The entertainment craft known as Foley art involves creating sound effects for movies, TV, and video games using environmental sounds and common objects. Foley editors work with a project's audio team ...

At its headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, Volvo's Active Sound Experience is building the noises that issue from current and future cars. During a tour of the facility, sound designer Frederick ...

Do you flick on your turn signal and hear one — or even both of your blinkers — tick faster than usual? This isn't some new gimmick with your car. It indicates that there's an electrical issue ...

Host John Ydstie speaks with Dr. Gerhard Thoma, an acoustics engineer for BMW, about the trend in luxury automobiles to make all the car's sounds — from the electric window to the turn signal — sound ...

Cars have lots of ways to inform you that something is off: warning lights, noises and changes in driving can let a driver know there’s an issue. But does everyone know what these warning signs are?

Most people jump in their car, turn up the music, and get going quickly. If you are listening to music, you may miss important sounds your car is making. Screeching. Pinging. Popping. These noises can ...

Electric cars are super quiet, which explains why the sounds of chimes, gear shifters, piped-in whines, and other alerts seem to rush to fill the void of combustion noise. I’m driving a Polestar 2 ...

Motorists have been left stunned after discovering the peculiar method Volvo used to create an distinctive feature that many owners don't even know about. Volvo vehicles are frequently rated amongst ...