We are surrounded by computer-generated voices these days, from navigation systems and voice assistants to automated announcements. But how human do these voices actually sound? A recent study by the ...

A camera system can see sound vibrations with such precision and detail that it can reconstruct the music of a single instrument in a band or orchestra. Even the most high-powered and directed ...

When you turn on a lamp to brighten a room, you are experiencing light energy transmitted as photons, which are small, discrete quantum packets of energy. These photons must obey the sometimes strange ...

Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) such as Audacity, ProTools, and GarageBand are the primary platforms used in the recording, editing, mixing, and producing of sound art. While these tools enable ...

For more than a century, pianists and music teachers have argued over whether a performer’s touch can actually change the tone color of a piano note — and now scientists say the answer is yes. Using a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...

Professor Bryan Pardo understands the role sound plays in daily life and why artificial intelligence tools that perceive sound are more important than ever before. Professor Bryan Pardo heads the ...