All items tagged with acoustics (94)

Step Inside HEAD acoustics’ Test Rooms During New Online Seminar

July 27, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Step Inside HEAD acoustics’ Test Rooms During New Online Seminar

HEAD acoustics continues to expand its series of online seminars focusing on enabling seamless audio/video conferences that help to increase the productivity and engagement of employees working in home offices and collaborating remotely. To give an overview over challenges and added value of this complex testing scenario using two acoustic test rooms, HEAD acoustics will host a free online seminar on August 11, 2020, with three different sessions available for different time zones.

Focus on Acoustics and the Best in Audio with audioXpress August 2020!

July 10, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Focus on Acoustics and the Best in Audio with audioXpress August 2020!

From audio development and product design to acoustics! Read the Acoustic Solutions Round-Up and expert articles. Check out the NAD M10 Masters Series Streaming Amplifier review, then learn about Sound Liaison, a recording label translating live acoustical recordings in the best possible quality. Jan Didden reflects on "The Internal Life of Vacuum Tubes," and George Ntanavaras introduces his APR-17 Aperiodic Loudspeaker design. audioXpress August 2020, Focus on Acoustics, is now available in print and digital.

Audio Engineering Society Introduces Audio Product Education Institute and First Interactive Voice Con Online Event

June 16, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Audio Engineering Society Introduces Audio Product Education Institute and First Interactive Voice Con Online Event

The Audio Product Education Institute (APEI) is an initiative of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) that is committed to furthering the knowledge and skills of professionals involved in the development of audio products. The new entity will present Interactive Voice Con, an online program designed to address real-world experiences in Voice Integrated Product Development. The first presentation will take place July 9, 2020 and registration is now open.

Vicoustic Turns 250 Tons of Recycled Plastic Into Acoustic Panels

April 6, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Vicoustic Turns 250 Tons of Recycled Plastic Into Acoustic Panels

Vicoustic turned 250 tons of plastic waste into acoustic solutions - the equivalent to over 22 Million 500ml PET bottles - since it started using VicPET Wool as raw material. With VicPET Wool as the new primary raw material, Vicoustic is changing the acoustic panels market. Consisting of mainly recycled plastic waste (65%), VicPET Wool is specifically designed to optimize acoustic performance while not adding glue, fabric or chemical fire retardant. Focal-Naim America is the distributor for Vicoustic products in the USA and Canada.

Challenges to Building Voice-Enabled Products

April 2, 2020 by Chin Beckmann

Challenges to Building Voice-Enabled Products

Voice-enabled devices are quickly becoming commonplace in nearly every region and for every consumer demographic. Whether making cloud-connected or offline products, OEMs need to understand what’s driving this demand for voice. Unlike some new product features, adding a voice interface requires product architects to make a number of highly-impactful, interconnected design decisions. Development teams don’t have it easy either, as integrating microphones in a product introduces another layer of complexity.

Carl Tatz Design Employs IsoAcoustics Decoupling System in New PFM 1000 Series PhantomFocus Monitors

March 30, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Carl Tatz Design Employs IsoAcoustics Decoupling System in New PFM 1000 Series PhantomFocus Monitors

Studio designer and monitoring expert Carl Tatz, principal of Carl Tatz Design (CTD) from Nashville, TN, and the creator of the PhantomFocus line of Precision Monitors, and Dave Morrison, president and founder of the IsoAcoustics line of speaker isolation products, have announced the custom integration of IsoAcoustics’ award-winning pistonic decoupling technology into the new PhantomFocus PFM HD-1000 and PFM UHD-1000 Professional Reference Studio Monitors.

Book Review: A Look Inside Sensory Evaluation of Sound

February 25, 2020 by Richard Honeycutt

Book Review: A Look Inside Sensory Evaluation of Sound

Sensory evaluation is a field of study that bridges physical measurement and human perception, helping us to improve product design and aural environments. Richard Honeycutt reviews this extended work, which was edited by Nick Zacharov, exploring the latest sensory evaluation techniques, specifically applied to the evaluation of sound and audio. This article was originally published in audioXpress, February 2020.

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Kick Off Another Exciting Year for Audio Technology with audioXpress!

December 11, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Kick Off Another Exciting Year for Audio Technology with audioXpress!

audioXpress January 2020 is now available in print and download! To start 2020 in the best possible way, this edition includes a Market Update about Speakers and Transducers, followed by a report of the COMSOL Boston Conference where the latest Multiphysics 5.5 Release was unveiled, a great review of the Cambridge Audio Edge W amplifier, and an in-depth article in which Steve Temme discusses tools and techniques to accurately measure voice-controlled and connected devices. Plus many more great theory articles and practical knowledge shared by audioXpress experts.

Auralex Acoustics Offers Step-by-Step Tutorial on Improving Podcast Audio

October 25, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Auralex Acoustics Offers Step-by-Step Tutorial on Improving Podcast Audio

Auralex Acoustics acoustical treatment products are being employed by more and more podcasters in the generation of professional-quality audio for their shows. Auralex offers a complete range of products to help tame the acoustics of any podcast recording/editing space, as well as diagnostic tools to help dial-in the sound and point toward the proper solutions. To better support those applications, Auralex created a step-by-step tutorial on how to optimize podcast audio and vocal booth acoustics.

AES New York 2019 Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track Will Bridge the Theoretical and Practical

October 16, 2019 by Audio Engineering_Society

AES New York 2019 Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track Will Bridge the Theoretical and Practical

At the 147th AES New York 2019 convention (October 16–19), the Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track will feature nine events over the convention’s four days that explore the way we hear and the ways the spaces we listen in affect perception. Acoustics and Psychoacoustics Track chair Alex Case has curated the program, which is dedicated to the prospect that, as Case notes, “all who listen hear better when they know more about the science behind acoustics and psychoacoustics.”

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