These let you bring your own audio into your set, trigger samples and build beats and jams on the fly -- much more suitable to a digital device such as this.
The new player's video quality looks great, especially coming off a high def source, but the audio to the set was cut by between 25-35% on the passthrough, requiring jacking up the volume while watching television.
It tailors audio according to a set of headphones' acoustic quirks, smoothing out harsh frequencies that one model might accentuate, boosting weak bass for another.
The HW-F750 also connects wirelessly to select 2012 and 2013 Samsung Smart TVs via Bluetooth, which means the soundbar may be connected without any audio cables, making set up a breeze.
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Routing MIDI and audio to and from Maschine is close to seamless: one magical-feeling enhancement in this version is the ability to render the audio or MIDI tracks produced in Maschine immediately: if you hammer out a bar or two and want to drop it instantly as either an audio track or a set of MIDI note commands, you're just a drag and drop away.
And, yet again, Opera takes these apps across devices, bringing games, news, video and audio apps to TVs, set-top boxes and Blu-ray players.
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They're shared as a small thank you to the Rio community for your loyalty and support to the first commercial Digital Audio Player that fought to set the legal precedents and laid the groundwork for a new market and everything that has followed.
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Amazon is developing two smartphones, an audio-only streaming device and a set-top box, said the people.
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By urging the industry to develop common standards for the application of streaming video and audio in wireless internet applications and television set-top boxes, Apple stands to at least hold its ground if the playing field is leveled.
We set out to offer a complete audio experience, from the main audio system, to desktop audio, to portable.
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There is also a display, just you don't see it until you nudge the volume up, or change the audio source etc, as it's set behind the casing.
For years its parent company, CorpCom, has developed and distributed audio products for other outfits, but it set out to develop its own line of HiFi Bluetooth speakers roughly 13 months ago.
Nah, we don't expect the video nor audio quality here to live up to the standards set by more luxurious offerings, but this doesn't look half bad for a couple Benjamins.
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With the introduction of 3D audio technology, the aural aspects of travel are set to be revolutionised, in the same way 3D movies like Avatar and game consoles like the Nintendo 3DS are revolutionising visual entertainment.
Cadillac is also stepping forward with a dead-cool, iPhone-like capacitive-touch cockpit based around a large screen in the central console, situated above a set of artfully designed pressure switches for audio and climate that restate graphically the Cadillac chevron.
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That changed on Tuesday, when I was invited to be one of about twenty five people in-studio to watch Weezer perform a short set as part of the HP Live Beats Audio series.
Standard practice is for airlines to rent you a set of headphones to let you hear the audio, but usually they're of such poor quality that "hearing" is a word we use loosely here.
To make sure you hear only relevant information, you can set the app's filters to only share audio about your favourite topics, such as food or architecture.
The set uses the standard jumble of 3.5mm audio jacks to connect to your machine, but a Creative rep was kind enough to disclose plans for a USB version that'll work sans-soundcard.
As you'll see in the video after the break, he preferred to hold up his slightly older flagship wireless set, called SYNC, as evidence that SMS Audio has audiophile credentials to justify its high price points.
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Now, next time you sync your iPod you'll get the latest posts (assuming you set up iTunes to sync the playlist you chose) in audio format, as read in the ever-engaging style of the operating system voices, ready to take with you on the go.
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"We are constantly striving to deliver the best possible customer experience for Cloud Player, and today we are offering our customers a significant set of new features, including scan and match technology and audio quality upgrade, " said Steve Boom, Vice President of Digital Music at Amazon.
The first app records the live set that passes through the soundboard, while the seconds streams that audio online almost instantly via the wifi on an iPhone.
The Peerless drive, for instance, which uses big cartridges that hold up to 20 gigabytes of data, might be useful for in-car digital audio players or as a removable drive for storing video in a TiVo -like TV set-top box.
Working for Bell Laboratories, Nyquist (among other things) set out theories regarding telegraph speed and transmission that would pave the way for future digital audio developments.
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