audioXpress May 2024 Glass Audio Special Issue Now Available

audioXpress May 2024 Glass Audio Special Issue Now Available
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Advertise in the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook 2024!

Advertise in the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook 2024!
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Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 2024

Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 2024
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The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities

The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities
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The 35th NAMM TEC Awards Announces Call for Entries
by Cristina Costa

The 35th NAMM TEC Awards Announces Call for Entries

Fresh off a multitude of pro audio product debuts, new innovations and a celebration of technical and creative achievements, the NAMM TEC Awards council has announced a call for entries to be honored at The 35th annual NAMM TEC Awards. Companies are encouraged to enter their products and/or projects in one of 23 Technical Achievement and eight Creative Achievement categories to be considered for recognition.
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Cadence Announces Industry’s First Verification IP for USB4
by audioXpress Staff

Cadence Announces Industry’s First Verification IP for USB4

Cadence Design Systems announced the availability of the industry’s first Verification IP (VIP) in support of the recently announced USB4 standard. The Cadence VIP for USB4 enables engineers to develop standard-compliant system-on-chip (SoC) designs, completing functional verification of the design with less effort and greater assurance that the SoC will operate as expected, enabling early adoption of the next-generation USB standard protocol.
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ALMA International Symposium & Expo 2019 - The Audio Industry's Best Kept Secret!
by Joao Martins

ALMA International Symposium & Expo 2019 - The Audio Industry's Best Kept Secret!

This key event for the audio industry is the ALMA International Symposium & Expo (AISE), promoted by the Association of Loudspeaker Manufacturing & Acoustics (ALMA) International. The two-day event traditionally happened just before CES. Now, the industry gathering is going to become less of a secret, since this year's AISE is expanding and moving to June 9–10, 2019, just prior to and in affiliation with InfoComm in Orlando, FL. It’s important for everyone to learn more about AISE 2019 and why they need to be there.
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    Top Brands and More Events at Prolight+Sound and Musikmesse 2019
    by audioXpress Staff

    Top Brands and More Events at Prolight+Sound and Musikmesse 2019

    A decisive 2019 edition of Prolight+Sound and Musikmesse is fast approaching, signaling the return to a consolidated model and the adoption of a new layout, which includes new facilities in the Messe Frankfurt complex. For the first time since 2015, the two trade fairs are being held concurrently on all four days and, for visitors from the professional audio sector in particular, will offer a variety of new highlights and product innovations from the industry’s key players.
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    WiSA Announces Certification of Klipsch’s Reference Wireless Speakers
    by audioXpress Staff

    WiSA Announces Certification of Klipsch’s Reference Wireless Speakers

    WiSA LLC, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association comprised of leading consumer electronics brands founded by Summit Wireless Technologies, announced the certification of Klipsch Reference Wireless speakers from Klipsch Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of VOXX International Corporation. Available in June 2019, this new line of Klipsch loudspeakers was introduced at CES 2019 and works flawlessly with any WiSA Certified and WiSA Ready products, including the new 2019 WiSA Ready LG OLED and Nano Cell (Super UHD) TVs.
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    DSP Concepts Announces TalkTo Microphone Processing Technology for Voice-Controlled Products
    by audioXpress Staff

    DSP Concepts Announces TalkTo Microphone Processing Technology for Voice-Controlled Products

    DSP Concepts has launched TalkTo, a new brand and a major expansion of its voice recognition technologies. TalkTo is a family of software-based Audio Front Ends for voice-controlled products. It uses advanced microphone processing and machine learning techniques to deliver highly reliable voice control, even in high-noise environments and with multichannel audio products. According to the company, TakTo will enable voice interfaces even in the most difficult classes of products, like TVs and soundbars.
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    New AES70-2018 Features and Expanded Alliance Development Tools Widen Scope for AV Control Standard Implementation
    by audioXpress Staff

    New AES70-2018 Features and Expanded Alliance Development Tools Widen Scope for AV Control Standard Implementation

    Centre stage on the OCA Alliance booth at the recent ISE show was the expanded feature set of the new AES70-2018 revision of the open control and monitoring standard for professional audio and AV media networks. The result of several years of collaborative work within the OCA Alliance and the AES, AES70-2018 is an evolutionary upgrade providing numerous new and improved features.
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    Dialog Semiconductor Provides Audio and Configurable Mixed Signal Chipset for Huawei Honor FlyPods
    by audioXpress Staff

    Dialog Semiconductor Provides Audio and Configurable Mixed Signal Chipset for Huawei Honor FlyPods

    Dialog Semiconductor announced that its audio and Configurable Mixed Signal ICs (CMICs) have been adopted by Huawei for their Honor FlyPods, the company’s latest True Wireless Stereo (TWS) earbuds. Five Dialog ICs provide voice control and power to Huawei’s recently announced TWS earbuds. A Dialog’s SmartBeat DA14195 System-on-Chip (SoC) is integrated into each FlyPod earbud and is connected to a pair of Voice Pick Up (VPU) sensors.
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    Thumpware Media Controller Allows Using Earphone Buttons to Control Sound and Video on a PC
    by audioXpress Staff

    Thumpware Media Controller Allows Using Earphone Buttons to Control Sound and Video on a PC

    Do you use your mobile phone's earphones with your PC? There is a campaign on Kickstarter from someone who identified a problem and is looking for support to create an audio adapter that supports control sound for audio and video software using the inline buttons on Android headphones. Thumpware is the name of the project, from a new company dedicated to solving a personal problem experienced by the founder, his friends and colleagues.
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    Fraunhofer IDMT Upgrades Ilmenau Advanced Audio Research Headquarters with Powersoft
    by audioXpress Staff

    Fraunhofer IDMT Upgrades Ilmenau Advanced Audio Research Headquarters with Powersoft

    The Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT) has upgraded the highly specialized audio setup at its Ilmenau headquarters, which includes a cutting edge object-based system for producing 3D sound, with the installation of Powersoft’s Ottocanali 4K4 DSP+D amplifier platforms. Fraunhofer IDMT - which focuses on applied research in the field of audiovisual media - is widely known for developing ground-breaking technologies for the digital media industry.
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