Twenty Thousand Hertz

The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.

Design
Arts
Music Commentary
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Inside Movie Soundtracks: How every layer tells...
What goes into making a movie soundtrack? Take a look behind the scenes with the sound designers that make your movies sound perfect.
14 min
227
From Analog to Digital (and back again)
What did we lose when we switched from analog to digital?
14 min
228
Sounds We've Lost: Echoes of the Past
We've grown accustomed to the everyday sounds we experience; cell phones ringing, cars idling, Facebook messaging. What about the sounds that we've forgotten about, the sounds we’ve lost?
14 min
229
The Windsor Hum: Canada’s Most Mysterious Sound
There’s a hum emanating from an island in Detroit that is so loud it disturbs the residents of Windsor, ON. The hum has caused so much discomfort and annoyance that a film crew decided to investigate the cause.
10 min
230
How 8-Bit sounds became iconic
8-bit audio defined countless childhoods. How did early sound artists and composers create such iconic sounds using the most primitive game technology?
12 min
231
The NBC Chimes: How three notes made history
The now iconic NBC Chimes were originally created to solve a small problem. Where did these three notes come from?
12 min
232
Becoming the voice of Siri… by accident?
Who is the person behind the voice of Siri? ...and how was the world's first virtual personal assistant developed?
11 min