A new article claims to have information about the sound hardware that will be put into Microsoft's next Xbox game console, including word that it uses two audio rendering APIs for its games. More...

Audio firm THX have sued Apple over a speaker patent granted in 2008. It is alleged Apple have infringed this patent with the new slimline iMac, iPad and iPhone. More...

HTC is teasing an announcement that will reveal a "new sound and camera experience" on smartphones. The announcement will likely take place at its scheduled Feb. 19 press event. More...

Ocenaudio is a full featured, fast and easy to use audio and music editor. It is the ideal software for people who need to edit and analyze audio files without complications. Ocenaudio also has More...

One of the biggest problems for mobile phone users or indeed anyone that uses a portable consumer electronics device is the consumption of power. Despite attempts to create longer lasting batteries for various products ultimately... More...

Creative has been a leader in the PC audio market for as long as I can remember. In fact, the first Sound Blaster card hit the market almost 20 years ago, which can be considered... More...

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows Vista™ and Windows® XP support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note. This download... More...

Sound Borb is an audio ambience generating system. The generative nature of Sound Borb's audio engine means that once you hit play, the ambience you're listening to will never end. It will never go to... More...

Last week at CeBIT, ASUS demonstrated its upcoming Xonar-series sound cards, available in two variants: the D2 and D2K in PCI and PCIe x1 interfaces. Dolby Digital Live and DTS Connect multi-channel audio encoding technologies... More...

SOUND FIRM Creative said it is offering a software application which will help gamers get round Microsoft's decision to remove the hardware abstraction layer for Vista. The app, called Alchemy, is or will be available... More...

Apollo is a free sound player that provides you with what you really need -- no more, no less. The program has a user-friendly, compact, playlist-oriented interface Supports WinAmp plugins & Winamp DSP plugins and... More...

For years, it seemed as if SoundExchange, the nonprofit organization that handles royalty payments for musicians whose work is streamed over the Internet and broadcast on satellite radio networks, didn't know. The group insists that... More...

This download contains an improved version of the drivers found on the Sound Blaster Audigy®, Audigy 2 series, and Audigy 4 series installation CDs. It also supports Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. This download... More...

This download is a beta driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista 32-bit and 64-bit Beta Build 5231 support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™. It is not fully tested and provides limited functionality. Take note of the... More...

Since the original Sound Blaster Live and the EMU10K1 audio processor, Creative's new soundcard releases have been characterized by incremental jumps rather than revolutionary changes. Although the Audigy series was indeed a welcome improvement, it... More...

The Creative X-Fi processor can remix and remaster audio on the fly to improve the sound quality of your movies, games, and music. The rising popularity of PC host audio has been... More...

Sound Blaster-maker will integrate its EAX audio technology into id's Doom 3 engine. Though the Doom 3 engine has gotten the most attention for its graphics, its sound promises to be innovative... More...

According to ZDNet.com Karlheinz Brandenburg is credited with much of the work leading to the MP3 format. Today he and his team have created a product which offers true "three dimensional" audio. The team... More...

To be Googled, or not to be Googled? That was the question facing National Public Radio's online director Maria Thomas earlier this year. The answer would seem obvious for anyone doing business on the... More...

You can rip, copy, or play an MP3 file, but one thing you can't do is get more than two channels of sound out of it. Soon, you will be able to, although you may... More...

Lars Liljeryd woke up one morning in 1996 with a hangover and an idea that would transform the science of digital audio. Liljeryd and his company Coding Technologies are still far from... More...

A panel of distinguished cryptographers at the RSA Conference in San Francisco weighed in on a variety of hot button issues, including electronic voting and rights management for digital media. Speaking at the... More...

ONE OF THE things that can make a good game great, or a great game annoying is sound, and how it is presented. Computer sound has gone from interrupt driven clicks on the Apple ][... More...

Creative have released two new upadates in the shape of Creative Surround Mixer 2.00.52 and Creative PlayCenter Patch 3.02.70 for windows 2000/XP. Creative Surround Mixer driver update for Sound Blaster... More...

Creative, a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products for PC users, today announced Sound Blaster® Wireless Music, an easy to use wireless music system consisting of a RF remote control with built-in LCD screen and... More...

THX, the sound company started by movie director George Lucas to ensure that fans heard his films the way he intended, said Tuesday that it would begin granting its seal of approval to audio produced... More...

Today at IBC2003, Microsoft Corp., Capital Radio PLC, NTL Broadcast and RadioScape Ltd. announced a trial period that will bring 5.1-channel surround sound to Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) in the United Kingdom. The trial period... More...

Sega reveals plans to enter the music business. Sega has announced that its sound development studio, Wave Master, will be establishing two music labels that will be used for releasing music products.... More...

Just three weeks before Microsoft Corp. publicly details plans to create a secure operating mode for Windows PCs, two top cryptographers have raised concerns about Microsoft's approach. Whitfield Diffie, a distinguished engineer at... More...

Realtek released driver version 3.42 for their ALC-Series soundchips. It supports all types of ALC soundchips from ALC100/P to the new ALC655 and all OS from Win9x to XP. MSI has CMedia... More...

This package upgrades the Sound Blaster Live! driver and enhances the overall product performance on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The package also upgrades core applications including Audio HQ and Surround Mixer for optimal Sound... More...

Hercules US has released new unified drivers for their sound card series based on Crystal chipsets. These include the following: Fortissimo II series GTXP series Fortissimo III 7.1 Digifire... More...

Putting vacuum tubes in a PC might sound a little like adding a hand crank to a Porsche, but at least one company thinks it might be the future of computer audio. Taiwanese components... More...

This Driver Pack Update pack is available for Sound Blaster Audigy owners operating on Windows 2000 or XP operating systems only. The driver contains optimized support for these two operating systems and is... More...

In a landmark ruling, federal regulators have cleared a new digital technology format that could transform the way people listen to AM and FM radio. The Federal Communications Commission unanimously adopted technology... More...

Wow thanks ComaBlack for this scoop that he spotted over at Activewin. Creative Asia has just released brand new drivers and applications for the Sound Blaster Live! cards. The download is split in several packages... More...

2 Multimedia type reviews this time sent in by the respective sites webmasters for posting. Enjoy! Creative Inspire 5300 5.1 speakers review With every new soundcard line Creative launches, they also... More...

VIA has released version 1.70a for their VT8233, VT8233C & VT8233A southbridges Note: Their website has not been updated yet with any information about the new drivers. Files within the .zip archive are... More...

Dolby has updated its audio streaming standard, MPEG AAC, with the release of Version 4. The company is offering an easy upgrade from MPEG 2 AAC, and a licensing model based on... More...

Although Windows XP includes built-in support for most Sound Blaster sound cards, Creative has optimized the drivers for certain models to take advantage of Microsofts next-generation operating system. Note: These are unofficial... More...

Read this during my visit to Ars Technica. I don't know what I think about adding the kinds of availability designations (Available/Connect, Away, N/A, etc.) that IM clients like ICQ afford to the... More...

Thanks t-break for this email, t-break has posted a review of the new Extigy from Creative. Heres a snip from the review: Extigy, as you may have heard over the past... More...

Hubert Wong has emailed us and letting us know that Viper's Lair has reviewed a new sound proofing kit "I eagerly unwrapped the parcel when it came and was confronted with this... More...

Today Creative Labs unveiled a external sound "card" called the Sound Blaster Extigy, The Extigy connects through USB to your computer or notebook. Casual computer gamers on a desktop or notebook can use the Extigy... More...

Cheers s h i t shot for the heads up here, This is a stand-alone driver update of Sound Blaster Live!/Value/5.1 for users running on Windows 2000 and Windows XP only. This... More...

Cheers Rancho. Get ready folks. This is a new driver release for users running Win98/98SE/ME. It supports Sound Blaster Audigy (Model SB0090/SB0092/SB0162), and includes multilanguage support. Have the Installation CD installed before applying these drivers!... More...

MSI have a new sound driver for all VIA 686A/686B based chipset mainboards MS-6309, MS-6321, MS-6330 Series, MS-6341, MS-6347 News source: Warp2Search Download: VIA 686A/686B... More...

Thanks Dok for the heads up :D I'm just gonna rip what you've said, so here it goes.. After the recent announcement by Creative (about the CD version of Liveware 3 for XP... More...

UK based firm Sesaura technology is to have its 3D sound technology included in Microsoft's Xbox games console, expected to be released in the US later this month. The system allows the illusion... More...

Hercules has just released new Windows XP drivers for its Game Theater XP and Gamesurround Fortissimo II sound cards. Not only those 3.01 drivers add support for the new operating system of Microsoft but they... More...