Category: sound

Confronting existential dread through DIY musical instruments

Post author By Randall
Post date August 9, 2019
Categories In a day that will never happen again, Art, av, Diy, do it yourself, doityourself, Entertainment, everything you love will one day be taken from you, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, here you are, impractical devices, interview, Music, musical instrument, musical instruments, sound, Tech, the book of knowledge, the book of knowledge of impractical musical devices, the book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices, tomorrow, yann seznec, you are here

[ad_1] All right, so calling these “musical instruments” isn’t particularly helpful. They are instruments in that they can be used to make music in the broadest sense of the word. A Day That Will Never Happen Again is basically a drum machine. Here You Are, You Are Here is a synthesizer. And Everything You Love […]

Faster algorithm could lead to more realistic sounds in VR

Post author By Randall
Post date August 5, 2019
Categories In algorithm, audio, av, gear, Science, siggraph2019, sound, sound model, stanford, Tech, Video, Virtual Reality, vr, Wearables

[ad_1] The solution ultimately involved ditching the traditional approach to calculating sound propagation, which has its roots in the theories of pioneering scientist Hermann von Helmholtz. Instead, the scientists took their cue from composer Heinrich Klein’s ability to blend many piano notes into a single sound. It splits vibration modes into individual chords, then performs […]

Next ‘Apex Legends’ update addresses audio issues

Post author By Randall
Post date May 18, 2019
Categories In apex legends, audio, battle royale, ea, gadgetry, Gadgets, Gaming, respawn, sound, Tech, update

[ad_1] Since the explosive launch of Apex Legends and its deliberately quieter evolution over the last few months, the game is still dealing with some annoying issues. According to the team at Respawn, an update coming to all platforms next week will target some audio problems that caused sound to drop out, or repeat when […]