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Back in the day, I had a good old Creative Sound Blaster 5.1 surround speaker system for my computer — in fact, I still have it sitting on a shelf (unfortunately) gathering dust. While it sounded ...

Dedicated sound cards may be far less prevalent than they were in the early days of PC gaming but they haven’t disappeared completely. If you grew up building your own gaming computers, Creative and ...

From the late 80s to the early 90s, [Steve Jobs] wasn’t at Apple. He built another company in the meantime, NeXT Computer, a company that introduced jet black workstations to universities and ...

If you’re like me, a little project that’s mostly for fun can also serve as stress therapy. This one is actually useful too! It’s a classic sound effects button box using modern technology. The heart ...