While watching a movie you may come across a scene where the dialogue is too quiet but the action is too loud. Suddenly the loudness of the volume doubles, no matter how low you fixed the volume. This ...

Did you like playing audio (music and videos) on your Windows computer? You must have encountered a loudness issue at times. It is not limited to Windows; it occurs on all devices and operating ...

macOS has two distinct volume control options in the Sound preference pane that affect how a Mac produces sound. The Alert volume slider in the middle controls sound effect and notification volume; ...

One fun and cool thing for ardent audio folks to do is switch the volume of an audio amplifier between levels on a digital panel. Here’s a simple project to help you understand the technology behind ...

I have my MacBook Pro connected via thunderbolt to my Dell monitor. The Dell monitor has a line out port to my powered speakers. Unfortunately, my speakers have independent volume controls in the back ...

Electronically processed analog audio has been around since about 1876 when Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray filed patents for “transmitting the human voice through a telegraphic circuit.” But ...

The song you’re listening to on your iPhone is a bit too quiet, so you adjust the volume. Perfect. Then the song ends, and the next one blasts your ears. You fumble your iPhone from your pocket and ...

It's no surprise that repeated exposure to loud sounds can damage your hearing. According to the Hearing Health Foundation, sounds below 70dB, the typical volume for a standard conversation, are safe ...

I got an open box M-Audio M-Track Solo for silly cheap, just for laughs. I know absolutely nothing about music creation, but I do have quite a collection of USB DACs and the price was good... and I ...

The CS3308/18 is a high-performance, 8-channel analog volume control featuring low distortion and noise free level transitions, such as zero-crossing detection. It offers low channel-to-channel ...

For years, we relied heavily on headphones and speakers to improve the listening experience, as older smartphones usually didn't feature advanced, powerful speakers. But those days are largely gone.