All items tagged with immersive audio (167)

Show Report: Notes from the AES Milan Convention

May 31, 2018 by Joao Martins

Show Report: Notes from the AES Milan Convention

The Audio Engineering Society (AES) Milan 144th International Convention, May 23–26, 2018, was a small but well-attended event, extremely enjoyable for all those that participated. As always, a mix of audio industry professionals, students, educators, and top brands and audio service providers from around the world met "for the purpose of advancing the art and science of audio engineering."

EBU and Fraunhofer IIS Conducted Live MPEG-H Audio Production Trial at Eurovision Song Contest 2018

May 31, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

EBU and Fraunhofer IIS Conducted Live MPEG-H Audio Production Trial at Eurovision Song Contest 2018

The European Broadcasting Union EBU and Fraunhofer IIS have successfully conducted the first trial for live production of immersive and interactive sound using the MPEG-H TV Audio System at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Lisbon, Portugal. For the trial, the Fraunhofer sound engineers installed a height dimension to the impressive microphone setup in the Altice Arena, enabling them to produce an immersive and personalized audio mix live. Broadcasters and sound experts present at the venue could experience the enveloping and interactive MPEG-H sound.

Dirac Research Announces Smartphone Debut of its ‘Dirac Panorama Sound’ Audio Solution

May 30, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Dirac Research Announces Smartphone Debut of its ‘Dirac Panorama Sound’ Audio Solution

Dirac Research announced that its Dirac Panorama Sound solution will finally make its smartphone debut in the Smartisan Nut R1 smartphone. Dirac Panorama Sound is a pioneering speaker-optimization solution that produces immersive surround sound audio from embedded speakers positioned only a few inches apart from one another in products such as smartphones and portable speakers. Surprisingly, this brilliant digital sound optimization technology only now is getting to actual products.

Sound Particles Expands Creative Tools with the Release of Doppler and Air Plugins

May 25, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Sound Particles Expands Creative Tools with the Release of Doppler and Air Plugins

Sound Particles is an audio software company focused on native 3D sound applications for Audio Post Production. Their approach to sound design starts with a physical representation of actual tridimensional spaces, in this case using particles and virtual microphones, generating sound animations which can be rendered anytime to any intended output format, from Ambisonics to Dolby Atmos. Anyone who has seen any of the recent Hollywood blockbusters has already enjoyed the results. Now, the company expanded its set of creative tools with the release of two very useful sound design plug-ins.

DTS Virtual:X Immersive Audio Technology Now Available Across Popular Analog Devices Product Series

May 9, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

DTS Virtual:X Immersive Audio Technology Now Available Across Popular Analog Devices Product Series

DTS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi Corporation, announced that its DTS Virtual:X post-processing technology is now available in several popular Analog Devices DSP chips. The fully-certified DTS Virtual:X SDKs are ready for integration into AVRs and soundbars, with the first Analog Devices-enabled DTS Virtual:X firmware updates scheduled for Summer 2018. The DTS Virtual:X solution is now available on the following Analog Devices DSP products: ADSP-2148x, ADSP-2157x, ADSP-SC57x, ADSP-2158x.

Comhear to Complete Successful $1.1 Million Fundraising Campaign for YARRA 3DX Soundbar

May 1, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Comhear to Complete Successful $1.1 Million Fundraising Campaign for YARRA 3DX Soundbar

Comhear Inc., a San Diego-based audio technology company, announced it will complete its successful crowdfunding campaign for the YARRA 3DX immersive audio soundbar on May 4, 2018. Having raised nearly $1.1 million to-date, the company is starting the production of its 3D audio soundbar, with plans to deliver the first production units to crowdfunding participants, followed by a retail launch of the product on Amazon in Summer 2018.

Object-Based Audio and Sound Reproduction

April 26, 2018 by Joao Martins

Object-Based Audio and Sound Reproduction

Object-Based Audio. You’ve heard the term. It means we no longer need to record audio information in 6 (5.1), 8 (7.1), or an insane number of audio channels – 22.2, as Japan is pitching for its 8K production and broadcast standard – to properly convey the spatial information of sound reproduction. And not necessarily only for sophisticated soundtracks in immersive formats. And that's where the industry is heading, leaving our precious "audiophile" discussions about the ideal "production standards" for stereo recording and reproduction of music in the dust.

Recording and Production Presentations at 144th AES Milan Convention Announced

April 24, 2018 by Audio Engineering_Society

Recording and Production Presentations at 144th AES Milan Convention Announced

The AES has always been at the center of the audio recording community, bringing the top engineers together to share techniques and promote new ideas. The forthcoming 144th AES International Convention will offer the year’s most comprehensive program of Recording and Production workshops, tutorials and demonstrations, along with a chance to see the latest gear from top industry brands, from 23-26 May at the NH Hotel Milano Congress Centre in Milan, Italy.

Solid State Logic Improves Immersive Audio Possibilities For System T

April 16, 2018 by Joao Martins

Solid State Logic Improves Immersive Audio Possibilities For System T

During the NAB 2018 show, Solid State Logic demonstrated a new immersive audio implementation for System T, now adding support for ATSC 3.0, Dolby Atmos, and MPEG-H at the heart of its digital console architecture. SSL announced the release of v2.0 software for all its System T broadcast audio production platform, which includes a range of consoles, remote hardware & software interfaces, processor engines, and I/O, all designed from the ground up to be part of a next generation IP network-based broadcast production environment.

L-Acoustics Announces Expanding Universe of Manufacturer Partnerships for L-ISA

April 5, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

L-Acoustics Announces Expanding Universe of Manufacturer Partnerships for L-ISA

L-Acoustics continues its campaign to change the live sound industry with its new approach to multi-source immersive sound reinforcement systems, since it launched its L-ISA technology in 2017. Because L-ISA demands a complete multi-layer sound design solution, the company now announced new partnerships with Avid, Blacktrax, DiGiCo and KLANG:technologies. L-Acoustics will promote L-ISA demonstrations at Prolight+Sound 2018 with these companies.

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