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Fidelity Imports to Distribute Goldring Brand in the US
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Fidelity Imports to Distribute Goldring Brand in the US

Founded in 1906, Goldring remains one of the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of phono cartridges. Today, with more than 100 years of rich heritage behind them, Goldring continues to deliver high performance, premium quality products for the specialist cartridge and turntable market, including the flagship moving coil Ethos cartridge and the entry-level E series range. Fidelity Imports is now responsible for distributing Goldring’s entire portfolio of products throughout the US.
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AES Launches Redesigned AES.org Website and Branding
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AES Launches Redesigned AES.org Website and Branding

The Audio Engineering Society, to further its position as the leading organization to promote the science and art of audio, has been busy improving the member experience and accessibility of its online portal, AES.org. Earlier this year, phase one debuted with a new and more user-friendly membership and event management interface, simplifying the processes of joining the Society, renewing memberships and event registration.
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Audio Engineering Society Announces Results of 2021 Elections
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Audio Engineering Society Announces Results of 2021 Elections

The Audio Engineering Society has announced the incoming Officers and Governors following the 2021 Board of Directors and Board of Governors elections. Bruce Olson, AES’s Standards Committee Chair for the past decade, and president in North America for AFMG (Ahnert Feistel Media Group), the established audio software development house (EASE, SysTune, FIRmaker, etc), will join the Board of Directors as President-Elect.
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Soniox Releases Knowledge Augmented Audio AI for Contextual Transcription
by Joao Martins

Soniox Releases Knowledge Augmented Audio AI for Contextual Transcription

Soniox already offers a very accurate speech recognition transcription engine for English language, and the company now released an audio AI solution that automatically annotates the transcribed audio with real-world entities and their contextual information, providing an augmented representation of the audio stream in real-time and low-latency. Soniox offers this novel technology in Soniox APIs, iOS app and web application.
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Renesas and Syntiant Develop Voice-Controlled Multimodal AI Solution Combining Advanced Vision and Voice Technologies
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Renesas and Syntiant Develop Voice-Controlled Multimodal AI Solution Combining Advanced Vision and Voice Technologies

Advanced semiconductor solutions manufacturer Renesas Electronics, and Syntiant, the chip technology company advancing low-power intelligent voice and sensor processing in edge devices, announced the joint development of a voice-controlled multimodal AI solution that enables low-power voice-controlled operation for embedded AI-based vision processing, such as self-checkout machines, security cameras, video conference systems, and smart appliances such as robotic cleaning devices.
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Elliptic Labs Low-Power Touchless Sensing Solutions Now Supported on Latest Maxim Smart Audio Amplifier
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Elliptic Labs Low-Power Touchless Sensing Solutions Now Supported on Latest Maxim Smart Audio Amplifier

Elliptic Labs, the AI smart sensor software company from Norway, has announced that it certified the operation of its AI Virtual Smart Sensor Platform with the MAX98396 smart audio amplifier from Maxim Integrated Products. Elliptic Labs and Maxim Integrated are targeting next-generation smart devices to run critical and innovative user experiences, like presence detection and 3D touchless gesture sensing, on Maxim Integrated’s audio amplifier technology.
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D.W. Fearn Hazelrigg Industries Venture Opens Toronto Offices
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D.W. Fearn Hazelrigg Industries Venture Opens Toronto Offices

Since 2017, D.W. Fearn, the manufacturer of professional vacuum tube audio recording equipment, handed over the production and marketing of its iconic line of gear with the distinctive red front panels to Hazelrigg Industries under an exclusive licensing agreement. Now, D.W. Fearn | Hazelrigg Industries, have announced the opening of their first Canadian offices, headed up by tech industry veteran Scott Taylor.
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New AES/APEI Webinar Focused on Audio Products Test and Manufacturing Strategies
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New AES/APEI Webinar Focused on Audio Products Test and Manufacturing Strategies

Audio test and measurement solutions supplier Audio Precision, and Instrumental, an AI-powered discovery, analysis and real-time monitoring manufacturing solutions provider, join the AES Audio Product Education Institute in a webinar that focuses on the factory floor and the very specific production line challenges. Wednesday, July 28 2021 (12PM EDT), the two companies will detail cutting-edge solutions and strategies for detecting and solving production problems and inefficiencies, focusing on audio product examples.
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LG Electronics Licenses xHE-AAC and AAC-ELD Audio Codec Software from Fraunhofer IIS
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LG Electronics Licenses xHE-AAC and AAC-ELD Audio Codec Software from Fraunhofer IIS

Fraunhofer IIS announced that LG Electronics has licensed its xHE-AAC and AAC Enhanced Low Delay (AAC-ELD) audio codec implementations for use in its home entertainment products. As a global innovator in consumer electronics technology, LG Electronics recognizes the importance of these latest generation AAC codecs for adaptive audio and video streaming with improved quality, supporting variable network conditions.
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CEVA Announces RivieraWaves with Bluetooth 5.3 IP for Wireless Audio Streaming and Low Power IoT
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CEVA Announces RivieraWaves with Bluetooth 5.3 IP for Wireless Audio Streaming and Low Power IoT

CEVA announced the general release of its RivieraWaves Bluetooth 5.3 IP. Supporting a multitude of features to further enhance security, robustness and low power operation, the RivieraWaves Bluetooth 5.3 IP is now available as a complete hardware and software solution for new designs, and as a software-only upgrade for compatible existing designs. All the latest features of Bluetooth are supported, including Isochronous Channels for LE Audio.
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