The Audio Fool
As of right now, a search on live.com for the term livewhacking returns exactly one result.
Date: 01/24/2008
I've experienced software installer bliss. Here's the scenario: I went out and downloaded an...
Date: 08/05/2007
As you well know, people with peculiar quirks can have special equipment needs. There are plenty of...
Date: 07/27/2007
Recently one of my team members found a bug in some old code while doing a code review. Our...
Date: 06/21/2007
Steve Rowe recently talks about who you're really writing for when you write code. The argument he...
Date: 06/14/2007
Larry pointed me to a really cool video that graphically and audibly demonstrates the effect of the...
Date: 05/23/2007
If you've used Vista, you've probably been exposed to the UAC dialog. It's the security dialog that...
Date: 03/20/2007
It's that time of year, it seems. I was down with the flu last week, and I'm trying desperately to...
Date: 03/05/2007
Sampling a continuous waveform into discrete digital samples results in lost information. Discrete...
Date: 02/15/2007
Aside from the distortion artifacts, one of the biggest problems that results from clipping is a...
Date: 02/07/2007
Below is an example of the Fletcher-Munson Equal Loudness Curve. It is one of the most recognized...
Date: 02/07/2007
After months of waiting it's released. Go out and get yourself a copy already!
Date: 01/30/2007
In theory, an audio signal can take on any amplitude. There is no mathematical upper limit for how...
Date: 01/09/2007
I write a lot about audio concepts, and about audio fidelity in particular. This is an index into...
Date: 01/05/2007
There's been an "analysis" floating around the 'net in the last few days from Auckland University's...
Date: 01/03/2007
I would usually never bring any personal matters onto a professional blog, but in this case, I want...
Date: 12/27/2006
Raymond had a really good post yesterday about programs that grab your attention inappropriately. I...
Date: 12/20/2006
I'm passionate about usability, even to the point that my co-workers accuse me of whining. I can't...
Date: 12/14/2006
I want to preface this by saying that the MS compiler team have worked wonders in improving...
Date: 12/08/2006
I've talked here before about how noise and distortion are very similar concepts with very different...
Date: 12/06/2006
Output level is one of the simplest fidelity metrics to understand, but don't take that to mean it's...
Date: 12/05/2006
As you've almost certainly heard by now, we've finished. Windows Vista has shipped, and our mantle...
Date: 11/08/2006
Of all of the programmers I've worked with over the years, I can name three who really stick out as...
Date: 11/02/2006
Relativity theorizes that there is no such thing as simultaneity between cause and effect. Effect...
Date: 10/27/2006
A friend recently purchased for me a copy of a game, let's call it "Society III", that he knew I'd...
Date: 10/26/2006
Quantization adds noise. Taking a nice continuous signal and expressing it as distinct integers will...
Date: 10/18/2006
Apologies for the lack of posts. We're sooo close to getting Vista out the door, there's been little...
Date: 10/17/2006
Programmers are always trying to make things simpler, usually by making them more complex. Interface...
Date: 09/29/2006
I'm completely switched over. Aside from my two linux servers, every machine I run is on Vista, and...
Date: 09/25/2006
Not all frequencies are created equal. And they're also not generally treated equally by a digital...
Date: 09/20/2006
For years, recorded audio was just a signal, captured by a microphone, stored as an audio signal,...
Date: 09/01/2006
In my previous post, I don't think I explained very well why a 32-bit signal wouldn't work on the...
Date: 08/23/2006
Anywhere you go, you will be able to find people who will insist that more is better. Bigger cars,...
Date: 08/22/2006
Raymond today has a discussion up about the folly of trying to set security with a granularity of...
Date: 08/18/2006
Forgive my digression, but I need to lay some digital signal processing (DSP) groundwork for what I...
Date: 08/17/2006
Distortion in audio is very closely related to noise. Both "distortion" and "noise" are used to...
Date: 08/08/2006
Channel9 has a video up right now with Hakon Strande, one of my team's program managers, talking...
Date: 07/13/2006
Short answer: Because the ear measures things in dB.The decibel is nothing more than a ratio between...
Date: 07/02/2006
I want to talk about noise for a minute. We all know what noise is, and that we don't want it in our...
Date: 06/27/2006
Nearly everybody has heard the term "high fidelity". Most understand that fidelity is a desirable...
Date: 06/21/2006
Perhaps it's some kind of initiation ritual. An obligatory indoctrination task that each new blogger...
Date: 06/21/2006