Listening to a performer outdoors, the only sound you hear comes directly from the singer. This direct sound is clear when you are close but becomes weaker and harder to understand the farther you are ...

Deutsche Welle's Bonn headquarters have a long history of creating radio in 30 languages from around the world. For the city's newly appointed sound artist, Norwegian Maia Urstad, the broadcaster is a ...

In the history of recorded sound, multichannel surround sound at home is a relatively recent phenomenon. Many of us grew up with stereo, and the younger iPod and MP3 generation still do much of their ...