Encyclopedia - Sound: Encyclopedia - Sound
Sound is vibration, as perceived by the sense of hearing. We usually hear vibrations that travel through air, but sound can also travel t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound - Attributes Of Sound
The characteristics of sound are frequency, wavelength, amplitude and velocity. Sound - Frequency and wavelength. The frequency is the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound - Perception Of Sound
The frequency range of sound audible to humans is approximately between 20 and 20,000 Hz. This range varies by individual and genera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Power: Encyclopedia - Sound Power
Sound power or acoustic power Pac is a measure of sonic energy E per time t unit. It is measured in watts, or sound intensity I times are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albemarle Sound: Encyclopedia - Albemarle Sound
Albemarle Sound is a body of generally fresh water on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a gro...   » Read the article

Article - Anahata Sounds: The Spiritual Sound - Anahata Sounds
Anahata Sounds Anahata sounds are the mystic sounds heard by the Yogin during his meditation. It is a sign of the purification of Nadis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Pressure: Encyclopedia - Sound Pressure
Sound pressure p (or acoustic pressure) is the measurement in pascals of the root mean square (RMS) pressure deviation (from atmospheric ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Breath Sounds: Encyclopedia - Breath Sounds
Breath sounds refer to the specific sounds identified through auscultation of the respiratory system with a stethescope. In this context,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wall Of Sound: Encyclopedia - Wall Of Sound
Wall of Sound is a phrase used to describe the effect created by the music production techniques of legendary record producer Phil Specto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Intensity: Encyclopedia - Sound Intensity
The sound intensity, I, (acoustic intensity) is defined as the sound power Pac per unit area A. The usual context is the measurement of s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Academy Award For Sound: Encyclopedia - Academy Award For Sound
The Academy Award for Sound Mixing is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most aesthetic sound mixing or recording, and is gen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Effect: Encyclopedia - Sound Effect
For the album, see Sound Affects. Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sound: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Sound
sound: Shabda. As the darshana, or "seeing," of the Divine is a central article of faith for Hindus, similarly, hearing the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Sound Of Thunder: Encyclopedia - A Sound Of Thunder
"A Sound of Thunder" is a science fiction short story by Ray Bradbury, first published in Collier's magazine in 1952. It was reprinted in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Recording: Encyclopedia - Sound Recording
Methods and media for sound recording are varied and have undergone significant changes between the first time sound was actually recorde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Pressure Level: Encyclopedia - Sound Pressure Level
Sound pressure level (SPL) or sound level Lp is a logarithmic measure of the rms pressure (force/area) of a particular noise relative to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sounds: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sounds - Discography
The Sounds - Albums. Living in America, November 11, 2002 Dying to Say This to You, March 21, 2006 The Sounds - Singles. "Fire"/"H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natural Sounds: Encyclopedia Ii - Natural Sounds - Territory Sounds
These are sounds, calls, or audible signals made by any one species to its own or any other species, establishing boundaries so like or u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sound Of Jazz: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound Of Jazz - Personnel
The Sound of Jazz - Trumpet. Henry "Red" Allen Emmett Berry Doc Cheatham Roy Eldridge Rex Stewart Joe Wilder The Sound of Jazz - Tro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypersonic Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Hypersonic Sound - Description
Hypersonic Sound is sound that propagates in a beam like light rather than propagating in all directions like sound usually does. This me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Symbolism - Types Of Sound Symbolism
Magaret Magnus is the author of probably the only popular book on phonosemantics - Gods of the Word. She describes three types of sound s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Editor: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Editor - Techniques
Sound editor - Equipment. The essential piece of equipment used in modern sound editing is the digital audio workstation, or DAW. A DAW...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Editor: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Editor - History
Sound editor - Early Talkies. The first sound process to substantially displace silent films in the moviegoing market was the Vitaphone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heart Sounds: Encyclopedia Ii - Heart Sounds - Types Of Sounds
Heart sounds - The normal heart sounds. The first heart tone, or S1, is caused by the closure of the atrioventricular valves, mitral an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sounding Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Sounding Line - Sounding Technique
It is easy to measure a length of line or rope as a rough number of fathoms by repeatedly stretching the rope between the two outstretche...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wall Of Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Wall Of Sound - Description
During the Wall of Sound era, Spector gathered large orchestras of musicians (even for instruments not generally used for ensemble playin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Shattering Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Shattering Sound - Making Of The Album
The album was produced by Shaun O'Callaghan who had previously produced an album by the John Butler Trio. Gyroscope vocalist and guitaris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Motown Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Motown Sound - About The Motown Sound
While there were popular African American musicians prior to the 1960s, including Louis Armstrong, Ethel Waters, Mamie Smith, Ella Fitzge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Blaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Blaster - Multi-channel Sound And F/x
Sound Blaster - Sound Blaster PCI64 and PCI128. The Sound Blaster PCI64 (April 1998) added four-speaker support (quadraphonic sound). N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heart Sounds: Encyclopedia Ii - Heart Sounds - Changes In Heart Sounds
Heart sounds - Altered heart sounds due to cardiac conditions. Many cardiac conditions can cause heart murmurs. However, the murmurs pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Blaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Blaster - First Sound Blasters: The Right Bundle
The first board bearing the Sound Blaster name appeared in November 1989. In addition to Game Blaster features, it had a 11-voice FM synt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Blaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Blaster - Sound Blasters With Onboard Wavetable Synthesis
Sound Blaster - Sound Blaster AWE32. The Sound Blaster AWE32, introduced in March 1994, was a full-length ISA card, measuring 14 inches...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Valve Sound Trivia
Several subsets of enthusiasts consider that "pure" valve amplifiers shall not use anything except valves as active devices. Others in co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Blaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Blaster - The Pre-sound Blaster Years
The history of Creative Labs sound boards started with the release of the Creative Music System ("C/MS") board in August 1987. It contain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Howe Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Howe Sound - History
Howe Sound historically has been the domain of the Squamish First Nation, although the waters and the shores of its southeastern end are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Barrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Barrier - Media
These videos include jets achieving supersonic speeds. ... See also:Sound barrier, Sound barrier - Aerodynamics, Sound barrier - Firs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Design: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Design - Film
In motion picture production, a Sound Designer is a member of a film crew responsible for some original aspect of the film's audio track....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Speed Of Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Speed Of Sound - Details
A more accurate expression for the speed of sound is where R (287.05 J/(kg·K) for air) is the gas constant for air: the universal ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Explanation
The first audio amplifiers were, of neccessity, valve amplifiers since the transistor had not been invented. In more modern times, transi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Symbolism - Reference
Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) is considered to be the founder of modern 'scientific' linguistics. Central to what de Saussure says ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Effect: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Effect - In Film
In the context of motion pictures and television, sound effects refers to an entire hierarchy of sound elements, whose production encompa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Trademark: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Trademark - Registration Of Sound Marks In Different Jurisdictions
Sound trademark - Australia. In Australia, sound trademarks are generally acceptable if they can be represented by musical notation. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Effect: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Effect - History
The use of sound effects originated in theater; by some accounts sound effects were already in use in Classical Antiquity. Various device...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Asymmetry
The very earliest amplifiers usually had single-ended topologies with the most basic type of vacuum tube, known as a triode. An audio amp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marlborough Sounds: Encyclopedia Ii - Marlborough Sounds - Geography
Covering some 4000 km2 of sounds, islands, and peninsulas, the Marlborough Sounds lie at the South Island's north-easternmost point, betw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sound And The Fury: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound And The Fury - The Title
The title of the novel is taken from Macbeth's soliloquy in act 5, scene 5 of William Shakespeare's Macbeth: To-morrow, and to-morrow, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wall Of Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Wall Of Sound - Other Uses
Wall of Sound also refers to the Grateful Dead's sound amplification and speaker system used until the mid-1970s, as well as the era in w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sound Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound Of Music - Versions
The Sound of Music - Early films. Two German/Austrian films, Die Trapp-Familie (The Trapp Family, 1956) and a sequel, Die Trapp-Familie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sound And The Fury: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound And The Fury - Synopsis
The four parts of the novel relate many of the same episodes, each from a different point of view and therefore with emphasis on differen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Puget Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Puget Sound - History
The Native American name for Puget Sound in the Lushootseed language, used by the regional Native Americans tribes, is "Whulge". Its curr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sound Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound Of Music - Versions
The Sound of Music - Early films. Two German/Austrian films, Die Trapp-Familie (The Trapp Family, 1956) and a sequel, Die Trapp-Familie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Bandwidth
A significant aspect of the valve sound is that early valve amplifiers often had only limited bandwidth, in part due to passive component...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pet Sounds: Encyclopedia Ii - Pet Sounds - The Recording Of Pet Sounds
With writing well underway, Wilson worked rapidly through January and early February 1966, recording six backing tracks for the new mater...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pet Sounds: Encyclopedia Ii - Pet Sounds - Sloop John B And The Beginning Of Pet Sounds
The track "Sloop John B" predated the recording of the rest of the LP by some months, but it proved to be a pivotal point in the album's ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Asymmetry
Early amplifiers were of necessity valve amplifiers since the transistor did not become common in consumer amplifiers until the late 1960...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Recording: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Recording - Technology
Sound recording - Mechanical recording. The first devices for recording sound were mechanical in nature. In 1796 a Swiss watchmaker nam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stereophonic Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Stereophonic Sound - History
Stereophonic sound - 1881. Clément Ader demonstrated the first two-channel audio system in Paris in 1881, with a series of telephone t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Valve Sound From Transistor Amplifiers
Some engineers have been successful in developing transistor amplifiers that produce a sound quality very similar to the tube sound. Usua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Card - History
Sound cards for computers based on the IBM PC remained uncommon until about 1988, leaving the internal PC speaker as the only way early P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Recording: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Recording - Technique
The earliest methods of recording sound involved the live recording of the performance directly to the recording medium. This was an enti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pet Sounds: Encyclopedia Ii - Pet Sounds - The Influence Of Pet Sounds
By mid-April Pet Sounds was finished and had been submitted to Capitol. "Caroline, No," released as a solo single; interestingly, it was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Barrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Barrier - Aerodynamics
As a plane approaches the speed of sound, the way air flows around its surfaces changes and it becomes a compressible fluid. Along with a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comfort In Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Comfort In Sound - Singles
Come Back Around b-sides: Feel It Again, Bullet, Opaque, Come Back Around (acoustic) Just The Way I'm Feeling b-sides: Broken, Power Of L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Sound Of Thunder: Encyclopedia Ii - A Sound Of Thunder - Plot
This well-known story about time travel revolves around a business called Time Safari, Inc. Time Safari promises to take people back in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Sound Of Thunder: Encyclopedia Ii - A Sound Of Thunder - Plot
This well-known story about time travel revolves around a business called Time Safari, Inc. Time Safari promises to take people back in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Symbolism - Phenomimes And Psychomimes
In addition to the types of sound symbolism described above, some languages posses a category of words midway between onomatopoeia and us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Symbolism - Relationship With Neuroscience
In the 2003 BBC Reith Lectures, Vilayanur S. Ramachandran outlined his research into the links between brain structure and function. In t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Device Characteristics And Distortion
There has been considerable debate over the characteristics of valves versus bipolar junction transistors. Some have argued that the quad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Symbolism - History Of Phonosemantics
Several ancient traditions exist which talk about an archetypal relationship between sounds and ideas. Some of these are discussed below,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Analog Sound Vs. Digital Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Analog Sound Vs. Digital Sound - Quantization And Very Low Signal Levels
Some sustainers of analog sound claim that there is no hard "floor" (lowest sound level) beneath which recording is not possible. Instead...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pet Sounds: Encyclopedia Ii - Pet Sounds - Writing The Songs
Most of the songs on the album were written during December 1965 and January 1966. While most were composed with Tony Asher, one song was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Blaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Blaster - Improved Quality: Stereo And 16 Bits
Sound Blaster - Sound Blaster Pro. The Sound Blaster Pro (May 1991) added stereo capabilities, but not yet at CD quality level, since i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Localization: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Localization - Distance Cues
Neither inter-aural time differences nor monaural filtering information provides good distance localization. Distance can theoretically b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comfort In Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Comfort In Sound - Tracklisting
Comfort in Sound - British / Irish / American / Australian Version. Just The Way I’m Feeling Come Back Around Helium Child In You Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Effect: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Effect - Aesthetics In Film
When creating sound effects for films, sound recordists and editors do not generally concern themselves with the verisimilitude or true-t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Effect: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Effect - Recording Effects
The best sound effects originate from original sources; the best sounds of machine-gun fire are original recordings of actual machine gun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Effect: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Effect - Processing Effects
As the car example demonstrates, the ability to make multiple simultaneous recordings of the same subject—through the use of several DA...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Audible Differences
Engineers and musicians have long debated the question of valve sound versus transistor sound. Previous attempts to measure this differen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Modern Amplifier Choices
Valve sound - Amplifier 'class'. Transistor amplifiers are almost always class AB push pull, because for a given power, Class AB allows...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Localization: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Localization - Binaural Cues
Binaural localization relies on the comparison of auditory input from two separate detectors; most evolved auditory systems feature two e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Localization: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Localization - Monaural Filtering Cues
Monaural localization mostly depends on the filtering effects of external structures. In evolved auditory systems, these external filters...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Negative Feedback
Audio valves typically have only modest gain, and are more linear than bipolar transistors in the area of interest. This makes it possibl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Power Supplies
Tube amplifiers usually use unregulated power supplies. This was originally due to the high cost associated with high-quality high-voltag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Signal Source Limitations
The major limitation was that although it was possible to make good recordings and vinyl pressings, very few cartridges of the time were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stereophonic Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Stereophonic Sound - Broadcasting In Stereo
Stereophonic sound - Radio. In FM broadcasting, the Zenith-GE pilot-tone stereo system is used throughout the world. Because of the l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Barrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Barrier - First Person To Break The Sound Barrier
Hans Guido Mutke claimed to have broken the sound barrier on April 9, 1945 in a Messerschmitt Me 262. However, this claim is disputed by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sound And The Fury: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound And The Fury - Criticism And Interpretation
The novel has achieved a great deal of critical success and has secured a prominent place among the greatest of American novels. Recently...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Modern Amplifiers
In more modern times, transistor amplifiers have become dominant, mainly because they are cheaper to produce, operate on lower voltages (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feather Sound Florida: Encyclopedia Ii - Feather Sound Florida - Geography
Feather Sound is located at 27°54'18" North, 82°40'25" West (27.904972, -82.673552)GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Card: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Card - General Characteristics
A typical sound card includes a sound chip usually featuring a digital-to-analog converter that converts recorded or generated digital wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sound Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound Of Music - Plot Outline
In Salzburg, Austria, Maria, a woman studying to become a nun, is sent from her convent to be the governess to seven children of a widowe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valve Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Valve Sound - Device Characteristics
There has been considerable debate over the characteristics of valves vs. bipolar junction transistors. Some have argued that the quadrat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Sound Of Music: Encyclopedia Ii - The Sound Of Music - 1961 London Production
The London production opened at the Palace Theatre on May 18, 1961 and ran for 2385 performances. Jean Bayless played Maria , Roger Dann ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sound: Oceanography Dictionary - Sound
  Definition and meaning of sound:   sound - a longitudinal pressure wave produced by the vibration of molecules in an e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Primal Sound: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Primal Sound
Primal Sound: In Hinduism, sound is the first manifestation, even before light, in the creative scheme of things. The Primal Sound is ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Soundless Sound: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Soundless Sound
Soundless Sound: Paranada. See: nada. (See also: Soundless Sound , Hinduism, Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Dictionary - Sound Magick: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Sound Magick
SOUND MAGICK: has to do with energy raised by musicle notes, or pitchs, etc.   (See also: SOUND MAGICK , Witchcraft, Wicca, Pa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Divine Sound: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Divine Sound
DIVINE SOUND - (shabd, Sanskrit) eternal vibration within all beings that is realized by chanting or focusing the breath activating th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sound Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Sound Therapy
SOUND THERAPY Using the media of sound (music, tones, vibrations, etc.) as a tool for healing, sound therapy enables the realignment o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound - Types Of Sounds
Noises are irregular and disordered vibrations including all possible frequencies. Their wave diagram does not repeat in time. Noise is a...   » Read the article