MIPRO Electronics Co., Ltd. (), established in 1995, is an ISO-9001 certified
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
-based company that designs and manufactures
wireless microphones
A wireless microphone, or cordless microphone, is a microphone without a physical cable connecting it directly to the sound recording or amplifying equipment with which it is associated. Also known as a radio microphone, it has a small, battery- ...
, portable wireless public address (
PA) and other wireless audio equipment for consumer, professional and commercial applications. U.S. President
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the ...
used a MIPRO wireless microphone system during his election campaign in 2008.
In 2001, MIPRO developed and patented an Automatic Channel Targeting (ACT) technology. "ACT" provides automatic synchronization of receiver and transmitter frequencies, commonly known as "sync". The ACT function is an intelligent wireless system channel set-up feature.
Gary Kayye, CTS, founder of Kayye Consulting and rAVe Publications stated MIPRO as one of My Top 6 New Companies to Watch—From InfoComm 2008
MIPRO MA-909 wireless system was nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Wireless Technology in the 2006
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.
MIPRO ACT-82 wireless system was nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Wireless Technology in the 2007
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.
MIPRO ACT-51 wireless system was nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Wireless Technology in the 2008
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.
MIPRO ACT-727 wireless system was nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement in Wireless Technology in the 2009
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.
History
MIPRO was established in 1995 by founder K.C. Chang, who had in 1970 designed the first
FM wireless microphone
A wireless microphone, or cordless microphone, is a microphone without a physical cable connecting it directly to the sound recording or amplifying equipment with which it is associated. Also known as a radio microphone, it has a small, battery- ...
in Taiwan and obtained the first patent for a condenser microphone capsule in Taiwan.
In 2001 MIPRO introduced a technology they termed ACT (Automatic Channel Targeting). "ACT" synchronizes the receiver and transmitter frequencies. This was followed in 2006 by MIPRO introducing the first encrypted
digital wireless microphone system and later, digital wireless tour guide & language interpretation Systems in Taiwan.
The Company
The brand name "MIPRO" stands for "MI"crophone "PRO"fessionals. It is headquartered in
Chiayi
Chiayi (, Taigi POJ: ''Ka-gī''; ), officially known as Chiayi City, is a city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan. Formerly called ''Kagee'' during the late Qing dynasty and ''Kagi'' during the Japanese era (), its historical name ...
,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
, with 200 employees and sales offices in China, Hong Kong, Germany, Korea and Austria. MIPRO designs and manufactures professional digital and analog wireless microphones, wireless portable PA systems, wireless in-ear monitoring, tour-guide and portable wireless ENG receivers and other wireless audio systems.
Automatic Channel Targeting
MIPRO developed and patented an Automatic Channel Targeting technology (ACT) in 2001. The "ACT" synchronizes (syncs) the receiver and transmitter frequencies automatically with a touch of a button. The ACT function has become the industry-standard for multi-channel wireless systems set-up.
See also
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List of companies of Taiwan
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List of microphone manufacturers
Current microphone manufacturers
The following is a list of current microphone manufacturers.
*Akai
* AKG
* Astatic
*Audio-Technica
*Behringer
*Beyerdynamic
* Blue Microphones
*Brauner
* Brüel & Kjær
* CAD Audio
* Core Sound LLC
* DJI
* DPA
...
*
Microphone
A microphone, colloquially called a mic or mike (), is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal. Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, hearing aids, public address systems for concert halls and publ ...
and
wireless microphone
A wireless microphone, or cordless microphone, is a microphone without a physical cable connecting it directly to the sound recording or amplifying equipment with which it is associated. Also known as a radio microphone, it has a small, battery- ...
References
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External links
MIPRO Official sitePro Sound News online press releaseAvlex Corporation official site--exclusive U.S. distributor
Electronics companies established in 1995
Audio equipment manufacturers of Taiwan
Microphone manufacturers
Manufacturers of professional audio equipment
Taiwanese companies established in 1995
Taiwanese brands
Companies based in Chiayi