Greetings!
Firstly I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone
who contributed to this newsletter - we have a lot of
interesting information to share with you, and its
mostly down to your contributions. Keep them coming as I
will soon be starting work on the September issue!
In
this issue we have exciting news about our upcoming
China and Winter Symposia, a technical article on
dynamically programmable ASP from Anadigm, trademark
advice from Andy McKinney, and more. Remember, this
newsletter is interactive - you can click on the blue
links in this email to get more information from the
ALMA web
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China Symposium
Announcement 
We are pleased to announce the dates for
our China Symposium! It will be held October 20-21 in
Shenzhen. This is in the heart of the South China
manufacturing area, and is an easily accessible location
so we hope that it will attract many loudspeaker
engineers. As in the past, we will be having a small
tabletop exhibition alongside product tutorials and
technical training.
A tabletop booth costs just $320, and
it is an excellent opportunity to get your products in
front of an audience of loudspeaker engineers as well as
to meet and network with other US and European companies
in the industry who do business in China. To increase
attendance, we will be sending invitations to key
employees in Chinese companies. If there is someone you
would like to see at the show, forward me their name and
email address so that I can invite
them!
More Information
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Winter Symposium
Announcement
 Our 2008 Winter
Symposium, "Model, Measure, Manufacture - a practical
guide to product development" will be held Jan 5-6 (just
before CES) at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas. It will
include training classes, technical papers, product
tutorials and of course our exhibition showcasing suppliers to the
industry. Planning for the training classes is
underway, and we invite you to submit technical papers
(see call for papers below). Exhibitor booking is also
now open! Booth positions
will be allocated in the order that application forms
are received, so don't delay - sign up now to get a good
location. Booths start from as little as $480 if you
book by August 31st. The 2007 Symposium had
40% more attendees than 2006, and we have many
plans in place to ensure an even better turnout in 2008,
so we're sure you'll find it worthwhile.
More Information and Exhibitor Booking
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Technical Article - Dynamically
Programmable ASP 
Digital Signal Processing provides a variety of
tools to the loudspeaker designer but proper
implementation is often unpredictably lengthy and
costly. However,
what if there was an analog-based alternative to DSP
that possessed many of the same capabilities at a lower
cost while offering ease of use and faster time to
market?
Anadigm's dpASP provides the engineer with just
that. Read
on for further details of Anadigm's programmable analog
signal processing technology.
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Consultant Promotional
Package ALMA is
offering a NEW promotional package to its consultant
members to help them promote their businesses through
ALMA. The promotional package is an add-on to individual
membership, only available to companies with one or two
people, and who do not sell any product. Consultancies
with more than two people, or with a product, must join
at the full member rate.
The package includes:
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Profile (up to 100 words) and link to
your website in the member listing on the website
(we will add a "consultants"
section)
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Inclusion in Buyer's guide under
"consultants" (sub-categories to be added as
appropriate)
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Company name included on name badge at
ALMA events
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Eligible to purchase booth space at the
ALMA shows at the normal member
rates
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Eligible to advertise in ALMA News at
member rates
The fee is $100/year for a single
consultant and $150/year for a partnership. This is in
addition to the individual membership fee. This is
purely a marketing / promotional add-on package,
and does not include board nomination or voting
rights.
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Ask Andy 
Our resident patent and Trademark expert,
Andrew McKinney answers your
questions.
Q: Andy, We
have received a letter from the United States Trademark
Center (see above) through the mail. Is it a scam to
extort money from us, or is it the result of something
you have done? I suspect the former, but wanted to
check with you first. Please
advise.
Steve Temme, President, Listen,
Inc.
Andy's Answer - click
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Reminder: ALMA Job
Board 
For those of you who missed its launch in
the last issue, I just wanted to remind you about the
ALMA recruitment board. With nothing but
loudspeaker opportunities it is the ideal place to post
your vacant positions. This month we have a new opening
at Niles Audio in Miami,
Florida. Go to ALMA job
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Member
News Harman International Industries has
announced that Dinesh Paliwal has been named president,
chief executive officer (CEO) and vice chairman,
effective July 1, 2007. He will join
the Harman board at that time. Harman
International Industries is also to be acquired by KKR
and GS Capital Partners in a transaction valued at
approximately $8 billion.
 Listen announces the
release of SoundMapTM, its new Time Frequency
Analysis software for impulse response analysis and
detecting loose particles and Rub & Buzz in
loudspeakers . The software enables
detailed analysis of signals simultaneously in both the
time and frequency domain, and offers four different
analysis options - Cumulative Spectral Decay (waterfall
plots), Short Time Fourier Transforms (STFT), Wavelet,
and Wigner-Ville transforms.
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New
Members Please
join me in extending a warm welcome to
EAV Audio. EAV specialises in helping
Asian factories to meet foreign customers measurement
and engineering testing requirements,
and represents ALMA members Klippel and
Loudsoft in China. EAV sells, trains
and services almost all instruments related to
loudspeaker testing, Klippel, MLSSA, LMS, FINECone,
FINEMotor, Leap, automatic turntable, magnetometer for
fringe field testing, gaussmeter, mic. etc.
Expanding from its testing engineering
services, EAV also offers complete engineering,
sourcing, QA and production monitoring, and logistic
services to foreign customers. EAV operates a 24-hour
China office that customers can use to start hiring
their own local staff quickly and
cost-effectively. EAV has offices
with engineering and QC staff in East China
(Shanghai, Ningbo, Suzhou) and South China (Guang
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Coming in
September... Next issue (September) we
will be featuring Test & Measurement
Equipment. I am looking for content so if this
is your area of expertise, please email me articles,
press releases, and your latest product
information.
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Winter Symposium Call for
Papers
We
invite you to submit paper abstracts for presentation at our
2008 Winter Symposium which will take place on Jan 5-6 in Las
Vegas. The deadline for submission is Aug 31, 2007, and
presenters will be notified by Sept 15, 2007. The theme for
this year's symposium is "Model, Measure, Manufacture - a practical guide to
product development". We are
seeking paper presentations on any aspect of loudspeaker
development, from design to manufacturing and test.
Abstracts
must include:
- a
suggested title
- an
abstract or summary, 75 words or less
- three (3)
specific objectives of the presentation
- contact
details and a short biography of the presenter(s)
- any
special equipment needed
- the
presenter must be able to supply copies of presentation in
electronic format for inclusion on the ALMA web
site.
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Upcoming
Events
July 6-9, 2007 - Sinoces -
The China International Consumer Electronics Show. Quingdao,
China.
September
21-23, 2007 - 32nd AES Conference - DSP for
Loudspeakers, Hillerod, Denmark.
October 5-8,
2007 - 123rd AES Convention, New York, NY,
USA.
October
20-21, 2007 - ALMA China - ALMA's China
Winter Symposium. Shenzhen, China
January 5-6,
2008, ALMA Winter Symposium, Las Vegas, NV,
USA.
January 7-12, 2008, CES - The International
Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
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