Business
Biamp Acquires ClearOne IP, Designs
Conferencing/streaming provider ClearOne has entered an agreement with Biamp to sell various assets.
Acquisition
Business
Wolff Audio Acquires Pulse Techniques
Wolff Audio has acquired Pulse Techniques (Pultec), the manufacturer of recreations of the legendary Pultec equalizers.
Business
Harman Acquires Sound United
Harman has been growing its portfolio of audio brand with the acquisition of Sound United, parent company to brands like Bowers & Wilkins, Denon,...
Business
Ross Video Acquires LAMA
Ross Video has acquired Netherlands-based audio production software developer LAMA.
Business
Clair Global Acquires Clearwing
In its fourth major acquisition this year, Clair Global has acquired production services and systems integrator Clearwing.
Business
Manley Laboratories Acquired
Analog tube audio gear manufacturer Manley Laboratories has been acquired by audio entrepreneur and industry veteran Dirk Ulrich.
news
Sonance Acquires Blaze Audio
Sonance and Blaze Audio will exhibit their integrated audio solutions at InfoComm 2025.
Business
Clair Global Acquires Ampco Flashlight Group
Clair Global has acquired Utrecht, Netherlands-based event and touring production provider Ampco Flashlight Group.
Business
3G Productions Acquires Switch Video
Live event production services provider 3G Productions has added L.A./Atlanta-based Switch to its offerings.
Business
Powersoft Acquires K-array Controlling Interest
Power amplifier manufacturer Powersoft has entered an agreement to purchase 51 percent of loudspeaker company K-array.
Business
DPA Microphones Acquires Austrian Audio
Two noted brands with more than just their product category in common have joined forces, as DPA Microphones has acquired the majority share of...
Business
Clair Global Acquires LD Systems
Houston-based event and installation services provider LD Systems has been acquired by Clair Global Group as of January 1, 2025.
Business
Goer Dynamics Acquires AURO-3D IP and Personnel
Goer Dynamics, new parent company to Dynaudio and others, has acquired the Auro-3D immersive audio technology.
Business
Bose Acquires McIntosh, Sonus Faber and Sumiko
Bose has acquired McIntosh Group, the parent company of the McIntosh, Sonus faber and Sumiko Phono Cartridge brands.
Business
Focusrite plc Acquires Innovate Audio
Focusrite plc has acquired spatial audio software house Innovate Audio.
Business
Meyer Sound Acquires Jonathan Deans-Led Startup
Meyer Sound has acquired Audio Rhapsody, an audio software startup founded by noted theatrical sound designer Jonathan Deans.
Business
Mackie Acquired by Røde Microphones
Australia's Røde Microphones has acquired U.S. pro-audio mainstay Mackie.
Business
Acquisition Fever!
In recent years, if you’ve heard that a pro audio company was acquired, nine times out of 10, it was by a private equity...
news
Avid Now Privately Held Following STG Acquisition
With STG’s acquisition of Avid now complete, the company’s stock has stopped trading on NASDAQ.
Business
DiGiCo Acquires Fourier Audio
DiGiCo has acquired Fourier Audio, bringing the live sound software developer and manufacturer into the family of parent company Audiotonix.
Facilities
Soundmirror Recording Company Acquired By Employees
Classical music recording and post-production company Soundmirror has become a 100% employee-owned business.
Blog
Craig Anderton’s Open Channel: Hitting the Ceiling
The past few years have seen multiple MI company acquisitions, but can the industry maintain the kind of growth that private equity often demands?
Business
BREAKING: Avid Acquired for $1.4 Billion
Avid Technology announced late Wednesday afternoon that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by private equity firm STG.
Business
Audiotonix Acquires Sonible
Austrian plug-in developer Sonible has joined the ranks of Allen & Heath, DiGiCo, SSL and more.
Business
Solid State Logic Acquires Harrison
Solid State Logic has acquired console and music production software manufacturer Harrison.
Business
Audio Alchemist Acquires Chameleon Labs
Pro audio brand management firm Audio Alchemist has acquired Chameleon Labs, a manufacturer of analog equipment.
Business
Mackie Acquires Plug-In Developer Babelson Audio
Mackie has acquired plug-in developer Babelson Audio and its library of various processing plug-ins.
Business
Audiotonix Acquires Slate Digital
Audiotonix has announced another acquisition, adding plug-in developer Slate Digital to its brand portfolio.
Business
Skan Acquired By Britannia Row, Clair Global
UK-based sound provider Skan is the latest addition to the Clair Global family of companies.
Business
Auro-3D Acquired by Private Equity Firm
Private equity firm Saffelberg Investments has acquired the assets of immersive sound technology company Auro-3D.
Business
Sennheiser Acquires Merging Technologies, Strengthening Neumann Growth
Sennheiser has acquired Swiss digital audio specialists Merging Technologies, which will now operate alongside Neumann.Berlin under the Sennheiser Group umbrella.
Post and Broadcast
Formosa Group Acquires Noiseworks
Post-production company Formosa Group, part of Streamland Media, has acquired London-based The Noiseworks Limited.
Facilities
Nashville’s Paragon Studios Acquired, Continues as in:ciite studios
in:ciite Media has acquired Paragon Studios, a 10,000-square-foot multi-room, Russ Berger-designed complex that opened in 2003 on Nashville’s Music Row.
news
Audix Microphones Acquired by Vitec Group
Longtime pro-audio microphone manufacturer Audix is being acquired by Vitec Imaging Solutions, joining Vitec's other mic brands, Rycote and Joby.
news
Neutrik Americas Acquires Major Custom Cable
Neutrik Americas has acquired data and communication cable manufacturer Major Custom Cable.
news
Fender to Acquire PreSonus
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has announced it will acquire PreSonus Audio Electronics.
The Wire
ATK Audiotek to Join Clair Global
LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA – OCTOBER 2021: Clair Global CEO, Troy Clair, and ATK Audiotek President, Michael MacDonald, jointly announced that their companies have reached a...
SFP
Streamland Media Acquires Sim Post
Streamland Media has acquired Sim Video International’s post production business, Sim Post.
Business
Clair Global Acquires Eighth Day Sound
Clair Global has acquired Eighth Day Sound, bringing two of the largest tour sound companies in the U.S. under one roof.
Business
Gibson Sells Cerwin-Vega to…Cerwin-Vega
Gibson has sold two more audio brands—Cerwin-Vega! Pro and Home—to Cerwin-Vega Mobile, reuniting the brands for the first time in 13 years.
Business
Stoner Steps Away from Studio Suite
23 years after launching studio management software Studio Suite, creator Joel Stoner moves on.
Business
Solotech Acquires Miami’s Pro Sound Inc.
Canada-based Solotech makes further advances into U.S. live production and systems integration markets with new acquisition of Pro Sound Inc.