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audioXpress January 2025. Innovations in Audio. Product Development. The Best in DIY Audio
by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress January 2025. Innovations in Audio. Product Development. The Best in DIY Audio

In this issue we write about some of the most innovative Drivers and Transducers from the past two years. Read about dual-driver true wireless earbuds, and how to assess listening effort inside vehicles. Douglas Self shares his latest findings on Modern Op-Amp Distortion Tests, and René Christensen explores the analytical framework that sustains great simulation techniques. Reviews of the APL Virtuoso v2 Binaural Renderer, and the Purifi 1ET9040BA amplifier module.
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Focal Announces New Lensys Professional Closed-Back Headphones
by audioXpress Staff

Focal Announces New Lensys Professional Closed-Back Headphones

Focal has released a new closed-back professional headphone model. The new Lensys Professional headphones are designed specifically for professional studio applications, and with a US-suggested retail price of $699 USD they need to offer convincing arguments. The French company has been developing a range of unique innovations for its high end audio headphones, which are now applied in this latest professionals model.
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New Binaural Rendering Software Promises to Bring Convenience for Atmos Mixing Over Headphones
by Joao Martins

New Binaural Rendering Software Promises to Bring Convenience for Atmos Mixing Over Headphones

Applied Psychoacoustics Laboratory (APL) announced a software update for its binaural rendering plugin and standalone application. APL Virtuoso v2 introduces acoustics emulation and externalization, simulating the experience of listening to loudspeakers in a perfectly tuned room. APL also announced support for the Audeze Maxwell head-tracking headphones, as well as the ability to load speaker configurations, and personal HRTFs.
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THX Launches Upgraded THX Spatial Creator Plugin with Synchronized Immersive Audio Feature
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.
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Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve 19 Adds Major AI Tools
by audioXpress Staff

Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve 19 Adds Major AI Tools

Even before NAB 2024 opened in Las Vegas, Blackmagic Design announced DaVinci Resolve 19, a major new update to its software suite which adds new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, over 100 feature upgrades such as IntelliTrack AI, Ultra NR noise reduction, multi source editing, new Fairlight AI audio panning to video, ducker track FX, and ambisonic surround sound, plus new features in Blackmagic Cloud for large customers.
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Sonical Headphone 3.0 Platform Supports Cingo Dynamic Spatial Audio Technology From Fraunhofer
by Joao Martins

Sonical Headphone 3.0 Platform Supports Cingo Dynamic Spatial Audio Technology From Fraunhofer

In anticipation of an exciting showcase planned for CES 2024 - mostly restricted to manufacturers and technology providers interested in exploring the Headphone 3.0 approach - Sonical has confirmed a new strategic partnership. The company headquartered in Silicon Valley is working with Fraunhofer IIS to offer its Cingo binaural rendering and Spatial Audio technology running on Sonical CosmOS, specifically designed for hearables with downloadable plugins.
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A New Time for Avid Pro Tools - A Conversation with François Quereuil, Vice President, Audio Product Management at Avid
by Joao Martins

A New Time for Avid Pro Tools - A Conversation with François Quereuil, Vice President, Audio Product Management at Avid

Using the opportunity of the recent Audio Engineering Society convention in New York, I met with François Quereuil, Vice President, Audio Product Management at Avid, to discuss all the latest trends in that space, and in particular to learn where Pro Tools is heading. For the benefit of our many readers who don't normally follow the pro audio markets and are not exactly familiar with Avid and Pro Tools, enough to say that this is the market leading digital audio workstation (DAW) solution.
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Audiomovers Releases Binaural Renderer Plugin for Apple Music
by Joao Martins

Audiomovers Releases Binaural Renderer Plugin for Apple Music

Responding to the specific demands of mixing and mastering engineers working with immersive audio and specifically producing Dolby Atmos tracks for Apple Music, British company Audiomovers now announced a new Binaural Renderer plugin. The software solution is supposedly able to translate how immersive audio sessions will sound on headphones, streaming from Apple Music, while still working in any DAW.
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Immersive Audio Explored - Really, What Is Immersive Audio?
by MC Patel

Immersive Audio Explored - Really, What Is Immersive Audio?

Any form of audio and entertainment content today is produced and distributed as files, which are then streamed to consumers. MC Patel, the founder and CEO of Emotion Systems, explores immersive audio from the deliverables standpoint. The article discusses the evolution of immersive audio and all the implications of dealing with its formats and unique requirements. The article was originally published in audioXpress, September 2023.
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Headphone Immersive Audio, Head Tracking, and Virtual Speakers
by Jan Didden

Headphone Immersive Audio, Head Tracking, and Virtual Speakers

What happens when you add Head-Tracking, Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTF), Room Impulse Responses (RIR), and Binaural Room Impulse Responses (BRIR)? Sharing his experience at the AES Europe 2023 Convention, held at Aalto University, Espoo, Helsinki, Finland (May 13 – 15), Jan Didden writes about listening to speakers on headphones and how good this is getting. How convincing is it? Very.
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