AES Launches Audio Loudness Web Portal

The Audio Engineering Society launched a new AES Loudness Project website. Because consistent loudness should be a goal of audio engineers for digital content delivery, the new portal provides tutorials developed by the AES Technical Committee for Broadcast and Online Delivery (TCBOD) on audio loudness, with guidelines for content production and distribution consistent with AES Recommended Practices from its Technical Council, and Standards committees.

Gaudio Lab, the innovative audio technology solutions company from Seoul, South Korea, announced that its Loudness Management 1 (LM1) loudness normalization technology has been referenced in the standard ANSI/CTA-2075.1, Loudness Standard for Over the Top Television (OTT) and Online Video Distribution (OVD) for Mobile and Fixed Devices, developed by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Video Systems Committee and accredited as an American National Standards.

Google held the company's traditional hardware announcements event. Apart from a new mandatory phone, the star of the event was the new Nest Audio smart speaker, bigger and more powerful than the Google Home that it replaces. Rumored for months, the new smart speaker reflects the hard work by a dedicated engineering team, resulting in a better overall speaker design, but also improved multi-room streaming features. Inside, there's more intelligence to support voice commands locally, and there's even a microphone "privacy" mute switch, when required.

Nugen Audio Ltd appointed Dr. Paul Tapper to the role of Chief Executive Officer. Nugen Audio was co-founded in 2004 by Dr. Paul Tapper and Jon Schorah. As CEO, Tapper will leverage the company’s recent growth, and provide the vision and leadership needed to take Nugen Audio forward into its next stage of development and expansion.

G-Audio, a next generation audio technology company dedicated to enhancing the listening experience for Extended-Reality (XR) and streaming media, launched its Sol Loudness SDK for streaming services, adding to its existing Sol SDK spatial audio rendering for 360° video. This new software solution smooths variations in loudness and provides continuity of perceived sound levels for OTT video and music streaming platforms, allowing platforms to provide a better audio experience for its subscribers.

Digital Audio specialist Jünger Audio and Tecom Group, a leading software developer in broadcasting and telecommunications, have reinforced their technology partnership by launching an upgraded version of LA Production – an advanced product for loudness control and normalization. Along with its sister product LA Playout, LA Production was unveiled at IBC 2017 as the first in a line of products that Tecom is developing with Jünger Audio.

Visual audio meter and monitoring specialist RTW devices introduced its brand new TM3 USB Connect Tool, part of its Masterclass plug-ins, now updated to version 3.0. RTW also unveiled its implementation of IRT’s Continuous Loudness Correction (CLC) software, and released new firmware for its TouchMonitor TM7 and TM9 devices.