From the Mac startup chime to the dial-up modem handshake, the past few decades have generated some unforgettable sound ...

Back in the days of dial-up, your computer performed a symphony just to get online. Here’s what every bleep, screech, and ding actually did.

Despite advances in computer-generated image technology, most sound effects for films and virtual reality experiences are still recorded manually. Doug James, associate professor of computer ...

The Korean a cappella group MayTree perfectly brings computer, video game, and phone sound effects to life, but the results can be really weird.

The sound effects for computer-generated movies are still recorded from real life, but modelling the physics of the real world could change that – see and hear the results for yourself ...