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About Joao Martins
Since 2013, Joao Martins leads audioXpress as editor-in-chief of the US-based magazine and website, the leading audio electronics, audio product development and design publication, working also as international editor for Voice Coil, the leading periodical for the loudspeaker industry. Covering Audio and Video technology for more than 30 years - Broadcast, Film, Computer Graphics, and Music - as founder and editor of several leading publications in Portuguese and Spanish languages, (he's also fluent in French!), he benefits from a broad and rich perspective of those sectors and its multiple verticals. Marketing and Communication Specialist working at the intersection of media and technology for over three decades, Joao Martins started as a musician and studied visual arts and cinema before founding its own (short-lived) advertising agency. After a career in marketing and sales in film, television, radio and pro audio systems, transitioned full time to magazine publishing.

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Audio Precision Introduces APx500 Software Update with ARM CPU Support
November 11, 2024 by Joao Martins

Audio Precision Introduces APx500 Software Update with ARM CPU Support

Audio Precision announced the release of APx500 software version 9.0.1 Beta, now supporting ARM CPU architecture, commonly found in mobile and Apple silicon devices. With a minor increment in numbering, this software version is actually a very big development, allowing users to run APx500 directly on ARM-based Windows PCs, including the latest Microsoft Surface devices, and on Mac computers via virtual machine software such as Parallels Desktop.
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AudioSmile Launches Refined Little British Monitor
November 7, 2024 by Joao Martins

AudioSmile Launches Refined Little British Monitor

AudioSmile, the brand of designer and maker Simon Ashton, has reached out to audioXpress to let us know about the release of a new version of the Little British Monitor (LBM), a successor to its previous (and highly praised) LBM and LBM MK2 models. Far more than a simple iteration, the new LBM (MK3) is a ground-up redesign to achieve the very best performance in a desktop-sized active speaker package. Available as both a finished product or a build-you-own kit.
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Steinberg Releases Cubase 14 Music Production Software
November 7, 2024 by Joao Martins

Steinberg Releases Cubase 14 Music Production Software

Steinberg has announced the immediate availability of Cubase 14, an update to the popular music production-oriented DAW, adding significant new features and enhancements that the company says are "designed to inspire." Cubase 14 adds innovative new features for music creation, audio optimization, scoring, and effects that make composing, producing, and mixing more inspirational than ever.
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OmniBuds Hearables Project by Nokia Bell Labs Backed by Cambridge Future Tech
November 6, 2024 by Joao Martins

OmniBuds Hearables Project by Nokia Bell Labs Backed by Cambridge Future Tech

OmniBuds are the world's first hearables designed to continuously monitor all 5 vital signs, complemented by state-of-the-art augmented hearing capabilities. Conceived by Nokia Bell Labs in Cambridge, UK, the OmniBuds project is now receiving further support from venture builder Cambridge Future Tech. The company entered into a relationship with Nokia Bell Labs and Nokia Ventures & Partnerships to establish OmniBuds Ltd for the commercialization of the OmniBuds platform, as a fully featured ear-worn AI/ML computing platform.
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HEAD acoustics Improves Efficiency of End-of-Line Tests
November 6, 2024 by Joao Martins

HEAD acoustics Improves Efficiency of End-of-Line Tests

HEAD acoustics is setting new standards in end-of-line (EoL) testing with a new modular test system that combines the company's AQuire V4 hardware front-end with its AI-supported conTEST software for efficient analysis. According to the German company, this state-of-the-art solution allows manufacturers to implement real-time pass/fail decisions with increased process reliability, and improved vibroacoustic product quality.
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Alango Unveils Sound Processing Module for Qualcomm S7 SoC
November 4, 2024 by Joao Martins

Alango Unveils Sound Processing Module for Qualcomm S7 SoC

Alango Technologies announced a new digital sound processing module for Qualcomm's Bluetooth SoCs, including the latest S7 Gen1 Sound platform that features five times the compute power, three times the DSP processing power, and almost 100 times on-device AI processing power compared to previous solutions. According to Alango, this first to market platform offers a pre-integrated, ready-to-use modular solution for the latest generation of hearables and advanced audio designs.
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Bose Professional Announces Global Availability of EdgeMax LP In-Ceiling Asymmetrical Loudspeakers
November 4, 2024 by Joao Martins

Bose Professional Announces Global Availability of EdgeMax LP In-Ceiling Asymmetrical Loudspeakers

Bose Professional announced the global availability of EdgeMax EM90-LP and EM180-LP, expanding its EdgeMax line of premium in-ceiling directional loudspeakers. The new Bose EdgeMax LP models bring powerful sound and asymmetrical coverage to smaller rooms and more challenging spaces, and work together with the original EdgeMax loudspeakers, launched in 2017. These LP models deliver consistent high-quality performance across projects where specifications and installation conditions vary.
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Brane Audio RAD Speaker Technology Named in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024
November 4, 2024 by Joao Martins

Brane Audio RAD Speaker Technology Named in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2024

As TIME revealed its annual list of the Best Inventions, which features 200 product, technologies and innovations changing our lives, there was a surprising mention of Brane Audio's Brane X portable speaker as a winner in the Entertainment & Gaming category. As audioXpress and Voice Coil readers learned earlier - and coincidently James Croft writes about in Voice Coil November 2024 - the company's Repel-Attract-Driver (RAD) that is part of the Brane X design, is indeed the first effective embodiment of a negative-spring woofer that bends Hofmann’s Iron Law.
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Knowles Teams up with Mimi to Deliver Personalized Audio for Breggz
November 1, 2024 by Joao Martins

Knowles Teams up with Mimi to Deliver Personalized Audio for Breggz

Since Dutch company Breggz introduced the concept of its luxury wireless hearables at CES 2024, the company has been evolving the project in partnership with key technology providers. The now called Breggz ZOHN-1 in-ears are leveraging Bragi's platform and Audio App Store concept to offer a future upgrade path, with new exciting options. Among those is the possibility to personalize the response to each user, thanks to a partnership with Mimi Hearing Technologies and Knowles, which supplies the balanced armature drivers
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Studio Six Digital Launches New SoundScope VR Module
November 1, 2024 by Joao Martins

Studio Six Digital Launches New SoundScope VR Module

Studio Six Digital announced the release of a new SoundScope VR module for its AudioTools professional audio test & measurement iOS app. SoundScope VR is an advanced acoustic analysis module that uses an advanced FFT algorithm to precisely analyze audio and offers a number of plotting options so that users can visualize the performance of an audio system in real time. Some of it's powerful features include an FFT 1/48th octave audio analyzer, RTA bar, line, and combo RTA+FFT plots, SPL measurements, and split-screen with Spectrograph.
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