![]() ![]() In 2012, it entered into a partnership with Major League Gaming (MLG) that saw the release of headsets specifically designed for tournament gaming and consumer headsets that had official MLG branding. In 2011, the company released a limited-edition, officially licensed Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 headset. In October 2010, Stripes Group acquired a majority position in Turtle Beach. Turtle Beach released its first pair of headphones designed specifically for the PlayStation 3 (Ear Force P21) in 2009. Its models were initially designed specifically for the Xbox 360, PC, or Nintendo Wii. By 2007, Voyetra Turtle Beach had released several headset models including those that were wireless and those that had surround sound capability. Over the following years, the company began focusing primarily on its lines of PC and console gaming headsets, steering away from sound cards almost completely (it did release updated versions of the Audio Advantage USB sound cards in 2010). The headset was geared toward computer gamers. In 2005, the company released its first Ear Force gaming headset model, the AXP. 2005–2013: rebranding as a headset manufacturer ![]() As Voyetra Turtle Beach, the company sold millions of sound cards to Dell in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Voyetra was originally founded by Carmine Bonanno and Fred Romano in 1975 as Octave-Plateau, one of the original companies included in the MIDI standard, and had developed drivers and software for nearly every sound card manufacturer in the world during the early 1990s. The new combined company would eventually be known as Voyetra Turtle Beach. In December 1996, the company was sold by ICS to Voyetra Technologies in Yonkers, New York. CCRMA's Music Kit and DSP Tools running on Motorola 56001 DSP, initially developed for NeXTcube system, was later ported on NeXTSTEP with Turtle Beach Fiji/Pinnacle DSP cards. (now defunct), Creative Labs, and Media Vision. This product was called "MultiSound." The MultiSound product competed with more established products of the day from Advanced Gravis (now defunct), Ad Lib, Inc. This card used high quality A/D and D/A, a high quality synthesizer from eMu, and an onboard DSP chip. In 1990, Turtle Beach began developing its second PC sound card. Among the first of its kind, the product was named the "56K digital recording system" and was released in 1990. In 1988, Turtle Beach began to work on developing its first hardware product, a hard disk-based audio editing system. Ensoniq decided to resell Vision through their dealer network and Turtle Beach Softworks became a profitable company. The software, called "Vision", connected the Mirage to a PC and used the PC's screen and graphics to make the programming and editing of sounds much easier. The Mirage was the first low cost sampling device that allowed musicians to play realistic choirs, pianos, horns, and other instruments in their performances. The company's first product was a graphical editing system that supported the breakthrough Ensoniq Mirage sampling keyboard. Turtle Beach has roots dating back to 1975 in Elmsford, New York, founded as "Turtle Beach Softworks" by Roy Smith and Robert Hoke. 1.3 2013–present: Parametric merger and eSports sponsorships.1.2 2005–2013: rebranding as a headset manufacturer. ![]()
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