audioXpress May 2024 Glass Audio Special Issue Now Available

audioXpress May 2024 Glass Audio Special Issue Now Available
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Advertise in the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook 2024!

Advertise in the Loudspeaker Industry Sourcebook 2024!
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Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 2024

Loudspeaker Knowledge and Innovation in Voice Coil April 2024
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The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities

The Audio Voice - Weekly Newsletter for audioXpress and Voice Coil Communities
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ResearchAndMarkets.com Publishes Bluetooth 5: System-on-Chip Comparisons 2018 - Complete Teardown Report
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ResearchAndMarkets.com Publishes Bluetooth 5: System-on-Chip Comparisons 2018 - Complete Teardown Report

The "Bluetooth 5: System-on-Chip Comparison 2018 Complete Teardown Report" report has just been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The report presents a technological and economical comparison of four of the newest and most competitive systems-on-chips (SoCs) available on the market today from four different manufacturers. They are: the QN9080 from NXP; the QCC5121 from Qualcomm; the DA14585 from Dialog Semiconductor; and the nRF52810 from Nordic Semiconductor.
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Celestion Speaker Impulse Responses Now Available in Two notes Proprietary Format
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Celestion Speaker Impulse Responses Now Available in Two notes Proprietary Format

Celestion made three of their most iconic speaker Impulse Responses – the Vintage 30, G12M Greenback and Celestion Blue – now available in Two Notes format, for use with the company’s critically acclaimed sound emulation hardware Torpedo (Studio, Live, C.A.B), the speaker and miking simulation engine; and Wall of Sound software environment, which is a DAW plug-in version of the company's Torpedo hardware processor, available in rack format and multiple other configurations.
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Leslie Ann Jones to Receive The NAMM TEC Hall of Fame Award
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Leslie Ann Jones to Receive The NAMM TEC Hall of Fame Award

The NAMM TEC (Technical Excellence and Creativity) committee announced that Leslie Ann Jones, the groundbreaking engineer, producer, and Director of Music and Scoring for Skywalker Sound will be inducted into the NAMM TEC Hall of Fame at the 34th Annual NAMM TEC Awards, January 26 in Anaheim, California. Jones joins luminaries Rose Mann Cherney, Skunk Baxter, Hal Blaine, Jack Douglas, Nathan East, Geoff Emerick, and others with her induction, the industry’s highest honor for pioneers of audio technology, as well as the music industry’s most accomplished producers and audio technicians.
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    Modus VR Introduces Updates to Virtual Reality Home-Theater Design Platform
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    Modus VR Introduces Updates to Virtual Reality Home-Theater Design Platform

    Modus VR, developers of the world’s first virtual reality design software solution for residential systems integrators and installers, announced a series of upgrades to its platform. The introduction follows the company’s successful formal debut at CEDIA 2018. Leveraging the latest in VR technology, Modus VR lets clients experience their theater and media rooms before construction ever begins. The updated solution now includes the ability create non-rectangular rooms using the 2D Floor Plan Editor.
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    Celemony Bundles Melodyne 4 essential with iZotope Nectar 3
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    Celemony Bundles Melodyne 4 essential with iZotope Nectar 3

    Celemony Software GmbH, the German pioneer in musical, note-based editing of audio, creators of Melodyne software and patented DNA Direct Note Access technology, confirmed an agreement with iZotope to bundle its Melodyne 4 essential tools with iZotope's Nectar 3. With its musical editing possibilities, Melodyne is the ideal companion to Nectar 3, a sophisticated set of tools designed for vocal production, allowing to perfectly shape the intonation, timing, sound, and dynamics of vocals.
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    HiBy Introduces MQA to its R3 Tidal Portable Music Player
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    HiBy Introduces MQA to its R3 Tidal Portable Music Player

    With the iPod and all the clone mp3 players now long gone and forgotten, music enthusiasts already deeply committed to music streaming services are looking again for ways to enjoy higher-quality and high-resolution audio options when out of home and on the move. Manufacturers like HiBy are responding with dedicated and affordable streaming music players like the R3, promoted as the smallest and lightest Tidal's Online Music Library Player. And now HiBy also confirmed MQA playback support for the R3.
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    Sonarworks Introduces Reference 4 Software Updates with 60 New Headphone Profiles and Increased DAW Support
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    Sonarworks Introduces Reference 4 Software Updates with 60 New Headphone Profiles and Increased DAW Support

    Sonarworks, the European company behind the Reference studio calibration software, announced a significant update to its software. Key updates in the latest 4.1.7 version include a 32-bit plugin in addition to the existing 64-bit one, enabling users with older DAW platforms to take advantage of Reference’s robust measurement and calibration capabilities. The update also introduces new headphone models by Audio-Technica, Pioneer, Sennheiser and more.
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    Cadence Introduces Tensilica HiFi 5 DSP Optimized for AI Speech and Audio Processing
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    Cadence Introduces Tensilica HiFi 5 DSP Optimized for AI Speech and Audio Processing

    Cadence Design Systems announced the Cadence Tensilica HiFi 5 DSP for audio and voice, the company's first IP core optimized for high-performance far-field processing and artificial intelligence (AI)-based speech recognition processing. This fifth-generation HiFi DSP offers 2X audio processing and 4X neural network (NN) processing improvements versus the HiFi 4 DSP, making it ideal for voice-controlled user interfaces in digital home assistants and automotive infotainment.
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    KEF Introduces LSX Fully Stereo Wireless Music System
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    KEF Introduces LSX Fully Stereo Wireless Music System

    Approaching the wireless speaker market while leveraging the technologies and qualities for which a high-end brand is known is not easy, and differentiating a product in a crowded space is even harder. British loudspeaker pioneer KEF now announced the LSX, a compact two-speaker wireless music system with all the convenience and connectivity of the connected world, but with the emotion and detail of true high-resolution stereo. LSX is fully wireless both from source and between the speakers and will feature AirPlay 2 for multi-room streaming from Apple devices in January 2019.
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    Jaybird Announces Industry-Leading 14-Hour Battery Tarah Pro Wireless Sport Bluetooth 5 Headphones
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    Jaybird Announces Industry-Leading 14-Hour Battery Tarah Pro Wireless Sport Bluetooth 5 Headphones

    Jaybird announced its latest Tarah Pro Wireless Sport Headphones, now featuring industry leading 14 hours of battery life in a Bluetooth 5, extremely durable, fully weatherproof and compact wireless design. Equipped with unique features geared towards athletes, the new Jaybird sports model provides a secure custom-fit and uncompromising sound, with new Personalized EQ functionality through the Jaybird app. Tarah Pro is also the first in Jaybird’s new Pro Series wireless sport headphones for endurance athletes.
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