Merging Technologies

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Merging Technologies S.A.
Industry Professional audio
Founded1990;34 years ago (1990) in Puidoux, Switzerland
FounderClaude Cellier
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Products
  • Pyramix
  • Ovation
  • Virtual Audio Device (VAD)
  • Merging Audio Device (MAD)
  • Horus
  • Hapi MkII, Hapi
  • Anubis
Website www.merging.com

Merging Technologies is a Swiss manufacturer of professional audio hardware and software.

Contents

History

Merging Technologies was founded in 1990 in Puidoux, Vaud, by EPFL electrical engineering graduate Claude Cellier. [1] [2]

In 2022, Merging Technologies was acquired by Sennheiser. [3] [4] [5]

Digital eXtreme Definition

DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) is a digital audio format that originally was developed by Philips and Merging Technologies [6] for editing high-resolution recordings recorded in DSD, the audio standard used on Super Audio CD (SACD).

Products

Hardware

Hardware manufactured by Merging includes the following:

Software

Merging develops software products which include the following:

See also

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