Why do some tracks grab your attention while others don’t? Well, it’s all about perfecting the right production tools. The secret often lies in mastering the art of compression! It’s one of the most ...

Streaming services and hi-fi brands now promote “lossless” music as the new gold standard, promising studio-grade sound in ...

In the conclusion of our series on audio compression, we cover Maximization and list free compressor resources. By Shawn Skead. We've gone over quite a bit of detail in the last three articles on ...

In part two of our four part series on compression, we profile compressor concepts and the benefits of various options. By Shawn Skead. In the last article, I spoke about Compression as a concept and ...

Lossless data compression of digital audio signals is useful when it is necessary to minimize the storage space or transmission bandwidth of audio data while still maintaining archival quality.

[In our Three-Minute Tech series, we tell you everything you really need to know about a technology in three minutes or less.] The day may come when increased storage capacities and unfettered ...

Lossy compression schemes can be based on a source model, as in the case of speech compression, or a user or sink model, as is somewhat the case in image compression. In this chapter we look at audio ...

Apple did its part in moving the world to wireless headphones. With the removal of the headphone jack with iPhone 7, the company made it clear that the future of audio is wireless. However, the ...

It's one of the most popular and controversial file types in the world, but most explanations of its workings are either blindingly simplistic or overwhelmingly technical. Learn about the workings of ...

This app, available on the Google Play Store, allows you to compress various types of audio files quickly and easily. It supports almost all audio formats and facilitates file conversion in good ...