Sound Insight
Audio technology made accessible
NGA · Next Generation Audio
Liberating sound
from the channel cage.
Independent spatial objects, decoupled from speaker layout. Create once, play everywhere.
Three cages of the old world
For the past hundred years, the audio industry has been built on a triple binding of sound.
01The channel prison
Traditional surround sound locks audio to fixed speaker channels. 5.1, 7.1.4: these numbers mean sound is pre-assigned to fixed lanes. Change the playback environment, and the soundfield collapses.
02The chip prison
Audio processing chips have depended on foreign IP cores: CEVA, Tensilica. Chinese companies could license but never modify. Performance ceilings were locked at the moment the contract was signed. A soul tax.
03The format prison
MP3 and streaming transmit only the sound signal, leaving out parts of the creative context: score, session files, automation, visual intent. A masterwork compressed into a greyscale photograph.
SineMedia's three breakthroughs
Breaking the channel cage
NGA object encoding
Describe sound as spatial objects, then render for the playback system and its loudspeaker layout.
Breaking the chip cage
SAP 7100X audio processing
Dedicated Matrix, FIR, Delay, Gain and Router blocks connect audio processing to hardware, coordinated by a Cortex-M0 control core.
Breaking the format cage
Metadata multimedia format
Sound, stems, score, visuals, and automation encoded as a single holographic archive. Listeners step into the moment of creation.
Five defining characteristics
| Feature | Old World | Next-Gen Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Object-based | Sound locked to fixed channels | Sound as independent spatial objects, speaker-agnostic |
| Sovereign | Core chips rely on foreign IP | Dedicated audio processing architecture |
| Holographic | Only audio signal transmitted | Score, stems, visuals, automation, fully enclosed |
| Intelligent | Manual tuning, fixed at factory | AI real-time modeling, OTA-updatable forever |
| Democratic | Great sound is a luxury | Adapt spatial intent to the playback system |
Not better sound.
The democratization of sound.
¥100K car
AI auto-calibration and OTA upgrades deliver a flagship audio experience in a mass-market vehicle
Standard LED screen
Spatial sync between sound and image at meter-millisecond precision, no acoustic engineer required
Any playback device
Headphone, car, living room, cinema: the creator's spatial intent, always restored
Content channels
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Tech Dialogue
In-depth product comparisons
Term Stories
The origin of audio concepts
Tech Lineage
How audio technology evolved
Hardware Lab
Hands-on hardware tutorials
Paper Digest
Academic papers, decoded
Spatial Demo
Spatial audio concepts
Old-world audio tells you which channel. Next-gen audio tells you where in space. No matter what device you use, it's always there.
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