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ESS Technology Announces New 2-Channel High Performance Audio Analog-to-Digital Converter
by Joao Martins

ESS Technology Announces New 2-Channel High Performance Audio Analog-to-Digital Converter

ESS Technology, the audio semiconductor company from San Jose, California, announced its new 2 channel ES9821 SABRE Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) with a typical DNR of +120dB and -112dB of THD+N. This is a device that ESS says sets a new industry benchmark for audio performance, features, and cost effectiveness, and that will quickly will find its way in both new studio equipment and mastering systems, as well as the latest high-end designs.
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Dirac and Sound United Announce Strategic Collaboration to Bring Dirac Live to Denon and Marantz
by audioXpress Staff

Dirac and Sound United Announce Strategic Collaboration to Bring Dirac Live to Denon and Marantz

Swedish digital audio processing pioneer Dirac and Sound United, one of the world’s largest portfolio audio companies, announced a collaboration to make the Dirac Live room correction solution available in several new AV receivers and AV preamplifiers from Denon and Marantz – elevating both companies’ home theater capabilities and offering premium, high-quality audio experiences at a range of price points. Six new home theater products from Denon and Marantz will now come “Dirac Ready” to run the Dirac Live solution.
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HEAD acoustics Announces ArtemiS Suite Release 14 with HoloMetrix AR Interface
by Joao Martins

HEAD acoustics Announces ArtemiS Suite Release 14 with HoloMetrix AR Interface

HEAD acoustics announced the launch of its Artemis Suite Release 14 software for sound and vibration analysis. Among the multiple improvements, new features and user interface refinements, the new software introduces a new Augmented Reality (AR) interface, developed in cooperation with HoloMetrix, that makes tasks such as the creation of sound intensity maps for fast source localization much easier, faster, and more reliable.
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Gaudio Lab Earns CTA Approval for Its OTT Loudness Management Technology
by Joao Martins

Gaudio Lab Earns CTA Approval for Its OTT Loudness Management Technology

Gaudio Lab, the innovative audio technology solutions company from Seoul, South Korea, announced that its Loudness Management 1 (LM1) loudness normalization technology has been referenced in the standard ANSI/CTA-2075.1, Loudness Standard for Over the Top Television (OTT) and Online Video Distribution (OVD) for Mobile and Fixed Devices, developed by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Video Systems Committee and accredited as an American National Standards.
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New High Quality, Low Latency Digital Wireless Transmission Solution Available from Audio Codecs
by Joao Martins

New High Quality, Low Latency Digital Wireless Transmission Solution Available from Audio Codecs

Audio Codecs, a new Belfast-based company and the developers of the Skylark digital audio data compression algorithm designed for low latency, joined forces with Virscient, a New Zealand based RF consultancy house, to launch a new wireless audio transmission module using Bluetooth Low Energy. The solution uses a Nordic Bluetooth LE SoC to transmit a 24-bit/48kHz high quality, low latency digital wireless microphone signal.
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Amadeus Holophonix Expands Options for Spatial Audio Productions
by Joao Martins

Amadeus Holophonix Expands Options for Spatial Audio Productions

Available as an hardware processor and now as a native macOS app, the Holophonix spatial sound processor from French audio equipment manufacturer Amadeus, has been evolving since its original introduction and is now proven in multiple high profile productions. Unveiled originally in 2018 at the Frankfurt Prolight+Sound trade show, and commercially available since January 1, 2019, the Holophonix spatial sound processor received many new features and improvements, according to requests and needs expressed by its users.
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SMPTE Announces 2022 Honorees and Awards John Meyer the Samuel L. Warner Memorial Medal
by audioXpress Staff

SMPTE Announces 2022 Honorees and Awards John Meyer the Samuel L. Warner Memorial Medal

SMPTE, the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has once again honored industry luminaries and next-generation leaders. The 2022 SMPTE Awards Gala takes place during the SMPTE Media Technology Summit (The Summit), the Society's first in-person conference since 2019. Among the names honored by the SMPTE, John Meyer receives the Samuel L. Warner Memorial Medal, which recognizes a Lifetime of Contributions to Excellence in Cinema Sound.
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John Calder Creates Calder Acoustics
by audioXpress Staff

John Calder Creates Calder Acoustics

John Calder started in the music and sound business as a teenager playing drums in a surf band, and later became a successful recording engineer, working in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Milan and Montreal. His interest in acoustics lead him to work in studio design. After 10 years with Acoustical Surfaces (ASI), were he created and led the Acoustic Geometry brand, he now started as an independent room acoustics designer as Calder Acoustics, based in Minneapolis, MN.
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Airoha Confirms Bluetooth LE Audio Certification. Chips to Be Available H1 2023
by Joao Martins

Airoha Confirms Bluetooth LE Audio Certification. Chips to Be Available H1 2023

Taiwan-based Airoha Technology announced that its new series of Bluetooth audio chips have successfully completed the latest Bluetooth Low Energy Audio Qualification Process and will be "widely available" to manufacturers in the first half of 2023. Airoha is one of the most important suppliers of chips for true wireless earbuds and the LE Audio certification is also an important R&D achievement for its Bluetooth audio R&D team consisted of hundreds of engineers.
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AES New York 2022 Convention - Full Tech Program and Event Details Announced
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AES New York 2022 Convention - Full Tech Program and Event Details Announced

The Audio Engineering Society confirms that full details are now online for the in-person All Access Technical Program for October’s eagerly-anticipated AES New York 2022 Convention. The 153rd AES New York 2022 Convention takes place as usual at the Jacob Javits Center, October 19–20, with pre-and post-show activities on the 18th and 21st, followed by an online component, October 26–27. The convention will be again co-located with the NAB Show New York
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