Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

For the last 10 years, sound has been mixed and mastered at ever increasing loudness levels, crushing the natural vibrancy of music. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as ...

DALLAS, May 17 /PRNewswire/ — Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced a 3.2-W per channel stereo Class-D amplifier and a 3-W, mono Class-D amplifier, both with fast gain ramp ...

This story is excerpted from the Radio World ebook “Streaming Best Practices.” Few people realize that xHE-AAC, the latest generation of the AAC codec family, includes an option for dynamic-range ...

Dynamic range compression is a technique used to raise the level of soft sounds and lower the level of louder sounds, effectively reducing the loudness "swing" of an audio signal. Classically, this ...

Some YouTube users are mounting a growing revolt against the site's new audio scheme, which has degraded the sound quality of clips on the site by running them through an audio processor that wreaks ...

The dynamic range of an audio signal is the difference between the quietest discernible part of the signal and the loudest undistorted part of the signal. It is normally expressed in decibels (dB).

From home studios to live streams, great audio is more than just hitting record — it’s about mastering your tools. By understanding compression, noise control, and loudness standards, you can make ...

EVER noticed how much louder and murkier music sounds these days? This is not entirely a matter of being out of tune with the times. Nor is it likely to be because today's iPod generation, having ...