A Speech Transmission Index (STI) plug-in for Audio Precision’s APx500 audio test software has been released. Created for engineers developing public safety (police, fire, emergency) communications and public address systems, as well as flight recorder devices, the APx STI plug-in provides measurement capabilities conforming to international standard IEC 60268-16 (2011).

Version 4.2 of the APx500 audio test software and a new PDM module with advanced capabilities are available from Audio Precision. This latest software release delivers a series of new features focused on electro-acoustic and production test environments, including customisable sub-sequences, input EQ, and a dedicated production test mode.

The release of their newest driver for National Instrument’s LabVIEW software has been announced by Audio Precision. Developed with a broad range of signal acquisition applications in mind, this driver streamlines and simplifies the integration of the APx515 analyser as a robust, high-quality front end to LabVIEW-based measurement environments.

Support for audio performance testing of Dante-enabled devices is now available with Audio Precision’s APx500 Series analysers and software. The capability aids engineers in verifying the audio performance of their designs as they integrate Dante and strive to meet the growing demand for networked pro audio components, products and systems.

Audio Precision has released version 4.1, of its APx500 audio test software. It provides enhancements, including full input bandwidth across all channels for their two-channel (APx555 and APx525) and sixteen-channel (APx586) analysers. Version 4.1 of the APx500 audio test software enables users of the APx555, APx525 and APx586 audio analysers to access their system’s maximum input bandwidth across all channels of the test system.

As Audio Precision prepares to roll out its latest audio analyser, the APX555, the company has also released version 4.0, of its APx500 audio test software. Version 4.0 provides a multi-mode user interface for the entire APx family of analysers, adding Bench Mode to complement the software’s existing approach of user-selectable automated measurement sequences, now called Sequence Mode.

Audio Precision has leveraged the modular architecture and software of the APx family to produce the APx555, the most powerful audio analyser it has developed. It delivers improved measurement accuracy, speed, flexibility, automation and ease-of-use for developers of audio components, equipment and systems.

Audio Precision has won a significant investment in its test instruments by MUSIC Group for use in the design and production of TURBOSOUND products. Following in the footsteps of Music Group’s other industry-leading pro audio brands MIDAS and KLARK TEKNIK, British loudspeaker icon TURBOSOUND has purchased Audio Precision (AP) test instruments for use in their new UK research, development and manufacturing facility in Kidderminster...

Audio Precision has launched a Loudspeaker Production Test suite, offering a new high bar in audio test quality for loudspeaker driver production test and final QA for integrated products such as soundbars, pro-audio powered speakers, smartphones and handsfree devices.

Audio Precision, the recognized standard in audio test, today announced the availability of their new PDM I/O option for its APx500 series audio analyzers. PDM (pulse density modulation) is a one-bit, high clock rate data stream used with digital MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical System) microphones used extensively in smartphone design. The APx PDM option allows APx500 series audio analyzers to connect directly to any device with a PDM input or out...

Audio Precision has announced the availability of their advanced HDMI I/O option for their APx525 family of two and four channel audio analyzers. The HDMI option for APx analyzers had previously been available only for the eight-channel APx585. The new configuration is designed to match the needs of smartphone, tablet and set-top box manufacturers who require digital multichannel interfaces such as HDMI, but only have need for two channels of ana...

Audio Precision, the recognised standard in audio test, has reached a multi-year licensing agreement with CSR, the owner of the aptX audio codec. The deal permits AP to add the aptX codec to AP’s recently launched Bluetooth wireless technology test option for the APx family of audio analyzers. The award-winning speed and ease of testing offered by the APx range is now available to all the manufacturers worldwide who have adopted the aptX code...

Bruce Hofer, Chairman and co-founder of Audio Precision, the recognised standard in audio test, has been invited to give the Keynote speech at a forthcoming Audio Engineering Society conference. Hofer's talk at the UK-based gathering, which takes place on June 27-28, is entitled 'The Ins and Outs of Audio'.

AP has announced a Bluetooth option for its APx Series audio analyzers. With its built-in Bluetooth radio, the new hardware module delivers best in class wireless audio test, fully integrated into AP's user-friendly software with over 30 one-click acoustic and electronic tests. The new option ships at the end of June 2011.

The MUSIC Group, owner of the world-renowned Behringer, Midas and Klark Teknik brands, has installed 44 APx515 audio analyzers at its newly refurbished Zhongshan production facility. The order was placed though AP Technology, the exclusive Chinese distributor for APx515 manufacturer Audio Precision, the recognized standard in audio test.

Audio Precision, the recognised standard in audio test and measurement has broken audio production test speed records with a new multitone analyser that returns 19 key audio measurements in 1.2 seconds. The multitone analyser is available in the upcoming release of APx500 v 2.7.

Audio Precision, the recognized standard in audio test and measurement, today shipped the first units of its new APx515 production test audio analyzer along with version 2.6 of its APx500 audio analyzer software.

Audio Precision has opened an office in the United Kingdom. UK customers will see the immediate benefits of lower prices and faster access to AP technical expertise. The new office is headed by British audio test engineer James Kelly, who has been developing custom test solutions using AP analysers for over 20 years.

Audio Precision, the recognized standard in audio test and measurement, has today produced a software utility that automates testing of headphones and earphones used with portable audio players. The utility, which runs exclusively on Audio Precision’s APx Series analyzers, automates the measurements required by British Standard / European Norm 50332 Parts 1 and 2.