miniDSP Launches Dirac Live®-Enabled SHD Streaming Processor Series
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miniDSP Launches Dirac Live®-Enabled SHD Streaming Processor Series
The SHD Dirac Live Room Correction Processor Fits Right Into Any Modern Audio System
HONG KONG, August 14, 2018 – miniDSP (www.miniDSP.com), a market leading designer and manufacturer of digital signal processing platforms and solutions for a wide range of applications, is proud to announce the launch of the new SHD (Streaming High Definition) Series digital audio processor incorporating Dirac Live®, the world’s premier room correction solution. Now available with an MSRP of $1,199 USD, the miniDSP SHD Series heralds a new era in affordable yet powerful DSP-based network streamers.
“First and foremost, the SHD is a stereo Dirac Live room correction processor,” explained Tony Rouget, miniDSP CEO. “Three digital inputs, two analog inputs and USB Audio enable the SHD to fit right into any modern audio system, while processed outputs are available as unbalanced and balanced analog as well as digital. Dirac Live calibration uses our popular UMIK-1 microphone and Dirac’s easy-to use calibration tool.”
The Dirac Live Calibration Tool walks the user through simple steps to get good measurements for great room correction. Dirac Live's sophisticated algorithms intelligently correct frequency and time errors around the whole listening area, so one should expect improved stereo imaging, greater clarity and realism, more accurate timbre, and a deeper, tighter and more accurate bass. Dirac Live is the perfect balance of automation and control as an interactive control graph allows the user to set limits on the frequency range of correction and tailor a target curve to the listener’s own sonic desires.
The SHD analog and digital unit is currently available, while SHD Studio, a more compact, all-digital solution will be available in September. SHD Studio comes with all features of the full version, but without the analog component.
“We have also added network streaming over Ethernet, using a dedicated quad-core ARM processor,” Rouget continued. “Out of the gate, we are shipping with Volumio, a popular open-source network streamer. Volumio gives you access to music files from sources as diverse as a USB stick, to files stored on your local network, to Internet Radio and Spotify. Finally, we’ve added a second pair of outputs and a suite of our powerful but user-friendly DSP audio tuning software…ten-band parametric EQ per channel, crossovers up to 48 dB/octave, compressor/limiter, and a 2x4 matrix mixer…for powerful audio system tuning in applications ranging from integrating a single subwoofer to a two-way active speaker.
miniDSP High-Performance USB Mic Array Now Shipping
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miniDSP High-Performance USB Mic Array Now Shipping
The Multi-Application UMA-8-SP is a Fully Compliant UAC2 Audio Interface with Driverless Support
for Mac/Linux and ASIO Drivers for Windows; Designed to Provide High-Quality Voice Capture in
Farfield Microphone Applications Such as AI Assistants, Conferencing, Robotics, Etc.
HONG KONG, August 7, 2018 – miniDSP(www.miniDSP.com), a market leading designer and manufacturer of digital signal processing platforms and solutions for a wide range of applications, is proud to announce that the new UMA-8-SP high-performance USB microphone array is now shipping. With an MSRP of $125.00 USD, the UMA-8-SP is a fully compliant UAC2 audio interface with driverless support for Mac/Linux and ASIO drivers for Windows.
“Our UMA-8-SP microphone array plus stereo Class D amplifier with onboard direction detection, echo cancellation, and noise reduction, has a wide array of applications,” explained Tony Rouget, miniDSP CEO. “Seven high-performance MEMS microphones are configured in a circular arrangement to provide high-quality voice capture in farfield microphone applications such as AI assistants, conferencing, robotics, and more.”
Leveraging the onboard DSP processing from XMOS XVSM3000, the UMA-8-SP supports voice algorithms including beamforming, noise reduction, acoustic echo cancellation, and de-reverb. An onboard 2x15Wrms digital amplifier provides an all-in-one microphone array plus amplifier integration.
USB audio capabilities include recording in two possible modes depending on firmware, such as 8-channel mode (7 x MEMS installed + 1 x spare PDM port in the center) and stereo recording with DSP processing enabled, as well as stereo channel to digital audio amplifier for USB audio playback.
“From DIYers to OEM, this pocket-size platform is engineered for flexibility in firmware, software, and hardware,” Rouget continued. “miniDSP’s website provides numerous applications, advice, step-by-step instructions, and methods for utilizing the UMA-8-SP microphone array for Google SDK, Alexa, Siri, IBM Watson, Micorsoft Cortana, and Matlab, with more to come in the near future.”
Introducing miniDSP EARS, a calibrated headphone test jig
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Introducing "EARS", the Earphone Audio Response System. miniDSP EARS brings headphone measurement capability to "the masses" - it's just an extremely affordable measurement rig for headphones and IEMs that we've built using the same technology as our popular UMIK-1 calibrated measurement microphone. Alternatively one could use EARS as a binaural microphone with USB audio streaming.
Each pair of EARS has two microphone capsules mounted in a minimal "dummy head". Measurement output is via the driverless USB connection. The EARS are powered from the USB so there is no need for an external power supply. To measure headphones, just mount your headphones on the rig and run a measurement sweep using your headphone amp and favorite measurement program (e.g. Room EQ Wizard). The supplied calibration file corrects for the response of the microphone capsule and the ear. The miniDSP EARS is the perfect tool for creating EQ filters for the miniDSP HA-DSP headphone amplifier or for any other headphone system with EQ capability.
EARS is available immediately on the minidsp webshop for US$179.
miniDSP Introduces the C-DSP 8x12 Automotive platform
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The C-DSP 8x12 is miniDSP’s next-generation processor for high-end mobile/car audio. The powerful 400 MHz SHARC floating-point processor provides pristine high-resolution audio at internal sample rates up to 192 kHz. With a wealth of inputs and outputs in a compact, rugged enclosure, the C-DSP 8x12 is suitable for installations from simple stereo, through surround systems with subwoofer integration, up to advanced multichannel active systems.
The driverless USB interface is used to configure miniDSP’s powerful but easy-to-use audio processing: parametric EQ on all inputs and outputs, compressors and adjustable time delay on all outputs, crossovers up to 48 dB/octave, and an advanced matrix mixer. Four complete processing configurations are stored in flash memory for instant recall with a wired or infrared remote.
Hardware features dedicated to the vehicle environment include an on-board isolated power supply, remote trigger input/output, a wired remote for dash or console mounting, and a microSD card slot for offline configuration and firmware updates.
Available now on miniDSP's webshop @ 499USD, check out the user manual and product datasheet for more details on this exciting new platform!
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