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| Thomas Edison created what hand cranked recording device in 1877? |
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| The phonograph needle etched into what to record sound? |
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| An Aluminum foil cylinder |
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| Thomas Edison started which record company still in existance today? |
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| Who in 1887 improved on Edison's phonograph by creating the 78-rpm disc format for recording? |
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| Although considered the grandfather of wireless communication, Nikola Tesla's work was never fully realized. Why? |
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| In 1895, his work was destroyed in a fire. |
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| Guglielmo Marconi died a rich man, even though the use of his invention was very limited. What was his invention? |
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| Wireless radio, limited to maritime use due to lack of amplification of the signal. |
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| In 1920,what was the first commercial radio station's tag letters? And where were they located? |
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| In 1920, Bell Labs created what device that would replace the standard cone in the recording industry? |
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| The 33 1/3 LP disc failed at first in 1931, but was reintroduced in 1948. Who introduced it first, why did it fail, and who re-introduced it? |
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| RCA, the depression, Columbia. Remains standard in recording for next 40 years. |
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| In 1935, the first Hi-Fi recorder was developed in Germany. What was it called? |
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| After finding pieces of of magnetophone in Germany while at War, this man presented the magnetophone to US industry executives in 1946. |
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| Who became the first commercial user of magnetic tape and when? |
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| What company did Bing Crosby invest in to produce the Magnetic Tape technology? |
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| Who developed the first multi-track recorder in his NJ basement? |
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| In 1957, Ampex releases what device that changed how recording was done? |
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| What is a Camera Obscura? |
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| A device used since 300 B.C. to project and image onto a wall or canvas to create accurate paintings. |
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| In 1826, who invented the first photograph using chemicals and what was it called? |
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| Joseph Niepce, heliograph |
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| The heliograph was not an effective way to take pictures. Why? |
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| Because the chemicals took 8 hours to develop. |
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| Who did Niepce partner with to advance the technology of picture taking? |
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| In what year was the Daguerro type introduced? |
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| Who brought photography to the public and how? |
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| George Eastman developed the box camera. |
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| How do you get pictures out of the box camera, and what company made them? |
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| Kodak preloaded each camera with 100 shots and when they recived the box cam from the consumer, they would develop the film and reload the camera with 100 more shots. |
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| What year did Gearge Eastman present the box camera to the public? |
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| What is the signifigance of Eadweard Muybridge? |
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| Grandfather of motion pictures. Set up 18 cameras around a horse thack to see if all of the horses hooves left the ground at any given point. |
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| In 1889, Thomas Edison invented what device to shoot video? |
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| With the Kinetogrph, Edison opens the first production studio. Where did he start it, and what was it called? |
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| Black Mariah, in Menlow, NJ |
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| August and Louie Lumiere invented what device to compete with Edison? |
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| What was the major difference between the kinetograph and cinematograph? |
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| The cinematograph captured and projected images. The kinetograph only captured. |
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| What was the name of the first sci-fi film and when was it released? |
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| A Trip to the Moon, in 1903 |
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| In 1902, someone worked with Edison to make the first film narrative. Who was it and what was it called? |
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| Edwin Porter, "Life of the American Fireman" |
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| For "The Great Train Robbery", Edwin Porter built a unique set to shoot certain scenes. What did he do? |
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| He built sets where a window was actually a screen that he could prject images onto from behind. Method called rear projection. |
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| Who was considered the greatest film director for the first 25 years of film? |
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| What did D.W. Griffith do that was so great? |
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| He increased the story telling abilities of film. |
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| In 1915 D.W. Griffith released what film that took cameras into recreated battlefields to shoot? |
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| What device allowed sound to be synched with movies, and who was it developed by? |
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| Vitaphone was developed by Bell Labs. |
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| Using a Vitaphone, what was the first "talkie" ever made? |
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| The Jazz Singer in 1927 starring Al Johlson |
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| What was the name of the first true color system that aloowed movies to be released in color? |
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| In 1932, Disney released the first film using color, what was it called? |
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| What, according to the American Film Institute, is considered the greatest film of all time? |
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| Who wrote, directed and starred in Citizen Kane? |
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| the Abacus was developed in what year? |
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| Somewhere between 1000 and 500 B.C. |
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| This man created a system that controlled weaving looms that used punch cards. He then gets the shit beat out of him for taking peoples jobs with technology. |
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| Joseph Marie-Jacquard (punch card, gets punched, Jacquard) |
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| Charles Baggage developed what 2 devices used to do simple math? and when did he do it? |
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| Difference Engine and Ananlytical Engine in the 1820's. |
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| Who, in what year, invented a ounch card system the government use to take a census? |
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| 6 years after inventing the punch card system for the census, Hollerith started what company? |
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| TMC, the Tabulating Machine Company |
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| TMC becomes what major company still around today and in what year? |
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| What is the Differential Analyzer? |
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| Used to calculate ballisttic tables. Used for warfare. |
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| When was the D.A. built and by whom? |
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| IBM created the first digital computer. What was it called, and how long did it take them to get it to work? |
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| The Harvard "Mark 1" took 5 years to complete. |
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| EDSAC was the first computer that did what? |
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| EDSAC came about in what year? |
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| What became the first commercially available computer and when? |
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| How many UNIVAC 1's sold and at what price? |
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| What device led to the miniturization of electronic devices and which year were they created? |
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| The transistor was created in 1947. |
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| Who created the first microprocessor and when? |
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| Intel in 1970. Intel 4004 |
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| Who created the printing press and when? |
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| Johannes Gutenburg in the 15th century. |
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| What did the printing press do and what era is it said to have begun? |
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| The printing press allowed for the rapid exchange of ideas by printing multiple copies of leaflets and books. It's thought to have pushed us into the Renaissance. |
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| In the 1860's, Sir William Crockes invented what device still used today? |
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| What year was the vacuum tube invented? |
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| What did both the cathode ray tube and vacuum tube do? |
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| both tubes amplify weak signals allowing for broadcastnig and receiving to be possible. |
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| The first mechanical TV was created by whom and where? |
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| John Logie Baird in Britain. |
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| How did the first television work? |
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| A large disk with holes in it was spun allowing light to pass though onto a pick up. The pick up converted the light into voltage. This voltage was sent to a receiver that created light impulses and sent them through holes of another disk. |
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| Who transmitted the first TV image and what was it of? |
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| Philo Farnsworth in 1927 transmitted a simple line by shinning a light onto a pickup |
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| The first official TV broadcast was when and of what? |
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| In 1939, NY World's Fair. It marked the beginning ofof regular broadcasts and availability of first recievers to the public. |
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| CBS pursued color broadcasting in what year, and why did they stop? |
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| 1950 they stopped because no recievers were capable of color. |
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| When did color television begin it's life? |
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| On Dec. 23 1953, the FCC approved color TV standards set forth by NTSC. |
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| What was a VTR and why was it impracticle? |
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| Video Tape Recorders were impracticle because they used 6 foot (diameter) tape and only help a couple minutes of blak and white footage. The tape traveled at 225 mph. |
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| "Quad" VTRs were developed in what year, how were they more practical? |
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| In 1956, more practical because slowed the tape to 15 ips instead of 4000. |
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| Tube that allowed for the amplification of electrical signals. |
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| In 1913, what company buys the rights to the audion tube and how did they improve it? |
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| Western Digital improved on it by pumping all the gas out of it. It now amplified to 130 times normal with no distortion. |
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| Where would you find footlights, border lights, and strip lights? |
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| Foot lights are located across the front of the stage. Border lights are are a horizontal row of lights above the stage for general lighting. Strip lights are mountedin a trough reflector and place in the wings to light areas of interest. |
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| In what year was the first PC released and what was it called? |
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| In 1976, this company released their first computer for about $640? |
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| What differentiated the Apple II from its predecessor? |
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| 16 color graphics, a built in keyboard, and game controller |
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| In 1981, IBM created a computer specifically to run this program, which was the first "killer" application? |
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| Who made and in what year was the first IBM PC clone released? |
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| in 1982, Compaq released the first PC clone. |
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| Define mainframe computer? |
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| Computer that supports thousands of users, generally used by large businesses. |
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| What is a super computer? |
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| A computer made to excel at one single application. IE Deep Blue, the first computer to beat Ivan Kasparov at chess. |
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| A smaller version of a mainframe, used by smaller businesses. |
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| What is a micro-computer? |
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| A "dummy" terminal that is hard wired into a network. Doesn't allow saving. |
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| What is the difference between a PC and a workstation? |
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| PC's are made for home use with the internet and gaming and more consumer level products. Workstations are designed to have more processing power than a PC and are used for business level computing or for editing and that ype of stuff. No internet preferrably becasue of viruses. |
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| What is known as the computer's toolbox? |
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| The Operating System (OS) |
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| What is the name of the Open Source OS available for consumer purchase? |
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| What part is known as the "brains" of the computer? |
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| The CPU, central processing unit. Clock speed measured in Hz. |
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| What is a Bus in a computer? |
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| collection of wires the data travels on, clock speed for a bus measures how fast it communicates with a device. |
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| What is the primary function of a chipset? |
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| Controls the motherboard functions. |
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| What is the difference between RAM and ROM? |
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| ROM (Read Only Memory) is not volatile to power. It holds data even after the PC has been shut down. RAM (Random Access Memory) loses data when power is shut down. |
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| What are the 2 types of storage in computers? |
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| Hard Disk, stack of disks that record information in sectors. Optical disk, CD/DVD Roms |
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| What are the 3 types of expansion cards for a computer? |
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ISA - Industry standard architechture, being phased out.
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
AGP - Advanced Graphics Processor |
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| one unit of info transmitted as a 1 or zero, 1 being on, 0 being off. |
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| The computer only knows ones and zeros. What is the name of the language it understands? |
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| What is the system for translating characters into binary? |
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| A disturbance in atmospheric pressure that our ears responde to. |
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| There are 2 areas of a sound wave, what are they? |
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Compression - molecules crammed into dense area, higher than normal pressure.
Rarefaction - the settling of molecules, lower than normal pressure. |
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| The height of a wave from rarefaction to compression. strength/loudness of the wave. |
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| How does the eardrum react to sound waves? |
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| It's pushed in by compression and out by rarefaction. |
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| What is a medium for sound? |
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| A medium is a material (or gas in the case of air) that sound waves travel through. |
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| what is the speed of sound in air? |
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| What is frequency defined as and what unit is it measured in? |
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| The number of wave cycles passing through a point ina given time. Measured in Hz (waves per sec) |
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| The shorter the wavelength of a sound wave, the _______ the pitch gets. |
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| What is the frequency range that a human ear can hear? |
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| 20Hz - 20,000 Hz (20 kHz) |
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| What is the name of the device that measures frequency? |
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| RTA or real time analyzer |
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| In decibels, what can the human ear perceive? |
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| What is the device used to measure the amplitude of a wave? |
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| SPL Meter, sound pressure level meter. |
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| What does a 3 dB increase in sound result in? |
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| A 10 dB increase in sound is equal to... |
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| 140 dB is how much more powerful than 90 dB? |
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| A power to which a base number is raised. ex: log1000=3 is equal to 10 to the power of 3. 10 x 10 x 10 |
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| An agency that controls sound levels in the work place. |
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| WHat are the 2 types of wave forms? |
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Simple - synthetic waves
Complex - naturally occuring wave |
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| What are the 4 forms of synthetic waves? |
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| Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, and square |
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| Timing difference between 2 copies of the same wave form. |
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| What is a node and how is it created? |
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| An area where there is no sound. Created when 2 waves are exactly 180 degrees out of phase. |
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| When 2 waves are in phase and the sound reinforces itself. Constructive interference. |
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| In regards to sound waves, what is transmission? |
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| When energy of a sound wave strikes a barrier and sets it in motion |
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| Multiple reflections of sound off of multiple boundaries. Or echo |
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| This form of hearing loss consists of a ringing or hissing in the ears when no external sound is present. |
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| Name the 3 parts of the atomic structure and their charges? |
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| Proton-positive neutron-neutral electron-negative |
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| In 1841, who invented the Calotype Process and what did it do? |
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| Invented by William Talbot, made multiple copies of pictures easy to make. |
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| Who created the Collodion Wet Plate process , in wht year, and what did it do? |
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| Fredrick Archer in 1851, greatly reduced exposure time. |
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| Name the 2 types of magnets? |
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| Natural (loadstone or magnetite) and artificial (caused by magnetizing a piece of metal) |
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| the field around the particles that cause attraction and repulsion. |
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| What happens when the same pole of 2 magnets are pushed together? |
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| When electrons are passed through a straight wire, now many poles does it have? |
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| A magnet consisting of a coil of insulated wire wrapped around a soft iron corethat is magnetized only when current flows through it. |
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| What are the 2 forms of electricity and what do they mean? |
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| AC - Alternating current, electrons moves back and forth instead of like DC-Direct Current, which pushes electrons in one direction. |
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| What device does AC power flow through that changes the voltage before it enters your home? |
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| Most consumer electronic devices do what to the power? |
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| AC - Tesla, easier to produce and distribute. DC - Edison, would make hime more money because they would need a power station every square mile. |
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| What didi Edison do to prove that AC was dangerous? |
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| He payed kids 25 cents to bring in stray cats and dog to electrocute and then electrocuted them in front of people. |
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| On a standard wall socket, what are the names of each of the 3 slots? |
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| Big slot is neutral, Smaller slot is hot, "Mouth" slot is ground |
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| Define power and what unit is it measured in. |
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| The rate at which work is done. Measured in Watts (P) |
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| Define Current and what is it measured in? |
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| The flow of electrical charge. Measured in Amps (I) |
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| What is Electromotive force and what unit is it measured in? |
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| It is electrical pressure. Measured in Volts |
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| Define resistance and what unit is it measured in? |
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| A material's opposition to to the flow of electric current (DC). Measured in Ohm's. |
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| Define Impedance and what unit is it measured in? |
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| The apparent resistance in an electrical circuit to the flow of AC power. |
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| What is the main purpose of a Resistor? |
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| Slows the flow of electrons. Can be fixed or variable. |
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| Used to store electrons. Consist of 2 plates (1 pos/1 neg), electrons gather in negatively charged plate and filter down to positively charged one. |
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| Steps AC voltage up or down, and converts AC to DC |
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| small electronic device containing a semi conductor and have at least 3 electrical contacts. used as an amplifier, detector, or switch. |
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| What is the difference between a sound wave and a light wave? |
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| Light needs no medium, and travles much faster. |
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| what is the speed at which light travels? |
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| What are radio waves used for? |
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| Transmitting sounds, pictures, or data |
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| What are microwaves used for? |
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| Used in pagers, cell phones, and microwave ovens. |
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| What do infrared waves allow us to do? |
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| It's thermal radiation, allows us to see the heat. |
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| What is the visible spectrum? |
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| The light frequencies that our eyes percieve as colors. |
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| What color is the lowest visible frequency and what is it's wavelength? Highest? |
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| Colors of visible spectrum listed in order from lowest freq to highest. Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet |
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| Define hue and saturation? |
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| Hue is the dominant wavelength perceived (color), Saturation is the amount of light concentrated at a particular wavelength (brightness) |
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| What are Ultra-violet rays? |
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| These rays can be harmful to your skin. UVC is mostly absorbed by o-zone layer, UVB can cause suntanning and burning, UVA causes skin damage, not filtered by glass like UVB |
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| Very short intense waves, can move around molecules, like bone. |
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| A sweet power metal band. Also rays generated by radioactive atoms, and exploding stars in space |
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| What are frequency and Amplitude in the spectrum? |
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| Freq - Color, Amplitude - Brightness. |
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| Th unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light passing through a solid angle by a source of one candela intensity radiating equally in all directions |
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| What is the unit of measurement used by america to measure light on an obect? |
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| Additive color theory uses what three colors as it's bases? |
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| hat arethe 3 colors used ny subtractive color theory? |
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| When mixed together, additive colors make what color? sutractive? |
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additive colors - white
subtractive - black |
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| How can you remember which colors are in which (hint: it's a chart) |
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C: Rx G B
M: R Gx B
Y: R G Bx
X's mean color isnt there. |
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| What are the 2 standards for video and where is each used? |
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| NTSC (National Television Standards Commitee) used in North America and Japan. PAL - Phase alternating line, used in Western Europe. SeCAM - used in France and Eatern Europe. |
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| What is the process of interlacing? |
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| Every odd numbered line is dranw first, then the even numbered lines are drawn. Each half of a frame is called a field. |
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| In interlacing, how long does it take to get a whole new frame? |
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| The NTSC standard for power is ____ which runs at ____ fps. |
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| NTSC standard tvs have ____lines total, but only _____ visible? |
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| PAL and SECAM standards run at _____ Hz power and ___ fps. |
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| Slightly better than the NTSC standards, Pal and SECAM have _____ total lines and ____ visible lines. |
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| 625 total, and 580 visible. |
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| Name the four components of a TV signal. |
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| Luminace/brightness, Chrominance/color info, Timing and blanking signals, and Audio (2-channel). |
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| What is the main device within a camera body that is used capture images? |
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| What are the 3 layers of the CCD chip's functions? |
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| Layer 1 is photosensitive, where the picture is exposed. Layer 2 is where the energy is stored, while Layer 3 amplifies it to a recordable signal. |
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| What is the NTSC standard TV called? |
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| What is HDTV and how does it differ from SDTV? |
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| High Definiton TeleVision, uses more pixels than SDTV |
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| What does a VGA port allow you to do? |
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| Allows you to hook a computer up to your TV |
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| What is progressive scan? |
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| Scans down lines in order, not odds and evens. no flicker or pause between frames |
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| What are the 3 HD standard resolutions? |
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| 720p, 1080i, 1080p. Nothing broadcast in 1080p yet. |
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| What is the max res on a DVD? |
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| In film, an analog recording has ____ lines and a digital recording has ____ lines. |
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| 12,000 lines analog, 3-4000 lines digital. |
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| How many more pixels for the image does HD have than SD? |
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| What is the academy standard aspect ratio for film? |
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| What is the special aspect ratio given to productions with a higher budget? |
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| American Widescreen 2.35:1 |
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| GROSS!! Process used to convert films to video aspect ratios. |
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| How does a Plasma display work? |
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| Its a phosphor display, each pixel is broken into subpixels (R,G, and B) which are gas filled cavities. Each subpixel has an address for electrons to be dumped into, charging the gas. |
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| What are the major disadvantages to Plasma displays? |
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| Use a lot of power, Gas burns out and can not be recharged, and is very sensitive so you shouldn't move it once you get it mounted. |
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| How does an LCD display work? |
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| Liquid crystal is sandwiched between 2 panes of glass, and becomes opaque when current passes through it. The contrast between opaque and transparent areas form visible characters. |
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| What are the disadvantages to using an LCD display? |
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| It has problems with fast motion, and needs to be looked at from a perfect angle to see the proper picture. |
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| What is a DLP display and how does it work? |
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| Digital Light processing work on one (or 3 if its the really nice ones) DMD. Light shone through a color wheel and onto mirrors on DMD which projects onto the screen. |
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| Digital Micromirror Device, used in DLP tv's. Made up of 1.3 million microscopic mirrors that reflect color onto the screen. |
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| What are the disadvantages of DLP? |
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| There are lots of moving parts, and the projection lamp has a short lifespan. |
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| What does HDMI stand for and what is it used for? |
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| High Definition Multimedia Interface. Sends all data (HD video and surround audio) on one cable. |
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| Name the 6 major parts of a song structure. |
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| Intro, verse, chorus, bridge, solo, outro |
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| What is "demo" short for and how are they expected to sound? |
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| Demonstraion Recording, used to "sell" band to studios, It's expected to sound cd quality. |
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| What is a 3 act paradigm? |
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| A model used for storyline. |
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| What are the 3 parts to act 1 and what are their functions? |
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| Hook-grabs attention. Exposition-tells who what, where and when, setting. Plot Point 1-major event that moves us into act 2. |
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| What occurs in Act 2 generally? |
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| Complication, and a Climax. |
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| A character that undergoes a change throughout the story. |
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| person who causes change in the protagonist. |
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| Main images of a film or multi-media set up shot by shot in comic book fashion. |
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| A "moving story board". Can be models, or just animated. |
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| What four things do storyboards help us determine? |
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| Camera angles, lighting, what to build, special effects. |
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| Maps the pathways a user can take in an interactive experience. |
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| What was Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound"? |
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| He liked to bring in extra instruments to thicken up the track, most of the time it was the same intruments playing the same things as the musicians. |
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| Why was Rock and roll such a hit in the 60's? |
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| Because it was the first generation when teenagers had jobs and had disposable income. Rock appealed more to them than the Sinatra type stuff that waspopular back then. |
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| Phil SPector put out a single with Ike and Tina Turner that flops and disappears for 3 years after that. Why does he return? |
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| At the request of John Lennon. Wanted him to mix the Beatles "Let it Be" album. |
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| The Beatles "invaded" the US in what year? |
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| Who was the brains behind the Beach Boys? |
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| Who puts out the first compact disc and when? |
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| In what year did SACD debut, and whats it stand for? |
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| Also released in 1999 was what format of audio disc? |
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| DVD-A, plays on DVD players, but need a DVD-A player to realize full potential of sound. |
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