All items tagged with digital audio (43)

R&D Stories: Getting Started with Automotive Audio Bus (Part 2)

September 29, 2021 by Brewster LaMacchia

R&D Stories: Getting Started with Automotive Audio Bus (Part 2)

The second article in a four-part series about Analog Devices' A2B or Automotive Audio Bus explores the technical underpinnings of the A2B bus design. Brewster LaMacchia examines how certain optimizations for automotive applications must be accounted for when targeting broader audio applications. He also includes a look at analog phantom power and how A2B provides that feature in a digital system. This article was originally published in audioXpress, November 2020.

R&D Stories: Getting Started with Automotive Audio Bus (Part 1)

September 22, 2021 by Brewster LaMacchia

R&D Stories: Getting Started with Automotive Audio Bus (Part 1)

This is the first article in a four-part series about Analog Devices' A2B or Automotive Audio Bus, a digital audio bus technology originally developed for automotive requirements that is finding interesting design possibilities in other audio applications. This first article discusses the main features of A2B, and its use with I2S and PDM interfaces, before exploring the technical underpinnings of the A2B bus design and creating systems with the development tools available. This article was originally published in audioXpress, October 2020.

MAAT Remasters Dithering Process With New LINpro Plug-In

June 21, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

MAAT Remasters Dithering Process With New LINpro Plug-In

MAAT Incorporated, the software manufacturer of professional audio solutions for mastering and digital audio processing, announced the re-release of a wholly rearchitected cross platform plug-in for the redithering of digital audio. Building on the foundations of MAAT’s original LINearise plugin, LINpro incorporates an all-new Dithering engine based on the current understanding of psychoacoustic, information theory and audio production best practices.

Audinate Confirms Dante Audio Networking Licensed to More Than 500 Manufacturers

March 25, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Audinate Confirms Dante Audio Networking Licensed to More Than 500 Manufacturers

Audinate’s Dante, the de facto standard for digital audio networking, recently reached an impressive milestone with more than 3,000 different products now incorporating Dante for audio-over-IP connectivity. According to research from RH Consulting, 3,034 Dante-enabled devices are available from 361 different manufacturers as of January 2021. The data from RH Consulting indicates Dante is the protocol of choice in more than 91 percent of the networked audio products currently on the market.

MAAT Announces Universal Monitor Controller and Visualizer Plug-In for High Resolution Audio Files and Streams

March 11, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

MAAT Announces Universal Monitor Controller and Visualizer Plug-In for High Resolution Audio Files and Streams

MAAT Incorporated announced the release of a cross platform plug-in and native application for routing, matrixing and visualization of digital audio. The new MAATgo Plug-in represents the debut of MAAT’s first product designed specifically for hi-fi enthusiasts and high resolution audio (HRA) music playback from computers. Available for all major plug-in formats for macOS and Windows, MAATgo delivers complete "preamp" channel routing, plus a software goniometer that authentically replicates an analog oscilloscope experience.

Daniel Weiss Awarded 2021 Technical Grammy

February 1, 2021 by Joao Martins

Daniel Weiss Awarded 2021 Technical Grammy

The Recording Academy announced its annual 2021 Special Merit Awards Honorees that include artists Selena, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Talking Heads, Lionel Hampton, Marilyn Horne, Salt-N-Pepa and more, and also names Daniel Weiss, the founder of Weiss Engineering as this year's Technical Grammy Award recipient. Daniel Weiss, will be recognized at the 2021 Grammys ceremony, scheduled to be streamed in March.

Fresh From the Bench: GeerFab Audio D.BOB Digital Breakout Box

November 3, 2020 by Gary Galo

Fresh From the Bench: GeerFab Audio D.BOB Digital Breakout Box

Gary Galo reviews GeerFab Audio’s D.BOB Digital Breakout Box, a valuable new solution for all the music enthusiasts who would like to listen to their Super-Audio CD (SACD) music collection by feeding the DSD datastream via HDMI from the player to an outboard digital-to-analog converter (DAC) in high-resolution audio. And GeerFab Audio created the first device that delivers! This article was originally published in audioXpress, October 2020.

Prism Sound Launches ADA-128 Modular Audio Conversion System

October 20, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Prism Sound Launches ADA-128 Modular Audio Conversion System

Prism Sound’s long history of developing high quality studio interfaces and conversion products has reached new heights with the launch of the ADA-128 – a modular audio conversion system offering up to 128 channels of 32-bit A/D and D/A conversion at sample rates of up to 768kHz. According to the British company, which is now part of the Audio Squadron group of companies, managed by US based Tracktion, this new modular system brings new levels of flexibility to the professional audio market.

MUTEC Launches Improved REF10 SE120 10 MHz Reference Master Clock

October 19, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

MUTEC Launches Improved REF10 SE120 10 MHz Reference Master Clock

Berlin-based MUTEC GmbH, the respected manufacturer of audio equipment for studio and highest-quality demanding consumers, just announced the release of its REF10 SE120, the company's new 10 MHz Reference Master Clock, improving on the original REF10, premiered at the 2017 Munich High End and launched in July that year. The project is the result of MUTEC's extensive research, now engineered around an elaborately manufactured and selected OCXO made in Germany. with outstanding low phase noise.

Lectrosonics Introduces New DCHR Miniature Stereo Digital Receiver

September 28, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Lectrosonics Introduces New DCHR Miniature Stereo Digital Receiver

Lectrosonics announced the introduction of a new compact and lightweight miniature receiver, capable of stereo or mono operation from a single RF carrier with Lectrosonics digital transmitters, including the DCHT, M2T, DBu, DHu, and DPR. The new Lectrosonics DCHR is a portable stereo digital receiver that tunes from 470-614 MHz in the UHF band, covering 6 Lectrosonics blocks and matches the tuning ranges of the digital transmitters in the D Squared, DCH and M2 Duet lines.

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