sound card
sound card (audio card) A plug-in module that adds sound input and output capabilities to a computer; it is a type of
add-in card. Some systems have the module as part of their original design. The sound card takes digitized audio signals from the processor and converts them into an analog audio signal used to drive headphones or as input to an audio amplifier or active speakers. The majority of sound cards are PC compatible. The input and output resolution of the
D/A converters on these are typically 8 or 16 bit; some are monophonic but most are stereophonic. The input and output sample rates available may vary from 8 kHz through to the CD rate of 44.1 kHz. Some have built-in amplifiers and mixing capabilities. Most sound cards have some form of digital synthesizer while the higher-end systems use
digital signal processing technology and can perform
wave-table synthesis from samples of real instruments loaded onto either
RAM or
ROM. See also
multimedia.
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Stereophonic Sound Recording: Theory and practice
Magazine article from: International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education; 10/1/1998; ; 649 words
; Stereophonic Sound Recording: theory and practice...sound waves to the positioning of stereophonic microphones, the numerous diagrams...Session, Microphones, `Monodirected' Stereophonic Miking Techniques, Stereophonic Microphone...
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A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular.
Magazine article from: Interview; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...The great joke of A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular (Epic), a...vengeance. As always on A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular, the words...plays with dissolution - of sounds, words, concepts - like...strongest number on A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular turns out...
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Remembering Dad in stereophonic sound
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/19/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...19-2009 Remembering Dad in stereophonic sound ALFRED P. DOBLIN Date: 06...dad everywhere. That wouldnt sound uncommon if it werent for the...little bit before that concert and stereophonic memories will take me back to...
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Esquivel Was Instrumental to Stereophonic Sound
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday; 9/4/1994; 291 words
; ...that people couldn' t ignore it. They would hear a sound, they would hear an effect and go `What in- what...orchestra, what he did in the studio, what he did with stereophonic sound and what he did as an arranger. HANSEN: Coming up...
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Diamonds on offer in stereophonic sound.(SHORT cuts)
Magazine article from: Israel Diamonds; 6/1/2007; 354 words
; One of the world's leading producers of high fidelity sound equipment, British-headquartered Bowers and Wilkins, has unveiled a set of stereo speakers that come encased in a choice of...
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THE RAZZ: Ewan's Stereophonic sound.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 10/18/2004; 399 words
; Byline: LEE-ANN FULLERTON AND BEVERLEY LYONS THE Stereophonics have written the music for Ewan McGregor's TV documentary. The group wrote the theme tune to Long Way Round, which followed Ewan and Charley Boorman on their epic around-the-world motor-bike journey. They also wrote most of the music to
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Octicon Introduces New 'Stereophonic' Hearing Device
Newspaper article from: Wireless News; 9/4/2007; 583 words
; ...Octicon Introduces New 'Stereophonic' Hearing Device WIRELESS...Octicon Introduces New 'Stereophonic' Hearing Device (C)2007...has announced Eqoq, a "stereophonic" hearing instrument, addresses...hearing loss: Delivering sound in "stereo" to create a natural sense of where sounds are coming ...
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New "Stereophonic" Hearing Device Addresses Biggest Listening Challenges for People with Hearing Loss.
PR Newswire; 8/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...Eqoq, the world's first "stereophonic" hearing instrument, addresses...hearing loss: Delivering sound in "stereo" to create a natural sense of where sounds are coming from and enabling...environment provides accurate, stereophonic auditory information that...central processor. This ...
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A do-it-yourself stereophonic stethoscope
Magazine article from: Canadian Medical Association. Journal; 12/4/2007; ; 585 words
; ...assemble and use your own stereophonic stethoscope: 1. If you...Presto! You now have 1 stereophonic stethoscope. 2. Listen...dimensional symphony of lung sounds that will entertain you...acuity. But I think the stereophonic stethoscope will do the latter...
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Stereophonic broadcasting will be big in 1986, reports TV Guide magazine.
PR Newswire; 3/24/1986; 641 words
; ...be broadcasting in sterophonic sound by the end of 1986 and almost 3...March 29 issue). The shift to stereophonic sound in television has been slow and...fashioned one-eared monophonic sound. This creates some confusion...
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stereophonic sound
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
stereophonic sound sound recorded simultaneously through two or more electronic channels...all commercial recordings and motion pictures produced today use stereophonic sound, as do many television and frequency modulation (FM) radio...
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stereophonic
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x2CC;sti(ə)r- / • adj. (of sound recording and reproduction) using two or more channels of transmission and reproduction so that the reproduced sound seems to surround the listener and to come from more than one...
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sound recording
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sound recording process of converting the acoustic energy of sound into some form in which it...tracings of the vibrations of sound. Thomas Edison, starting...as it cuts the groove. For stereophonic sound the stylus vibrates vertically...
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sound card
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
sound card ( audio card ) A plug-in module that adds sound input and output capabilities...their original design. The sound card takes digitized audio signals...are monophonic but most are stereophonic. The input and output sample...
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Gemini Sound Products Corporation
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Gemini Sound Products Corporation 120 Clover...Equipment Manufacturing Gemini Sound Products Corporation, based...II, when technologies like stereophonic tape and discs, FM radio...created a new division, Gemini Sound Products, and a month later...x201C; found ” sounds, which evolved ...
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