The first heart sound (S1) results from the closing of the mitral and tricuspid valves. The sound produced by the closure of the mitral valve is termed M1, and the sound produced by closure of the ...

'Topics' helps creators find music for their productions and provides insight into popular music trends across various types of content, leveraging data from YouTube videos with Epidemic Sound music, ...

Readers of this column appreciate using sound as a medical tool, judging from the two most-read Pharma & Health Insiders of 2023. Another common denominator in the two articles was the Klick Health ...

There are a lot of music-industry conferences these days, but we’re aiming to do something really different with Billboard’s inaugural FutureSound conference, taking place Nov. 17-18 in San Francisco… ...

Last month we looked at some of the the basic operations of the LilyPond music typesetting software. We saw that LilyPond is a TeX-based language specifying the complexities of Western music notation ...

Readers discuss the most iconic video game sound effects and jingles, from Sonic the Hedgehog’s rings to the Metal Gear Solid ping. The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader D ...

If there was such a thing as ‘a good lockdown’, it’s fair to say that German-Croatian producer Topic had it. First came Why Do You Lie To Me, featuring rapper Lil Baby, and then there was a remake of ...

The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio was formed in Sheffield, Alabama, in 1969 when musicians Barry Beckett (keyboards), Roger Hawkins (drums), Jimmy Johnson (guitar) and David Hood (bass) (called The ...

The third heart sound (S3), also known as the “ventricular gallop,” occurs just after S2 when the mitral valve opens, allowing passive filling of the left ventricle. The S3 sound is actually produced ...

Best video game sound effect? Easy: that noise when Mario starts riding Yoshi. I don’t even know how I would describe that sound effect to someone who had never heard it without just making the noise.