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Pascal Acquires WorxAudio from Fender and Appoints Hugh Sarvis to Lead New Blaze Audio Loudspeaker Development Team
by Joao Martins

Pascal Acquires WorxAudio from Fender and Appoints Hugh Sarvis to Lead New Blaze Audio Loudspeaker Development Team

In what is certainly great news for all other OEM amplifier companies, Pascal A/S of Copenhagen, Denmark, which recently had decided to compete directly with its former amplifier clients with the launch of Blaze Audio, is now also going to sell speakers, competing directly with what last clients it still had. To push forward with this strategy, Pascal acquired the former WorxAudio IP from Presonus/Fender and hired its veteran team, led by Hugh Sarvis.
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Netflix Promotes AMBEO 2-Channel Spatial Audio Powered by Sennheiser
by Joao Martins

Netflix Promotes AMBEO 2-Channel Spatial Audio Powered by Sennheiser

Netflix has announced a series of brand-new features for subscribers on its Premium plan, including a surround renderer, powered by Sennheiser’s AMBEO 2-Channel Spatial Audio technology. The pitch says "Members on Netflix’s Premium plan using a stereo system will experience immersive cinematic audio on more than 700 top titles – all on their existing hardware." In reality, Netflix is basically supporting a spatialization rendering engine for content that isn't Dolby Atmos.
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Denmark Creates Accelerator Program for Startups Involved in Sound and Audio Technologies
by audioXpress Staff

Denmark Creates Accelerator Program for Startups Involved in Sound and Audio Technologies

Denmark should be the world’s best place to develop and operate businesses using sound and audio technologies. After all, that's the country where some of the most cutting-edge audio companies originated, including most of the speaker and audio test and measurement names. Now, a new partnership between Sound Hub Denmark and Danish Creative Industries (DCI) established an ambitious and innovative accelerator program for international startups named: SoundTech Accelerator.
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STMicroelectronics Unveils World’s First MCU Edge-AI Developer Cloud
by Cristina Costa

STMicroelectronics Unveils World’s First MCU Edge-AI Developer Cloud

STMicroelectronics continues to expand its solutions for embedded AI developers and data scientists with a new, industry-first set of tools and services to get edge AI technology on the market faster and with less complexity by aiding hardware and software decision-making. The STM32Cube.AI Developer Cloud opens access to an extensive suite of online development tools built around the industry-leading STM32 family of microcontrollers (MCUs). Benefits include access to online service to benchmark edge-AI models on STM32 boards.
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New EQset Microphone Technology From GRAS Sound & Vibration
by audioXpress Staff

New EQset Microphone Technology From GRAS Sound & Vibration

GRAS introduced a new technology aimed at increasing efficiency and improving test accuracy in the consumer audio and telecom space. The new GRAS EQset Microphone technology is a new advancement that guarantees fixed sensitivity and a flat response curve across all frequencies in every EQset-enabled microphone. Essentially the new EQset technology introduces an equalized microphone, with a flat response curve and uniform fixed gain out of the box, vastly reducing the risk of measurement errors.
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Latest Spatial Audio Workflows Demonstrated by Merging Technologies and FLUX:: Immersive at ISE 2023
by audioXpress Staff

Latest Spatial Audio Workflows Demonstrated by Merging Technologies and FLUX:: Immersive at ISE 2023

While Merging Technologies is now under the umbrella of the Sennheiser group and part of Neumann, the Swiss company continues to pursue its activities in the multiple markets that its products address. The high resolution audio pioneer will be present at ISE 2023 focusing on immersive audio and workflow, including its collaboration with FLUX:: Immersive, and introducing the latest updates to its Ovation media server and multimedia control system.
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LG Introduces 2023 Home Entertainment Wireless Soundbars With Immersive Audio and MQA Support
by audioXpress Staff

LG Introduces 2023 Home Entertainment Wireless Soundbars With Immersive Audio and MQA Support

At CES 2023, LG product unveilings included two new Wi-Fi-enabled soundbars, both of which support MQA. Designed to work in harmony with LG’s latest OLED TVs, the SC9 and SE6 models support MQA and Tidal Connect, meaning Tidal members can stream Tidal Masters – at the highest quality – over Wi-Fi to the new LG soundbars. Selected existing soundbars are also MQA-capable via a software upgrade, these include high-end models such as the S95, S90 and S80 series released last year.
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Sennheiser Group Introduces new Executive Management Board
by audioXpress Staff

Sennheiser Group Introduces new Executive Management Board

Following the realignment of the company with a focus on the professional audio business, Sennheiser now appointed a new management team. The new Executive Management Board includes representatives from the three business units Pro Audio, Business Communication and Neumann, as well as Supply Chain, Corporate Functions and Development. Together with Co-CEOs Daniel and Andreas Sennheiser, the Board members will implement the strategic goals of the Sennheiser Group.
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Updated AES70-2023 Standard Presented by OCA Alliance at ISE 2023
by Joao Martins

Updated AES70-2023 Standard Presented by OCA Alliance at ISE 2023

The OCA Alliance is heading to Integrated Systems Europe 2023 in Barcelona to promote the latest AES70-2023 set of updates to the AES70 open control and monitoring standard for professional audio and AV media network devices. The AES70-2023 standard brings new features, options, usability and flexibility additions, being fully backwards compatible with all existing AES70 devices. The updates implement important adaptations to work with standard media transports and meet emerging industry requirements.
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Fluent.ai Offers Embedded Voice Recognition for Cadence Tensilica HiFi 5 DSP-Based True Wireless Stereo Products
by audioXpress Staff

Fluent.ai Offers Embedded Voice Recognition for Cadence Tensilica HiFi 5 DSP-Based True Wireless Stereo Products

Fluent.ai announced an embedded voice recognition solution for True Wireless Stereo (TWS) and other hearable products running on the Cadence Tensilica HiFi 5 DSP in partnership with Airoha, a MediaTek subsidiary. The solution is part of an integration available on DSP Concepts’ Audio Weaver platform, which provides OEMs a rapid way to design and prototype audio features and capabilities.
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