All items tagged with Dirac Research (122)
audioXpress September 2024 Is Live. Make Smart Audio Moves!
August 12, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress September 2024 Is Live. Make Smart Audio Moves!

There's a lot of knowledge in audioXpress September 2024. There's a residential installation and home theater Market Update, and a review of the Dayton Audio iMM-6C USB-C Test Microphone. George Ntanavaras shares what he learned using AKABAK simulation software, and Charlie Laub explains all about Derived from Elliptic crossover filters. Read Jan Didden's interview with Joachim Gerhard discussing Low Noise Phono Stages, and learn how to build a Moving-Coil Phono Preamp designed by Sam Dulaney. And much more.
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Going Big in Gothenburg: AES 2024 Automotive Audio Conference
July 11, 2024 by Roger Shively

Going Big in Gothenburg: AES 2024 Automotive Audio Conference

Immersed in Audio Innovations. More than 20 demonstration cars. Record number of sponsors. Sold-out registrations for the 5th Audio Engineering Society (AES) Automotive Audio Conference at the spectacular Geely Uni3 Center, in the historic town of Gothenburg, Sweden. Roger Shively explains why the 5th International AES Conference on Automotive Audio, in Gothenburg, Sweden will be one to remember.
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Dirac Promotes IAMF Demonstration with Google Open Media and Vaudeville Sound at the 2024 AES Conference on Automotive Audio
July 2, 2024 by Joao Martins

Dirac Promotes IAMF Demonstration with Google Open Media and Vaudeville Sound at the 2024 AES Conference on Automotive Audio

Swedish audio DSP pioneer Dirac promoted a demonstration of the world's first in-car IAMF spatial audio installation in cooperation with Google Open Media and sound design house Vaudeville Sound. The Immersive Audio Model and Formats container format is being promoted for User Generated Content (UGC) and professional audio applications, as an open format alternative, which Google will support for Youtube content. Dirac setup an immersive system on a Volvo to showcase the potential applications for automotive.
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Dirac and Bluesound Partner to Make Select Devices Dirac Live Ready
June 27, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac and Bluesound Partner to Make Select Devices Dirac Live Ready

Dirac and Bluesound announced a collaboration to integrate Dirac’s room correction solution, Dirac Live, into select Bluesound devices. The Swedish digital audio processing pioneer is working with Bluesound to ensure the integration of its industry-leading room correction solutions to a range of select hi-fidelity multiroom streaming devices, with the purchase of a microphone accessory kit and a software license.
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CES 2024 Automotive Audio (The Good News)
February 22, 2024 by Roger Shively

CES 2024 Automotive Audio (The Good News)

The Consumer Electronics Show has become a showcase of products of the future, and this year’s content was stronger than ever. The automotive sector in the West Hall was filled beyond capacity, with Mobility spilling into the North Hall. Roger Shively reports on how hardware-dependent development is shifting to software. How Artificial Intelligence has found a practical role. How it all changes car audio systems.
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BlackBerry Launches QNX Sound Audio and Acoustics Platform for Software-Defined Vehicles
January 15, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

BlackBerry Launches QNX Sound Audio and Acoustics Platform for Software-Defined Vehicles

At CES 2024, BlackBerry announced the launch of QNX Sound, an innovative development platform that decouples audio and acoustics software from the vehicle hardware to give audio designers and engineers complete creative freedom to deliver new and exciting in-vehicle sound experiences. The new BlackBerry QNX Sound platform is expanded with Dirac's full suite of software optimization tools.
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Sonoro to Offer Dirac Live Room Correction for New MAESTRO Quantum Receiver
November 14, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Sonoro to Offer Dirac Live Room Correction for New MAESTRO Quantum Receiver

Swedish digital audio processing pioneer Dirac confirmed that the new sonoro MAESTRO Quantum receiver will run Dirac Live Room Correction. The MAESTRO Quantum all-in-one integrated amplifier is the first product from the German company to feature Dirac Live, in combination with broad connectivity options. The new iconic design is an effort to deliver an intuitive, user-friendly hifi receiver that is both simple and convenient, but extremely powerful.
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Dirac Showcases A New Paradigm in Immersive Automotive Audio at IAA Mobility Show 2023
August 29, 2023 by Joao Martins

Dirac Showcases A New Paradigm in Immersive Automotive Audio at IAA Mobility Show 2023

Swedish digital audio processing specialist Dirac is showcasing the latest version of the Dirac VIRTUO automotive audio solution, for the first-time to the European market, at the IAA Mobility Show 2023 in Munich, Germany. During this event (September 5-10, 2023), Dirac OPTEO tuning is paired with the all-new Trèves "Sonified" technology to showcase a future of automotive audio where smaller, lighter, and more strategically-positioned speaker systems can produce increasingly high-quality sound.
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Dirac Powers a New Generation of Automotive Audio in the Polestar 3
June 13, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac Powers a New Generation of Automotive Audio in the Polestar 3

Digital audio processing pioneer Dirac and electric automobile innovator Polestar, have expanded their collaboration to elevate the audio performance of the new Polestar 3 with Dirac Opteo Professional, the company’s signature automotive sound optimization solution. The two Swedish companies have partnered to create an industry-leading automotive sound solution to the Polestar 3, and transform the vehicle into a moving theater with ultimate audio immersion.
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NAD Electronics Launches Retro-Inspired C 3050 Stereophonic Amplifier
May 12, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

NAD Electronics Launches Retro-Inspired C 3050 Stereophonic Amplifier

Hifi components with wood panels are back! NAD Electronics is the latest audio manufacturer to embark on the retro trend with the C 3050 Stereophonic Amplifier. The classic seventies hifi component will be introduced at the 2023 High End show in Munich, Germany, where demonstration sessions of the C 3050 Stereophonic Amplifier will run in Room D108 in Atrium 3. Retro design elements include front-panel VU meters, push-button input controls, 1970s cursive branding, walnut-finished vinyl-clad cabinet, and a dark grey front panel.
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