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In previous episodes of this long-running series looking at the world of high-quality audio, at every point we’ve stayed in the real world of physical audio hardware. From the human ear to the ...

Established leaders and up-and-coming contenders vie for dominance in high-definition-DVD and other emerging applications. Successful analysis requires a beefy computer and robust software tools; a ...

This column is devoted to the basics of audio compression, a powerful signal-processing technique that is poorly understood by almost all of us. Once again, I hope you find it useful, or that you can ...

People mix up the two types of audio compression all the time. Dynamic range and lossy compression are very different things. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a ...

Fuse is a handy and easy‑to‑use compressor at a good price, as long as you can live without a few deeper features. Best budget audio interfaces 2026: Cheap USB interfaces for home recording, streaming ...