Microsoft will be packing in dedicated hardware-accelerated audio in its next-gen Xbox Series X console, which will add another layer of next-gen goodness onto its console. It reminds me of the big ...

The Sony brand name means a lot of things to a lot of people. If you're on the younger side, you probably associate it most closely with the PlayStation line of video game consoles, plus maybe BRAVIA ...

Unless you pull some tricks, Windows generally only works with one audio output at a time—which is a bummer if you’re trying ...

Many companies give away free plugins in honor of the holiday season, but Universal Audio is taking things a step further. The audio giant is giving away free Volt 2 hardware interfaces with the ...

Hardware acceleration enables you to shift the audio tasks from the CPU to the sound card so that the CPU isn't slowed down by audio requests and so that games and other audio-intensive applications ...

Linux sound software has been the foundation of my music studio since the late 1990s, but as we all know, that software won't produce so much as a peep without the right hardware. Setting up a stable ...

I remember in 2003, or so, when EAX was touted to reduce the load on the CPU in demanding gaming. The sound cards would have a DSP to take care of all that sound stuff. The Xbox and Soundstorm ...

When watching movies and television shows, bad audio can take viewers out of the moment in an epic battle scene or the final romantic moment between Romeo and Juliet. When it comes to TVs and sound ...

Just so everyone know what I'm asking about<BR><BR>Control Panel --> Sound & Audio --> Audio Tab --> Advanced button --> Performance Tab --> Hardware acceleration ...

We are still learning details about the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, Microsoft's and Sony's respective next-generation game consoles, both of which are slated to ship towards the end of the year.