All items tagged with Dirac Research (126)
Peerless and Dirac Announce Strategic Partnership for Room Correction Integration
October 23, 2024 by Joao Martins

Peerless and Dirac Announce Strategic Partnership for Room Correction Integration

Peerless, a Tymphany subsidiary, and Dirac, the Swedish digital audio processing specialists, announced a strategic partnership to improve sound reproduction across the home and professional audio markets. The partnership integrates Dirac’s Dirac Live solution into Peerless’ Flow DSP audio development platform to enable manufacturers of home audio and professional audio systems to more seamlessly and efficiently integrate premium room correction into their product portfolio.
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Mathias Johansson Appointed as Vice President of Digital Signal Processing and Applied Intelligence Lab by Harman International
September 10, 2024 by Joao Martins

Mathias Johansson Appointed as Vice President of Digital Signal Processing and Applied Intelligence Lab by Harman International

Dirac’s Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Dr. Mathias Johansson, has announced his departure from the company in a LinkedIn post, where he also reveals he will transition to Harman International, having accepted a position as Vice President Digital Signal Processing and Applied Intelligence Lab. The surprising announcement was confirmed short after by Armin Prommersberger, Chief Technology Officer, Harman International.
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Dirac Live Room Correction Technology Now Available on a Soundbar
September 4, 2024 by Joao Martins

Dirac Live Room Correction Technology Now Available on a Soundbar

Dirac announced that its Dirac Live Room Correction technology is now available on a soundbar through a collaboration with Klipsch. The all-new Klipsch Flexus Core 300 soundbar is the first to offer Dirac's room correction technology, until now available mainly in high-end AVRs and integrated amplifiers. This soundbar market debut reinforces Dirac's position in the home audio market – where room correction is being adopted across all product categories, price points, and listening applications.
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Tech Industry Veteran Anders Storm Named Chief Executive Officer of Dirac Research
August 28, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Tech Industry Veteran Anders Storm Named Chief Executive Officer of Dirac Research

Swedish digital audio pioneer Dirac announced the appointment of Anders Storm as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, according to Dirac Chairman Johan Sedihn. Storm's appointment as CEO comes at a time when the company is experiencing record breaking growth in the automotive and home audio markets, driven by new and expanded commercial partnerships with some of the industry’s biggest players – as consumer demand for premium sound across all platforms continues to grow.
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audioXpress September 2024 Is Live. Make Smart Audio Moves!
August 12, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

audioXpress September 2024 Is Live. Make Smart Audio Moves!

There's a lot of knowledge in audioXpress September 2024. There's a residential installation and home theater Market Update, and a review of the Dayton Audio iMM-6C USB-C Test Microphone. George Ntanavaras shares what he learned using AKABAK simulation software, and Charlie Laub explains all about Derived from Elliptic crossover filters. Read Jan Didden's interview with Joachim Gerhard discussing Low Noise Phono Stages, and learn how to build a Moving-Coil Phono Preamp designed by Sam Dulaney. And much more.
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Going Big in Gothenburg: AES 2024 Automotive Audio Conference
July 11, 2024 by Roger Shively

Going Big in Gothenburg: AES 2024 Automotive Audio Conference

Immersed in Audio Innovations. More than 20 demonstration cars. Record number of sponsors. Sold-out registrations for the 5th Audio Engineering Society (AES) Automotive Audio Conference at the spectacular Geely Uni3 Center, in the historic town of Gothenburg, Sweden. Roger Shively explains why the 5th International AES Conference on Automotive Audio, in Gothenburg, Sweden will be one to remember.
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Dirac Promotes IAMF Demonstration with Google Open Media and Vaudeville Sound at the 2024 AES Conference on Automotive Audio
July 2, 2024 by Joao Martins

Dirac Promotes IAMF Demonstration with Google Open Media and Vaudeville Sound at the 2024 AES Conference on Automotive Audio

Swedish audio DSP pioneer Dirac promoted a demonstration of the world's first in-car IAMF spatial audio installation in cooperation with Google Open Media and sound design house Vaudeville Sound. The Immersive Audio Model and Formats container format is being promoted for User Generated Content (UGC) and professional audio applications, as an open format alternative, which Google will support for Youtube content. Dirac setup an immersive system on a Volvo to showcase the potential applications for automotive.
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Dirac and Bluesound Partner to Make Select Devices Dirac Live Ready
June 27, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac and Bluesound Partner to Make Select Devices Dirac Live Ready

Dirac and Bluesound announced a collaboration to integrate Dirac’s room correction solution, Dirac Live, into select Bluesound devices. The Swedish digital audio processing pioneer is working with Bluesound to ensure the integration of its industry-leading room correction solutions to a range of select hi-fidelity multiroom streaming devices, with the purchase of a microphone accessory kit and a software license.
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CES 2024 Automotive Audio (The Good News)
February 22, 2024 by Roger Shively

CES 2024 Automotive Audio (The Good News)

The Consumer Electronics Show has become a showcase of products of the future, and this year’s content was stronger than ever. The automotive sector in the West Hall was filled beyond capacity, with Mobility spilling into the North Hall. Roger Shively reports on how hardware-dependent development is shifting to software. How Artificial Intelligence has found a practical role. How it all changes car audio systems.
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BlackBerry Launches QNX Sound Audio and Acoustics Platform for Software-Defined Vehicles
January 15, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

BlackBerry Launches QNX Sound Audio and Acoustics Platform for Software-Defined Vehicles

At CES 2024, BlackBerry announced the launch of QNX Sound, an innovative development platform that decouples audio and acoustics software from the vehicle hardware to give audio designers and engineers complete creative freedom to deliver new and exciting in-vehicle sound experiences. The new BlackBerry QNX Sound platform is expanded with Dirac's full suite of software optimization tools.
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