I'm posting this on behalf of my colleague Steve Ball. Hi, my name is Steve Ball and I'm a Principal Program Manager Lead on the Windows Sound Team . I'd like to take a moment and give some background on sound schemes in Windows as well as the new sound...

The following is an article from another of my colleagues on the Windows Vista Sound team, Kristin Carr. Kristin is a Program Manager and works with Steve Ball, who previously has shared his insights into how Windows Vista handles sound. If you have questions...

Below is part 2 of an audio series by Windows Vista Sound team Program Manager Richard Fricks, the first being Richard's piece on Using a microphone array to enhance sound capture . This follow-on article details how to get more out of your PC by using...

The following post comes from my colleague Steve Ball, Senior Program Manager for Sound in Windows Vista, and continues his team's on-going series on how Windows Vista treats various forms of audio. ----- Part I: Why does my Windows sound sometimes "glitch...

Below is a post from my colleague Richard Fricks, a Program Manager on the Windows Vista Audio team, discussing Windows Vista's treatment of microphone arrays when used to capture audio. If this entry prompts questions, let me know via the Comments section...

Our "10 Things You May Not Know About Windows Vista" series continues as we explore one of the least-known features in Windows Vista: the Volume Mixer. Although it might not be as well-touted as the Aero interface, you may find it's one of the more useful...

A few weeks ago I wrote about the new sounds of Windows Vista and I made the point that sound is an important component of your experience using a Windows PC. As important as the new sounds are as an interface to the Windows UI, of equal importance is...

When you try the RTM version of Windows Vista, you will notice that something changed between the last release candidate and the final product -- we added new sounds to the 45 places where Windows provides an audio cue to the user, including a new Windows...