Mitigating vulnerabilities in audio libraries that cause physical damage

As I pointed out here in February 2022, people who gained brief direct or remote access to a machine or introduce malicious code or code vulnerable to this can change the volume step or other things regarding sudden large changes to the so… Continue reading Mitigating vulnerabilities in audio libraries that cause physical damage→

Austrian Audio puts out a studio-grade microphone for your pocket

Vienna’s Austrian Audio has announced a pocket recording system designed to capture “what you want, where you want, and when you want.” The MiCreator Studio wraps a tilting condenser microphone and a USB audio interface into one rugged package.Continue… Continue reading Austrian Audio puts out a studio-grade microphone for your pocket→

Robotic Mic Swarm Helps Pull Voices Out of Crowded Room of Multiple Speakers

One of the persistent challenges in audio technology has been distinguishing individual voices in a room full of chatter. In virtual meeting settings, the moderator can simply hit the mute …read more Continue reading Robotic Mic Swarm Helps Pull Voices Out of Crowded Room of Multiple Speakers→

Autonomous audio robot swarm can mute conversations in chaotic rooms

UW researchers say they can now mute different parts of a noisy room, or isolate one conversation in a chaotic environment, thanks to a swarm of small audio robots that auto-position themselves to pinpoint and follow multiple moving sound sources.Conti… Continue reading Autonomous audio robot swarm can mute conversations in chaotic rooms→