Remember that audio makes up the first half of the term, “audio-visual.” Movies are just as much about sound as they are vision – a fact that Hollywood never forgets; nor should you. Apple made some ...

I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...

A graphic equalizer (graphic EQ) is a high-fidelity audio control that enables the user to improve sound quality. Sound quality captured by sources, such as microphones and instrument pickups, is ...

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Audio/video experience on computers has come a long way. The tech involved has advanced greatly so as to bring us as close to living these experiences as possible. But there are a few things that ...

Before you drop $300 on the latest high-end headphones to listen to music on your iOS device, check to see whether an equalization (EQ) app can make your current cans, or even earbuds, sound like a ...

Equalizers and compressors are common guitar processors. You insert them in a track to shape the guitar’s tone and dynamics, respectively, but they can’t react intelligently to your playing. For ...