An audio compressor is one of the most important parts of sound design and mixing, but it is also one of the most misunderstood and mis-used. Here Tim Dunphy unravels the mysteries surrounding the ...

Why do some tracks grab your attention while others don’t? Well, it’s all about perfecting the right production tools. The secret often lies in mastering the art of compression! It’s one of the most ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you use an audio compressor (for reducing the loudest parts of the signal; we're not talking ...

This app, available on the Google Play Store, allows you to compress various types of audio files quickly and easily. It supports almost all audio formats and facilitates file conversion in good ...

Lossy compression schemes can be based on a source model, as in the case of speech compression, or a user or sink model, as is somewhat the case in image compression. In this chapter we look at audio ...

Last week, Meta announced an AI-powered audio compression method called "EnCodec" that can reportedly compress audio 10 times smaller than the MP3 format at 64kbps with no loss in quality. Meta says ...

Apple did its part in moving the world to wireless headphones. With the removal of the headphone jack with iPhone 7, the company made it clear that the future of audio is wireless. However, the ...