Now benefiting from the experience gained in the first implementations in commercially available products, and armed with actual production know-how, the Montreal-based startup is ready to launch a new generation of audio solutions for consumer electronics. Soundskrit has proven its technology and concept in directional MEMS microphones and is now ready to expand on the actual requirements that will enable a differentiation with current microphone arrays in competitive, larger volume markets.
The new SKR0600 features an outstanding improvement in SNR, with an increase of 4dB compared to Soundskrit’s previous 0400 series of microphones. This high SNR, combined with hardware designed for directionality, creates an incredibly robust and flexible microphone. Where other MEMS microphones require multiple units for directionality, Soundskrit’s SKR0400s and SKR0600s achieve better directionality and cleaner sound, all in a single high SNR microphone.
As microphone sensitivity varies with port spacing, the high base SNR of the SKR0600 allows it to be integrated into smaller form factors than previously possible with directional or beamforming microphone solutions. Additionally, the transducer of the SKR0600 has been specifically designed so it can easily be configured to create hypercardioid, supercardioid, or cardioid patterns with minimal change in performance through the simple application of an acoustic mesh; patterns that traditional microphone arrays must sacrifice significant SNR to achieve.
“The SKR0600 provides directionality with an SNR level in line with best-in-class omnidirectional microphones,” says Stephane Leahy, Cofounder and VP of Hardware. “With an SNR of 67.5dB, the SKR0600 unlocks high performance in a variety of sound capture solutions. Use it alone or pair it with a collocated omnidirectional microphone to create exceptionally high SNR beamformers.”
This incredible microphone has garnered much interest with a new wave of emerging AR/VR and wearable devices. Thanks to its built-in directionality, the SKR0600 is the ideal zero-latency beamformer to bring natural hearing assistive features and real-time translation to its users. Pairing multiple of these microphones further enables highly realistic spatial recordings desired by so many mixed reality devices.
When pairing the SKR0600 with a traditional omnidirectional microphone, beamformers of greater than 70dB SNR and exceptionally high noise reduction can be achieved. Headsets can shorten the traditionally long boom arm without losing performance, and conferencing devices that have historically relied on large, outdated electret microphones can be refreshed.
Soundskrit’s SKR0600 series offers high SNR and directionality in a flexible and robust package, perfect for any application. As the company confirms, with the upcoming release of a digital counterpart the 0600 series will fit any product design need. Samples of the SKR0600 67.5dBA SNR directional analog microphone are available now Samples of the SKR0610, the upcoming PDM compliment, will be available soon.
Inquiries about Soundskrit’s microphones are available here.
www.soundskrit.ca
