Exploiting Sound, Exploring Silence
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By compelling audiences to listen more closely, âNo Country for Old Menâ has had the effect of calling attention to an underappreciated aspect of filmmaking: the use of sound.
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Scientists have solved the mystery of a global hum which has plagued them since it was discovered in 1998. The constant drone at low frequencies, well below the range of human hearing, shows up in seismic
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When it comes to music, the Web can be like a giant megaphone that ratchets up the decibel level of buzz to deafening proportions.
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New lightweight microphone systems allow high-fidelity recordings to be captured and stored on an iPod and can easily be transferred to a computer
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Fans of the burgeoning technology, which lets users broadcast and download audio content feeds to MP3 players, say it represents audio broadcasting's future. But podcasting still has a long way to go. By Daniel Terdiman.
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In this second and final part I'll demonstrate some of the loop-specific tools I've found in Ardour, Reaper, and Audacity. Tutorials and links to project demos are included, so warm up your headphones and let's get loopy. read more
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Three months ago I introduced my readers to a new system for hosting VST plugins compiled natively for Linux. That system has continued its development and has become a mainstay in the Studio Dave Linux audio arsenal. Here's an update on the system's recent incarnations, complete with the usual multimedia extravaganza of text, screenshots, and sounds.
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Hobbyist hackers use Nintendo's motion-sensing controller to play Half-Life 2 and bang virtual drums. What's next? By Chris Kohler.
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It's a bit disorienting: slip on a set of headphones, turn up the volume and, while you move about the room, the music stays put &#151; as if coming out of five speakers stuck on a wall.
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Police departments around the country turn to sound-analysis technology to detect and report gunshots. By Amit Asaravala.
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Ten thousand songs in your pocket. Millions of tunes on the Internet at your fingertips. And books on tape &#151; they're going down the path of vinyl records. Welcome to the new world of digital audio.
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The eagerly-awaited Ubuntu Studio has been released, adding another entry into the expanding list of multimedia-optimized Linux distributions. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but interested readers can peruse some installation screenshots or check out the latest news and information on the Ubuntu Studio Wiki. I plan to review the distro in a future column, along with an update on the latest version of the venerable PlanetCCRMA, but in this entry I'm focused on another very exciting new release. Ardour 2.0 is now available for download. This version is a significant improvement over the 0.99 series (1.0 was never released), with many new features and enhancements to performance and stability. The following article profiles the new Ardour as I employed it for three projects, all involving the program in the processes of composition and arranging as well as the more typical tasks of recording and editing. I've described each project in some detail, and each description includes a link to the final audio output.
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A decade ago Paula Westâs dark, clotted vocal sound was her main calling card. Today the power of that sound is matched by a probing musical intelligence.
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It seems like a cool idea &#151; sunglasses with a built-in digital music player and speakers. No headphone cables to untangle as with most portable players. Music actually riding on your ears. Zero retinal damage from ultraviolet radiation.
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Blog: New devices help remove the stigma of hearing aid use for aging baby boomers, and help preserve the auditory environment for the rest of us.
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Sick of screaming to be heard over your cell phone in noisy places? A software firm claims its new headset, based on noise-reduction research it conducted for the U.S. military, will virtually eliminate background-noise disruptions. By Elisa Batista.
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After centuries of guesswork, architects have a high-tech way to hear the acoustics of buildings they haven't yet built.