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KeepEars and AVAtronics Launch the Quietest Earbuds on Earth
by Joao Martins

KeepEars and AVAtronics Launch the Quietest Earbuds on Earth

Aviation pilots and professionals working in extremely noisy environments now have access to hearing protection and communication solutions that are able to reduce noise levels by up to 55 decibels. Two Swiss startups, KeepEars and AVAtronics have announced the successful prototype test and launch of the quietest earbuds on earth, able to be used as hearing protection and communications systems in extreme noisy environments, effectively canceling signals in a wide range of frequencies.
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Big Fish Semiconductor and Dolphin Design Partnership Enables Mass Production for Bluetooth 5.2 Audio SoC
by Cristina Costa

Big Fish Semiconductor and Dolphin Design Partnership Enables Mass Production for Bluetooth 5.2 Audio SoC

Dolphin Design, an advanced chip design company and leading specialist in Edge Computing and AI platforms, and Big Fish Semiconductor have entered into a long-term partnership. Big Fish Semiconductor’s U2 BLE 5.2 Audio AI SoC (TSMC 40nm uLP process ultra-low power audio chip), now in mass fabrication, is the first outcome of this partnership. The high-performance recording capabilities of the U2 BLE 5.2 Audio AI SoC are made possible by Dolphin Design's 24-bit delta-sigma audio ADC, which combines superior audio performance, small area and ultra-low power consumption.
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Native Voice Reveals New Multi-Assistant Functionality for Skullcandy Push Active and Grind Series Earbuds
by audioXpress Staff

Native Voice Reveals New Multi-Assistant Functionality for Skullcandy Push Active and Grind Series Earbuds

During Amazon’s Alexa Live 2022 event, Native Voice, an on-demand voice assistant library that enables users to communicate directly by voice with their favorite assistants, announced a partnership with Skullcandy that will allow users of their Push Active and Grind Series TWS earbuds to have their devices upgraded to include multi-simultaneous wake word functionality. Later this year, Skullcandy will push a firmware update adding Native Voice-enabled functionality.
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Indian Institute of Technology Researches Eco-Friendly Sound Absorbers From Seaweed
by audioXpress Staff

Indian Institute of Technology Researches Eco-Friendly Sound Absorbers From Seaweed

From airplanes to apartments, most spaces are now designed with sound-absorbing materials that help dampen the droning, echoing and murmuring sounds of everyday life. But most of the acoustic materials that can cancel out human voices, traffic and music are made from plastic foams that aren’t easily recycled or degraded. Now, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur have created a biodegradable seaweed-derived film that effectively absorbs sounds in that frequency range.
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Dolby Introduces Dolby Atmos Album Assembler for Music Mixed in Atmos
by audioXpress Staff

Dolby Introduces Dolby Atmos Album Assembler for Music Mixed in Atmos

Continuing to expand its own range of software tools available for content production, Dolby Laboratories announced the availability of the Dolby Atmos Album Assembler, a new tool for mastering music projects mixed in Dolby Atmos. With the Dolby Atmos Album Assembler, music creators now have a simple-to-use tool for sequencing Dolby Atmos tracks for delivery as a completed album. The tool is available for purchase for $99 through the Avid Marketplace and also available as a free 90-day trial through Dolby.
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Zenso Partners with Audinate to Deliver DMeter App for Dante Audio
by audioXpress Staff

Zenso Partners with Audinate to Deliver DMeter App for Dante Audio

Zenso has partnered with Audinate to develop the first third-party software product that is designed exclusively for Dante audio networking systems. Given the significant number of users that work daily with audio-over-IP infrastructures and need to manage multiple audio channels, this innovative application offers real time audio metering for any Dante network, with no dedicated hardware required, and with support for up to 32 channels.
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Picovoice Adds Voice AI SDKs for Italian, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese Languages
by audioXpress Staff

Picovoice Adds Voice AI SDKs for Italian, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese Languages

Picovoice remains committed to becoming the developer-first voice AI platform for adding voice to anything. The introduction of its Free Tier service provided more than 10,000 developers with state-of-the-art voice recognition. The launch of Speech-to-Text engines has made Picovoice the first and only ubiquitous end-to-end edge voice AI platform. Now, Picovoice introduced voice AI SDKs for Italian, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese. Now developers can train branded wake words and custom voice commands in eight languages.
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Waves Cloud MX Audio Mixer Moves Live Productions to the Cloud
by Joao Martins

Waves Cloud MX Audio Mixer Moves Live Productions to the Cloud

Evolving from software-based to cloud-based, Waves Audio, a leading developer of professional audio signal processing technologies and plugins, announced the availability of the Cloud MX Audio Mixer, a 100% cloud-based audio mixer for broadcast environments. This major technological achievement for Waves is a disrupting moment for the whole audio industry, even though the solution is for now being promoted for broadcast and media production environments, already more familiarized with cloud-based production.
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Starke Sound Launches Fiera Amplifiers for High-Performance Multichannel Applications
by audioXpress Staff

Starke Sound Launches Fiera Amplifiers for High-Performance Multichannel Applications

Starke Sound, the company founded in Los Angeles by Scott DeLoache, Spring Qin, and Dan Wiggins, has now introduced the Fiera multichannel amplifiers, built for enthusiasts seeking higher fidelity from their surround and immersive systems for both film soundtrack and music reproduction in their homes. These new models provide substantial power and effortlessly realistic sound, using Starke's own switch-mode power supplies and Class D amplifier modules.
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Sumiko Audio Rebrands as Fine Sounds Americas, Aligning the Distribution Business of McIntosh Group
by audioXpress Staff

Sumiko Audio Rebrands as Fine Sounds Americas, Aligning the Distribution Business of McIntosh Group

McIntosh Group announced a change in brand name of its US Distributor, Sumiko Audio, to Fine Sounds Americas. The name change is a rebranding effort designed to mirror the growth and transformation of the company, providing clarity for customers and partners to better express the company’s family of products and initiatives. Fine Sounds Americas is responsible for the distribution of premium audio brands including Bassocontinuo, Pro-Ject, Sonus faber, Rotel Electronics and Sumiko Phono Cartridges throughout North, Central and South America.
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