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ARC® SONIC FOCUS™ SOFTWARE

Overview



Breathe Life into Digital Audio

ARC's Sonic Focus&trade products are industry leading audio enrichment software that restore clarity, warmth, detail, and realism to digitally compressed audio. Sonic Focus products are part of ARC's vertically integrated Sound-to-Silicon solution for OEMs and semiconductor companies, and are ideal for a variety of home and portable consumer electronics devices. Sonic Focus products: Virtual Bass™, Adaptive Dynamics™, Extrapolator™, and X-Matrix™ help customers can gain a competitive advantage by delivering more compelling experiences in electronics devices at significantly lower development costs.

Today's music, movies and games suffer from degraded audio fidelity. When files are compressed, many of the nuances and subtleties of the original studio recording or live performance are lost. Using technology created by artisans and engineers of the music industry, ARC's Sonic Focus products take the audio performance of today’s consumer devices to a completely different experience level.

The ARC® Sonic Focus™ Software:

  • Virtual Bass™ significantly enhances bass response of speakers with limited ability to produce bass without compromising voice integrity or detail.  Learn More
  • Adaptive Dynamics™ helps restore clarity and fidelity of compressed audio in today's music, movies, and games. Learn More
  • Extrapolator™ expands stereo audio to a lifelike multi-channel sound stage using advanced physical modeling techniques. Learn More
  • X-Matrix™ creates a surround-sound environment on stereo speakers or headphones for a truly enjoyable movie or concert experience.  Learn More



  • Value to OEMs

    • A complete audio development and IP solution
    • Achieves highest quality sound with the greatest cost savings
    • Enables OEMs to develop scalable product platforms to offer consumers a good, better, or best device
    • Lowers bill of materials and production costs
    • Multiple semiconductor companies offering ARC-Based™ chips
    • Professionally Mastered to get the best audio quality from the transducers, speaker cavity and hardware setup
    • Available on many different processor platforms for fast time to market and best audio experience


    Value to Chip Suppliers

    • Integrated “Sonic Focus ready” solution includes low power 32-bit ARC® Sound Subsystem
    • Reduces silicon area and chip development cost by as much as a million dollars
    • Ability to easily tailor ARC’s configurable solution for multiple markets

    Sonic Focus Partners


      ARC Sonic Focus has partnered with the world's leading consumer electronics manufacturers and platform partners to enhance the audio experience of the latest consumer products, including All-in-one PC’s, Laptops, portable media devices, mobile phones, DTV’s, Speaker Bars and car audio units.

      Here is a partial list of our partners:


      OEM Partner




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