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Berlin music
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

When Music Was Used to Deceive, Control, Survive

Yom HaShoah commemorates the 6 million Jews and 5 million others who perished in the Holocaust, reflecting on music's dual role in history.
fromTechCrunch
2 days ago

ElevenLabs releases a new AI-powered music generation app | TechCrunch

ElevenMusic allows users to generate up to seven songs per day using natural language prompts, with options to adjust song length, lyrics, and writing style.
Music production
Arts
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
2 days ago

Perceptrum and the Emergence of Augmented Painting: When the Canvas Begins to Listen - KALTBLUT Magazine

Perceptrum redefines painting by allowing touch, creating a sensory dialogue that transforms the relationship between observer and artwork.
fromEngadget
2 days ago

Sony's gaming division just bought an AI startup that turns photos into 3D volumes

Following the acquisition, the Cinemersive Labs team will join SIE's Visual Computing Group (VCG) and contribute to our broader efforts in advancing state of the art visual computing within games. This includes applying machine learning to enhance gameplay visuals, improve rendering techniques, and unlock new levels of visual fidelity for players.
Marketing tech
fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

Today's Atlantic Trivia: Video Games

Nintendo was founded in 1889, the same year the Eiffel Tower opened in Paris, starting as a manufacturer of Japanese playing cards.
Games
Gadgets
fromWIRED
3 days ago

WiiM's Amplifiers, Preamplifiers, and Speakers Make Audio Streaming Throughout Your Home a Breeze

WiiM has emerged as a leading alternative to Sonos in whole-home audio systems.
Podcast
fromMarTech
4 days ago

Why digital audio is a must-have for your retail media plan | MarTech

Digital audio is becoming a crucial advertising channel, reflecting changing consumer behavior and offering significant opportunities for targeted marketing.
Apple
fromThe Verge
4 days ago

The AirPods Max 2 are better on the inside

AirPods Max 2 offer significant sound improvements but retain many design flaws from the original model.
Philosophy
fromApaonline
1 week ago

Recently Published Book Spotlight: Aesthetics and Video Games

Video games possess unique aesthetic value that challenges traditional philosophical frameworks of games and fiction.
Music production
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 day ago

Wasia Project Unveils New Single "2515": A Sonic Journey Through Night - KALTBLUT Magazine

Wasia Project's new single '2515' blends cinematic alt-pop with Berlin's nightlife energy, showcasing their evolution and maturity in sound.
Berlin music
fromDesign Milk
3 days ago

Beolab 90 Atelier Editions: A Symphony of Surface, Sight, and Sound

Bang & Olufsen's Beolab 90 Atelier Editions merge sound with visual and tactile experiences, creating a synesthetic suite of collectible audio design.
#sonos
fromZDNET
1 week ago
Gadgets

The Sonos speaker blew me away with audio quality I've yet to hear from a Wi-Fi model

Sonos introduces the Play speaker, a versatile option between the Roam 2 and Move 2, offering impressive sound quality and value.
fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

Own a Sonos soundbar? I made 3 easy adjustments to instantly improve the audio quality

Room layout, soundbar placement, and audio settings determine Sonos soundbar Dolby Atmos immersion and dialogue clarity; adding speakers/subwoofer improves performance.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
1 week ago

The Sonos speaker blew me away with audio quality I've yet to hear from a Wi-Fi model

Sonos introduces the Play speaker, a versatile option between the Roam 2 and Move 2, offering impressive sound quality and value.
fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

Own a Sonos soundbar? I made 3 easy adjustments to instantly improve the audio quality

#brain-computer-interface
fromZDNET
2 months ago
Wearables

Your next pair of headphones may be able to read your brain - and you'll be glad it can

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Wearables

Your next pair of headphones may be able to read your brain - and you'll be glad it can

Renovation
fromArchDaily
2 weeks ago

"Echo of the ruins" Open-Air Museum of Sound and Memory / 1Y Architects

An open-air sound museum built from recycled factory ruins in Qingshuitan transforms a silent industrial area into a public space for listening and storytelling.
UX design
fromMedium
2 weeks ago

The Physics of Great UX: Making Digital Interfaces Feel Real

Building a motion system in product design enhances user experience by aligning with human cognitive expectations and physical principles.
Music production
fromPitchfork
5 days ago

Brian Foote / Paul Dickow: High Cube

Brian Foote and Paul Dickow created their album High Cube under strict constraints, focusing on raw sound without overthinking.
Video games
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

Arc Raiders Replacing AI-Generated Voices With Human Actors

Embark Studios replaced AI-generated voice lines in Arc Raiders with real human-recorded dialogue after launch, acknowledging superior quality of professional actors over AI text-to-speech.
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

Reality Splits: Seeing Different Worlds in Mixed Reality

Mixed reality systems create perceptual conflicts when users see different digital objects in shared spaces, reducing collaboration synchrony and increasing mental effort while eroding confidence in joint decisions.
fromArchDaily
3 weeks ago

Designing the Sensory City: Architecture, Light Pollution, and Urban Noise

For most of human history, night arrived as a planetary certainty. Darkness spread across landscapes, and the sky revealed thousands of stars. Today, that sky is disappearing. Artificial light spills upward from cities, scattering through the atmosphere and turning night into a permanent haze. Research mapping global sky brightness shows that more than 80 percent of humanity now lives under light-polluted skies, and the Milky Way has vanished from view for over a third of the world's population.
Environment
E-Commerce
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
3 weeks ago

How music technology is changing the modern retail store - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Physical retail stores are transforming into experience-driven spaces where strategic audio systems and environmental design significantly influence customer behavior and brand perception.
Higher education
fromCornell Chronicle
3 weeks ago

World According to Sound offers immersive audio experience March 23 | Cornell Chronicle

The World According to Sound presents a blindfolded sonic experience exploring sound as a method of understanding and knowing across academic disciplines.
Music production
fromInsideHook
1 week ago

From Our EIC: The Recipe for a Perfect Listening Room

Limited space for record collection causes anxiety and prompts thoughts of an ideal listening area with upgraded components.
Vue
fromHackernoon
3 weeks ago

SkyReels-V4 Fixes the Most Uncanny Part of AI Video: Bad Sound Sync | HackerNoon

SkyReels-V4 integrates video and audio generation into a unified multi-modal model, addressing the historical separation of these capabilities in AI systems.
Miscellaneous
fromArchDaily
4 weeks ago

Mapping Space Without Sight: Inside SEAlab's Sensory Architecture

SEAlab designed a school for blind and visually impaired children by prioritizing spatial perception through observation, creating a simple geometric layout with a central courtyard as a navigational anchor.
Music production
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Google Lyria 3 Pro makes longer AI songs

Google's Lyria 3 music-making AI now creates tracks up to three minutes long with enhanced features for user control and integration with other Google products.
Gadgets
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
3 weeks ago

ASUS ROG's First Open-Ear Earbuds: Hear the Game and the Room - Yanko Design

ROG Cetra Open Wireless gaming earbuds use open-ear design for environmental awareness while delivering low-latency gaming performance through a 2.4GHz dongle and specialized audio tuning.
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

The secret story of the vocoder, the military tech that changed music forever

The vocoder was never supposed to be a revolution in music. Its development began a century ago, when an engineer at Bell Labs was looking for a simpler way to send phone calls across copper telephone lines.
Music production
Gadgets
fromFast Company
3 weeks ago

Sonos has a plan to make you love its speaker system again

Sonos launches new speakers and refocuses on home sound systems strategy to rebuild brand trust after a catastrophic May 2024 app update that damaged customer relationships.
fromColossal
1 month ago

Radioposter Launches Paper-fi: Analog Books with Synchronized Soundtracks

Radioposter has built what it calls Paper-fi: physical books with synchronized audio soundtracks that follow readers in real time as they turn each page. No chips embedded in the paper, no QR codes to scan. The system uses patented computer vision and other modes through a smartphone or smart glasses to track your place in the book and play the corresponding audio.
Arts
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
4 weeks ago

glass loudspeaker draws from uk grime music scene and brutalist architecture

The Eski.Sub draws inspiration from the visual language of Brutalist architecture and the cultural atmosphere of UK grime music scene. The project examines the relationship between design, urban context, and emotional listening experiences, positioning the loudspeaker as both an audio device and a spatial object.
Design
fromHarvard Gazette
1 month ago

'The sound stopped suddenly' - Harvard Gazette

The sound stopped suddenly. I wanted to use my right foot to hit the drum twice, but I ended with the first try. At that instant, my brain really drew a blank. I thought, 'What's going on?' This was Yamaguchi's recollection of the first symptoms of musician's dystonia that appeared during a concert in 2009, marking the beginning of his five-year journey to diagnosis.
Music
fromDEV Community
2 weeks ago

I Built a 100% Private, On-Device AI Audio Stem Splitter (No Servers!)

If you've ever used tools like PhonicMind or LALAL.AI, you know the drill: Upload your MP3. Wait in a queue. Pay for "credits" or high-quality downloads. Your file sits on someone else's server. For musicians, producers, or just karaoke fans, this is slow and privacy-invasive.
Music production
Gadgets
fromZDNET
1 month ago

Bluetooth is working on wireless audio tech I once thought was impossible - what to know

Bluetooth SIG is developing standardized lossless and spatial audio formats to replace proprietary codecs and reduce licensing fees, though implementation is unlikely before the next decade.
Podcast
fromRAIN News
1 month ago

A landscape of listening

Podcasting in the U.S. continues significant growth, reaching diverse demographics—especially ages 25–44, males, Black and Hispanic listeners—with strong crossover between listening and watching.
UX design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Smart Booking Systems as a Tool for Acoustic Space Efficiency

Balance flexible, short-term use and personalization with efficient scheduling to make acoustic pods productive, well-utilized, and user-centered.
Science
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Sound cues steered dreams and improved puzzle-solving

Timed sound cues during sleep (targeted memory reactivation) can prompt dream content and double next-morning puzzle-solving rates for some participants.
Music production
from48 hills
4 weeks ago

The Audium thrums with Pamela Z's factory-sampling 'Arbeitsklang' - 48 hills

Composer Pamela Z creates immersive sound installation Arbeitsklang by recording industrial worksites across Germany and layering the sounds with her voice and live-MIDI manipulations in a 176-speaker theater.
Data science
fromNature
2 months ago

Science finds its song

Scientists are translating research data into music, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, revealing patterns, and increasing accessibility through data-driven music events.
Writing
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

Harmonics | The Walrus

A caregiver comforts a dying loved one amid a surreal, glittering ambulance and ER, balancing narcotics, music, storytelling, and tender presence.
#ai-headset
Marketing
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

The Audio Impact: Messaging that works

Audio advertising leverages streaming and mobile habits to align messages with listeners' activities and moods, creating an effective creative canvas for brands.
SF music
from48 hills
1 month ago

Alexi Kenney packs nocturnal energy, psychedelic fantasy into SoundBox - 48 hills

SoundBox presents an immersive, late‑night multimedia music experience combining surround sound, entrancing visuals, theatrical performance, and cocktails in a casual lounge atmosphere.
Podcast
from99% Invisible
2 months ago

Audio Flux - 99% Invisible

Audio Flux revives short-form experimental audio by providing biannual themed challenges that produce bold, three-minute stories and renewed visibility for the format.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Music and the Brain: Love in the Key of Everyday Life

Wooden spoons as microphones, siblings spinning in socks across the floor, a mother laughing as Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" fills the room for the third time in a row-this is love. Long before children understand romance, they learn connection this way, through synchronized movement, shared joy, and the safety of familiar songs. Research on rhythm and social bonding suggests that moving in time together can regulate the nervous system and strengthen feelings of connection.
Music
Apple
fromComputerworld
2 months ago

Vision Pro - the lull before the spatial storm

Lower-cost visionOS devices—Mac/iPhone-processor headsets and lightweight AR smart glasses—could arrive to target business and education while preserving most Vision Pro experience.
fromEntrepreneur
1 month ago

AI Is Changing Music Production - But It Can't Fill Creative Gaps

We tend to think AI music tools are just gimmicks for social media creators, or that they're limited to basic beats. But it's hard to dismiss them when companies like Google, Meta and Stability AI are pouring resources into generative audio models that can produce full compositions in seconds.
Music production
#openai
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Does the temperature affect the sound of snow underfoot?

Snow underfoot produces different sounds that correlate with temperature: squelch near 0°C, crunch above −10°C, and high-pitched squeaks well below −10°C.
Music
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Is AI Ruining Music?

Streaming economics, algorithmic recommendations, and generative AI commodify music, reduce artist revenue, and threaten creative control and discovery.
Arts
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Tension Between Belonging and Becoming Captured in Music

Live theater transforms viewers into participants, making timeless stories of tradition, loss, and resilience feel immediate and deeply personal.
Podcast
from99% Invisible
2 months ago

Audio Flux - 99% Invisible

Audio Flux revives short-form experimental audio by hosting twice-yearly themed challenges that showcase three-minute stories and broaden podcast storytelling possibilities.
UX design
fromMedium
2 months ago

Spatial vibe coding: prototyping immersive reality with AI

AI-driven vibe coding enables rapid prototyping of spatial XR experiences, producing functional 3D canvases with WebXR, frameworks, and production-ready toolchains.
Music
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 month ago

Choosing the Artificial Over the Real in Dash Hammerstein's "Noise Machine" - KALTBLUT Magazine

Dash Hammerstein blends Americana songwriting and filmmaking to create intimate, melody-driven songs and film scores that mix folk-pop sensibility with subtle production flourishes.
UX design
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 months ago

Expanding sensory experiences in virtual environments | Computer Weekly

Comprehensively multisensory XR/IRL environments enable inclusive, immersive interactions by combining multiple sensory interfaces, but face technical, cost, and adoption hurdles.
#soundbars
fromZDNET
1 month ago
Gadgets

How I upgraded my soundbar audio quality for free - and 4 other methods to give it a boost

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

5 easy ways to make your soundbar sound dramatically better (and they cost nothing)

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

5 sure-fire ways to upgrade your soundbar's audio quality without spending a dime

fromZDNET
1 month ago
Gadgets

How I upgraded my soundbar audio quality for free - and 4 other methods to give it a boost

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

5 easy ways to make your soundbar sound dramatically better (and they cost nothing)

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

5 sure-fire ways to upgrade your soundbar's audio quality without spending a dime

Music
fromBon Appetit
2 months ago

Listening Bars Are the Analog Sanctuary Our Social Lives Need Right Now

Listening rooms like Commune offer communal, intentional music-centered spaces that comfort and connect people seeking deeper musical experiences after pandemic isolation.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
2 months ago

This 30-second tweak means I never have to listen to flat audio on headphones and speakers again

Equalizers adjust specific frequency bands to shape sound, compensate for speaker or room issues, and boost clarity while reducing unwanted noise.
#ces-2026
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

Teenage Engineering-inspired Music Sampler Uses AI In The Nerdiest Way Possible - Yanko Design

Junho Park's graduation concept borrows all the right cues from TE's playbook, that modular control layout, the single bold color, the mix of knobs and buttons that practically beg to be touched, but redirects them toward a gap in the market. Where Teenage Engineering designs for people who already understand synthesis and sampling, the T.M-4 targets people who have ideas but no vocabulary to express them.
Gadgets
Gadgets
fromZDNET
1 month ago

3 easy ways to upgrade your headphones today - for free

Update headphone firmware and adjust EQ before replacing otherwise functional headphones to improve sound, connectivity, noise cancellation, and microphone performance.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
1 month ago

This soundbar blew me away with its surround sound, and it's discounted for Presidents' Day

Vizio’s 33-inch soundbar bundle with wireless subwoofer and two surround speakers delivers near high-end audio with Dolby Atmos/DTS:X and EQ personalization, now under $200.
Gadgets
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

Soundcore at CES 2026 Turns Everyday Spaces into Portable Sound and Cinema - Yanko Design

Soundcore's CES 2026 products prioritize adaptable audio and projection that move between contexts, combining open‑ear comfort, ANC, long battery life, and portable theater performance.
Gadgets
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

HyperX Reveals "Non-Invasive" Neurotech Gaming Headset--Whatever That Means

A neurotechnology-powered HyperX headset aims to improve gamers' focus, reaction time, and accuracy using non-invasive EEG sensors and AI-driven training metrics.
#open-ear-earbuds
Gadgets
fromZDNET
2 months ago

The future of smart glasses is missing a key audio component - and I tried it already

xMEMS builds tiny MEMS audio and cooling chips that can replace dynamic drivers, reducing size, weight, and heat while enabling innovative audio designs.
Gadgets
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

CES 2026's Loudest Flex: Brane Party Pro Hits The Bass Notes So Hard I Actually Got Goosebumps - Yanko Design

Brane Audio's Party Pro prototype delivers unprecedented, highly articulate deep bass that reveals hidden sub-100Hz detail and far exceeds expectations for its physical size.
Gadgets
fromwww.engadget.com
2 months ago

JBL made a pair of AI-powered practice amps

JBL launched AI-powered BandBox Solo and Trio practice amps with onboard Stem AI for source separation, built-in effects, a looper update in October, priced $250 and $600.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
2 months ago

Sonos' first new hardware since app debacle targets your most complex audio setup

Sonos released the Amp Multi, an eight-channel GaN-powered amplifier designed for large architectural Sonos speaker installations, sold through installers with pricing by quote.
#home-theater
fromZDNET
2 months ago

Why these Klipsch audio products were two of my favorite CES 2026 finds

Few audio fans will deny that Klipsch's products sound fantastic, whether it's reproduced through the company's high-end reference speakers or its consumer-friendly headphones. The HP-1 are the company's ANC-enabled headphones, targeted to travelers and everyday listeners. Their design features authentic wood accents and a leather headband and earpads. Internally, the HP-1 feature a coaxial driver, a rarity in consumer headphones, which should provide exceptional audio imaging.
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