This is part one of a set of articles exploring some common myths and misconceptions surrounding digital audio. Time and again I am surprised that even experienced and well-respected audio engineers ...

The last tutorial covered some of the history of multichannel sound and recording 5.1 audio, as well as embedded audio and MADI transport systems for multichannel audio. This tutorial will continue ...

If you follow audiophile reviewers, you’ll know that their stock-in trade is a very fancy way of saying absolutely nothing of quantifiable substance about the subject while sounding knowledgeable ...

At first broadcast television audio was mono, then in 1984, MTS (Multichannel Television Sound) was approved by the FCC. Stereo audio and SAP (Second Audio Program) became available and were slowly ...

A smart microphone is an innovative IC based on MEMS technology, which realizes high-quality sound and includes interesting speech recognition features for consumer audio applications. You’ll find ...

Audio functionality plays a critical role in embedded media processing. While audio takes less processing power in general than video processing, it should be considered equally important. In this ...

This is Part 3 of our deep dive into ‘Evaluating Spatial Audio. In Evaluating Spatial Audio – Part 1 – Criteria and Challenges we talked about what constitutes a ‘spatial audio’ product system, the ...

Many listeners consider CD ripping to be a rather simple process, and for the most part, it is. The discs go in, your software performs a little magic, and your songs are copied to the hard drive. Of ...

In my last installment of this series I introduced a variety of GUI-based tools that can help you discover more about your system to help identify potentially troublesome components. This week we'll ...

It’s been a while since the last installment in our Know Audio series, in which we investigated distortion as it applies to Hi-Fi audio. Now it’s time to return with part two of our look at distortion ...