An Explorer might have little patience for the lengths some music lovers go to in order to curate a personal library – researching, collecting, and categorizing all sounding like time better spent listening – but an Explorer might be perfectly satisfied with the serendipity of the sounds ...
Most common complaints refer to the fact that everything sounds distorted and wrong, melodies cannot be recognised any longer, the text of songs is not understood. 60% are fitted with one hearing aid, 40% have binaural hearing aids. 67% report that the hearing aid has rendered listening to...
and audio arts. Additionally, he remains an active member in the music and audio engineering community. Whether speaking to students or consumers of hearing technology, he aims to promote self-advocacy and increase hearing health awareness. In his free time, he enjoys woodworking, mountain biking,...
Both the natural (verbal) language and musical (intonational) language of sounds are a manifestation of human thought, dressed in a particular grammar. This is understood as a comprehensive system of language, comprising the entirety of formal and semantic means of organising a linguistic (and ther...
A frequent complaint among people who use hearing aids is that music can sound distorted, said Croghan, and it's common for people to remove their hearing aids to listen to music. Modern hearing aids use processing called "wide dynamic range compression," which leaves loud sounds untouched but...
it’s important to know what sonic qualities to listen out for. Knowing these qualities will help you make the most informed decisions about how your music sounds and feels in the final stage of the production process. Even if you are paying a professional, you’ll still need to critically...
When Justin Timberlake played his new material for close friends, they had one resounding reaction: "This sounds like everything we know you for, everything we thought we wanted from you." Those words inspired the title of Timberlake's first album in six years, Everything I Thought It Was...
Scottish indie rockersFranz Ferdinandwill return withThe Human Fear, their first album in six years, dropping Jan. 10 via Domino. The lead single "Audacious," pairs their signature indie sounds with a lofty atmosphere. "Making this record was one of the most life-affirming exper...
1) playing through the internal iPhone speakers. No problem. 2) playing using Apple headphones. No problem. 3) played a signal through the system from my iPad. No problem. 4) replaced the dongle and all the RCA cables. I’m still hearing distorted iPhone audio from the auxiliary. ...
Glitch Vol. 1-2– This sample pack includes 208 sounds, lo-fi clicks, crackles, noises, FX, glitched, and distorted drum kit sounds. West Coast Producer Soundkit– Claps, kicks, percussions, snares, one-shots, and melody loop. Bass Drops Sound Kit– Free Bass samples that can be loaded...