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Audio Engineering Society Honored with Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for AES67 Standard
January 28, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Audio Engineering Society Honored with Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for AES67 Standard

The Audio Engineering Society (AES) has been named a recipient of a Technical & Engineering Emmy Award for “Development of Synchronized multi-channel uncompressed audio transport over IP Networks” by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The 71st annual Technical & Engineering Emmy Awards will be presented in a special ceremony at the upcoming NAB Show at the Wynn Encore Hotel on Sunday, April 19, 2020, in Las Vegas, NV.
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Genelec to Showcase 4420 and 4430 Smart IP Loudspeakers at ISE 2020
January 28, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Genelec to Showcase 4420 and 4430 Smart IP Loudspeakers at ISE 2020

Genelec will reinforce its Smart IP loudspeaker range by showcasing two models - already powered directly by the network cable - at the forthcoming ISE 2020 show in Amsterdam. The new 4420 model will join the already announced 4430 loudspeaker, both combining exceptional sound quality, single cable convenience, and the onboard Smart IP technology that provides scalable power, audio and loudspeaker configuration, supervision and calibration features via a standard CAT cable.
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52% of US Smart Speaker Owners Are Controlling TV With Voice
January 28, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

52% of US Smart Speaker Owners Are Controlling TV With Voice

75 million people in the US are now using a smart speaker, and more than half of them – 39 million – are using it to control their smart TV, video streamer or other TV device at least weekly. This finding comes from Strategy Analytics’ latest report, 2019 Smart Speaker User Survey – US Results, and is based on a survey of 1136 users of smart speakers carried out in July and August 2019.
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LiveVox Announces Acquisition of Speech Analytics Specialist Firm SpeechIQ
January 28, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

LiveVox Announces Acquisition of Speech Analytics Specialist Firm SpeechIQ

LiveVox, the customer service and digital engagement tools company, announced the acquisition of SpeechIQ, a speech recognition and voice transcription technology company. LiveVox is a one-stop-shop for cloud-based CRM, call-center, contact center and customer engagement service platforms, unifying all conversations and interactions in one place. Adding voice recognition, voice to text transcription and analytics is obviously a great add-on for LiveVox.
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Get Ahead on Cones, Woofers, Compression Drivers and More with Voice Coil February 2020!
January 27, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Get Ahead on Cones, Woofers, Compression Drivers and More with Voice Coil February 2020!

Voice Coil February 2020 is now available for download. This edition features an industry update on Speaker Cones, exploring the fabrication, materials, and performance aspects of this critical component in driver design. This is complemented with a comprehensive directory of loudspeaker cone, surround, spider, and other soft part suppliers. James Croft reviews a Self-Sealing Expandable Subwoofer design patent, while Vance Dickason characterizes the LaVoce WAN103.01 high-power 10” woofer, and a Radian 835PB ferrite 1.4” aluminum diaphragm compression driver in Test Bench.
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Waves Audio SuperRack Next Generation Plugin Processing Software Runs Native on Windows/Mac
January 27, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Waves Audio SuperRack Next Generation Plugin Processing Software Runs Native on Windows/Mac

Waves SuperRack is a flagship example of the company's leadership in both audio signal processing technologies and design of software tools that can be used both in the studio and live sound situations. Able to run up to 128 audio channels through multiple instances of Waves plugins with near-zero latency when running in a SoundGrid Audio-over-Ethernet network and a dedicated SoundGrid DSP server, Waves Audio now also announced native CPU processing support for Waves SuperRack.
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SabineTek Introduces SmartMike+ Bluetooth Wireless Microphone at CES 2020
January 27, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

SabineTek Introduces SmartMike+ Bluetooth Wireless Microphone at CES 2020

Beijing Sabine Technology Co., Ltd, (also known as Sabinetek) was one of the companies to follow at the CES 2020 show, thank to its latest awarded product – the SmartMike+ Bluetooth Wireless Microphone. Twice recognized at the CES 2020 Innovation Awards, the SmartMike+ is a wireless microphone with real-time transmission and synchronization of full band stereo, applicable for recording interviews, vlogging, and more with smartphones.
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Continental and Sennheiser Developed New Sound Actuator Solution for Vehicle Audio
January 27, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Continental and Sennheiser Developed New Sound Actuator Solution for Vehicle Audio

One of the key technology demonstrations in automotive audio at CES 2020 was promoted by Continental and audio specialist Sennheiser. The two German companies presented a "speakerless" audio system for the vehicle interior, which Sennheiser claims is able to generate immersive audio by exciting surfaces inside the vehicle to produce sound. The Continental actuator solution - Ac2ated Sound - reduces weight and space by up to 90% in comparison to conventional systems.
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Smart Speaker Ownership Reaches 60 Million U.S. Adults
January 23, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Smart Speaker Ownership Reaches 60 Million U.S. Adults

New data from the latest installment of The Smart Audio Report from NPR and Edison Research confirms that smart speaker adoption continues to grow in the U.S. with 60M adults A18+ (24% of the population) now owning a smart speaker. And with spoken word audio listening up 20% from 2014, cutting into time spent with music, it's clear the audio landscape is changing dramatically – driven by technology advancements and content preferences alike.
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IsoAcoustics and PSB Speakers Announce Collaboration Ahead of Integrated Systems Europe 2020
January 23, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

IsoAcoustics and PSB Speakers Announce Collaboration Ahead of Integrated Systems Europe 2020

IsoAcoustics, the manufacturer of acoustic isolation products for home and professional speakers, and PSB Speakers, the loudspeaker manufacturer recognized around the globe as a leader in high-quality speakers, are joining forces in 2020 to offer a new line of PSB Speakers featuring IsoAcoustics award-winning isolation technology, the first of which is integrated into the PSB CustomSound In-Room Sub (CSIR Sub) to be introduced at ISE 2020, in Amsterdam.
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