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ATC Monitors Used As Vocal Reference Source in The Audio Test Kitchen
by audioXpress Staff

ATC Monitors Used As Vocal Reference Source in The Audio Test Kitchen

–If you’re going to properly compare 250 microphones, you have to make sure the source is identical 250 times. But because no human is capable of singing the same every time into 250 microphones, using an actual singer might cause you to falsely attribute vocal performance differences to microphone differences. With support from ATC’s U.S. Distributor, TransAudio Group, the accuracy of ATC monitors helped Audio Test Kitchen solve this problem by serving as a consistent ‘source for the human voice.
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Gaming Headsets Lead the Way as Accessories Break the 3$ Billion Barrier
by Futuresource Consulting

Gaming Headsets Lead the Way as Accessories Break the 3$ Billion Barrier

The gaming accessories market continues its ascent, with 76 million units shipped worldwide in 2018, according to a new industry report from Futuresource Consulting. That’s an increase of 22% on 2017, generating a retail value of US$3.1 billion from a combination of headsets, speakers, keyboards and mice. Last year’s headset growth won’t be repeated this year, with Futuresource forecasts pointing to a minor decline in volumes for 2019 due to cyclical hardware trends for games consoles.
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Sonion Combines Voice Pick Up Bone Sensor With Qualcomm Bluetooth SoC to Improve Speech Intelligibility
by audioXpress Staff

Sonion Combines Voice Pick Up Bone Sensor With Qualcomm Bluetooth SoC to Improve Speech Intelligibility

Sonion, the manufacturer of components and solutions for hearing aids and in-ear headphones, announced that it is now a member of the Qualcomm Extension Program and will offer the Sonion Voice Pick Up Bone Sensor on the Qualcomm Ultra-Low Power QCC5100 Bluetooth SoC series in Q1 2020. The combination will allow other audio manufacturers to implement reliable voice quality and voice recognition applications that are not hindered by surrounding noise.
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China: 90% of Users Love Their Smart Speakers - 88% in the UK
by audioXpress Staff

China: 90% of Users Love Their Smart Speakers - 88% in the UK

The exploding popularity of smart speakers in China is confirmed by findings from the latest Strategy Analytics consumer survey. The report, 2019 Smart Speaker User Survey – China Results, found that 63% of people who do not currently use a smart speaker plan to buy one within the next year. Another 22% say they will purchase a smart speaker later on, suggesting that smart speakers overall should reach at least another 85% of the population.
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Technology and Innovation Returns To Las Vegas for CES Show 2020
by Nora Wong

Technology and Innovation Returns To Las Vegas for CES Show 2020

Promoted every year by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), CES is certainly the largest and most influential consumer technology show in the world, increasingly the place where trends are revealed for the rest of the year, and where both the largest brands and the most promising start-ups get a vital boost to their marketing. Increasingly, the CES Show is also a vibrant market for technology vendors and suppliers and this year, from January 7-10, the #CES2020 promises to be a defining moment for the audio industry.
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Nureva Granted Three Patents for Its Microphone Mist Technology Platform
by audioXpress Staff

Nureva Granted Three Patents for Its Microphone Mist Technology Platform

Nureva, the collaboration-solutions company from Calgary, Alberta, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued three new patents for the company’s Microphone Mist technology platform. Patents numbered 10,063,987 and 10,397,726 describe the ability to focus sound signals in a shared 3D space, and patent 10,387,108 describes the use of sound source positional information to derive automatic gain control output parameters.
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Sony confirms 360 Reality Audio Immersive Music Experiences on New Amazon Echo Studio
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Sony confirms 360 Reality Audio Immersive Music Experiences on New Amazon Echo Studio

Sony Corporation announced that 360 Reality Audio content, which offers a new immersive music experience for listeners, will be made available on the new Amazon Echo Studio with Amazon Music HD to customers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan later this year. Sony's 360 Reality Audio is an immersive audio experience utilizing MPEG-H object-based spatial audio technology from Fraunhofer IIS.
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AES New York 2019 Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track Will Bridge the Theoretical and Practical
by Audio Engineering_Society

AES New York 2019 Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track Will Bridge the Theoretical and Practical

At the 147th AES New York 2019 convention (October 16–19), the Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track will feature nine events over the convention’s four days that explore the way we hear and the ways the spaces we listen in affect perception. Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track chair Alex Case has curated the program, which is dedicated to the prospect that, as Case notes, “all who listen hear better when they know more about the science behind acoustics and psychoacoustics.”
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Music, Sound and Entertainment Technology United at The NAMM Show 2020
by Cristina Costa

Music, Sound and Entertainment Technology United at The NAMM Show 2020

The 2020 NAMM Show returns to Anaheim, California Thursday, January 16 to Sunday, January 19 - a little earlier than usual. The annual global gathering of the musical instruments, pro audio, and entertainment technology industries will be on display across the NAMM Campus at the Anaheim Convention Center and the excitement for this 2020 edition couldn't be greater. The NAMM Show consolidates its position on the global stage as the most important trade show for music, sound and live technologies.
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OCA Alliance and Networked Audio In Focus at AES New York 2019
by audioXpress Staff

OCA Alliance and Networked Audio In Focus at AES New York 2019

Networked audio continues to play an ever-expanding role in a wide variety of pro audio applications, from recording and production, to live sound, installs, and more, with a near ubiquity of network capabilities on new gear and the bridging of proprietary standards by the AES67 and AES70 protocols. The Audio Networking Track events, taking place during the 147th AES New York Convention, October 16–19 at the Javits Center, are set to connect the latest technologies and techniques with attendees looking to take their audio networking skills to the next level.
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