I have no plans to create my own videogame (you're welcome), but that hasn't stopped me from playing with ChipTone, an extremely cool videogame sound effects tool, all day. It's like a little sound ...

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A celebration of sound, from BioShock’s Big Daddy to Quake 2’s super shotgun. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sound designers are ...

Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is so advanced today that it can be difficult to distinguish from reality. But the creation of the sounds that accompany the images are still largely the work of ...

How much do I like a cappella? I like it so much I own Pitch Perfect 3 (THREE!) on Blu-ray. So yeah, I obviously I really enjoy people making instrument noises with their mouths. But typically that ...

It’s the question on everyone’s minds: Your PC can produce pretty decent audio without your having to spend a dime on new hardware, so why the heck are we advocating doing just that? Because you’ll ...

I am an instructor of retirement home residents and need help solving a problem with annoying sounds on their computers. They get an audio “good morning” and “good afternoon” all day when they are ...

Follow any one of these methods to add sound effects to your transition. Add a transition to your slide Add sound effects to your slide transitions Click the slide you want to apply the transition. On ...

At a time when many home computers included sophisticated hardware used to generate music and sound effects, IBM's first PC - designed primarily for small business use - only came equipped with a ...

Audio technology company Dolby Labs is releasing new software that aims to deliver surround sound through ordinary PC speakers. Dolby Virtual Speaker, to be launched Tuesday, promises to create the ...