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Music Industry Unites to Protect the Rights of Musicians Amid Risks of Generative AI Technology
by Joao Martins

Music Industry Unites to Protect the Rights of Musicians Amid Risks of Generative AI Technology

More than fifty prominent music companies, associations, and institutions globally have added their support to the “Principles for Music Creation with AI” manifesto. Introduced by Roland Corporation and Universal Music Group (UMG) in March 2024, these Principles are a series of clarifying statements relating to the responsible use of AI in music creation, aiming to protect the essence of music — its human spirit. Newly supporting organizations include NAMM, Native Instruments, Focusrite, Waves, LANDR, Eventide, GPU Audio, and many more.
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Timekettle Announces Progress in Near-Human-Level AI Translation Technology
by Joao Martins

Timekettle Announces Progress in Near-Human-Level AI Translation Technology

The elusive dream of an hearable device that provides real time translation between any language continues to get closer due to consistent global R&D efforts. Timekettle, a company from Shenzhen, China, is approaching that goal in a determined way, with actual products and solutions that are available in the market. Now the company announced the release of its latest software upgrade with AI Semantic Segmentation, which Timekettle believes sets a new standard in real-time language translation using earbuds.
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Cirrus Logic Unveils Latest Family of Professional Audio Digital-to-Analog Converters and CODEC Products
by Joao Martins

Cirrus Logic Unveils Latest Family of Professional Audio Digital-to-Analog Converters and CODEC Products

Cirrus Logic unveiled a new series of digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and an ultra-high performance audio CODEC, that cater to the needs of recording artists, live performers, and even audio enthusiasts. Setting a new standard for the prosumer and professional audio markets, the new CS4308P, CS4304P, CS4302P DACs and CS4282P CODEC expand on last year's successful analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) launch, and deliver transparent audio conversion to ensure recording and playback without any compromise in sound quality.
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Ceva Adds New TinyML Optimized NPUs to Enable Edge AI Everywhere
by audioXpress Staff

Ceva Adds New TinyML Optimized NPUs to Enable Edge AI Everywhere

Ceva, a leading licensor of silicon and software IP that enables edge devices to connect, sense and infer data more reliably and efficiently, announced that it has extended its Ceva-NeuPro family of NPUs. These meet growing demand for efficient and specialized AI applications at the Edge, where power and processing power is often limited, particularly in consumer products such as TWS earbuds, wearables, smart speakers, smart appliances, home automation devices, cameras, and more.
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Manger Audio Introduces the Next Generation of Its Star-Shaped Bending Wave Transducer
by Joao Martins

Manger Audio Introduces the Next Generation of Its Star-Shaped Bending Wave Transducer

Manger Audio, the specialized speaker manufacturer from Mellrichstadt, Germany, announced the sixth generation of its globally recognized star-shaped transducer, the W06. The Manger driver works on the principle of bending waves, featuring a flat, flexible diaphragm, and unique coil assembly. In its six major redesign, the Manger W06 transducer now features an optimized motor, new damping system, and a new chassis design, delivering improved linearity, lower distortion, and even more impressive dynamics.
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MSE Audio Announces Rebranding for Commercial and Residential Products
by audioXpress Staff

MSE Audio Announces Rebranding for Commercial and Residential Products

MSE Audio, the Kansas-based audio and speaker manufacturer for the professional and residential audio markets, announced a rebranding strategy, elevating two of its distinct audio brands to better identify its market segments. Under this rebranding, commercial and professional audio products will be represented by SoundTube, and residential products will fall under the PhaseTech brand. Each brand comes with its own dedicated sales reps and internal sales team along with its rich history.
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Harman Opens Consumer Audio Engineering Lab in Denmark and New Factory in Thailand
by Joao Martins

Harman Opens Consumer Audio Engineering Lab in Denmark and New Factory in Thailand

Harman International Industries has opened an Audio Engineering Lab in Kvistgaard, Denmark, aiming to research and develop new headphone audio technologies. Harman's newest audio lab, dedicated to hearables development, is the first of its kind in Europe, benefiting from pool of audio and acoustic engineers that graduate from Denmark universities, among other advantages. Harman also announced a new manufacturing facility in Thailand, to support Harman's portfolio of automotive and components solutions.
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BdSound and NXP Announce Automotive Audio Partnership
by Joao Martins

BdSound and NXP Announce Automotive Audio Partnership

BdSound and NXP Semiconductors have joined forces to combine advanced audio signal processing and voice technology with NXP's latest automotive SAF9100 audio DSP device. BdSound aims to provide cutting-edge integrations to improve voice user experience in next-generation vehicles, through NXP’s recently announced high-performance SAF9100 audio DSP. This platform features dedicated neural-network engines that BdSound will be able to fully explore.
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Listen Launches SoundCheck Version 22 with Python Integration and Many New Features
by Joao Martins

Listen Launches SoundCheck Version 22 with Python Integration and Many New Features

Listen released SoundCheck 22. This update introduces many new features focusing on integration and flexibility for both production and R&D users. These include a new Python Integration module which enables SoundCheck to communicate with many devices and software programs using Python scripts, a new crest factor algorithm, a new multi-channel FFT analyzer, and additional post-processing tools. There are also significant upgrades to the statistics functionality, signal generator, metadata and more. SoundCheck 22 also operates on Apple Silicon processors with significant performance advantages.
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Elytone Expands Parametric Monitoring and Control Capabilities for Dante Director
by Joao Martins

Elytone Expands Parametric Monitoring and Control Capabilities for Dante Director

Elytone partnered with Audinate on the development of extended capabilities for Dante Director, focused on adding parametric monitoring and controls for Dante devices. At Infocomm 2024, Elytone has enabled basic amplifier monitoring on it's AMP-NAP-140C4 V2 Networked Amplifier as an early demonstration to gather input and establish partnerships with manufacturers to further develop and expand the Dante Director platform and potentially tie into other device management applications.
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