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There is a particular kind of near-miss in the history of technology, where somebody builds the thing and does not realise what they have built.
Sound recording has an…
There is a useful principle about signals that applies well beyond sound, and whistles are the clearest everyday demonstration of it.
The principle is that being heard is a matter…
There is a small set of sounds that produce a physical reaction in nearly everybody who hears them — a wince, a shudder, a reflex to cover the ears —…
Nearly every effect below comes from one of three things: a curved surface that guides sound, a shape that focuses it, or a surface that refuses to reflect it at…