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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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USB-IF Publishes USB Device Class Specification for MIDI Devices v2.0
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USB-IF Publishes USB Device Class Specification for MIDI Devices v2.0

The support organization for the advancement and adoption of USB technology, USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), announced an updated USB Device Class Definition for MIDI Devices, Version 2.0 in support of MIDI 2.0 devices. The standard represents an industry-wide effort by the USB-IF, MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA), and Association of Musical Electronics Industry (AMEI) to provide MIDI users with an expanded MIDI environment connected by USB.
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Global Professional AV Industry Will Decline in 2020; Growth to Resume in 2021
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Global Professional AV Industry Will Decline in 2020; Growth to Resume in 2021

The global pro AV industry reached a peak of $259 billion in 2019. Due to the global pandemic, the industry is expected to decline to $239 billion in 2020, according to the new 2020 AV Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA) produced by AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association. IOTA shows the industry recovering back its pre-COVID levels in 2022 before growing to $315 billion in 2025. This represents a 5.8% five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and will drive industry revenue $56 billion beyond its 2019 level.
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Audio Engineering Society Confirms AES NY Convention Becomes Extended AES Show Fall 2020 Online Conference
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Audio Engineering Society Confirms AES NY Convention Becomes Extended AES Show Fall 2020 Online Conference

In view of the global pandemic situation and the impossibility to travel, the Audio Engineering Society confirmed that the 149th International AES Convention in New York will be instead converted to an online conference. The event is named AES Show Fall 2020 and will offer an expanded program of sessions. Early Bird registration options and pricing are available online for the virtual conference, featuring an expanded timeline and event offerings.
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