A sound reinforcement system is the combination of microphones, signal processors, amplifiers, and loudspeakers in enclosures all controlled by a mixing...
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producing music over a large PA system or sound reinforcement system, typically for a dance event or party. The sound system concept originated in the 1950s in...
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music performances in which a sound reinforcement system is used to amplify a performance for the audience. The monitor system allows musicians to hear themselves...
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Mixing console (redirect from Sound desk)
electronic device for mixing audio signals, used in sound recording and reproduction and sound reinforcement systems. Inputs to the console include microphones...
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Audio engineer (redirect from Sound engineer)
Audio engineers also set up, sound check and do live sound mixing using a mixing console and a sound reinforcement system for music concerts, theatre,...
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Sound was an enormous sound reinforcement system designed in 1973 specifically for the Grateful Dead's live performances. The largest concert sound system...
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Audio power amplifier (category Sound reinforcement system)
amplifiers are found in all manner of sound systems including sound reinforcement, public address, home audio systems and musical instrument amplifiers like...
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intercom systems are commonly used as part of an emergency communication system. The term sound reinforcement system generally means a PA system used specifically...
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Loudspeaker (redirect from Sound speaker)
Larger, louder speaker systems are used for home hi-fi systems (stereos), electronic musical instruments, sound reinforcement in theaters and concert...
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Vehicle audio (redirect from Car sound system)
audio systems and typically consist of separate woofers, tweeters, and crossovers. This allows for more precise sound tuning and a higher level of sound quality...
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alignment level is −18 dBFS. AL = analog level SPL = sound pressure level A-weighting Audio system measurements Equal-loudness contour ITU-R 468 noise...
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Binaural recording (redirect from Binaural sound recording)
recording is a method of recording sound that uses two microphones, arranged with the intent to create a 3D stereo sound sensation for the listener of actually...
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Digital audio (redirect from Digital sound)
telecommunications in the 1990s and 2000s. In a digital audio system, an analog electrical signal representing the sound is converted with an analog-to-digital converter...
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Sound system may refer to: Sound reinforcement system, a system for amplifying audio for an audience High fidelity, a sound system intended for accurate...
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singer's or public speaker's microphone at an event using a sound reinforcement system or PA system. Audio engineers typically use directional microphones...
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DI unit (category Sound reinforcement system)
electronic device typically used in recording studios and in sound reinforcement systems to connect a high output impedance unbalanced output signal to...
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Home audio (redirect from Mini-system)
entertainment, such as integrated systems like shelf stereos, as well as individual components like loudspeakers and surround sound receivers. The evolution of...
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speaker output below 100 Hz". The sound engineers who developed the "bass-heavy signature sound" of sound reinforcement systems have been called "deserving...
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Precedence effect (category Sound)
of a sound source (e.g. the direction of a speaker) even in the presence of wall reflections. Haas's findings can be applied to sound reinforcement systems...
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Shure (section Sound reinforcement systems)
Vocal Master sound reinforcement system, touted as "the first portable total sound system", at the 1968 winter NAMM Show. The Vocal Master system consisted...
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Soundcheck (redirect from Sound-check)
speech, or similar performance to adjust the sound on the venue's sound reinforcement or public address system. The performer and the audio engineers run...
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between these instruments lies in the way sounds are produced. A player piano is an acoustic piano which produces sound by a hammer striking on the piano strings...
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Acoustic enhancement (redirect from Sound enhancers)
subtle type of sound reinforcement system used to augment direct, reflected, or reverberant sound. While sound reinforcement systems are usually used...
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extraction that had problems processing elements such as diphthongs, leading to sound artifacts. Music engineers had previously considered autocorrelation impractical...
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Equalization (audio) (category Sound recording)
recording, reproduction, and live sound reinforcement systems. Sound engineers correct the frequency response of a sound system so that the frequency balance...
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switch to allow users to move between normal and harmonic modes (which sounds one octave higher). The Ebow is powered by a nine-volt battery. The EBow...
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Powered speakers (redirect from Active speaker systems)
Powered speakers are used in a range of settings, including in sound reinforcement systems (used at live music concerts), both for the main speakers facing...
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Feedback suppressor (category Sound recording technology)
live sound reinforcement system to prevent or suppress audio feedback. Digital feedback reduction is the application of digital techniques to sound reinforcement...
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A Shepard tone, named after Roger Shepard, is a sound consisting of a superposition of sine waves separated by octaves. When played with the bass pitch...
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Talk box (category Sound recording)
sound of a musical instrument by shaping the frequency content of the sound and to apply speech sounds (in the same way as singing) onto the sounds of...
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