LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sonic Emotion, the developer of Absolute 3D™ Sound entertainment and industry leader for audio enhancements through digital signal processing technologies, today announced that more than 1 million songs have been played via the company's popular app, Headquake™ Pro.
Headquake Pro Stats:
- Over 12,000 songs listened to daily
- 5.8 years of music played since January
- More than 100 days of continues music listening 8 hours every day
- Over 300,000 unique songs played
The Top Ten songs played on Headquake are:
1. Miracle, Paramore
2. Radioactive, Marina and the Diamonds
3. Counting Stars, OneRepublic
4. Wake Me Up, Avicii
5. Royals, Lorde
6. Rap God, Eminem
7. Demons, Imagine Dragons
8. Storm Racers, TheHIATUS
9. Acropolis, ELLEGARDEN
10. Monkeys, TheHIATUS
Designed for iOS7, Headquake Pro provides users the opportunity to customize the listening experience with optimum sound quality by simply selecting their headphones of choice, picking a song and creating their own sound stage through fun and easy-to-use interactive graphical interfaces that match their mood or activities. By allowing the user to personalize how their iTunes® music library sounds, while sharing with friends on Facebook, the free download is available on the iTunes app store with in-app purchases for selective headphone filters and an upgrade benefit package for $1.99, that enables users to experience the app without advertising, and to save their creations to each individual song.
Sonic Emotion`s original iOS app, Headquake, was launched in January 2012 and was created to preserve studio recordings in the level of quality intended by the musicians. Earning rave reviews from media and consumers alike, the original Headquake mobile app automatically syncs to users' existing iTunes music database to provide consumers the opportunity to listen to any stereo content in a natural environment with Absolute 3D sound. Since its original launch in 2012, Headquake Pro has sustained a 4.5 star rating and been ranked as high as 13th in the U.S. Apple store's Music category.
"From the day we launched the first version in January 2012, our users clearly have a passion for music and premium audio quality. Headquake Pro averages over 12,000 songs listened to daily, with about 5.8 years of music played since January. We are thrilled to help connect music fans with their favorite artists, while listening to original recordings as if they were at a live show," said Rajeev Kapur, CEO of Sonic Emotion.
About Absolute 3D
Sonic Emotion's Absolute 3D patented technology serves the technology and audio professional industries and is currently used in sound bars, Bluetooth wireless speakers, smartphones and tablets, and will soon be available in a multitude of consumer electronics devices. Early adopters of Sonic Emotion Absolute 3D include Samsung, Radio Shack, Toshiba Corporation and Onkyo. Already this year 2014, Sonic Emotion has expanded its mobile app audience even further with wearable technologies by partnering with Omate Truesmart smartwatch, which launched at CES in January 2014.
To learn more about Sonic Emotion or its proprietary sound technology visit: www.sonicemotion.com. To download Headquake Pro visit: www.itunes.com. To join in the conversation visit Sonic Emotion's Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/sonicemotion, or Twitter page at: www.twitter.com/sonicemotion.
About Sonic Emotion
Founded in 2002, Sonic Emotion is the world leader in 3D sound entertainment for consumer electronics and professional applications. Beginning with the sound technologies originally developed for large venues, Sonic Emotion holds a number of worldwide patents and is established as the leader in research and application of audio processing technologies. Recognized as the standard in sound, Sonic Emotion applied its expertise in the field to offer a scaled down version of the technology to meet the demands of consumers. Sonic Emotion Absolute 3D solutions have been included in a growing number of home entertainment electronic products sold worldwide including sound bars, towers, DAB radios, docking stations and mobile phone applications. Sonic Emotion's first consumer mobile app, Headquake, launched in January 2012 as the listening experience on the go. For more information, visit www.sonicemotion.com.