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Soundtrap Expands Its Successful Cloud-Based Music and Podcast Recording Platform to Four New Languages in 57 Countries
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Soundtrap Expands Its Successful Cloud-Based Music and Podcast Recording Platform to Four New Languages in 57 Countries

Soundtrap, the innovative online music and podcast recording platform headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and successfully funded in Silicon Valley, announced that it will make its Consumer and Education solutions available as part of an expansion to four new languages: Spanish, French, German and Swedish, enabling it to reach millions of new users in more than 57 countries. The easy-to-use solution works across iOS, Android, Chromebooks, Mac and Windows.
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Frontier Silicon Announces Smart Audio Solution with Google Assistant
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Frontier Silicon Announces Smart Audio Solution with Google Assistant

Frontier Silicon announced that its Smart Audio platform, Minuet, has been upgraded to include Google Assistant. Minuet already allows brands and manufacturers to develop smart audio devices with Chromecast built-in. With the addition of Google Assistant, users will be able to control their smart speakers via voice and use these speakers not only to play music but also to access Internet services, such as news, update personal schedules and control a wide range of smart home devices.
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High End 2017 Final Report - A Year of Records!
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High End 2017 Final Report - A Year of Records!

Everyone attending the High End 2017 show in Munich agrees that the best organized consumer audio show in the world was also the strongest this year. High End 2017 reinforced its international focus, trade features and high caliber of visitors. The official figures from the High End Society, the event's promoter, confirm it: 538 exhibitors from 44 countries (+4%), increasing visitor numbers, totaling 21,412 visitors (+10%), 8,002 trade visitors from 78 countries (+13%) and a vast media presence from the whole world.
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Vesper VM1010 MEMS Microphones Save Over 10x More Battery for Voice-Activated Systems
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Vesper VM1010 MEMS Microphones Save Over 10x More Battery for Voice-Activated Systems

Vesper has launched VM1010, the first wake-on-sound MEMS microphone that consumes nearly zero power — allowing consumers to voice-activate battery-powered smart speakers, smart earbuds and TV remotes without draining the battery. The inaugural member of Vesper’s ZeroPower Listening MEMS microphone product line, VM1010 is a tiny, ultra-rugged piezoelectric MEMS microphone.
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Live Concerts Now Available in MQA Through Nugs.net Music Delivery And Webcast Platform
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Live Concerts Now Available in MQA Through Nugs.net Music Delivery And Webcast Platform

Now that all major recording companies are officially supporting MQA delivery on download and streaming services, comes the news that Nugs.net, the official home of live music for some of the largest touring artists in the world, is adopting MQA’s technology to bring fans exclusive live concert recordings in master quality sound. Initially, concerts from GRAMMY Award-winning, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Metallica and Bruce Springsteen, are available to download in MQA.
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Sensory’s Fusion of Face and Voice Biometric Recognition Gets IQ Boost and Broader Mobile OS Support
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Sensory’s Fusion of Face and Voice Biometric Recognition Gets IQ Boost and Broader Mobile OS Support

Speech and vision technologies specialist Sensory announced the second major update to TrulySecure, its FIDO Certified multimodal biometric authentication technology. TrulySecure quickly, conveniently and securely recognizes enrolled users through a fusion of face and voice biometric recognition technologies in less than a second, and differentiates individuals at a 99.999% accuracy rate – all without requiring any costly and space consuming biometric scanners.
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Midwest AudioFest 2017 and DIY Speaker Design Competition Returns July 14-15
by Vance Dickason

Midwest AudioFest 2017 and DIY Speaker Design Competition Returns July 14-15

Parts Express will hold its annual Midwest AudioFest from July 14–15, 2017 at Parts Express’ headquarters in Springboro (Dayton), OH. The event includes the Parts Express Warehouse Tent Sale, an Audio Swap Meet, a Mobile Electronics Competition Association (MECA) sponsored Auto Sound Competition, and the highlight of the event — the DIY Speaker Design Competition.
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miniDSP Introduces UMA-8 USB Microphone Array for Voice-Activated Applications
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miniDSP Introduces UMA-8 USB Microphone Array for Voice-Activated Applications

The new miniDSP UMA-8 is a high-performance yet low cost multichannel USB microphone array built around XMOS multicore technology, designed for voice-recognition application development. Seven high-performance MEMS microphones are configured in a circular arrangement to provide high-quality voice capture for a wide range of applications. Leveraging the onboard DSP processing, the UMA-8 supports voice algorithms including beamforming, noise reduction, acoustic echo cancellation and de-reverb.
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VoiceLabs Announces new Sponsored Messages to Interact with Amazon Echo Consumers
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VoiceLabs Announces new Sponsored Messages to Interact with Amazon Echo Consumers

VoiceLabs’ new Sponsored Messages service is the first native solution to help Amazon Alexa developers monetize, and invest in the voice-first evolution. Specializing in analytics for emerging applications such as voice personal assistants, VoiceLabs wants to provide brands with the ability to reach and interact with Amazon Echo consumers. The platform will also allow Alexa skill developers to monetize their work, VoiceLabs explains.
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Point Source Audio and AuviTran Announce Distribution Partnership for the Americas
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Point Source Audio and AuviTran Announce Distribution Partnership for the Americas

Point Source Audio (PSA) and French audio over IP network specialist AuviTran, announced their official partnership to distribute AuviTran products throughout North America. In this agreement, Point Source Audio — a manufacturer of miniature microphones and headsets — will tap its sales and support team to bring AuviTran solutions to proaudio and broadcast markets, which they believe simplify AV/IP networking convergence.
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