Merging Technologies

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

History
Merging Technologies was founded in 1990 in Puidoux, Vaud, by EPFL electrical engineering graduate Claude Cellier.

In 2022, Merging Technologies was acquired by Sennheiser.

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

Hardware
Hardware manufactured by Merging includes the following:
 * Anubis (Networked AD/DA audio interface)
 * Horus (Networked AD/DA audio interface)
 * Hapi (Networked AD/DA audio interface)
 * Hapi MkII (Networked AD/DA audio interface)
 * MERGING+NADAC (Audiophile DAC, now discontinued)
 * Mykerinos (DSP card, now discontinued)
 * DUA & DUAII (AD/DA converters, now discontinued)
 * Sphynx & Sphynx 2 (AD/DA converters, now discontinued)

Software
Merging develops software products which include the following:


 * Pyramix: a digital audio workstation (DAW)
 * Ovation: a media server and sequencer
 * ANEMAN: an Audio Network Manager.
 * Merging Audio Device (also referred to as MAD): multi-ASIO AoIP driver for Windows OS.
 * Virtual Audio Device (also referred to as VAD): Core Audio AoIP driver plugin for macOS.
 * VCube: a video player and recorder, now discontinued