In film, it is often said that the image is the food for the viewer’s eyes, while sound touches the soul. Thomas Wu, an Audio Engineer and Sound Designer with experience all over the world, ...

Mastering engineer Dave McNair unravels some of the mysteries of how he makes music sound good over iTunes and MP3s played over $20 computer speakers. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg ...

What makes NPR’s broadcast sound so crisp and bright, while many local public radio stations have a bassier, boomier tone? Adam Ragusea, host of our podcast The Pub, wanted to find out, so he recently ...

Wondering what the qualifications are to get into audio production, what jobs you can get with a sound production degree, or how to get into film audio production or audio for concerts and events?

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Prominent researchers in the field of audio engineering will be featured presenters at the upcoming Rochester Interdisciplinary Audio Engineering Symposium. The third annual event takes place from ...

As an audio engineer, John Polito used to think that poorly recorded music and movie soundtracks were painful to hear. Now, not so much. “Over the years, I learned that once I’m done with work, I just ...

Iconic movie sound effects, your favorite songs, and ambient background noises are created through the art of audio mixing. From lo-fi to hi-fi and everything in between, here’s the lowdown on the ...

John Cutler, a sound engineer who collaborated with the Grateful Dead for many years and co-produced several of the band’s albums, has died at age 73. His passing on December 24 following a long ...

Concerts are rewarding partly because your favorite artists are playing your favorite songs, and loud. But it wasn't always like that. "Dead Sound," an audio documentary produced by CBS News Radio, ...

John Cutler, Grateful Dead producer, sound engineer, and archivist, known for his longtime involvement with the group, like recording their final studio albums, In The Dark (1987) and Built to Last ...