The Shepard tone creates a way to build conflict or ramp up tension. In film, it is intended to give a sense of discomfort or ...

I have frequent nightmares about being chased where I wake up flailing my arms and legs and crying out. It’ s manageable at home but problematic for sleep on long-distance flights. I’ ve woken up to ...

Clint Bentley’s “Train Dreams,” starring Joel Edgerton, is quietly emerging as a best picture contender after earning raves ...

Comedian Fred Armisen has just put out a new album. It is called "100 Sound Effects" - and that's exactly what it is. Over the years, fans of Armisen's comedy have come to expect the unexpected - ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Georg Friedrich Haas has written a piece of almost ridiculous scale and complexity. The effect is awe-inspiring. Georg Friedrich Haas has written a piece of almost ridiculous ...

WIESBADEN, Germany — While most runners are struggling on the uphill, the Stuttgart boys cross country team hits another gear. Saturday morning in Wiesbaden, the Panthers showed that in spades on a ...

Late last week, an appeals court deemed many of the Trump administration's sweeping global tariffs illegal but left the duties in place, allowing the administration time for an appeal to the Supreme ...

Boss has just unveiled a guitar effects pedal that assumes the familiar form of its compact series units, and yet can do the job of any one of 16 of the pedal giant’s most popular effects. The PX-1 ...

The sections in zero gravity are the most convincing: Heise online was able to see an early version of the Owlcat RPG "The Expanse: Osiris Reborn" at Gamescom. It is the first role-playing game from ...

This VW Golf MK5 may look tame, but under the hood? A 2.5L turbocharged beast that sounds like an RS3 and pulls like one too — only this time, it’s FWD. Tuned to perfection and built for surprise ...

Minecraft has various types of sound effects, including those for footsteps, mobs, blocks, biomes, etc. When footsteps are concerned, every block on which players walk has a distinct footsteps sound.

Aly Lopez was a writer on the sleep and wellness team at CNET. She tested, researched and reviewed sleep and health-related products, technology and trends. She received her bachelor's degree in ...