All items tagged with DSP (433)
Outboard DSP: miniDSP Flex HTx Audio Processor
August 6, 2025 by Vance Dickason

Outboard DSP: miniDSP Flex HTx Audio Processor

Expanding on Voice Coil's series of explorations in the world of outboard DSP, this article reviews the Flex HTx, one of the most interesting rack units from Hong Kong-based miniDSP. The 8 in 8 out miniDSP SHARC chip-based HTx processor is primarily intended to support home theater applications and has both balanced XLR and unbalanced RCA inputs and outputs. It is a more cost-effective model than the previously featured DSP processors mentioned in this series, with a retail price of $570 for the TRS balanced IO model.
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Cadence Launches Tensilica Cache-Coherent HiFi 5s SMP for Next-Gen Audio Applications
June 19, 2025 by Joao Martins

Cadence Launches Tensilica Cache-Coherent HiFi 5s SMP for Next-Gen Audio Applications

Cadence unveiled a new generation of Cache-Coherent HiFi 5s symmetric multiprocessors (SMP), engineered to drive next-generation audio solutions for challenges such as generative AI-driven sound, immersive experiences, and advanced infotainment systems. The new HiFi 5s multicore DSPs offer scalable performance across 2-8 cores, a streamlined multicore programming with cache coherency, and compatibility with trusted platforms such as Zephyr and FreeRTOS. This accelerates audio development, simplifying considerably software design and optimization.
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BASSBOSS Unveils PredictBASS Room Modeling Software Tool for Bass Optimization
June 13, 2025 by Joao Martins

BASSBOSS Unveils PredictBASS Room Modeling Software Tool for Bass Optimization

BASSBOSS, the American high-power loudspeaker company, designs all its professional systems with integrated amplification and DSP to maximize performance. To ensure those systems are properly configured, BASSBOSS now announced PredictBASS, a free room modeling software tool designed for venue owners, sound engineers, and DJs to explore how bass frequencies behave in a virtual 3D space — helping them better understand low-frequency behavior and apply that knowledge to subwoofer placement in their own venues.
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Kali Audio Announces SM-8 Powered Studio Monitor
May 27, 2025 by Alfred Moody

Kali Audio Announces SM-8 Powered Studio Monitor

Kali Audio has announced the SM-8, an 8" model in their top-tier Project Santa Monica, or SM-Series, line of studio monitors, which already includes a 5" model. The US-based brand of studio monitors keeps expanding its successful formula, leveraging the proven 3-way coincident architecture with more refined components and craftsmanship in each iteration. The more expensive product from the company, the new SM-Series aims for improved quality for critical production applications.
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Alango Technologies Confirms Partnership with BEStechnic for Advanced Hearing Enhancement
May 26, 2025 by Joao Martins

Alango Technologies Confirms Partnership with BEStechnic for Advanced Hearing Enhancement

Alango Technologies announced a collaboration with BEStechnic to deliver new advanced designs for hearing enhancement and augmentation based on that company's ultra-low power Bluetooth Smart Audio platforms. Alango is now fully leveraging the latest BES2800YP SoC to run its advanced DSP software, introducing a new feature-rich solution for hearable devices, such as true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds and smart glasses.
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Microspeakers to High-End Tweeters in Voice Coil May 2025
April 29, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Microspeakers to High-End Tweeters in Voice Coil May 2025

Voice Coil May 2025 is now available and in this issue, Vance Dickason explores the popular miniDSP Flex HTx processor, while Mike Klasco dives into the world of microspeakers. For this issue's Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes his first driver from the new Italian brand RS Speakers, a new TW 104.28 N/Ag 1.1” tweeter, and next measures the 27TFC/T 1” Soft Dome Tweeter from the SEAS Prestige Titan Line.
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Arkamys Announces SoundStage Suite Integration with MediaTek's Dimensity Auto Cockpit Platform for In-Car Audio
April 28, 2025 by Joao Martins

Arkamys Announces SoundStage Suite Integration with MediaTek's Dimensity Auto Cockpit Platform for In-Car Audio

Arkamys announced the compatibility of its SoundStage Suite with MediaTek's Dimensity Auto Cockpit platform. With this integration, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 suppliers can benefit from streamlined, premium sound solutions, allowing faster launches and scalable deployment in multiple vehicle segments, without compromising on cost or increasing complexity with additional hardware for in-car audio.
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GPU Audio Releases SDK and Opens Access to GPU Processing to All
March 20, 2025 by Joao Martins

GPU Audio Releases SDK and Opens Access to GPU Processing to All

GPU Audio released their long-awaited SDK, now available for free - offering developers and programmers the opportunity to unlock GPU acceleration for audio projects, productions, and software development needs. The use of these development tools allows implementing software ideas with access to the immense power of GPU processing, and build the next generation of audio experiences independently of the application verticals.
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Outboard DSP: Marani Pro MIR260A
March 19, 2025 by Vance Dickason

Outboard DSP: Marani Pro MIR260A

The third of a series of product reviews of outboard DSP hardware, this article explores the MIR260A DSP processor from Marani Pro Audio. Supported with expert measurements performed by Charlene Chow on a flagship APx555B analyzer (courtesy of Audio Precision), Vance Dickason looks at this professional DSP processor with two inputs and six outputs, and a more cost-effective model from Marani.
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Outboard DSP: Marani Pro MIR480I Audio System Processor
March 13, 2025 by Vance Dickason

Outboard DSP: Marani Pro MIR480I Audio System Processor

In his exploration of available Outboard DSP systems, Vance Dickason explores the Marani Pro Audio MIR4801, the company's flagship DSP processor with four inputs and eight outputs. MIR stands for Marani Impulse Response, which refers to the proprietary Marani linear (zero) phase Linkwitz-Riley filter, which is described in a whitepaper titled by Michael Marani and Simone Castrucci, both from SEED Electronics, Guangzhou, China.
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