Fresh From the Bench: Illusonic IAP 8 Advanced Audio Processor and Preamplifier

The Illusonic IAP 8 is an advanced multichannel audio processor and preamplifier with HDMI. It does a whole lot more, but for this audioXpress review Philipp P. Klose focused on the DSP and understanding the possibilities of the work by Christof Faller and the deep expertise of his supplier network based in Switzerland. Illusonic holds an interesting portfolio of audio technologies that support multiple companies in the audio and automotive industry. The IAP 8 is just one model from a range of multichannel processors.

Leveraging scientific breakthroughs in acoustics and simulation to provide hyper accurate virtual prototyping to the architectural and engineering industries, Treble Technologies has launched its flagship software platform, Treble. An industry first, Treble enables engineers and architects to create 3D models that account for the acoustics of their creations, allowing them to listen to how they will sound.

"Before you start measuring and playing around with your new speakers, maybe you should know your room." The statement, inspired Ethan Winer to write this article from a very practical perspective, helping us to understand the acoustics of our own listening rooms, and how measurements will help us. The examples contained in the article use the popular Room EQ Wizard (REW) software. This article was originally published in audioXpress, August 2021.

Californian studio monitor company Fluid Audio has ventured into headphones for recording and mixing and announced the release of its new Fluid Audio Focus headphone playback and mixing system. Following the recent market trend of combining headphones with correction and processing software, Fluid joined forces with Russian software house dSONIQ, and bundled its new Focus headphones with Realphones headphone correction and binaural room simulation solution.

FLUX Software Engineering, the software innovators in audio processing and analysis tools, have more recently focused their efforts on binaural and spatial audio encoding and creative mixing. Following the successful introduction of its Spat Revolution immersive audio software, the French company now launched ReaVolution, a complete Immersive Audio creation and production package built to simplify the setup and integration of Spat Revolution within Reaper.