Exploiting Sound, Exploring Silence
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By compelling audiences to listen more closely, âNo Country for Old Menâ has had the effect of calling attention to an underappreciated aspect of filmmaking: the use of sound.
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Can digital musicians, artists and other media creators free themselves from the tyranny of popular software design? Commentary by Momus.
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The player lets the listener choose MP3 or WMA music, ripped from CDs or downloaded from online music sites. The Zen Micro provides intuitive vertical scrolling to allow users to move through easy-to-use menus
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Driven insane by the chatter of the guy in the next cubicle? Can't take the steady drone of long plane trips? One of these headphones can help.
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Hearing aids can reduce brain strain and allow people to remember things better. Bodyhack reports from AAAS in San Francisco.
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Scientists develop a device thousands of times smaller than a human hair that can turn radio waves into sound.
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Police departments around the country turn to sound-analysis technology to detect and report gunshots. By Amit Asaravala.
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Music lovers can sample songs over the Internet without turning on a personal computer in a first-of-a-kind offering that could help popularize the concept of streaming music.
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The Camera Raw plug-in improves noise reduction and sharpening.
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Swedish researchers have developed a way to print loudspeakers and keyboards on paper, leading to 'talking paper.'
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Former execs from iriver, Musicmatch and Diamond Multimedia work in stealth mode on a new MP3 player that could be the first major advance in years. By Eliot Van Buskirk.
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My wife is a professional percussionist. After three years of hearing her play marimba, djembe and conga in our living room -- and hearing me fumble around on our piano -- our neighbors wanted us to keep quiet.
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Some instrument makers and researchers are using science to deconstruct the vibrations and waves at work to create the distinctive sounds of violins and guitars.
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In this second and final part I'll demonstrate some of the loop-specific tools I've found in Ardour, Reaper, and Audacity. Tutorials and links to project demos are included, so warm up your headphones and let's get loopy. read more
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Blog: New devices help remove the stigma of hearing aid use for aging Boomers, and help preserve the auditory environment for the rest of us.
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Hobbyist hackers use Nintendo's motion-sensing controller to play Half-Life 2 and bang virtual drums. What's next? By Chris Kohler.
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New industry standard should offer cooler, quieter systems--so why isn't anybody rushing to embrace it?