As 2021 comes to an end, an exciting part of the year for the streaming audio community is the recap playlists that streaming services provide to us! With top tracks, artists, and genres listed for each member, it's a fun time to look back at some of our team's top picks for the year in music streaming. Take a look at some of the top picks from a few of our team members' playlists.
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Welcome back to The Blackboard Sessions! This week, we sat down with Al to chat a little bit about his journey to being a DSP specialist, and some of his favorite DSP books that he has collected over the years.
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With some updates on trade shows and other events circulating in the news lately, we wanted to take a moment to give you an update on the trade shows we were planning on participating in for 2021. *Updated on 09/02/21 with the statement from RMAF*
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Welcome back to The Blackboard Sessions! This week we take a look at selecting the right sized amplifiers for our loudspeaker systems.
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Welcome back to Audio Weaver Sessions! This week, we build on our previous two sessions in filter design and discuss the benefits of using second-order filters in our DSP Crossover with Audio Weaver Designer by DSP Concepts.
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At the start of June, we welcomed a new intern to Danville! Justin is the latest addition to our team and has been working hard on a few software applications projects for some upcoming products. Help us welcome Justin to the team as we ask him a few questions about his journey to working in digital audio!
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Welcome back to The Blackboard Sessions! This week we take a look at jitter in digital audio and how to best address it in our loudspeaker systems.
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Welcome back to Audio Weaver Sessions! This week, Emilson walks through designing FIR filters in Audio Weaver DesignerTM by DSP Concepts.
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Welcome back to The Blackboard Sessions! This week we build on our previous topic “digital audio for skeptics” and focus on upsampling and oversampling in digital audio.
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This week, we sat down with Richard Hollis of Hollis Audio Labs to talk about his journey to owning an audio company, the benefits of DSP, and some things he is looking forward to in 2021. Read more about Rich's story, and check out his AudioCircle page to see some of his creations!
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Have you seen the recent news surrounding high-resolution streaming? In this blog, we give an overview of all of the platforms currently offering a hi-res subscription for music streaming, and detail some recent press releases from Apple and Spotify.
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Welcome back to Audio Weaver Sessions! This week, Emilson walks through designing IIR filters in Audio Weaver DesignerTM by DSP Concepts.
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Welcome back to The Blackboard Sessions! This week, we chat about "Digital Audio for Skeptics" and showcase the benefits of digital audio in our loudspeaker systems.
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Welcome to Audio Weaver Sessions, where we explore the design process of DSP-based projects using Audio Weaver Designer by DSP Concepts. For our first session, we will be discussing simple DSP Crossover design.
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Welcome back to The Blackboard Sessions! This week, we will be discussing the complexities of time travel, although it's really not what you think...
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With 2020 being largely a "virtual" year, it's safe to say that we are all ready to get back to attending live events! The Rocky Mountain Audio Festival is a perennial favorite for checking out the latest in audio technology. With some help from our friends at Hollis Audio Labs, we are looking forward to exhibiting in the Al Stiefel Memorial Room in October.
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Welcome to The Blackboard Sessions. In our first section, we will be discussing the benefits of DSP-integrated loudspeaker systems, and hope to answer the question "Why DSP Crossovers?"
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When I was 4, listening to children’s records on my denim-covered Sears turntable, I asked my mom if I could have one of her records. She said, “Here’s one that your dad never listens to ..” and handed me Meet The Beatles. I listened for an entire day before she showed me how to change the speed from 45rpm to 33rpm.
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Sometimes finding a name for a product line is challenging, but also kinda fun. Now I realize names for our products will never be quite as outrageous as those required for a successful craft beer, but believe it or not, it did take a bit of thought.
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As many of you may know, there was a fire that decimated one of the manufacturing plants at Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) in October. While there are many industries that rely on AKM for important parts, there hasn't been an industry that has been more disrupted than the high performance & professional audio spaces. This article covers current updates on the situation, as well as our plan for 2021 in response to this tragic news.