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Alcons Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience at ISE 2017 Shows Full Potential of Immersive Audio Formats
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Alcons Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience at ISE 2017 Shows Full Potential of Immersive Audio Formats

Alcons Audio was at the recent Integrated Systems Europe 2017 show with another impressive installation of its Pro-Ribbon Immersive Experience. With partners Astro Spatial Audio (ASA), Barco Residential, Trinnov, and DreamScreen, the best possible immersive audio experience was presented, for both Residential as well as Live Production applications. Visitors could experience Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D and DTS:X content, as well as ASA 3D material using that company’s SARA II Premium Rendering Engine.
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Celestion Announces Impulse Response (IR) Video Contest
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Celestion Announces Impulse Response (IR) Video Contest

Celestion launched a new contest, in which participants are invited to submit a video showing how they use the brand new Celestion Impulse Responses (IRs), the definitive digital representations of their renowned classic guitar speaker tones, for a chance to win a host of prizes including a pair of Celestion speakers and more great prizes.
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Innovox Audio Chooses Powersoft Amp Modules to Drive Its Loudspeakers
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Innovox Audio Chooses Powersoft Amp Modules to Drive Its Loudspeakers

St. Paul, MN, -based Innovox Audio has selected Powersoft amplification modules for use in its Flex Synergy modular A/V loudspeakers and HLA Family Hybrid Line Arrays. Innovox, which specializes in loudspeakers for visual display support applications as well as houses of worship and small to midsize theaters and auditoriums, went with Powersoft D-Cell 504 and DigiMod modules for their products due to their superior sound quality, compact form factor, and advanced DSP integration.
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Control4 Acquires Residential and Home Theater Pioneer Triad Speakers
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Control4 Acquires Residential and Home Theater Pioneer Triad Speakers

Control4 Corporation announced the acquisition of Larry Pexton’s company, Triad Speakers, Inc., known for its advanced audio technology and customizable speaker-solutions. Direct competitors to Control4 have all recently introduced their own installation-oriented speaker lines. The acquisition of Triad is a strategic addition that immediately brings industry-leading acoustics expertise to Control4 and adds a full line of premium audio-speaker solutions to its product portfolio.
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STMicroelectronics, DSP Group, and Sensory Create Keyword-Smart Microphone for Voice-Controlled Devices
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STMicroelectronics, DSP Group, and Sensory Create Keyword-Smart Microphone for Voice-Controlled Devices

Top MEMS supplier STMicroelectronics, DSP Group, and Sensory, a leading technology provider of voice interface and keyword-detect algorithms, have revealed details for a highly power-efficient, voice-detecting and -processing microphone that delivers keyword-recognition capabilities in a compact package. Ultra-low power voice processing and MEMS microphone circuitry enables sound detection and keyword recognition in a miniaturized single package.
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Eventide Enters New Plug-in Paradigm with Sound-splitting FISSION Featuring Structural Effects
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Eventide Enters New Plug-in Paradigm with Sound-splitting FISSION Featuring Structural Effects

Eventide entered a new plug-in paradigm by announcing availability of FISSION — the first product to feature its seminal Structural Effects method for cleanly and completely separating the transient and tonal components of a sound in a patent-pending approach which makes it practical to modify the individual components independently. FISSION is effectively a multi-effects plug-in for music creation with an interesting potential for audio processing applications.
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Waves Audio Announces Its First Chip To Bring Virtual Reality Audio Capabilities To Any Headphone and Headset
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Waves Audio Announces Its First Chip To Bring Virtual Reality Audio Capabilities To Any Headphone and Headset

At Mobile World Congress 2017, Waves Audio and Realtek unveiled their co-developed WNX7000, the world's first integrated circuit (IC) with Waves Nx virtual reality audio technology embedded. The DSP specialists from Waves co-developed WNX7000 in partnership with Realtek Semiconductor, one of the world's leading network and multimedia IC providers, creating a high definition audio DSP chip embedded with Waves Nx technology. A complete Low Power DSP & Codec Hub audio solution with an integrated headphone amplifier.
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Dirac Debuts Dirac Connect First On-Demand Cloud-Based Sound Optimization for Mobile Audio Solutions
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Dirac Debuts Dirac Connect First On-Demand Cloud-Based Sound Optimization for Mobile Audio Solutions

Sound optimization on the cloud anyone? Swedish based Dirac Research promised innovations for the GSMA Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 in Barcelona, and delivered in a big way. In a world first for the audio industry, now both users and manufacturers will be able to benefit from processing technologies including Dirac Power Sound, Dirac Panorama Sound, Dirac HD Sound and Dirac Sensaround, directly through Dirac Connect, the first cloud-based sound optimization service for mobile devices, headphones and wireless speakers.
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VESA Highlights Growing DisplayPort Alt Mode Adoption and Latest DisplayPort Developments at Mobile World Congress 2017
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VESA Highlights Growing DisplayPort Alt Mode Adoption and Latest DisplayPort Developments at Mobile World Congress 2017

The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) announced that, thanks to escalating adoption by OEMs and chipmakers, the DisplayPort standard is continuing to gain momentum in the mobile consumer electronics space. Much of this recent growth stems from adoption of the DisplayPort Alternate Mode (“Alt Mode”) that is supported by dozens of commercially available products to date using the new USB Type-C connector.
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Crestron Avia Multichannel Amplifiers Are Now Shipping
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Crestron Avia Multichannel Amplifiers Are Now Shipping

Following the introduction of the Avia range of audio DSPs, Crestron continues to expand its completely integrated Avia audio solutions portfolio, from speakers to Dante-networkable digital signal processors and the groundbreaking Avia Audio Tool software workspace. Now, Crestron is shipping the Avia multichannel amplifiers, with two models recently demonstrated at ISE 2017.
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