Common audio data formats such as the Compact Disc generally store a two-channel (stereo) audio signal. The left and fight channel data streams are stored entirely independently. Various new data ...

Scheduled for release alongside the new UAD Software (v6.3.2 - out in early November) Universal Audio has announced a new Shadow Hills mastering compressor and Precision K-Stereo Ambience Recovery ...

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – JANUARY 2019: TransAudio Group, U.S. distributor of high-end professional recording equipment, will introduce Bettermaker’s newest creation, the Bettermaker Bus Compressor, at NAMM ...

Press extends Polyend’s quest to develop unique products, and is an excellent stomp box compressor that’s equally at home across a stereo mix. It might sound a bit crazy, but it works very well and is ...

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 ...

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 ...

In MPEG Layer III coding the compression gain is mainly achieved through the unequal distribution of energy in the different frequency bands, the use of the psychoacoustic model, and Huffman coding.

In a previous article, we discussed analog audio SNR concepts. As mentioned, the dynamic range is restricted at the top by clipping (THD ≤1 percent) and at the bottom by the thermal noise combined ...

Polyend is a company that takes hardware very seriously. Its stable of innovative products delivers a focused selection of ...