All items tagged with Dolby Laboratories (28)

General Motors Introduces Dolby Atmos Across its Entire 2026 EV Lineup

March 11, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

General Motors Introduces Dolby Atmos Across its Entire 2026 EV Lineup

Dolby Laboratories and General Motors announced that Dolby Atmos will be supported as an available feature across Cadillac's entire 2026 electric vehicle lineup. This will include the 2026 Escalade IQL, Escalade IQ, Lyriq-V, Optiq, Vistiq, and more. As previewed at CES 2025, select 2025 models will also receive Dolby Atmos through over-the-air software updates. Dolby reports over 2 million Dolby Atmos-enabled cars already on the roads.

Interview: Andreas Ehret - The Road to Dolby Atmos

December 31, 2024 by Joao Martins

Interview: Andreas Ehret - The Road to Dolby Atmos

A fascinating conversation with Andreas Ehret, Senior Director, Automotive at Dolby Laboratories, recapping his career and personal journey prior to and with Dolby, through truly pivotal moments in audio history. In this exchange we learn how Dolby Atmos evolved from the ultimate movie soundtrack format into the heart of consumer experience - for the very first time successfully challenging stereo reproduction. And how Dolby evolved its business model to become today's indispensable technology partner to both the media and the automotive industry.

New Dolby Europe Reference Atmos Studios Equipped with Genelec Monitoring Systems

October 23, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

New Dolby Europe Reference Atmos Studios Equipped with Genelec Monitoring Systems

With Dolby Atmos expanding from cinemas to home cinema, music, and automotive audio, the new Dolby Europe facility in Nuremberg, Germany, needed to provide a reference environment and technical capabilities to handle all these different application scenarios. With the move to a new building, the company took the opportunity to augment its development and testing facilities with both a mixing lab and a critical listening lab in its new, larger location. When it came to the monitoring systems in these important spaces, Genelec was the brand of choice.

Discover New Dimensions of Sound in audioXpress November 2024

October 11, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Discover New Dimensions of Sound in audioXpress November 2024

This November 2024 issue of audioXpress explores perspectives on signal processing, and sound reproduction. Read a review of the PSI Audio AVAA C214 digital active bass absorber, learn about the exciting possibilities of Audioscenic's Amphi Technology and how to explore the Boundaries of Active Noise Cancellation. J. Martins interviews Andreas Ehret from Dolby Laboratories. Expanding on speakers, we explore Field Coil speaker drivers, Non-Linear Amplitude Modulation distortion and more.

Røde Appoints Nick Engel as Senior Director of Engineering

October 9, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Røde Appoints Nick Engel as Senior Director of Engineering

Røde announced the appointment of Nick Engel as Senior Director of Engineering. Nick joins Røde with a wealth of experience in the audio technology industry, having held senior engineering positions at Dolby and Apple. With over 20 years of experience developing cutting-edge audio technology for consumer products, Nick is a key hire as Røde continues to innovate and expand its product offerings into entirely new frontiers.

MainConcept Releases Officially Approved Dolby Digital Plus Pro Plugins for FFmpeg

September 4, 2024 by Joao Martins

MainConcept Releases Officially Approved Dolby Digital Plus Pro Plugins for FFmpeg

MainConcept has released its first officially authorized Dolby Digital Plus Pro Plugins for FFmpeg to deliver high quality digital audio that enhances the viewing experience. The Dolby certified Encoder and Decoder plugins enable both AC-3 and E-AC-3 processing within every OTT and broadcast workflow and services based on FFmpeg. Dolby's AC-3 and E-AC-3 surround technology delivers high-quality digital audio for up to 7.1 discrete channels.

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.

Dolby Laboratories Reinforces Licensing Business with Acquisition of GE Licensing

June 6, 2024 by Joao Martins

Dolby Laboratories Reinforces Licensing Business with Acquisition of GE Licensing

Dolby Laboratories announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GE Licensing, which owns, maintains, and licenses an extensive portfolio of intellectual property (IP), primarily targeting the consumer digital media and electronics sectors. GE Licensing is responsible for more than 5,000 patents, including important digital media technologies such as the HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) and VVC (Versatile Video Coding) video and audio encoding technologies.

Audient ORIA Immersive Audio Interface and Monitor Controller Now Shipping

March 25, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Audient ORIA Immersive Audio Interface and Monitor Controller Now Shipping

Audient is now shipping the ORIA, it's all in one USB-C audio interface and monitor controller unveiled at NAMM 2024. ORIA was designed specifically for immersive audio and multi-speaker arrays ranging from stereo up to 9.1.6 setups, supporting mixing for formats such as Dolby Atmos. It features built-in Sonarworks Reference DSP for room acoustics and speaker calibration, and it can effortlessly integrate an existing studio setup as a standalone monitor controller via its ADAT Inputs.

Audeze Enhances Maxwell Headphones for Professional Dolby Atmos Mixing

October 25, 2023 by Joao Martins

Audeze Enhances Maxwell Headphones for Professional Dolby Atmos Mixing

Audeze, the Los Angeles-based planar magnetic headphone manufacturer, announced the beta launch of a significant firmware upgrade to its Maxwell gaming headset, adding head tracking support compatible with the Dolby Atmos Renderer for professional mixing. Utilizing built-in hardware already included in every Maxwell headset, this integration transforms Maxwell into a powerful tool optimized for content creators and audio engineers mixing in Dolby Atmos.

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