Microsoft has confirmed that the January 2025 Windows security updates are breaking audio playback on some systems with external DACs (digital-to-analog converters). DACs are commonly used at home, in ...

Adam has a degree in Engineering, having always been fascinated by how tech works. Tech websites have saved him hours of tearing his hair out on countless occasions, and he enjoys the opportunity to ...

In iOS 18, Apple has added a control in the Camera app's Settings menu that lets you choose whether audio playing on your iPhone should pause or continue when you start recording in Video mode. In ...

Text messages are the go-to form of communication for a big part of the world's population. If you count yourself among the millions of people who prefer iPhone over Android, chances are you use ...

If you place an audio file onto a slide in Keynote, it will appear as a 53×53 pixel version of the OS X menu bar’s Sound icon. Assuming you don’t change the audio settings for the placed audio file, ...

Streaming services and hi-fi brands now promote “lossless” music as the new gold standard, promising studio-grade sound in ...

Renesas provides audio decompression software libraries that operate at high speed and with a small memory footprint. The compact and low-cost R8C Family microcontrollers, with the ability to easily ...

Direct-digital synthesis (DDS) is a sample-playback technique that is useful for adding a little bit of audio to your projects without additional hardware. Want your robot to say ouch when it bumps ...

Netflix is taking on podcasts, in a way, by rolling out on audio-only playback mode in its Android app, Android Police reports. The feature has appeared as a server-side update, and if you have it, ...

A few weeks ago, Dan Banquer of R.E. Designs forwarded me a very interesting AES paper entitled "0dBFS+ Levels in Digital Mastering" by Soren H. Nielsen and Thomas Lund of T.C. Electronic A/S.