Whatever the first computer you used to manipulate digital audio was, the chances are it came with dedicated sound hardware that could play, and probably record, digitized audio. Perhaps it might have ...

Who likes the pop, hiss, and crackle?

Speaking of Zeroes and Ones... Among audiophiles, the analog vs. digital debate rages without end. I, like a lot of other musicians and music fans, have my own preferences--I own many more LPs than ...

For most of the summer and the month of September, I have been observing and interviewing sound guys (“engineers”) and bands regarding the comparison of analog and digital sound boards. In this blog I ...

For someone like me—an avid record collector with profound hearing loss—the past decade has produced severe cognitive dissonance caused by two contrary developments. First, vinyl came back; then, good ...

Q I have many cassettes that I have spent hours recording from vinyl records. I would like to transfer these one-of-a-kind recordings from cassette to CD before the tapes break. Is there a product to ...