MQA Labs Announces New Mixing and Mastering Tools at NAMM 2025
During NAMM 2025, MQA Labs is announcing a suite of studio tools that will enable engineers to employ previously unavailable methods for improved impulse response and noise shaping. Harnessing MQA Labs’ advanced approach to time domain performance, the new Plugins by MQA Labs refine detail and resolution with unique control of time-domain and low-level information, giving studios the confidence that the files they deliver to streaming platforms preserve the richness, depth, and detail desired for digital playback.
Infineon Unveils Integrated Advanced MEMS-Based Ultrasound Transducer
Infineon Technologies has made significant progress in developing the technology for capacitive micromechanical ultrasonic transducers (CMUT). Infineon’s CMUTsense ultrasonic technology achieves high signal-to-noise ratio and offers a high level of integration, enabling the company to manufacture the first integrated one-chip solution for MEMS-based ultrasonic transducers that offer a smaller footprint, improved performance, and higher functionality.
TDK Launches VibeSense360 Next-Generation TWS Motion Sensor Solution
During CES 2025, TDK announced an enhanced next-generation InvenSense VibeSense360 motion sensor solution that will enable state-of-the-art spatial audio head tracking in new true wireless earbuds. The new VibeSense360 TWS solution includes motion sensor software, running on the latest SmartMotion ICM-45606 inertial measurement unit (IMU) that enables concurrent features of spatial audio, keyword assist, transparency for talk, head/UI gestures, and machine learning. The 220µA @50Hz 6-Axis IMU delivers industry-leading performance and battery life for TWS applications.
Ear Trumpet Labs to Exhibit at NAMM for the First Time
Ear Trumpet Labs, a boutique microphone company from Portland, Oregon, is one of the most original stories of a successful manufacturing business in the audio industry. Offering vintage-inspired microphones handcrafted by a small team of six artisans, Ear Trumpet Labs succeeded in gaining recognition for the unique sound qualities and originality of its products. The company will exhibit for the first time at the NAMM Show 2025, where it will introduce a new condenser microphone.
Audfly and Lenovo Introduce Advanced Directional Sound Integration at CES 2025
Audfly, a company exploring directed audio technologies, announce the integration of its groundbreaking Focusound Screen technology in Lenovo’s latest ThinkCentre M90a Pro Gen 6 All-in-One (AIO) desktop. Unveiled at CES 2025, this innovative solution redefines workplace audio by providing sound privacy and enhanced clarity, all while delivering a personalized listening experience. At CES 2025, the Chinese company demonstrated multiple other directional audio solutions.
Jabra Unveils Perform 75 Headset Purpose-Built for Work Environments
Jabra unveiled an interesting new Bluetooth headset designed specifically for shift workers in retail environments. The Jabra Perform 75 features instant, hands-free access to critical information through Push-to-Talk (PTT) capabilities via a dedicated button on the headset, and integrates with existing frontline worker applications and future AI-driven, voice-led applications. The headset also features a 99% noise-cancelling microphone for clear communication and a hot-swappable battery for zero down time and continuous operation.
Microtech Gefell Extends Generation 4 Microphone Range
Microtech Gefell is planning to showcase their recently released Generation 4 modular microphone system at the NAMM Show 2025. The German company will also present new extensions to the range for the first time at NAMM, including a new super cardioid diaphragm capsule, as well as a table stand and windscreen. Microtech Gefell also announced the opening of a new facility in New York to reinforce availability of the brand’s extensive microphone range, transistor and tube pre-amplifiers, as well as calibration and measurement tools in the US market.
Audient Announces iD48 8-Channel USB-C Audio Interface
Audient announced the launch of a new 8 channel USB-C audio interface with 24 inputs and 32 outputs, which the company will be presenting at the 2025 NAMM Show. The iD48 rackmount unit is now the flagship of the Audient studio interface range and places the British studio brand on a higher level of the market for project and commercial studios. Its design allows an expansion with 16 external mic preamps, streaming 24 simultaneous outputs over USB at 24-bit/96kHz, control studio monitors and talkback, and easily insert external processors and effects.
Sensory Redefines Voice Control for Telly TVs
If you really want it, you can get it. Talk to control your TV, that is. And in full privacy. That’s what Sensory did for Telly, a very unusual company that offers “the smartest TV ever built”. Offer is the right term here, because Telly is free. And the company partnered with Sensory to implement far-field remote control using on-device speech recognition. This innovation was presented at CES 2025 and redefines what voice control can do, setting a new benchmark for privacy, speed, and user convenience.
CES 2025 First Impressions and Audio AI
A Celebration of the Art of the Possible. CES 2025 was extremely successful. Even with the impression of fewer people because of the show being even more dispersed. In this first impressions report we discuss how Edge-AI (on-device) is transforming what is possible in audio processing. And of course there was MagSafe and Qi2. USB4. Bluetooth LE Audio. Auracast. Wireless Multichannel. And much more. This is necessarily a brief first impressions editorial to follow up on a very intense edition of CES, where the business-to-business aspects of the show have intensified as predicted.