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People such as singers, public speakers and teachers run the risk of injuring their vocal cords through overuse. An experimental wearable system is designed to help keep that from happening, by warning users as they approach their vocal threshold.Conti… Continue reading Wearable tech tells users when to give their voice a rest
British wunderkind Jacob Collier is the most limitless musical genius I’ve seen in my lifetime, and over the last year he’s been working on what I suspect could become the greatest improvisational musical instrument ever created.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Jacob Collier is making orchestras out of his audiences, and it’s wild
If you’ve ever listened to death metal rock or Mongolian throat singing, you’ll be familiar with the growling vocals that are part of both. Well, bats make similar sounds, and it turns out that they do so in the same manner as human singers.Continue Re… Continue reading Study shows that bats growl by channeling their inner death metal singer
Denmark’s Kombo Audio has combined a battery-powered amplifier, PA system, mixer, effects and wireless connectivity for a sound system specifically designed for musicians, allowing for live performances in the back yard, at the beach or out at sea.Cont… Continue reading Danish startup launches modular wireless PA system for roving players
Throughout the spring, some Bay Area residents from Marin County to the Presidio noticed a sustained, unplaceable high-pitched tone. In early June, the sound reached a new peak volume, and recordings of the eerie noise spread across Twitter and Facebook. Soon after, The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, & Transportation District, …read more
Continue reading Bridge Over Trebled Water: How the Golden Gate Bridge Started to Sing
A biographer of Frank Sinatra once commented that for singers like Sinatra, their instrument is the microphone. We tend to think of microphones as ideal transducers, picking up sound faithfully. But like most electronic components, microphones are imperfect. They have a varying frequency response. They pick up popping noises when we say words like “popcorn” that are normally lost to someone listening live.
[Cheddar] has an interesting video (see below) that covers how performers like Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Billie Holiday learned to use the microphone to their advantage. They suggest that the microphone changed the way humans sing, and …read more
Sing this song and you could help someone, somewhere, take that one extra security precaution that saves their data over the festive season. Continue reading Sing a song of ransomware…