I remember in 2003, or so, when EAX was touted to reduce the load on the CPU in demanding gaming. The sound cards would have a DSP to take care of all that sound stuff. The Xbox and Soundstorm ...

On its own, your computer can't make a sound. Digital data from audio and video files needs to be turned into something that our ears can hear, and this requires specialized hardware and sophisticated ...

Hardware acceleration enables you to shift the audio tasks from the CPU to the sound card so that the CPU isn't slowed down by audio requests and so that games and other audio-intensive applications ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Elgato, which is a part of the Corsair family, has just announced Wave Next, a mix of next-generation audio hardware and software built for modern creators ...

Some classic hi-fi components now sell for thousands on the second-hand market; these are the vintage audio gear favourites buyers can't get enough of.

For years many of us used MP3 players for music, portable DVD players or tablets for video, and dedicated portable units for gaming. Today, the smartphone serves as the central computing device for ...

A masterclass in balance. The Sendy Audio Apollo PRO pairs sophisticated physical polish with a wide, deeply extended ...

Business laptops are no longer just for emails and documents – they’re at the heart of professional interactions, from online ...

Audio startup Syng has been building on quite a bit more hype than the average fresh hardware startup, largely because of the team behind it. Founder and CEO Chris Stringer was Jony Ive’s first hire ...

Windows 11 provides useful audio and video recording apps and a set of related features that can help the output from each ...