Audiotonix has announced the acquisition of sonible, one of the world’s leading developers of assistive artificial intelligence (A.I.) based processing solutions for professional audio. Located in Graz, Austria, sonible’s assistive mixing plug-ins have provided a new generation of intelligent processing production tools for engineers and audio creatives with uniquely intuitive usability and workflow-enhancing features at their core.

Their product portfolio also includes multi-channel amplifiers for high-end audio installations dedicated to science and research, and speaker technology for delivering 3-D immersive soundscapes.

sonible will join the growing Audiotonix brand portfolio of leading audio technology and solutions companies that includes Allen & Heath, Calrec, DiGiCo, DiGiGrid, Group One Limited, Harrison, KLANG:technologies, Slate Digital, Solid State Logic, and Sound Devices.

“The sonible team have spent the last ten years developing the most advance assistive A.I. technologies for mixing and audio creation” states James Gordon, CEO of Audiotonix. “Along with investing in their growth and helping the team expand their current market solutions as sonible, we will also look to harness their technology across our other Audiotonix brands. The potential to utilise sonible’s intelligence in our other brands will be a ground-breaking proposition for all our customers.”

Ralf Baumgartner, CEO and co-founder sonible, comments:

“As a team, our mix of highly skilled engineers and creative individuals have been on a very special journey together, building the underlying technologies and culture that have become the heart of sonible. It’s been clear from our initial discussions that Audiotonix share our passion in evolving innovative and disruptive solutions, so I’m sure we have the best environment to continue our journey with the additional knowledge, investment and resources that comes with being part of Audiotonix team.”

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DigiGrid brand ambassador Dan Page takes the hot seat for our latest Getting To Know interview…

How did you get into the industry?
In the early ‘90s I went to Surrey University and was on the Tonmeister course – music (classical in my day) and sound recording. I spent my placement year at HHB in the service department, mostly fixing Sony DAT machines. I realised then that my future lay on the technical side, rather than the creative side, of the industry.

What was your first job?
After graduating I returned to the familiar surroundings of the HHB Service department, and spent another two years fixing and servicing studio kit. Although I can’t remember my own home phone number these days, I still remember the part numbers of the spares we used…

What does your working day look like?
I’m an early riser. I like the quiet hour at the beginning of the day – it’s a good time to look through email and update lists of jobs (I always have lists on the go and like the process of adding things, then getting them ticked off). Then it’s onto the longer term tasks – any project-based work, video-editing, marketing, Teams Calls. I’ll always try and get out for a walk in the middle of the day for some time away from the screen and phone – it helps my productivity in the afternoons.  With lots of different responsibilities, no two days are the same – the lists are constantly changing, which keeps things interesting.

What is your favourite thing about the pro audio industry?
The people – the friends we make all over the world, who all share the passion and belief in what we’re doing.

And your least favourite thing?
Not sure I could actually name a least favourite thing. Maybe doing my expenses after a long trip? No job is perfect, but for the most part I love what I do. I get to travel, meet interesting people, talk about work, and educate. Sure I’ve missed birthdays, or spent my own in hotels having room service (sometimes that’s less sad than a table for one…), but all things considered, they’re small sacrifices to make.

What is the achievement/project you are most proud of?
Over the years, I’ve been lucky enough to be part of some great projects, but on a personal level, it’s the launch of the DiGiGrid Desktop Range in 2016. It’s amazing to see ideas come to life – being involved in every step, and being part of the team from concept to launch. It’s product parenting – plenty to be proud of!

What do you like to do outside of work?
Beyond the ‘running to burn calories’ exercise, I love to swim.. and once the lockdown ends, I’ll hopefully do some open water swimming too. I’m a qualified scuba diver and I love to cook. I like to think of it as the necessities of life – food and water (sports)…

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More Accurate Audio Solutions, a studio in Offenbach am Main, Germany, is run by audio expert Robert Hauck. The studio offers a wide range of services from production to mixing and mastering, as well as delivering training seminars that cover all aspects of studio craft.

With two studio spaces – one for production and training in modular synth setups, and the other for mastering – Hauck was looking for an integrated solution to provide deep routing and audio resource sharing. After careful research it was decided that a DiGiGrid system could achieve all routing possibilities he required to connect every part, analog and digital, of his studio infrastructure.

With Hauck providing a permanent DiGiGrid training and demonstration facility, an education partnership was formed and a full DiGiGrid setup was installed, including an IOS-XL as well as IOX, IOC, MGO, D Desktop and S switch units.

“The new numerous and intuitive routing options created an intuitive studio world. Sound-wise, especially regarding details and resolution, the DiGiGrid interfaces and their converters are top notch,” said Hauck. “Recordings, whether from our modular system or from the FX rack are in a sonically new dimension and we’re happy to have joined the DiGiGrid family and are proud to represent them.”

The first scheduled event at More Accurate took place on the 28th of September.

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