Waves Audio Showcases AI-Driven Innovations Making Voice Calls Crystal-Clear In Any Noisy Environment

At CES 2024, Waves Audio demonstrated its latest DSP solutions applied to multiple consumer electronics and mobile products categories, now reinforced with AI/ML, adaptive and perceptual algorithms. An outstanding example of how Waves is leveraging AI-enhanced technologies is delivered in the new SoloMode audio filtering software, which makes the user's voice crystal-clear in smartphone audio or video calls, even in the presence of noise from multiple voices in the background.

This important article revisits the evolution of Rub & Buzz measurements in loudspeakers, headphone drivers, and microspeakers production lines, and how these are being addressed using the next-generation of perceptual algorithms. Steve Temme offers a valuable comparison with what can be accessed today using modern methods, and what to apply to access production faults, determine thresholds for production yields, or understand the real impact on consumer's perception. This article was originally published in audioXpress, April 2022.

Announced earlier in May 2022, the much anticipated Listen SoundCheck 20 audio analysis software update is now available, and includes Listen’s new state-of-the-art perceptual distortion algorithm for end-of-line testing - Enhanced Perceptual Rub & Buzz. SoundCheck 20 also includes a host of new features for multichannel and communications testing, increasing its capabilities for audio measurement of smart speakers, infotainment systems, headphones and hearables, and other voice-activated and multichannel devices.

Sensory evaluation is a field of study that bridges physical measurement and human perception, helping us to improve product design and aural environments. Richard Honeycutt reviews this extended work, which was edited by Nick Zacharov, exploring the latest sensory evaluation techniques, specifically applied to the evaluation of sound and audio. This article was originally published in audioXpress, February 2020.

BBE Sound announced the release of their Sonic Sweet v3.0 Plug-in bundle that includes 3 newly “Optimized” plug-ins and a brand new bass enhancer (Mach 3 Bass). This new version makes the legendary BBE Sound available to broadcast, producers and musicians for all their recordings.