All items tagged with immersive audio (436)
Embody Announces Hive Immersive Audio Software With Support for All Major Gaming Headsets
June 7, 2021 by Joao Martins

Embody Announces Hive Immersive Audio Software With Support for All Major Gaming Headsets

If there's an area where immersive audio (aka "spatial" or "3D audio") makes sense, it is certainly for computer gaming - even when it is delivered through binaural rendering through headphones - which is a huge challenge. Embody is a company leading in that space, having delivered spatial audio software with HRTF profiles for Audeze, Steinberg, Logitech, and other pro audio and headphones manufacturers. Now, their new Immerse Gaming by Embody brand announced Hive, a new software that works with almost all gaming headsets.
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DSP Concepts Adds THX Spatial Audio to Audio Weaver Development Platform
June 3, 2021 by Joao Martins

DSP Concepts Adds THX Spatial Audio to Audio Weaver Development Platform

With the audio industry apparently determined to push forward the evolution towards spatial audio reproduction, manufacturers need tools to add the experience to their new product designs. Starting now, brands building on Audio Weaver can easily deploy THX Spatial Audio to bring immersive sound home entertainment devices to market. The partnership adds valuable new IP to DSP Concepts's library of 500 market-proven Audio Weaver modules.
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Yamaha Updates Home Entertainment with New Series of Cutting-edge Aventage AV Receivers
May 20, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Yamaha Updates Home Entertainment with New Series of Cutting-edge Aventage AV Receivers

A decade ago, Yamaha brought the power, performance and sophisticated build of its Aventage AV receivers to market. Now, as home entertainment is experiencing a renaissance, Yamaha announced the most dramatic update to its flagship series of AV receivers with three new models that support all the latest standards, media formats and technologies expected today.
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Cadence Offers MPEG-H 3D Audio Baseline Profile Decoders for Tensilica HiFi DSPs
May 17, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Cadence Offers MPEG-H 3D Audio Baseline Profile Decoders for Tensilica HiFi DSPs

Fraunhofer confirmed that Cadence Design Systems is now offering decoder implementations supporting the new MPEG-H 3D Audio Baseline Profile and has joined the MPEG-H Audio System trademark program administered by Fraunhofer. Adding MPEG-H 3D Audio Baseline Profile decoding capabilities to Cadence’s industry-leading Tensilica HiFi DSP designs opens up the potential to bring interactive and immersive sound to millions of users worldwide.
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Sound Design to Audio Product Design - What Can We Do With Spatial Audio?
May 5, 2021 by Joao Martins

Sound Design to Audio Product Design - What Can We Do With Spatial Audio?

What do we expect exactly from Spatial Sound? A true tri-dimensional representation of sound in space? An effective way to translate virtual acoustics? A limitless soundstage for infinite creativity? What about sound “in your head”? I started to write about this topic with audio product developers in mind. But the questions equally apply to content creators, because basically we all have the same doubts.
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L-Acoustics Announces L-ISA Studio Software Suite for Spatial Audio Creation
April 28, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

L-Acoustics Announces L-ISA Studio Software Suite for Spatial Audio Creation

L-Acoustics just expanded the possibilities of spatial audio creation with the launch of the new L-ISA Studio software suite and upgraded L-ISA engine with simpler yet more powerful controls. For the past 18 months, the French company has been also porting the L-ISA Processor Audio Engine to work on a regular computer, allowing anyone with a laptop and a pair of headphones to do pre/post production work. The new L-ISA Studio software even includes a binaural rendering engine and scale simulation mode.
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FLUX Introduces New SPAT Revolution Essential Software for Immersive Audio Production
April 27, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

FLUX Introduces New SPAT Revolution Essential Software for Immersive Audio Production

FLUX Software Engineering, the audio software pioneers in plug-in design, analysis and immersive technologies, introduce SPAT Revolution Essential, a new and more affordable tool for creating immersive audio content. The new software combines the essential power of the SPAT Revolution immersive audio engine software, available starting at $199 as a perpetual license, as a subscription, or educational license.
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Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar Adds Support for Sony 360 Reality Audio
April 26, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar Adds Support for Sony 360 Reality Audio

In addition to 3D audio formats Dolby Atmos, MPEG-H and DTS:X, Sennheiser's flagship AMBEO Soundbar now also supports Sony’s 360 Reality Audio, which is directly targeted at music and uses Sony’s object-based 360 Spatial Sound technology, basically an MPEG-H 3D Audio scheme, to place individual sounds in a spherical sound field.
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Avid Now Offers Pro Tools Dolby Atmos Production Course and Certification
April 23, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Avid Now Offers Pro Tools Dolby Atmos Production Course and Certification

Avid partnered with Dolby to deliver its new “Pro Tools Dolby Atmos Production” course and certification, consisting of 12 hours of instructor-led training in addition to 40 hours of self-learning. The course is designed to deepen knowledge and skills for creators mixing Dolby Atmos tracks in Avid Pro Tools workflows, and is the newest build amongst Avid’s global certificate and training infrastructure.
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Yamaha Unveils Ambitious Immersive Audio Vision With Active Field Control Upgrade
April 22, 2021 by Joao Martins

Yamaha Unveils Ambitious Immersive Audio Vision With Active Field Control Upgrade

Following industry trends towards spatial audio content and immersive audio reproduction systems, Yamaha announced the upcoming release of a new version upgrade for its Active Field Control (AFC) processing system, together with the introduction of new acoustic enhancement (AFC Enhance) and image control (AFC Image) applications. Together, Yamaha hopes to create a complete ecosystem for immersive audio, involving all its brands and R&D capabilities.
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