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Dolby MS12 Multistream Decoder Now Supported and Approved on CEVA’s Audio DSP
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Dolby MS12 Multistream Decoder Now Supported and Approved on CEVA’s Audio DSP

CEVA announced support for latest Dolby MS12 Multistream Decoder on the CEVA-BX2 audio DSP. The integration provides System-on-Chip (SoC) designers and device manufacturers with a low power, rapid time-to-market solution that will enable complete support for Dolby's latest family of formats and audio codecs, including Dolby Atmos, Dolby AC-4, and Dolby Audio. This makes the CEVA-BX2 an ideal solution for new Smart TVs, soundbars and more designs, benefiting of all the included audio DSP features, such as far-field noise reduction and AI speech recognition.
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Step Inside HEAD acoustics’ Test Rooms During New Online Seminar
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Step Inside HEAD acoustics’ Test Rooms During New Online Seminar

HEAD acoustics continues to expand its series of online seminars focusing on enabling seamless audio/video conferences that help to increase the productivity and engagement of employees working in home offices and collaborating remotely. To give an overview over challenges and added value of this complex testing scenario using two acoustic test rooms, HEAD acoustics will host a free online seminar on August 11, 2020, with three different sessions available for different time zones.
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Cooperation Between IRT and DSPECIALISTS on Continuous Loudness Adjustment
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Cooperation Between IRT and DSPECIALISTS on Continuous Loudness Adjustment

The Institut für Rundfunktechnik (IRT), the central research and development institute of the public broadcasters in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and DSPECIALISTS GmbH, a company specialized in the development and distribution of products for digital audio signal processing and measurement technology, have established a cooperation agreement focused on high-quality loudness control. DSPECIALISTS already ported the IRT loudness adjustment algorithm to its HARVEY signal processing platform.
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Fraunhofer IIS Announces Licensing Efforts for New MPEG-H 3D Audio Baseline Profile
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Fraunhofer IIS Announces Licensing Efforts for New MPEG-H 3D Audio Baseline Profile

Fraunhofer IIS confirmed the release and official adoption of the MPEG-H 3D Audio Baseline Profile. The new profile was designed to exactly meet the business and technical needs of the industry and was announced during the MPEG WG11 131st meeting. Tailored for broadcast, streaming, and high-quality immersive music delivery use cases, the MPEG-H 3D Audio Audio Baseline profile supports channel and object signals and is a subset of the existing Low Complexity profile.
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Dirac Supplies Digital Audio Technology to BYD Motors' New Han Car Series
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Dirac Supplies Digital Audio Technology to BYD Motors' New Han Car Series

Swedish audio DSP pioneer Dirac and Chinese car company BYD Motors, one of the leading automotive companies in the hybrid and fully-electric vehicle space, announced that BYD’s new Han series of vehicles will feature Dirac digital audio technology for a best-in-class in-car listening experience. Dirac will infuse all Han Series Electric Vehicle (EV) and Dual Mode (DM) models with its cutting-edge digital audio technology, to elevate in-car acoustics. A new level of automotive luxury in electric and hybrid cars, including Dirac-branded speaker grills.
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TV Manufacturer Skyworth Joins WiSA Association
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TV Manufacturer Skyworth Joins WiSA Association

Momentum continues to build for WiSA LLC, the Wireless Speaker and Audio Association, as a leading wireless, multichannel audio solution for television manufacturers. WiSA is comprised of over 60 leading consumer electronics brands, including already some television manufacturers which have helped turn the wireless audio technology much more appealing for home theater and gaming setups, expanding from stereo to multichannel audio applications. Now WiSA confirmed Skyworth Group Limited as its newest member.
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Hybrid Working is the New Collaboration Imperative Says Poly
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Hybrid Working is the New Collaboration Imperative Says Poly

Poly (formerly Plantronics and Polycom), the global communications and collaboration company, published a new interesting report that highlights a granular shift in focus from “place” to “purpose” of work as businesses respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, redesign their operations and reinvent the way they work. Out of city co-working spaces, ergonomic at-home work setups and virtual water cooler moments – the effects of this pandemic will epitomize a new age of hybrid working, Poly concludes.
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Audio Builders Workshop "Learn to Solder" Kits Now Available at CrowdSupply
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Audio Builders Workshop "Learn to Solder" Kits Now Available at CrowdSupply

The two learn-to-solder kits designed by the Audio Builders Workshop (ABW is an offshoot of the Boston Audio Engineering Society section) are now available for purchase online at CrowdSupply - a crowdfunding organization and website helping creators fund and launch products that people can build themselves and customize at will. CrowdSupply and their parent company, Mouser have been great supporters of ABW, and it was just natural that the entities would team up to offer the kits.
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PSB Speakers Partners with Audiodo for Personal Hearing Profiles
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PSB Speakers Partners with Audiodo for Personal Hearing Profiles

PSB Speakers, founded by renowned acoustics designer, Paul Barton, and maker of high fidelity stereo and home theatre speakers, and Audiodo, the personal audio technologies company from Sweden, announced an agreement that will see Audiodo’s Personal Sound algorithms integrated into future yet-to-be-announced headphones from PSB Speakers. This partnership marks the first time Audiodo’s technology will appear in a high fidelity product.
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AES Symposium on Applications of Machine Learning in Audio
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AES Symposium on Applications of Machine Learning in Audio

The Audio Engineering Society is inviting academic and industry audio researchers and practitioners to participate in the first AES event highlighting Machine Learning. The online symposium will focus on machine learning as it relates to applications in digital signal processing and audio engineering. The recently announced Audio Product Education Institute is also supporting this important AES symposium, sponsored by iZotope.
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