All items tagged with audio enhancement (30)

Creative Creates New Entry-Level ANC True Wireless Earbuds with SXFI

January 25, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Creative Creates New Entry-Level ANC True Wireless Earbuds with SXFI

Creative Technology announced the launch of the Creative Zen Air, sporting a familiar but refined earbud design with a pocket-friendly, lightweight, Qi wireless charging case. For a record-low price of US $44.99, these true wireless earbuds come with Active Noise Cancellation and Ambient Mode, offer great audio quality with large dynamic drivers, and decent battery life. They also support Creative's Super X-Fi for binaural enhancement, providing an overall great true wireless experience.

Harman Unveiled Innovative Automotive Audio Solutions to Bolster In-Vehicle Experience and Safety

January 17, 2023 by Joao Martins

Harman Unveiled Innovative Automotive Audio Solutions to Bolster In-Vehicle Experience and Safety

As the "automotive technology company and subsidiary of Samsung Electronics," Harman was one of the busiest companies at CES 2023. Among the many automotive systems, Harman announced its new Sound and Vibration Sensor and External Microphone products to enhance the audio experience inside and outside the vehicle. It also launched Harman Ready on Demand, a software platform and marketplace that allows users to download and activate new audio features.

Patent Review: System and Method for Improved Audio Perception

October 19, 2022 by James Croft

Patent Review: System and Method for Improved Audio Perception

Sometimes James Croft reviews patents that are hard to understand how could they possibly have materialized. This patent describes a “System and Method for Improved Audio Perception” and was granted to Yair Raz (inventor) on behalf of Innovo IP, LLC (Aventura, FL). The “invention” describes “methods of Audio Signal Personalized Enhancement for optimal listening to music using a combination of hearing test, audio signal compensation, and signal processing algorithms. A description that could easily be applied to dozens of currently available products. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, November 2016.

Reading Glasses and Hearing Aids. Smart or FDA-Approved. Pick One.

November 11, 2021 by Joao Martins

Reading Glasses and Hearing Aids. Smart or FDA-Approved. Pick One.

Making Audio Augmentation useful for everyone, or pursue the regulatory requirements of OTC hearing aids. This article offers a useful perspective regarding the guidance documents published by the US Food and Drug Administration regarding improved access to hearing aid technology. The agency proposes a rule to establish a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids - to be sold directly to consumers in stores or online without a medical exam or a fitting by an audiologist. But most audio manufacturers are better off by not pursuing this FDA-approved OTC market. Doing so will simply hinder critical experimentation and innovation.

iZotope RX 9 Makes Audio Repair and Enhancement Even More Intelligent

October 14, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

iZotope RX 9 Makes Audio Repair and Enhancement Even More Intelligent

Audio processing software experts - and pioneers in intelligent audio technology - iZotope has released RX 9, the latest update to its popular post-production software tool for audio repair and enhancement, and incorporated it into version 6 of the RX Post Production Suite software bundle. According to the Boston, Massachusetts-based company, this update revamps favorite modules with new technology to address emerging audio capture and production issues.

Sonarworks Announces $6M Funding Round to Scale SoundID Licensing Business

July 14, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Sonarworks Announces $6M Funding Round to Scale SoundID Licensing Business

Sonarworks, the company behind the studio monitor and headphone equalization software SoundID Reference (previously known as Sonarworks Reference), has closed a $6M funding round to expand the licensing strategy of its SoundID personalized audio enhancement software. The round will help fund the expansion of Sonarworks’ machine learning audio technology integration with consumer electronics devices globally as it also expands to Asia.

BeHear ACCESS Hearing Amplification Headset Gains New Advanced Hearing Aid Features

July 6, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

BeHear ACCESS Hearing Amplification Headset Gains New Advanced Hearing Aid Features

Alango Technologies announced the release of a new, advanced version of its BeHear ACCESS design, a wireless hearing assist headset with personalized hearing amplification that users can self-tune in real time via a companion app. The product, created by Alango for its Wear & Hear brand, combines optimized DSP voice and audio enhancement software technologies. In the latest release BeHear ACCESS now enables improved understanding of conversation in noisy places, and support for single-sided hearing.

Technical, Scientific, and Engineering Awards: A Recognition to the Audio Industry

February 4, 2021 by Joao Martins

Technical, Scientific, and Engineering Awards: A Recognition to the Audio Industry

I would like to thank the Academy! It's award season and following the CES and TEC Awards, It's time to highlight all the well-deserved scientific, technical and engineering Emmy's, Grammy's and Oscars awarded to the audio industry. This article was originally published for The Audio Voice newsletter #313, distributed February 4, 2021.

iZotope Releases RX 8 Audio Repair and Enhancement Software and Announces Updates to Flagship Software Suites

September 3, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

iZotope Releases RX 8 Audio Repair and Enhancement Software and Announces Updates to Flagship Software Suites

iZotope continues to lead in advanced audio processing solutions and delivering a consistent program of relevant software updates. The intelligent audio technology company from Cambridge, Massachusetts, now released RX 8, the latest update to iZotope's flagship audio repair and enhancement software, as well as the RX Post Production Suite 5. Additionally, iZotope announced that Music Production Suite 4 will be coming this fall.

Dirac Unveils Digital Audio Solution and Mobile App for Headphones at CES 2020

January 7, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac Unveils Digital Audio Solution and Mobile App for Headphones at CES 2020

Swedish digital audio processing pioneer Dirac announced the debut of a new digital audio solution for smartphones and other mobile devices. What can be described for now as a powerful audio enhancer implemented on a mobile app, applies headphone specific profiles, intended to “set a new standard in sound across all headphones.” For now, Dirac is tying the promotion of this new processing solution with feedback received directly from acclaimed DJs and music producers, which praise the solution as “the best way to experience the richness and energy of studio sound through any headphones.”

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