Physics concepts and methods associated with musical instruments, musical recording, and musical acoustics are discussed at an introductory level. Topics include periodic motion, normal modes and ...

The wind howls. Tree branches creak. The life of the forest breathes into you. You're immersed in an epic soundscape. The environment feels so real you could touch it, even though you know it’s an ...

We call filmmakers “visionary” when they bring wondrous, strange or frightening worlds to life. But vision is just half the equation. To be truly immersive and transporting, a film or television show ...

Sound designers John Warrin and Andy Hay tell IndieWire about the challenge of creating realistic sound that does the work ordinarily done by score. That created a challenge for sound designers, ...

Digital electronics has profoundly changed musical instrument design. From toy keyboards to performance-grade pianos, synthesizers, and drum sets, to name a few, instruments that once would have been ...

Inside Darius Marder and Nicholas Becker's experiment to create subjectivity through a point of hearing. At the heart of every filmmaking decision is one question: Where is the audience in ...

Meet Neo, an instrument that explores an intuitive, visual, and touch-based approach to playing music. When Dutch designer Lola Gielen realized that she loved making music but was terrible at it, she ...