Smartphone manufacturers all but took away our beloved phones with headphone jacks. Now we’re left buying admittedly great wireless earbuds hand over fist. But listening to music is no longer a ...

Software-based audio codecs are enabling flexible remote production, IP distribution and resilient broadcast connectivity for stations of all sizes.

Coding Is Fundamental Component of Digital Production and Broadcast Systems Digital audio codecs are the fundamental enabling technology behind all of today’s emerging sound broadcast and distribution ...

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 ...

Digital is becoming the dominant technology in today's audio applications. With satellite radio, VoIP, cellular phones, and MP3 players, digital is replacing analog techniques in broadcast ...

In previous articles we have discussed several popular audio codecs in use today. In this installment we address advanced audio codecs currently in use. Designers employing audio codecs face a ...

Audio codecs are one of the fundamental building blocks of modern media systems. The first and still most prominent MPEG audio codec is mp3, which first appeared on the market in 1998. Since then, ...

When Apple sidelined the 3.5-mm jack with the launch of last year’s iPhone 7, it looked like a bold move. But despite pockets of outrage over another clear case of planned obsolescence, it was a clear ...

Skype will license a high-quality audio codec in its latest VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) software to any developer or vendor free of charge, the eBay subsidiary announced Tuesday. The codec, ...