DSP Concepts Closes New Funding Round and Appoints Yuchun Lee as Executive Chairman
DSP Concepts, the company founded by Paul and Chin Beckmann, and the creators of the Audio Weaver DSP platform that powers sound and voice features in many of the world's leading consumer and automotive brands, announced that it has successfully closed $28 million in Series C funding. Joining as leading investor, entrepreneur Yuchun Lee has been appointed as Executive Chairman and is intent on leading the company's growth as the enabler of the "Audio of Things."
Test Bench: Purifi Audio’s PTT4.0X04-NFA-01 Home Audio 4" Midbass.
This Test Bench addresses Purifi Audio’s PTT4.0X04-NFA-01 4” midbass, which is very similar to the PTT6.5X reviewed in Voice Coil July 2021, and includes the same constant Sd surround and low magnetic hysteresis motor design. The distinct cone assembly for this driver consists of a flat profile paper cone made with a proprietary fiber mix, a concave dust cap that covers about 90% of the cone surface, plus the addition of a V-shaped edge reinforcing ring glued around the outside rim of the back side of the cone. Compliance is provided by a unique NBR surround, which as in the PTT6.5X surround, deserves to be explored, motivating Vance to discuss it with Purifi’s co-founder Lars Risbo.
Audio Electronics: Cascodes, Folded Cascodes, and Current Mirrors (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this three-part article about circuit topologies that are used to provide specific functions for an amplifier design, the author discussed cascodes and folded cascodes. In this Part 2, he focuses on current mirrors and line stages. As the author writes, “As designers, we have many devices to choose from. Some devices are ideally suited to certain tasks. Other tasks require performance that is difficult to achieve. While many excellent devices exist today, ideal devices do not exist, except maybe in Spice simulations.” This article was originally published in audioXpress, October 2021.
Holoplot Welcomes Klas Dalbjorn as Product Manager
Berlin-based pro audio company Holoplot, the inventors of the X1 Matrix Array and pioneers of 3D beamforming technologies for large scale sound reinforcement applications, announced the appointment of Klas Dalbjorn to the role of product manager. Dalbjorn brings 30 years of pro audio experience to his new position, following his key roles as product manager at Powersoft, and 24 years with Lab.gruppen.
ArkX Labs Collaborates with Sensory for Enhanced Speech Recognition
ArkX Laboratories, a leading provider of advanced far-field voice capture and speech recognition technology, announced an expanded collaboration with Sensory, to incorporate its advanced speech recognition, natural language understanding, voice biometrics, wake words, facial recognition, and sound identification technologies with ArkX's production-ready EveryWord touchless voice solutions.
Merging Launches Pyramix V.14 Adding Powerful New Dolby Atmos for Music Features
Merging Technologies announced the availability of Pyramix V.14, an update made to measure for the latest requirements that have suddenly been thrown to studios and producers all over the world. With music streaming services transitioning to spatial audio mixes in Dolby Atmos, and requiring both more original content and repurposing of existing recordings, Pyramix V.14 focuses on retaining the highest quality processes that the software is recognized for, while automating tasks as much as possible.
Genelec Introduces Aural ID Plug-in for Personalized Headphone Monitoring
Multiple years in development, Genelec has now made its Aural ID software technology available in an easy-to-use plug-in format that any audio content creator and audio engineers will be able to load in their favorite DAW software. The Aural ID plug-in provides a more flexible purchasing model and integrates smoothly into every audio professional's workflow, delivering a more truthful, reliable and completely personalized headphone listening experience, for stereo to immersive audio content.
SoundHound and Qualcomm Announce Strategic Agreement to Bring Voice AI Technology to Snapdragon Platforms
SoundHound and Qualcomm announced a multi-year, joint agreement that will give app developers and device manufacturers access to an easy-to-deploy voice artificial intelligence (AI) solution running on Snapdragon platforms. The integration consists of SoundHound's automatic speech recognition, natural language understanding, and text-to-speech conversion software with select Snapdragon platforms from Qualcomm.
Sound Particles Releases Space Controller OSC Hands-On Panning App
Sound Particles, the innovative 3D audio production software company, released a new app based on its original Space Controller plugin introduced in 2021, now created specifically for direct control over OSC with Nuendo and SPAT Revolution. Space Controller OSC connects a mobile phone to Nuendo or SPAT Revolution and links the physical movements of the device to the software's panning tools by simply pointing the phone to where the user wants sounds to come from. No plugin required.
Audioengine Introduces New S6 Powered Subwoofer
Audioengine designs some of the best looking, and most affordable wireless speakers in the market, offering a wide range of options for desktop and general home audio use. To match the brand's compact active speakers, the new S6 subwoofer offers expanded performance in a compact size. With 210 watts of power in a subwoofer that fits almost anywhere, the S6 boosts any desktop, home theater or gaming setup, using a front-firing woofer in a sealed box for deep and punchy bass.