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Awesome proof of a new concept: replacing the diaphragm of traditional microphones by a system combining synthetic smoke and a laser beam has been proven efficient.

younger people haven't just grown more tolerant of thin, soulless MP3 renditions of their favorite music, they actually like them

Dan Lloyd, Brownell Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College, is using fMRI data from scans of the brain to synthesize “music”, and has found that different brains make very different melodie...

In 'how to improve posture with the Alexander Technique: part 1', we discovered that changing your thinking will change your body. Here's the concluding part…

Devised by Frederick Matthias Alexander, an Australian actor who suffered from voice and breathing problems, the Alexander Technique operates on the principle of re-educating the body to achieve po...

World percussionist David Kuckhermann has fought problems with tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome in his career.

Native African people who have never even listened to the radio before can nonetheless pick up on happy, sad, and fearful emotions in Western music, according to a new report published online on Ma...

A variety of mechanical techniques can be used in building microphones. The two most commonly encountered in recording studios are the magneto-dynamic and the variable condenser designs.

We choke under pressure because such conditions thwart the normal brain processing of tasks that are so well learned they have become "automatic."

Musical 'notes' are made up of fundamental tones (frequencies) and harmonics. It's the harmonics that allow you to know the difference between one instrument and another.