Sound is not just something we hear—it’s vibration, and vibration interacts directly with the human body at a cellular level.

Sound is pressure — the louder the sound, the greater the pressure. The greater the pressure, the more damage it can do to your ears. If you’re in a noisy environment, it’s important to know how ...

In an effort listen to his music on shuffle without the need to touch the volume knob [Mike] build his own automatic volume leveling hardware. He knows what you’re thinking right now: there’s software ...

This sound level meter circuit can be used to control the intensity of a sound recording or in a disco. It has 5 measurement domains between 70 and 120 dB; reading accuracy is 0.5 dB. Microphone M1 is ...

– SRS Labs plans to market an SRS-branded TV-audio processor said to eliminate abrupt and annoying changes in perceived volume levels when TV channels are changed or loud TV commercials interrupt a ...

Volume level inconsistencies have been a serious, global problem in television for many years. Television audiences around the world encounter vast differences in the perceived volume level of content ...

While watching a movie you may come across a scene where the dialogue is too quiet but the action is too loud. Suddenly the loudness of the volume doubles, no matter how low you fixed the volume. This ...