Neowin News Feed for: Sound

Are you motion sick? Study shows how just a minute of bass could help you

Sayan Sen — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 20:56:01 +0000

Scientists conducted a study and found that just a minute of a particular mid-bass sound frequency can help cure motion sicknesses like car sickness. Read more...

Edifier M60 Review: How something so small can sound so good?

Robbie Khan — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 17:00:01 +0000

Edifier seems to be on a roll lately, with some great audio products coming in at solid prices. These M60 speakers are the latest entry into the desktop speaker scene, which ticks a lot of boxes. Read more...

MIT researchers build AI system that can model the world using sound in latest breakthrough

Usama Jawad — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 05:30:01 +0000

Researchers at MIT have developed a fascinating machine learning model that leverages sound to accurately map an environment and also determine the acoustics of the room at different locations. Read more...

iPhone 14 Pro owners complain of rattling camera with loud grinding sounds

Usama Jawad — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:18:02 +0000

Multiple iPhone 14 Pro owners are complaining that their device's camera does not work with third-party apps and actually starts shaking, rattling, and making disturbing grinding noises. Read more...

Samsung debuts its new brand sound to appeal to young folks

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 06:50:02 +0000

'The Voyage' kicked off Samsung's CES 2021. The melody captures the firm's brand identity and will be the first time that it will be communicating with its consumers via a brand sound. Read more...

Microsoft may remove the old-school volume mixer from future Windows 10 builds

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 12:02:01 +0000

As spotted by some keen observers, the latest Insider build flighted to the Fast Ring has changed how you access the volume mixer in Windows 10 in favour of its equivalent found in the Settings app. Read more...

You'll soon be able to disable autoplay videos in Google Chrome

Usama Jawad — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:58:01 +0000

Google is making some big changes to Chrome, allowing users to mute individual sites starting from October 2017, and finally giving them the choice to disable autoplay videos from January 2018. Read more...

Facebook videos will now auto-play with sound enabled by default

Muhammad Zaid Tariq — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:08:01 +0000

Facebook videos will auto-play with sound enabled by default. The company has also updated the layout of vertical videos and the ability to scroll while watching them has also been added. Read more...

LG G6 to offer a 32-bit Quad DAC for 'exceptional' sound balance

Muhammad Zaid Tariq — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:42:02 +0000

LG has confirmed that its upcoming flagship device, the G6, will feature an upgraded 32-bit Quad DAC compared to the one in last year's V20, to deliver audiophile-level sound quality to its users. Read more...

Dolby Atmos is coming to Windows 10 and Xbox One next year

Usama Jawad — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that support for Dolby Atmos sound is coming to Windows 10 and Xbox One next year, to provide an immersive and engaging experience when gaming or enjoying other media content. Read more...

Ocenaudio 3.0

Razvan Serea — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:38:01 +0000

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. Read more...

Review of the Xiaomi Hybrid Earphones: Xiaomi have done it again

Steven Johns — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 11:08:02 +0000

Xiaomi announced a successor to the Piston 3 IEMs just a couple of days ago, and we've already received a pair and spent some time with it in this Neowin-exclusive review. Read more...

Ocenaudio 2.0.16

Razvan Serea — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 09:54:01 +0000

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. Read more...

HP wants to make your devices sound better; partners with Bang & Olufsen

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:48:01 +0000

HP is teaming up with Bang & Olufsen in an effort to make their devices, even mobile ones, sound better. The partnership will see a few new features, including hardware changes, show up on laptops. Read more...

Olixar Light Bulb review: A Bluetooth enabled speaker that also illuminates the room

Robbie Khan — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 10:58:01 +0000

Olixar brings us an affordable Bluetooth speaker that doesn't require batteries in a convenient light bulb package. But does it compare to a dedicated Bluetooth speaker? Let's find out. Read more...

Bose QuietComfort 25 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones - Review

Byron Hinson — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 16:40:01 +0000

Bose has long been classed as a company producing well made, but very expensive headphones. The QuietComfort 25 headphones are no exception, but do the sound and features really match the price? Read more...

Ocenaudio 2.0.13

Razvan Serea — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:30:01 +0000

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. Read more...

Ocenaudio 2.0.11

Razvan Serea — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:00:01 +0000

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. Read more...

Turtle Beach Ear Force Z60 review

Byron Hinson — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 15:28:01 +0000

PC 7.1 Surround Sound headsets have had varying quality over the years, but does Turtle Beach's first foray in to DTS Headphone:X bring great 3D 360-degree audio and a very low price point? Read more...

Ocenaudio 2.0.9

Razvan Serea — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 08:19:29 +0000

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. Read more...

Ocenaudio 2.0.7

Razvan Serea — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 07:56:14 +0000

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 Read more...

Ocenaudio 2.0.6

Razvan Serea — Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:51:50 +0000

Turtle Beach Phantom Headset review

Byron Hinson — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 07:22:00 +0000

The surround sound headset market is big business for gaming and today we are covering the Phantom Headset from Turtle Beach, one of their high-end products that aims to bring great sound to everyone. Read more...

Ocenaudio 2.0.5

Razvan Serea — Thu, 29 May 2014 21:05:16 +0000

Turtle Beach XO Seven Xbox One Headset - Review

Byron Hinson — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 07:10:06 +0000

One of the first dedicated headsets for the Xbox One has been released from Turtle Beach. The Stereo XO Seven mixes in great build quality, sound and voice capabilites into a £130 package. Read more...

Hands-on: Ears for Microsoft Surface

Brad Sams — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 15:07:22 +0000

There's a new project on Kickstarter for a product called Ears, designed for Microsoft Surface. The peripherial claims to boost audio output by up to 10dB and provide clearer, sharper sound. Read more...

New rumors about next Xbox sound hardware hit the net

John Callaham — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:48:35 +0000

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. Read more...

THX sues Apple over iMac speakers

Ben Buffone — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:15:00 +0000

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. Read more...

HTC says it will reveal 'new sound and camera experience' for smartphones [Update]

Anthony Tosie — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:30:51 +0000

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. Read more...

Ocenaudio - Your music has never sounded better

Razvan Serea — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:08:45 +0000

Future mobile phones could be charged by speaking into them

John Callaham — Mon, 09 May 2011 14:35:55 +0000

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... Read more...

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro review

Julio Franco — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:25:05 +0000

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... Read more...

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Series Driver (14th March 2008)

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:55:04 +0000

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... Read more...

Sound Borb 1.01

Razvan Serea — Fri, 04 May 2007 12:03:27 +0000

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... Read more...

ASUS Prepares PCIe x1 Sound Card

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:29:44 +0000

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... Read more...

Creative offers workaround for Vista gaming sound

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:21:05 +0000

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... Read more...

Apollo 37zz - Sound quality is not skinnable

Razvan Serea — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:29:09 +0000

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... Read more...

Sound Exchange Posts Deadline

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 14:48:27 +0000

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... Read more...

New Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Driver 2K/XP

Steven Parker — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:53:23 +0000

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... Read more...

New Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Beta drivers for Vista

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:31:00 +0000

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... Read more...