Digital sound is nothing more than numbers. What separates one container from another is how those numbers are packed, how much data (if any) is thrown away, and which devices understand the result.

If you’re a command line aficionado and you want to play an audio file, there’s no need to leave the Terminal. There are Terminal commands you can use to not just play audio, but to convert files as ...

Smartphones have long since surpassed the old MP3 player when it comes to portable music, and continue to include more and more impressive audio hardware to win over the audiophile crowd – from front ...

To export Audacity files as MP3s, you just need to use the "Export" option in the program's "File" menu. Older versions of Audacity can't export MP3s natively, and you'll need to install an add-on ...

Golden ears of the world, unite! While other people are happy with the incredible convenience that listening to MP3s and AACs on an iOS device offers—thousands of songs, anytime, anywhere—audiophiles ...

Elyse Betters Picaro is the former Editor-in-Chief of Pocket-lint and the former Operations Manager for Valnet's Consumer Tech brands, including Pocket-lint, Android Police, and XDA. She is based in ...

After four years, Spotify finally made good on its promise to add a high-fidelity, “lossless” audio setting to its platform last week. The new setting, which sits above the service’s “very high” audio ...

Slideshows are about more than just what you see. By adding audio like music, voiceover, or sound effects, you can use Microsoft PowerPoint to enhance your presentation or make it more useful to your ...