All items tagged with surround sound (76)

Audio Engineering Society Opens Early Registration and Housing Options for AES Los Angeles

July 15, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Audio Engineering Society Opens Early Registration and Housing Options for AES Los Angeles

The Audio Engineering Society has announced that Early Registration is now open for the 141st Audio Engineering Society International Convention, which returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center, Thursday, September 29 – Sunday, October 2, 2016. Simultaneously, the inaugural International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality has unveiled an expansive program of technical papers, workshops and tutorials for the two-day event to be held on September 30 and October 1, 2016, co-located with the 141st AES Convention.

Allen & Heath Introduces Surfaceless Mixing And Preamp Modeling For dLive

June 14, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Allen & Heath Introduces Surfaceless Mixing And Preamp Modeling For dLive

During InfoComm 2016, Allen & Heath has released a major firmware update for its dLive series, which includes Director software to enable offline editing and live mixing on a PC with or without a Surface, plus preamp modeling on all 128 channels, 5.1 surround sound, and dedicated Mute Groups. The announcement follows the recent introduction of a host of major enhancements to the feature set and ecosystem of its Qu Series of compact digital mixers.

DTS Offers Audio Transcoding on Microsoft Azure Media Services

April 26, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

DTS Offers Audio Transcoding on Microsoft Azure Media Services

During the recent National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2016 show in Las Vegas (April 16-21), DTS announced cloud-based transcoding services for DTS audio formats are now available through Microsoft Azure Media Services, supporting new OTT services and television platforms. DTS also showcased its HD Radio technology at NAB 2016, confirming new car installations and more live monitoring solutions for digital radio.

Fraunhofer Cingo Brings Surround Sound to Hulu’s Virtual Reality Experience

March 25, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Fraunhofer Cingo Brings Surround Sound to Hulu’s Virtual Reality Experience

Fraunhofer IIS and Hulu announced an agreement for the use of Fraunhofer Cingo immersive audio headphone rendering solution for virtual reality and mobile devices. Users of Hulu’s VR app will benefit from movies and TV shows streamed using the HE-AAC surround sound audio codec and rendered for headphones through Fraunhofer Cingo.

Kanex Digital Audio Adapter for 4th Generation Apple TV

March 4, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

Kanex Digital Audio Adapter for 4th Generation Apple TV

Kanex announced an optical audio solution for the new Apple TV, allowing to keep using existing hardware and have high quality audio support. The Digital Audio Adapter provides an optical audio port to connect a surround sound system to the 4th generation Apple TV via HDMI. The adapter supports 5.1 surround sound via standard optical audio, or 2.0 surround sound via 3.5mm audio port.

SVS Prime Elevation Adaptable Home Theater Speaker Introduced at CES 2016

January 4, 2016 by audioXpress Staff

SVS Prime Elevation Adaptable Home Theater Speaker Introduced at CES 2016

American audio company SVS announced the SVS Prime Elevation, a highly adaptable multi-purpose home theater speaker. This affordable speaker was designed to provide additional flexibility for different surround formats, as a center channel, height effect, side surround or front channel, with multiple mounting options, all while delivering the dynamics and subtle refinement of a much bigger speaker.

NUGEN Audio Releases Upmixing Software for Film and TV at IBC 2015

September 3, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

NUGEN Audio Releases Upmixing Software for Film and TV at IBC 2015

As previewed for the first time one year ago and already anticipated, NUGEN Audio has released its Halo Upmix software for Stereo-to-5.1/7.1 upmixing for film and TV. The new solution will be introduced at the 2015 IBC show in Amsterdam and allows precise downmix compatibility for TV surround formats as well as wider creative latitude for film production.

James Loudspeaker Expands Mavericks Home Theater Lineup with MQ84/MQ84A

August 26, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

James Loudspeaker Expands Mavericks Home Theater Lineup with MQ84/MQ84A

James Loudspeaker announced the addition of the MQ84/MQ84A mid/high frequency modules to their Mavericks home theater lineup. This highly efficient 4-way loudspeaker was designed to enhance immersive experiences for all surround formats in combination with the M152 dual 15-inch subwoofer, creating a stackable no-compromise full range solution.

Revel Makes OEM Audio System for Ford Lincoln

February 9, 2015 by Vance Dickason

Revel Makes OEM Audio System for Ford Lincoln

Revel, the Harman high-end home-audio brand, entered into a 10-year agreement to offer Revel brand OEM audio systems installed in Ford Lincoln automobiles. This agreement is the first time the Revel brand will appear in a factory car audio sound system, as was done previously with the Harman JBL and Infinity brands.

Build a Passive Surround-Sound Decoder

November 29, 2014 by Doug Ford

Build a Passive Surround-Sound Decoder

This article by Doug Ford describes a design for a (relatively) simple passive-matrix surround-sound decoder and the interesting things discovered by the author during the process. The decoder features an analog time delay, implemented with several cascaded all-pass networks and it improves sound system quality by eliminating out-of-phase information.

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