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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Original Publish Date: 12/23/01 - Much of the content in this article has been addressed via hardware, but we keep it live for archival purposes. Software selection however is still the big issue ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have a friend who has had nothing but nightmares result from his attempts at setting up the fabled low-latency high-performance Linux audio system. In sympathy with his plight I present here a ...

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 ...