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Sensory VoiceHub 2.0 Integrates Generative AI for Fast Development of Custom Voice UIs
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Sensory VoiceHub 2.0 Integrates Generative AI for Fast Development of Custom Voice UIs

Sensory announced the launch of VoiceHub 2.0, a new and improved version of the company's web portal for the development of wake words and custom voice recognition user interfaces. The updated solution now integrates generative AI-powered tools, making it an even more powerful, allowing developers to quickly create custom voice UIs capable of understanding spoken commands and natural language.
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Wireless Headphones and Earbuds on Top Five of Most Desirable Products for US Consumers
by Joao Martins

Wireless Headphones and Earbuds on Top Five of Most Desirable Products for US Consumers

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) released the 2023 US Consumer Technology Ownership & Market Potential (OMP) Study, showing that despite complex economic times, 84% of US households plan to purchase tech products in the next 12 months. Mobile and wireless tech products lead the categories of tech products consumers want to buy. A notable trend is the fact that ownership of wireless personal audio products now exceeds wired devices.
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Cirrus Logic Introduces Smart Amplifier and Low-Power Codec Solution for Enhanced Sound from Small Speakers
by Joao Martins

Cirrus Logic Introduces Smart Amplifier and Low-Power Codec Solution for Enhanced Sound from Small Speakers

Cirrus Logic announced a premium audio solution built specifically for PCs that enables a louder, more immersive audio experience, whether listening to voice calls and music from the small internal speakers on ultrathin laptops or from headphones. Built specifically for PCs, the Cirrus Logic CS35L56 smart amp and CS42L43 SmartHIFI codec minimize hardware and software design complexity for OEMs, simplifies design for PC manufacturers and contributes to a reduction in the total number of components and board space.
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Solid State Logic Creates UF1 DAW Control Surface Module
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Solid State Logic Creates UF1 DAW Control Surface Module

Solid State Logic announced a new single fader controller module, the UF1 DAW Control Centre, designed with an advanced software workflow for intuitive control features. SSL continues to leverage its successful strategy to repackage every single stage of its legendary audio consoles, while creating new modules to bridge modern production methods using digital audio workstations (DAW). The new UF1 control module provides complete visual feedback, and deep integration in combination with the new SSL Meter Plug-in and SSL 360° software.
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Electrostatic Loudspeakers and Two Cutting-Edge High-End Tweeters in Voice Coil June 2023
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Electrostatic Loudspeakers and Two Cutting-Edge High-End Tweeters in Voice Coil June 2023

Voice Coil June 2023 features an extensive patent review in James Croft's Acoustic Patents column. The topic is a 2014 patent awarded to Nokia, offering an opportunity to revisit the history of electrostatic loudspeakers, with insights from Tim Mellow, one of the two listed inventors. In Test Bench, Vance Dickason focuses on the D8404-552000 Ellipticor cloth diaphragm dome midrange from Scan-Speak, and characterizes the SB Acoustics TW29BNWG beryllium dome and waveguide from the brand's prestigious Satori line.
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SUBPAC and JLR Partner to Bring A New Dimension of Sound to Range Rover
by Joao Martins

SUBPAC and JLR Partner to Bring A New Dimension of Sound to Range Rover

High-fidelity tactile audio company, SUBPAC, teamed up with Jaguar Land-Rover (JLR) to improve the in-vehicle audio experience in the new Range Rover Sport SV Edition One system. The tactile experience was added to the Body and Soul Seat (BASS), which delivers audio vibrations allowing front-seat occupants to actually feel the music. According to the companies, this new approach to sound in-vehicle comes complete with wellness benefits, too, setting a new standard in immersive audio.
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Audio-Technica Confirms the Return of the "Sound Burger" Portable Turntable
by Joao Martins

Audio-Technica Confirms the Return of the "Sound Burger" Portable Turntable

Roughly half a year after reintroducing the Sound Burger portable turntable in a limited-edition retro red model – and 40 years after the product’s original debut – Audio-Technica announced that this product is returning to the company’s regular lineup. According to the company, the limited-edition model, released in the fall of 2022 to celebrate Audio-Technica’s 60th anniversary, was met with such an overwhelming response that it sold out in a matter of days worldwide.
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Trinnov Audio Multiple Source Multiple Controller Approach Becomes WaveForming Technology
by Joao Martins

Trinnov Audio Multiple Source Multiple Controller Approach Becomes WaveForming Technology

Trinnov Audio announced that following the successful first public demonstration of its Multiple Source Multiple Controller (MSMC) technology at the 2023 ISE show in Barcelona, multiple partners are incorporating the technology in their respective demonstration systems and showrooms. Intended to improve home theater design, Trinnov is now promoting the technology with the name WaveForming, as part of the company's vision for room acoustics, utilizing passive and active room acoustics.
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Aston Martin Announces Bowers & Wilkins as Official Audio Partner
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Aston Martin Announces Bowers & Wilkins as Official Audio Partner

Debuting in the new DB12, Aston Martin owners will be able to enjoy the newly developed Bowers & Wilkins Surround Sound System in their cars for the first time, as two iconic British brands announced a new audio partnership. The newly developed Bowers & Wilkins Surround Sound System is a 15-speaker, double amplified 1170W surround sound system, able to supercharge the senses of anyone entering the car. The immersive quality of the audio system is achieved by
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Audioscenic Announces 3D Audio Beamforming Software Solution for Laptops and PCs
by Joao Martins

Audioscenic Announces 3D Audio Beamforming Software Solution for Laptops and PCs

Audioscenic, the company behind the first commercially available 3D audio beamforming speaker solution, announced the launch of the Amphi Windows Suite, a set of software packages that integrates the company's patented spatial audio technology into currently available laptop and desktop systems. Audioscenic introduced and demonstrated this technology at the Computex 2023 show in Taipei, Taiwan. The UK audio company is aiming to make its spatial audio technology more accessible for consumer computing platforms.
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