Automotive Audio: Car Cabin Sound Personalization

Millions of dollars are invested to create the best possible sound experience inside cars. With increasingly sophisticated automotive audio systems allowing immersive audio and different experiences for each seat, sound personalization is a natural extension for audio enhancement solutions. This article describes a way to address hearing loss as a foundation for personalization inside vehicles.

Eventide has released SplitEQ, an advanced equalization plug-in featuring a new Structural Split patented technology. At first glance, it’s a parametric EQ with 8-bands of filters, but the Structural Split engine divides the incoming audio into separate Transient and Tonal streams that feed the 8 bands. This approach makes common EQ problems easy to solve — even in a complex mix.

TransAudio Group, longtime U.S. distributor of Drawmer professional audio products, is shipping Drawmer’s new 1978 Stereo Tone Shaping FET Compressor. The 1978 builds on the success of the award winning 1973 multiband FET compressor with an expanded array of controls to give unparalleled flexibility to recording and mix engineers who wish to bless their tracks with an analog soul.

During the 137th International Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention in Los Angeles, CA, a session on the Broadcast & Streaming Media Track discussed “Loudness for Streaming and Radio.” Thomas Lund (TC Electronic), an expert and longtime promoter of the loudness standards currently implemented in TV broadcast, chaired the session, which included an interesting angle from Bob Orban (Orban) and Frank Foti (Telos/Omnia).