The popping sound of a swing-top bottle brings a small joy to many beer drinkers - but also to a group of physicists in Germany who have proven how various factors combine to create a sound that is ...

The proximity effect refers to the way that the low-end frequency on a microphone increases the closer it gets to the source of the sound—the closer to the mic, the greater the boost in the bass. As ...

A growing number of Apple users are reportedly hearing an unusual popping sound coming from their MacBook Pro laptops – and nobody seems to know why. The mysterious sound has been compared to the ...

There is also a temporary way to silence the pop sound effect, if it is preferred for the audio confirmation to be kept active. Holding down the Shift key while pressing the volume adjustment keys on ...