* Acoustic Control Corporation, a company which produced instrument amplifiers using Acoustic as a brand name

Acoustic amplifiers are designed to produce a " clean ", transparent, " acoustic " sound when used with acoustic instruments with built-in transducer pickups and / or microphones.

Acoustic amplifiers typically aim for a relatively flat response across the entire frequency range, much like a Public Address system.

Acoustic Control Corporation was a manufacturer of instrument amplifiers, founded by Steve Marks ( with the help of his father ) and based in Van Nuys, California.

Bassist Jaco Pastorius was probably the most famous user of Acoustic bass amplifiers, using two 360 / 361 units onstage.

The Mahavishnu Orchestra members ( bass, keyboards, violin excluding John McLaughlin ( gtr )) used Acoustic amplifiers.

Acoustic amplifiers are designed to produce a " clean ", transparent, " acoustic " sound when used with acoustic instruments with built-in transducer pickups and / or microphones.

Following this, the Acoustic Radiator, Peacemaker, Fallen Angel, and recently, All-Access series of guitar amplifiers have been released, to great acclaim.

In 2005, Ampeg, and its parent company, St. Louis Music ( also makers of Crate amps ) was purchased by LOUD Technologies Inc., an umbrella company name given to describe the family of brands now consisting of Mackie brand of mixers, pro audio and recording equipment, Crate amplifiers, Alvarez Guitars, Martin Audio U. K., and Eastern Acoustic Works.

With Redd Kross during the ' Teen Babes from Monsanto ' era, 1984 – 1985, Hecker's main guitar was a Gibson SG, played through any number of different amplifiers ( Peavey, Acoustic Control Corporation, Sunn, HiWatt, Traynor, Randall ).

Acoustic guitars ( and similar instruments ) with hollow bodies have been in use for over a thousand years.

Acoustic lenses similar to acoustic mirrors are used today as novelty items — " whisper dishes " — in science museums to allow patrons to whisper across long distances, for example at Ontario Science Centre, San Francisco's Exploratorium, and Parkes Observatory in Australia.

The lake is still used by the Navy's Acoustic Research Detachment to test large-scale submarine prototypes: the significant depth gives acoustic properties similar to the open ocean.

A similar calibration procedure to the above is used for air conduction audiometry, using either an Artificial Ear or Acoustic Reference Coupler.

Throughout the world there are many organizations and institutions dedicated to the area of computer and electronic music study and research, including the ICMA ( International Computer Music Association ), IRCAM, GRAME, SEAMUS ( Society for Electro Acoustic Music in the United States ), CEC ( Canadian Electroacoustic Community ), and a great number of institutions of higher learning around the world.

During this time, Linkin Park received many invitations to perform on many high-profile tours and concerts including Ozzfest, Family Values Tour and KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas.

The Maltings also hosts a successful " Acoustic Fridays " evening once a month, and this has a student following because many students play sets there.

Jazz, Soul, Latin, Dub, Rock, and even Punk are obvious in many of London Elektricity's songs, such as " Rewind ", " Attack Ships on Fire ", " South Eastern Dream ", " Do You Believe " ( and its Dub version, " Dub You Believe "), " Main Ingredient ", " Remember the Future ", " Round the Corner ", and " Song in the Key of Knife " ( featuring an Acoustic bass line ).

Conversely, the first B. A Rock festival ( now promoted by Pinap magazine successor Revista Pelo ), had many of the artists and bands that would lead the Acoustic rock movement: Gustavo Santaolalla forming Arco Iris, León Gieco's rock-folk hybrid, Sui Generis and the start of Charly García's music career, Raul Porchetto, and Pedro y Pablo, among other bands.

The Fletcher – Munson curves are one of many sets of equal-loudness contours for the human ear, determined experimentally by Harvey Fletcher and Wilden A. Munson, and reported in a 1933 paper entitled " Loudness, its definition, measurement and calculation " in the Journal of the Acoustic Society of America.

Acoustic tile was used in many rooms to dampen the echoes produced by the granite walls.

Acoustic guitar-based, with a more pronounced electric guitar and keyboard section than their first album, their second effort helped continue America's success, and includes one of their best known hits, " Ventura Highway ".

Recently completed is a 450-seat concert hall, called the Bramall Music Building, which completes the redbrick semicircle of the Aston Webb building designed by Glenn Howells Architects with venue design by Acoustic Dimensions.

Acoustic Doppler velocimetry ( ADV ) is designed to record instantaneous velocity components at a single point with a relatively high frequency.

Acoustic guitars have a normal microphone, designed to convert acoustic vibrations into an electrical signal, but usually they do so from direct contact with the strings ( replacing the guitar's bridge ) or with the guitar's body, rather than having a membrane like general-purpose microphones.

The muffler is engineered as an acoustic soundproofing device designed to reduce the loudness of the sound pressure created by the engine by way of Acoustic quieting.

The Eugene McDermott Concert Hall, designed by Russell Johnson's firm, Artec Acoustic Consultants ( also responsible for the Pikes Peak Center's El Pomar Great Hall ), is in the standard European shoebox style and seats 2, 062.

Acoustic metamaterials are artificially fabricated materials designed to control, direct, and manipulate sound in the form of sonic, infrasonic, or ultrasonic waves, as these might occur in gases, liquids, and solids.

Acoustic torpedoes are usually designed for medium-range use, and often fired from a submarine.

Acoustic homing is useful in weapons, specifically torpedoes.

The album's only single, " Sing Your Heart Out ", a new song written specifically for the performances, won Best AAA / Alternative Song at the 2010 International Acoustic Music Awards ( US ).

Acoustic fretless guitars produce less volume than their fretted counterparts, which is usually addressed by the use of pickups and amplification.

Their career started when Raymond Ryan, a station manager of iFm watched one of their gigs, and met up with a producer to produce their 2003 debut album, Soulful Acoustic, which has since been certified Platinum.

The Multiac and A series are acoustic / electric guitars with thinner bodies than traditional acoustic guitars ( Godin's sister companies produce traditional Acoustic designs ).

Acoustic guitars are several notable subcategories within the acoustic guitar group: classical and flamenco guitars ; steel-string guitars, which include the flat-topped, or " folk ," guitar ; twelve-string guitars ; and the arched-top guitar.

He also released Acoustic Cafe, an album, that with the exception of " You Have My Heart ," is a collection of covers ranging from Bob Dylan (" If Not For You ," " Make You Feel My Love ") to Cyndi Lauper (" Time After Time ").

While the media began a never-ending speculation about the reasons for their split and the pro and contra of a " creative pause ," the girls and their management arranged the cancellation of all dates of their scheduled 2004 Pure Acoustic Tour.

* Alvin Lucier, " Origins of a Form: Acoustic Exploration, Science, and Incessancy ," Leonardo Music Journal 8 ( 1998 ): 5 – 11.

Also during 2004, country group Rascal Flatts released a cover of " Bless the Broken Road ," which the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band had recorded on Acoustic, from 1994.

* Mixers – Acoustic Guitar Magazine, " Player's Award ," 2002

* Steve Baxter: 6 String Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Jew's Harp, Whistle, lead vocal on " The Bible ," " A Servant's Prayer ," " Ridin ' Along " and " Love In A Yielded Heart ," Master of Ceremonies for the " Sketpic's Song.

" " Acoustic instruments and unamplified, ' pure '- tone singing can now not be heard except as contrasts to more recent kinds of sounds, just as live performances are inevitably ' checked ' against memories of recordings ," and " live performances have to try to approximate the sounds which inhabit this consciousness.

The band's name, pronounced " Acoustic Hookah ," was taken from dictionary entries for the two words.