SurroundSound Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Kyle Kinkade speaks at MacTech on the power of AirPlay

by Mike Schramm (Oct 20th, 2012)

Kyle Kinkade, you may remember, is one of the original early developers of Tap Tap Revenge (one of the biggest hits of the App Store's first generation of games). He was last seen working on Bartleby's Book of Buttons, a beautiful and interactive book for the iPad. This week at the MacTech IT ...

Relaxation Portal for iOS can transport you to another world for free

by Mel Martin (Jul 1st, 2011)

I've spent the last couple of days testing and exploring Relaxation Portal, an iOS app from SRS Labs that provides stunning audio recreations of several environments in places like Namibia, Crete, an Amazon Rainforest and Martha's Vineyard. For the full effect, you must listen on headphones. In ...

VisualHub 1.31 adds Surround Sound for "Take 2"

by Brett Terpstra (Feb 13th, 2008)

An upgrade to one of my favorite (and most useful) video compression and conversion utilities, VisualHub (which we've mentioned a few times), has brought with it support for 5.1 Surround Sound on the just-released Apple TV "Take 2." Despite not actually owning an Apple TV, I find myself happy for ...

Griffin shipping FireWave

by Scott McNulty (Aug 23rd, 2006)

Way back during Macworld SF Griffin announced the FireWave, a $99 Firewire device that brings 5.1 surround sound (with the magic of Dolby Digital™ to your Mac. It looks like, several months later, the FireWave is shipping (and it is still only $99). Your Mac will need to be running OS X 10.3 ...