As we come to the end of the decade, we turn to one of the more dramatic changes we've heard in music over those 10 years: It seems to have gotten louder. We're talking about compression here, the ...

You may have encountered instances where, while listening to music or watching videos on your computer, the audio levels sometimes fluctuate between being too high and too low, even when your device’s ...

Listening to music that has been compressed can leave your ears feeling fatigued CDs have been getting louder since the mid-80s, as record labels fight to get their artists heard. Trevor Cox, ...

Audio/video experience on computers has come a long way. The tech involved has advanced greatly so as to bring us as close to living these experiences as possible. But there are a few things that ...

The 'loudness' of our thoughts -- or how we imagine saying something -- influences how we judge the loudness of real, external sounds. The "loudness" of our thoughts -- or how we imagine saying ...

Loudness normalization is now available for the Galaxy S24 series in the recent One UI 7 beta. The feature prevents sound from suddenly becoming too loud or too quiet while playing media. It was ...

The author is founder and creative director of Nugen Audio. LEEDS, England — For several years now, loudness normalization (the matching of the average loudness of program material and commercials to ...

Audio quality can make or break a piece of content. Editors always need to remember that even if the video has mind-blowing visuals, poor audio quality will detract from the audience’s viewing ...

As technology increasingly integrates complex soundscapes into virtual spaces, understanding how humans perceive directional audio becomes vital. This need is bolstered by the rise of immersive media, ...

The ear is not equally sensitive to all frequencies, particularly in the low and high FREQUENCY ranges. The RESPONSE to frequencies over the entire AUDIO range has been charted, originally by Fletcher ...

In the natural world, many situations exist in which a percept remains constant in the presence of profound changes in the physical stimulus affecting the sensory receptors. Some of the most ...

I've played with it and read the reviews about what it's supposed to do. Yet I've yet to find the magic behind the loudness control. I've tried using it at low volumes in the office to get a bit more ...