Final Flashcards

(74 cards)

1
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4 eras of recorded sound

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acoustic, electric, magnetic, digital

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2
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Dickson experiment

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first attempt to sync sound and moving image

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3
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William Fox new stores in theatre

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Movietone

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significance of “you aint heard nothing yet”

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first words recorded to film in the Jazz Singer

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5
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in early nickelodeons, did the audience watch the film in silence?

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no

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6
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industry standard for recording software

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Pro Tools

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7
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1877

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Edison invented the phonograph

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8
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1927

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Jazz singer first recorded sound on film

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9
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1977

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Star Wars stereo sound

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10
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Earliest well-known Mississippi record company

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Trumpet Records

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11
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which of the following is NOT associated with Sun Studio?

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Nashville

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12
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8 track

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1970s

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13
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recording wire

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1930s

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14
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Walkman

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1980s

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15
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digital recording

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snapshots over time (capture point)

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16
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MIDI

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1980s

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17
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MIDI cable transmits data about

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pitch, velocity, panning

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18
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MIDI controller

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trigger for communicating

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19
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DAW

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AKA sequencer

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20
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digital is less susceptible to

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interference than analog

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21
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3 types of audio encoded

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Dolby, optical, SDDS

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22
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Thomas Edison

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phonograph

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23
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Emile Bernliner

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gramophone

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24
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Alexander Graham Bell

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graphophone

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juke box recovered recording industry how?
kept music going - people could afford to put a coin in the machine and of course people had to buy records to put in the juke box
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who invented MTV?
Bob Pittman
27
transition to film with sound
not all actors could adapt recording equipment was loud so studios had to be further apart equipment had to be isolated
28
Beatles pic had no
monitors
29
Beatles first televised performance was on
the Ed Sullivan Show
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Elvis on Ed Sullivan
showed his chest up, provocative hips
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2 original rock songs
Rocket 88 Ike Turner, Saturday Night Fish Fry Louis Jordan
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Solid his soul to the devil
Robert Johnson
33
W.C. Handy heard guitar knife
Tutwiler
34
Blackboard Jungle
Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets
35
Sgt Peppers producer
George Martin
36
Sgt. Pepper recorded in
Abbey Rd
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Film industry moved to LA why?
avoid patent lawyers and good weather year round
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juke joint, juke box
venue and the music player
39
order of music consumption
streaming, digital download, CDs, vinyl
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vinyl in the pics
45, 45 adapter, 33 1/3rd rpm record
41
3M
made scotch tape
42
Dlby stereo, digital, Atmos
multiple channels, has surround, 7.1 with overheads
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Edison invents phonograph
1870s
44
Berliner invents gramophone
1880s
45
US enters WWI
1910s
46
Prohibition
1920s
47
Black Tuesday
1920s
48
Black Tuesday
1920s
49
US enters WWII
1940s
50
Elvis became famous
1950s
51
The Beatles
1960s
52
US landed man on moon
1960s
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Woodstock
1960s
54
Multitrack recording
1970s
55
Star Wars
1970s
56
Video tape in home
1980s
57
Cell phones in common use
1980s
58
Theme of the Great Depression
Brother can you spare a dime
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Wall of Sound
Phil Spector because music was being listened to on shitty speakers
60
Vacuum tube
amplifies
61
Transistor
Tons of transistors in a cell phone
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Germanium
makes transistors, is highly conductive
63
Trumpet and Chess
both rhythm and blues record
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Pianola
used piano reel
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US to GE to create RCA which turned into
National Broadcast Company NBC
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Billboard
recording industry
67
Pollstar
live music
68
Hollywood reporter
film and TV
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Why did warner brother embrace sound on film?
didn't want to pay orchestras
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multitrack recording
layering sound on sound, then multitrack recording with reel to reel then track counts increase
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Bing Crosby
wanted his radio show recorded ahead of time
72
Ed Sullivan
The Ed Sullivan Show
73
Elvis
the Pelvis
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Dick Clark
American Bandstand