The right hardware and software — combined with time to learn — can improve the soundtrack in your videos, podcasts and other creative endeavors. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer was a co-host of ...

There’s a term in radio, dead air, that refers to any stretch of silence that lasts longer than a few seconds. Dead air is the last thing you want; it means something has gone wrong with your ...

Marc Storch is a commerce writer currently based in Denver, Colorado. He is passionate about making tech accessible to all and being excellent to each other. Outside of writing about tech and video ...

Speakers in almost all earbuds, headphones, and large sound systems use 100-year-old technology built from magnets, coils, and vibrating membranes to make sound. A five year old audio startup is ...

You can make your audio louder in Audacity by utilizing the Amplify and Normalize effects. Amplify increases the audio's level by a certain amount, and preserves the relative difference in level ...

If you’ve been in a movie theater recently, you may have noticed that the sound is a whole lot more immersive. That’s thanks to spatial audio, a type of surround sound. The most well-known version is ...

Have you ever wondered why your favorite songs always seem to match your mood, or how phone calls sound clear even when you’re in a noisy place? Well, there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes ...

All new broadcast technologies bring benefits, but the focus is often on those that enhance the viewing or listening experience in terms of entertainment or impact. More practical and assistive ...