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Dirac Showcases A New Paradigm in Immersive Automotive Audio at IAA Mobility Show 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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Ambiq Removes Noise in Real-Time with Speech Enhancement AI for Connected Applications
by Joao Martins

Ambiq Removes Noise in Real-Time with Speech Enhancement AI for Connected Applications

Ambiq introduced the Neural Network Speech Enhancer (NNSE), the latest addition to its neuralSPOT's Model Zoo - a highly optimized AI model that effectively removes background noise from speech on the device in real-time, allowing clean speech capture in noisy environments. As with all Ambiq Model Zoo components, NNSE includes scripts and tools to help developers add speech de-noising capabilities to their applications.
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Marshall Unveils Motif II ANC Bluetooth LE Audio Ready True Wireless Earbuds
by Joao Martins

Marshall Unveils Motif II ANC Bluetooth LE Audio Ready True Wireless Earbuds

And it's on! Starting with the IFA show in Berlin and until the next CES 2024 in January, the consumer electronics industry is getting ready for a new wave of update announcements, including the first Bluetooth LE Audio "ready" wireless audio transmitters and receiver products. Fresh from its reconversion from Zound Industries into Marshall Group, the legendary brand announced their new flagship TWS earbuds, Motif II ANC. Affordable, up to date with the latest technologies, and with a very familiar form factor.
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Allen & Heath Announces New CQ Series Digital Mixers Without Faders
by Joao Martins

Allen & Heath Announces New CQ Series Digital Mixers Without Faders

Allen & Heath is one of the manufacturers with the largest number of digital mixer series and models, for all sizes and possibilities. Now, the British company announced its new CQ Series mixers, targeting simpler applications, where control is totally done on built-in touch screens or through a remote app for iPad. The CQ series includes the compact CQ-12T 12 inputs to 8 outputs digital mixer, the CQ-18T with 18/18 channels and built-in dual band Wi-Fi, and the CQ-20B 20in/8out digital mixer with Wi-Fi but no touch-screen, depending completely of the CQ MixPad remote app.
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Bang & Olufsen Launches The Ferrari Collection
by audioXpress Staff

Bang & Olufsen Launches The Ferrari Collection

As anticipated, Bang & Olufsen unveiled a new collection with motorsport pioneers Ferrari. The collection champions Bang & Olufsen's excellence in aluminum material and celebrates the two brands' shared passion for poise, power, and precision by reimagining a series of headphones and speakers: the Beosound 2 home speaker, Beoplay H95 headphones, Beoplay EX earphones and the portable speaker Beosound Explore. All are red and features the Ferrari brand signature.
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Crestron Updates Home OS 4 Control Platform and Launches New DM NAX Audio-over-IP Products
by Joao Martins

Crestron Updates Home OS 4 Control Platform and Launches New DM NAX Audio-over-IP Products

Crestron Electronics announced Crestron Home OS 4 will debut at CEDIA Expo 2023 reinforcing the company's position in the global home automation market. The updated platform refines the smart home experience, showcasing a new look and feel with further personalization. Crestron Home OS 4 includes the ability for dealers to add almost any third-party lighting device to the system, and allows homeowners to do more without the need to call for assistance. Crestron is also introducing new DM NAX AoIP devices, including its first GaN multizone amplifier and more useful audio peripherals.
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StormAudio to Promote Fully AES67 Audio-over-IP (AoIP) Home-Theater Demonstration at CEDIA Expo 2023
by Joao Martins

StormAudio to Promote Fully AES67 Audio-over-IP (AoIP) Home-Theater Demonstration at CEDIA Expo 2023

StormAudio is inviting all attendees to an historical moment for the company at CEDIA Expo 2023. StormAudio will debut a complete immersive multichannel installation connected using the AES67 Audio-over-IP (AoIP) standard and using exclusively digital signals throughout. With six different demonstrations at the Denver show, StormAudio will also be updating its range of immersive sound processors with demonstrations of the latest receiver Fusion 20 and the ISP Evo sound processor.
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MediaTek Enhances On-Device Generative AI Processing
by Cristina Costa

MediaTek Enhances On-Device Generative AI Processing

MediaTek is already powering more than two billion connected edge devices every year and now the company confirmed that it is working closely with Meta's Llama 2 next-generation open-source Large Language Model (LLM). Combining this recently announced LLM with its latest APUs and NeuroPilot AI Platform, MediaTek aims to build a complete edge computing ecosystem designed to accelerate AI application development on smartphones, consumer connected devices, vehicles, smart home, etc.
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USound and Luxshare-ICT Deliver Dual-Driver Audio Module for TWS
by Joao Martins

USound and Luxshare-ICT Deliver Dual-Driver Audio Module for TWS

Luxshare-ICT, one of the largest manufacturers and supplier for global consumer electronics brands, and Austrian MEMS pioneer USound have developed Gemini, an innovative hybrid audio module that offers numerous advantages through its 2-way audio technology combining a MEMS and a dynamic driver coaxially aligned. The solution not only enhances sound quality but allows effective active noise cancellation (ANC) applications with MEMS drivers.
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Mackie Debuts Firmware Update With NDI and Multi Language Support for DLZ Creator All-in-One Podcast Mixer
by audioXpress Staff

Mackie Debuts Firmware Update With NDI and Multi Language Support for DLZ Creator All-in-One Podcast Mixer

Timed with IFA 2023, Mackie announced multi-language support for its DLZ Creator, the company's recently launched all-in-one podcasting and streaming audio solution for content creators of any experience level. The new 1.1 firmware update introduces support for the increasingly popular NDI networking protocol over Ethernet, and includes a localized user interface in English (default), Chinese (simplified Mandarin), Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
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