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    dbx is a family of noise reduction systems developed by the company of the same name. The most common implementations are dbx Type I and dbx Type II for...
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    the company its name. dbx is best known for the dbx noise reduction system, a decibel companding system used for noise reduction in professional analog...
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  • audio recording equipment company dbx (noise reduction), a noise reduction system invented by dbx, Inc. .dbx, the file extension for Microsoft Outlook Express...
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  • Noise reduction is the process of removing noise from a signal. Noise reduction techniques exist for audio and images. Noise reduction algorithms may distort...
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    A Dolby noise-reduction system (Dolby NR) is one of a series of noise reduction systems developed by Dolby Laboratories for use in analog audio tape recording...
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  • pollution Noise regulation Roadway noise Train noise Active noise control = anti-noise DBX (noise reduction) Differential signaling Dolby noise reduction system...
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    CBS) in the late 1970s as a low-cost competitor to other noise reduction (NR) systems such as dbx disc and High-Com II, and was officially introduced in...
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  • most famous as the inventor of the dbx noise reduction system and founder of dbx. As well as audio noise reduction, Blackmer worked on extending the frequency...
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  • available. The main alternative to Dolby was the dbx noise reduction system, which achieved a high signal-to-noise ratio, but was essentially unlistenable when...
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  • mixing consoles, signal compressors, microphone amplifiers, and dbx noise reduction systems. In the 21st century, the Blackmer cell, along with Douglas...
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  • earlier vinyl disk noise reduction systems such as dbx disc, High-Com II or CX 20, the system deliberately limited the reduced disk noise by about 10 to 12 dB(A)...
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    were dissatisfied with the album's sound (compromised by a faulty DBX noise reduction system). Katy Lied also included "Doctor Wu" and "Chain Lightning"...
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    Retrieved 14 September 2022. Feldman, Len (December 1979). "DBX-encoded discs—records without noise". Popular Science. Vol. 215, no. 6. p. 93 – via Google...
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  • in Japan. The 30 kHz 12-bit device used a compander (similar to DBX Noise Reduction) to extend the dynamic range, and stored the signals on a video tape...
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  • cell, forms the core of the dbx noise reduction system and various professional audio signal processors developed by dbx, Inc. Unlike earlier RMS detectors...
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  • malfunction with the then-new dbx noise reduction system. The damage was mostly repaired after consulting with the engineers at dbx, but Becker and Fagen still...
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    accepted the offer. CX (analog noise reduction competitor) dbx (analog noise reduction competitor) High Com (analog noise reduction competitor) DTS (digital...
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  • the striped print was left unused. In addition, John Mosely used dbx noise reduction on the magnetic tracks. Unlike the usual multiple small surround...
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  • stand-alone PCM adaptor requiring a separate VCR; cassette decks with dbx noise reduction SB-2155 3-Way Stereo Speakers [1982] SL-D212 Direct Drive Turntable...
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    included Dolby. DBX is another noise reduction system that uses a more aggressive companding technique to improve both dynamic range and noise level. However...
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  • was developed and sold by the dbx corporation of Newton, Massachusetts, better known for their system of noise reduction for analog tape. Dynamic range:...
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  • disk noise reduction system dbx, a competing noise reduction system Dolby noise reduction system Dolby SR (Spectral Recording) Dynamic Noise Reduction (DNR)...
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    or dbx noise reduction systems. Dynamic range, or signal-to-noise ratio, was usually understood as the ratio between MOL and A-weighted bias noise level...
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  • Tape hiss (category Noise)
    3 dB improvement of the signal to noise ratio occurs for every doubling of the track width. A number of noise reduction techniques can be used to reduce...
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    had suffered when the master tape was processed through a faulty dbx noise reduction system while mixing. Nichols would win his initial three Grammy Awards...
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  • interference and noise reduction to the sub-channel aids in the improvement of SNR over standard FM broadcast. The sub-channel information is dbx-encoded to...
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    in Japan. The 30 kHz 12-bit device used a compander (similar to DBX Noise Reduction) to extend the dynamic range, and stored the signals on a video tape...
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  • context-free language Compact Font Format CompactFlash Cyclic permutation Dbx (noise reduction) Gaucher's disease Hypersensitivity PC Card Second-degree atrioventricular...
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    broadcasting tend to use either programme-dependent variable pre-emphasis; e.g., dbx in the BTSC TV sound system, or none at all. Pre-emphasis and de-emphasis...
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    pioneered the use of Sendust tape playback heads, dbx noise reduction circuitry as well as Dolby noise reduction circuitry, four-gang quartz digital tuning and...
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