on location. There are many answers to this, but we felt that we [more]

• Review of Thermionic Culture The Swift EQ

  July 18, 2016
  

  MusicTech Magazine has published a glowing review of Thermionic Culture The Swift EQ: “The Swift is excellent at shaping the sound of final mixes.” Thermionic Culture has combined the best classic e.q. ideas from the USA and the UK plus its own special features developing The Swift – an all valve 2 Channel Stereo Equalizer (named after Britain’s [more]

• New Product Video: CEDAR DNS 2 Hardware Dialogue Noise Suppressor

  May 31, 2016
  

  In this video taken at the recent NAB show in Las Vegas, Independent Audio president Fraser Jones introduces and demonstrates the new CEDAR DNS 2. The CEDAR DNS 2 is a small, light and portable 2-channel hardware dialogue noise supressor that can be used on location as well as in the studio or edit suite. [more]

• New From Thermionic Culture: The Swift Stereo EQ

  March 2, 2016
  

  PORTLAND, ME – January 22, 2016 – Fraser Jones, president of Independent Audio, exclusive U.S. distributor of the Thermionic Culture product range, announced the launch of the Thermionic Culture Swift Stereo EQ. Jones said, “TC has combined the best classic e.q. ideas from the USA and the UK plus its own special features developing ‘The [more]

• Video: Coles Ribbon Microphone Shootout

  June 30, 2014
  

  Coles Electroacoustics has manufactured the superb BBC-designed ribbon microphones in the UK for over 45 years. Originally designed for radio and television broadcast, Coles Ribbon Mics have become one of the primary tools of choice throughout the sound recording industry. Coles has a versatile lineup of ribbon microphones. In this video we examine the tonal [more]

• New Products from Thermionic Culture Ltd

  April 11, 2012
  

  Independent Audio is very excited to announce its choice as the new, exclusive US Distributor for award-winning UK manufacturer Thermionic Culture. Thermionics reputation for its valve “tube” based studio processors is world-renowned. Independent Audio feels that the extensive range of processors – the Culture Vulture 2 channel distortion/enhancer, the Rooster 2 channel mic pre with [more]