All items tagged with spatial audio (242)
Sonos Unveils New Arc Ultra Soundbar Featuring Sound Motion Technology
October 16, 2024 by Joao Martins

Sonos Unveils New Arc Ultra Soundbar Featuring Sound Motion Technology

Sonos announced Sonos Arc Ultra, a new premium soundbar that also debuts the new Sound Motion transducer technology that finally leverages some of the original Mayht patents. Part of the new generation of advanced designs that the Sonos engineering team is creating, the Sonos Arc Ultra is able to reinvent what a premium soundbar is capable of doing. With the new soundbar, Sonos also introduced Sub 4 with a refreshed design, both systems tightly integrated with Sonos app updates that deliver a significant progress in performance.
Read more...
Discover New Dimensions of Sound in audioXpress November 2024
October 11, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Discover New Dimensions of Sound in audioXpress November 2024

This November 2024 issue of audioXpress explores perspectives on signal processing, and sound reproduction. Read a review of the PSI Audio AVAA C214 digital active bass absorber, learn about the exciting possibilities of Audioscenic's Amphi Technology and how to explore the Boundaries of Active Noise Cancellation. J. Martins interviews Andreas Ehret from Dolby Laboratories. Expanding on speakers, we explore Field Coil speaker drivers, Non-Linear Amplitude Modulation distortion and more.
Read more...
Exploring AirPods 4 ANC: This Changes Everything
September 26, 2024 by Joao Martins

Exploring AirPods 4 ANC: This Changes Everything

With the launch of the latest AirPods 4 with ANC, Apple just proved that Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency, and Adaptive Audio can be done effectively in an open design. Thanks to the H2 chip, now both the AirPods 4 ANC and the existing AirPods Pro 2 in-ears support the same level features. This is a big deal and it changes everything in this competitive product segment, about to enter the age of hearables.
Read more...
IDUN audio Introduces Source-Independent, Low-Latency Head Tracking
September 23, 2024 by Joao Martins

IDUN audio Introduces Source-Independent, Low-Latency Head Tracking

Danish spatial audio specialists IDUN audio announced Aura, an innovative way of applying head tracking to spatialized multichannel content. The latest addition to the company's suite of software processing technologies, Aura is specifically designed for listening to content mixed to Dolby Atmos, Sony 360 Reality Audio, and other media formats, through conventional Bluetooth headphones and earbuds, independently of the playback device.
Read more...
L-Acoustics Introduces HYRISS Hyperreal Immersive Sound System
September 17, 2024 by Joao Martins

L-Acoustics Introduces HYRISS Hyperreal Immersive Sound System

L-Acoustics unveiled HYRISS (Hyperreal Immersive Sound Space), a new audio solution that the French manufacturer says is "set to redefine how we experience spaces through sound." In-wall architectural speakers, active acoustics, and advanced L-ISA spatial audio processing, are the core of the new system. Intended to bring sound to the center of spaces designed for living and gathering, HYRISS combines audio with visual aesthetics in a new speaker topology that was designed for immersive environments.
Read more...
Apple Introduces New Loose-Fit AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation
September 10, 2024 by Joao Martins

Apple Introduces New Loose-Fit AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation

The news that Apple launched an updated version of its (regular) AirPods was somewhat muffled by the announcement of the hearing aid capabilities brought to AirPods Pro 2 with a simple software update. But the new AirPods 4 with ANC are a big deal for the industry which has been struggling to combine the benefits of the loose-fit (now also called open-ear) form-factor with the convenience of active noise cancellation when required. The key, as always for Apple, is in the elegant implementation of Adaptive Audio.
Read more...
Bang & Olufsen Redefines Indulgence with Beoplay H100 ANC Headphones
September 3, 2024 by Joao Martins

Bang & Olufsen Redefines Indulgence with Beoplay H100 ANC Headphones

Bang & Olufsen unveiled its most luxurious and advanced noise cancellation headphones to date. The new Beoplay H100 expand the experience of the successful Beoplay H95 headphones, retaining the exceptional craftsmanship, elevating the sound experience, and offering up to 35 hours of playtime. Priced above all other premium wireless headphones available, Bang & Olufsen says the Beoplay H100 headphones are designed to receive software upgrades and user replaceable parts for the future.
Read more...
Sony Electronics Launches WF-C510 Active Wireless Earbuds
August 26, 2024 by Joao Martins

Sony Electronics Launches WF-C510 Active Wireless Earbuds

Sony Electronics announced the WF-C510 truly wireless earbuds, a new affordable option that reinforces Sony's range. The compact earbuds pack a powerful battery life and offer updated Bluetooth 5.3 with multipoint connectivity, Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE), and Spatial Audio support for binaural Dolby Atmos and 360 Spatial Sound when paired with Sony Bravia TVs and compatible sources. Interestingly, although the WF-C510 earbuds are not ANC, they offer an active Ambient Sound Mode to keep the user aware of the surroundings.
Read more...
Sound Particles inDelay Plugin Allows Total Spatial Control
July 24, 2024 by Joao Martins

Sound Particles inDelay Plugin Allows Total Spatial Control

Sound Particles has just released a new delay effects plugin with features never seen before, creating a completely new sound design concept thanks to its fully integrated 3D Particles System. As Sound Particles did with its groundbreaking hyperrealistic Doppler effects tool, the new inDelay plugin makes using delays creatively better, quicker and easier, while allowing playing up to 100 delays at the same time.
Read more...
THX Launches Upgraded THX Spatial Creator Plugin with Synchronized Immersive Audio Feature
June 28, 2024 by Joao Martins

THX Launches Upgraded THX Spatial Creator Plugin with Synchronized Immersive Audio Feature

THX and online marketplace Plugin Alliance launched version 1.1 of THX Spatial Creator, a digital audio workstation (DAW) plugin that is basically a positional audio rendering tool for immersive production. It enables headphone-optimized binaural spatial audio mixes, mono/stereo audio upmix conversion, and is compatible with most DAWs. THX Spatial Creator version 1.1 now automatically synchronizes any motion preset to match the tempo of a project or song’s beats per minute (BPM) - a quick and efficient way to add spatial detail to any audio mix, particularly when referenced to video.
Read more...