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sound and passing
" Most of the other studios were unwilling to invest in the new sound technology, assuming it was a passing fad.
Witnesses stated that as it collapsed, there was a loud rumbling sound, like a machine gun as the rivets shot out of the tank, and that the ground shook as if a train were passing by.
Instead of sound passing through the outer ear to the middle ear, whales receive sound through the throat, from which it passes through a low-impedance fat-filled cavity to the inner ear.
The king insisted on the payment of sound dues by all ships wishing to enter or leave the Baltic Sea passing through the Sound ; to help enforce his demands, he built a powerful fortress at the narrowest point in the Sound.
All the shows were well received ; The Guardians music critic Alexis Petridis gave their performance at Goldsmiths college a full five stars, and wrote that " Blur's music seems to have potentiated by the passing of years ... they sound both more frenetic and punky and more nuanced and exploratory than they did at the height of their fame ".
Another was stationed several hundred yards away, below the trajectory of the ball, to record the sound of the cannonball passing by.
After the assassination in 1398 of Biordo Michelotti, who had made himself lord of Perugia, the city became a pawn in the Italian Wars, passing to Gian Galeazzo Visconti ( 1400 ), to Pope Boniface IX ( 1403 ), and to Ladislaus of Naples ( 1408 14 ) before it settled into a period of sound governance under the Signoria of the condottiero Braccio da Montone ( 1416 24 ), who reached a concordance with the Papacy.
Because passing tones in most cases are shorter, cut-time marches tend to sound " faster " than other marches in a different meter.
All the shows were well received ; The Guardians music critic Alexis Petridis gave their performance at Goldsmiths college a full five stars, and wrote that " Blur's music seems to have potentiated by the passing of years ... they sound both more frenetic and punky and more nuanced and exploratory than they did at the height of their fame ".
* Podunk A hamlet named after the sound of water passing over a mill wheel.
The sound emission may be caused by wind passing over dunes or by walking on the sand.
The sound emission accompanies a slumping or avalanching movement of the sand, usually triggered by wind passing over the dune or by someone walking near the crest.
It's undoubtedly distinctive and it sounds more distinctive with each passing year but it's strictly an intellectual triumph and, after a pair of albums that were musically and intellectually sound, it's a bit of a letdown, no matter how successful it was ".
By the time he was twelve, he was playing so well that one day he was practicing in a cellar when the legendary Henri Vieuxtemps, passing in the street, was so impressed with the sound of his violin that he took an interest in the boy.
This type of bending, however, is caused by changes in the medium through which the wave is passing and not the presence of obstacles in the path of a sound wave.
And the patent was very broad, introducing " a new and useful method of imitating the sound of a horse or horses approaching, departing, or passing at a gallop, trot, or any other desired gait, the same to be used in producing stage effects in theatrical or other performances or entertainments, exhibitions, & c ."
Note the yellow Telepass lane signs and road markings and the sound emitted by the OBU when passing the lane
MTV Philippines President Francis Lumen stated: “ He had a slight attack because of stress due to the recent passing of his mother ( Lisette Buendia ), and their sound check which lasted till 3 a. m. today ( Saturday ).” Buendia's mother died of cardiac arrest on August 28 after recovering from surgery to treat her intestinal cancer.
The sound collected by the simulated ear and transmitted to the bristle caused the line to be modulated in accordance with the passing variations in air pressure, creating a graphic record of the sound waves.
The single version contains a sampled sound at time index 2: 18, which Jon Marsh acknowledged to be the sound of him passing wind ( farting ).
Besides providing the essential service of passing audio data to the sound card, DirectSound provides other essential capabilities such as recording and mixing sound, adding effects to sound ( e. g., reverb, echo, or flange ), using hardware accelerated buffers, and positioning sounds in 3D space.

sound and truck
There are several aspects of truck operations that contribute to the overall sound that is emitted.
Officials say residents who were at Caney High School reported a sound like thunder and say the quake felt like a truck hit the school.
Besides residents demanding sound barriers, this plan would add two new carriageways ( to accommodate the outer roadways, or truck lanes ) and ramp connections from the exit 7 toll station to the outer roadways.
During production, the boys ran wild around the studio, destroying property, including a truck that they crashed into a sound stage.
* The dinosaur roar sound effect that is heard as the truck goes over the cliff is also heard in Jaws, also directed by Spielberg, as the shark's carcass sinks into the ocean.
The architect and advisers undertook extensive consultation with many of the leading production personnel in Hollywood which led to highly functional production cable infrastructure systems including an underground cable bunker which passes below the theatre to truck locations in adjacent streets, accessible and substantial power, and a unique camera, sound and stage management cockpit designed by Rockwell in the orchestra seating area.
Until toppled by a truck in April 2004, a lower-quadrant Magnetic Flagman wigwag protected a private crossing of a BNSF main mostly hidden from public view by a sound barrier in Pittsburg, California.
Side One starts with an audio segue from Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers — the sound of an ice cream truck moving off down the street and out of earshot.
The legacy of this fire includes Call Box 12, which was used to sound the alarm and now is the name for the volunteer canteen truck supporting Toronto Fire Services today.
Terminator features an entirely different track layout ; tunnels, in which mist sprays at guests ; sound and audio effects, and a truck flaming as you go by it.
With a full-force Bakersfield sound twangy Telecaster and some fuzz-tone steel guitar backing, she delivers the story of a truck driving woman who makes it clear she " cut my baby teeth on a set of Spicer gears.
The micareta is like this: during the days of party, a huge truck ( called " trio elétrico "), with a band on the top and sound boxes all around, drives slowly along the streets or enclosed space.
Meanwhile he worked as cameraman and assistant editor on other peoples films, notably To Hear Your Banjo Play ( 1941 ), filming a folk music festival atop a mountain in south Virginia where there was no electricity, with a 35mm studio camera and 35mm optical film sound recorder using batteries in a large truck, a rare achievement at that time.
In this context, chains are used instead of ropes, and it is frequently the sound of the chains knocking against the truck that alerts the driver of trouble.
The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica.
Williams, who had experience in sound technology, built the equipment, including a sound truck, for his new venture.
Trio Elétrico (, electric trio ) is a kind of truck or float equipped with a high power sound system and a music group on the roof, playing for the crowd.
A video production can range in size from a family making home movies with a prosumer camcorder, a one solo camera operator with a professional video camera in a single-camera setup ( aka a " one-man band "), a videographer with a sound person, to a multiple-camera setup shoot in a television studio to a production truck requiring a whole television crew for an electronic field production ( EFP ) with a production company with set construction on the backlot of a movie studio.
In the best case scenario, documentary sound was recorded before, in interviews, or much later on location, with a portable studio located in a sound-proofed truck.
So we just brought in the remote truck and cut it, went for a live sound.
Guatemala had no motion picture industry of its own, so everywhere they went, the company had to carry tons of equipment brought with them from the States, including an enormous sound truck which was not designed for the winding, dirt mountain highways which made up most of the country's transit infrastructure.
They usually have anywhere from 200, 000 to 500, 000 people walking along their sound truck ( or Trio Elétrico ).
The drums and amps were returned to the back of the truck, and the band decided to showcase the intimate, acoustic sound that had touched so many people before.

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