All items tagged with Ambisonics (66)
Steinberg Releases Nuendo 12 with Binaural Renderer for Dolby Atmos and Headphones Match Plug-in
April 28, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Steinberg Releases Nuendo 12 with Binaural Renderer for Dolby Atmos and Headphones Match Plug-in

Steinberg released a new version of Nuendo, the company’s most complete DAW software, offering advanced features that traditionally focus on post-production for film, TV, game audio and now also immersive sound production. Among many powerful features serving those core applications, the new version of Nuendo adds headphone’s frequency response matching and emulation, together with Dolby Atmos rendering for headphone monitoring.
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Merging Launches Pyramix V.14 Adding Powerful New Dolby Atmos for Music Features
January 26, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

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.
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Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 888 Mobile Processing Platform
December 3, 2020 by Joao Martins

Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 888 Mobile Processing Platform

During the annual Snapdragon Tech Summit Digital 2020, Qualcomm introduced its latest flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform, which will set the benchmark for flagship Android smartphones in 2021. This new platform packs industry-leading mobile innovations in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), gaming, and camera technologies, while offering all the processing and connectivity power to enable next-generation immersive audio experiences, including support for Bluetooth 5.2 with LE Audio features.
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DSpatial Reality 2.0 Software Suite Supports Full Object-Based Sound Production for Pro Tools
September 21, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

DSpatial Reality 2.0 Software Suite Supports Full Object-Based Sound Production for Pro Tools

Immersive sound software company DSpatial announced availability of the all-new Reality 2.0 software suite — available in four versions, VR, ONE, Studio, and Builder. This object-based production suite was specifically developed for Avid’s Pro Tools audio production software, and is now shipping in AAX format and supporting direct integration with Avid’s S6 console for mixing Dolby Atmos. The software workflow allows one single creative mix process for all delivery formats without downmixing.
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Sound Particles Releases Free eBook on Immersive Audio: “All You Need to Know About 3D Audio”
September 9, 2020 by Joao Martins

Sound Particles Releases Free eBook on Immersive Audio: “All You Need to Know About 3D Audio”

Software company Sound Particles, serving the content creation industry and particularly popular among Hollywood movie studios and game production companies, is widely recognized has one of the smartest sound design tools for immersive and spatial audio content. Now, the company's founder and CEO, Nuno Fonseca, wrote an introductory book on the fundamentals of 3D audio, and his company made it available as a free eBook.
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Fresh From the Bench: Audeze Mobius Headphones Reviewed
September 2, 2020 by Luke McCready

Fresh From the Bench: Audeze Mobius Headphones Reviewed

High-end planar magnetic headphone manufacturer Audeze broke out of the mold with the Mobius: a wireless Bluetooth headphone capable of LDAC high-resolution playback, virtualized surround sound with built-in head-tracking, and a number of surprises Audeze continues to invent. In his review, Luke McCready shares what he learned about the fantastic Audeze Mobius Headphones, a very sophisticated platform to which Audeze keeps adding new features. This article was originally published in audioXpress, March 2020.
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Steinberg and Embody Introduce AI-Driven Personalized Spatial Audio Solution for Ambisonics Mixing
August 21, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Steinberg and Embody Introduce AI-Driven Personalized Spatial Audio Solution for Ambisonics Mixing

Steinberg has joined forces with Embody, a company working in personalized spatial audio, to develop Steinberg Immerse with VST AmbiDecoder, a new personalized spatial audio solution for Cubase and Nuendo. Immerse with VST AmbiDecoder uses HRTF profiles, allowing audio engineers to correctly monitor Ambisonics mixes using headphones. Embody creates the personal HRTF profiles using images of the user's ear, captured with a smartphone.
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miniDSP Introduces SHD Power Integrated DSP-Powered Amplifier and New ambiMIK-1 Ambisonic Microphone
May 7, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

miniDSP Introduces SHD Power Integrated DSP-Powered Amplifier and New ambiMIK-1 Ambisonic Microphone

The creative minds at miniDSP are not stopping, and now that the COVID-19 situation has calmed down in China and production is back, the company is resuming its hectic release schedule and announced two new products available for pre-order on the company's webshop. The first will please anyone involved in spatial audio and content production and is a fully integrated First Order Ambisonic (FOA) microphone. The second will please those still forced to stay at home, and is the SHD Power, a 120W per channel low-distortion power amplifier with Dirac Live room correction.
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Keynotes and Heyser Presentation Announced for AES Virtual Vienna Convention
May 5, 2020 by Audio Engineering_Society

Keynotes and Heyser Presentation Announced for AES Virtual Vienna Convention

The Audio Engineering Society has begun to announce program details for the upcoming Virtual Vienna Convention, including three keynote lectures and the Heyser Presentation. The AES Virtual Vienna Convention will take place online June 2 – 5, and registration is now open for as little as $50 USD for AES members. On the opening day, The Heyser Presentation will be presented by Francis Rumsey on “Sound Quality in the Era of Interaction and Extended Reality.”
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Waves Offers an Extended 90-Day Demo for the Abbey Road Studio 3 and Nx Virtual Mix Room over Headphones Plugins
April 17, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Waves Offers an Extended 90-Day Demo for the Abbey Road Studio 3 and Nx Virtual Mix Room over Headphones Plugins

At a time when millions of musicians, sound designers, producers and media creatives are restricted to working at home and still need to mix audio for delivery in multiple formats and medias, Waves Audio is offering an extended 90-day demo for the Abbey Road Studio 3 and Nx Virtual Mix Room over Headphones plugins. This allows anyone to try out two cutting-edge solutions for virtualization of studio acoustics when limited to working with headphones, removing the limitations of binaural.
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