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1
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4 eras of recorded sound

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acoustic, electric, magnetic, digital

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Dickson experiment

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first attempt to sync sound and moving image

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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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1877

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Edison invented the phonograph

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1927

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Jazz singer first recorded sound on film

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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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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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25
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juke box recovered recording industry how?

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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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26
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who invented MTV?

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Bob Pittman

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27
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transition to film with sound

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not all actors could adapt
recording equipment was loud so studios had to be further apart
equipment had to be isolated

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28
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Beatles pic had no

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monitors

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29
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Beatles first televised performance was on

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the Ed Sullivan Show

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30
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Elvis on Ed Sullivan

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showed his chest up, provocative hips

31
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2 original rock songs

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Rocket 88 Ike Turner, Saturday Night Fish Fry Louis Jordan

32
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Solid his soul to the devil

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Robert Johnson

33
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W.C. Handy heard guitar knife

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Tutwiler

34
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Blackboard Jungle

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Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets

35
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Sgt Peppers producer

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George Martin

36
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Sgt. Pepper recorded in

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Abbey Rd

37
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Film industry moved to LA why?

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avoid patent lawyers and good weather year round

38
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juke joint, juke box

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venue and the music player

39
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order of music consumption

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streaming, digital download, CDs, vinyl

40
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vinyl in the pics

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45, 45 adapter, 33 1/3rd rpm record

41
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3M

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made scotch tape

42
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Dlby stereo, digital, Atmos

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multiple channels, has surround, 7.1 with overheads

43
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Edison invents phonograph

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1870s

44
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Berliner invents gramophone

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1880s

45
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US enters WWI

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1910s

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Prohibition

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1920s

47
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Black Tuesday

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1920s

48
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Black Tuesday

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1920s

49
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US enters WWII

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1940s

50
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Elvis became famous

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1950s

51
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The Beatles

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1960s

52
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US landed man on moon

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1960s

53
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Woodstock

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1960s

54
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Multitrack recording

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1970s

55
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Star Wars

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1970s

56
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Video tape in home

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1980s

57
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Cell phones in common use

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1980s

58
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Theme of the Great Depression

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Brother can you spare a dime

59
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Wall of Sound

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Phil Spector because music was being listened to on shitty speakers

60
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Vacuum tube

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amplifies

61
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Transistor

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Tons of transistors in a cell phone

62
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Germanium

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makes transistors, is highly conductive

63
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Trumpet and Chess

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both rhythm and blues record

64
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Pianola

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used piano reel

65
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US to GE to create RCA which turned into

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National Broadcast Company NBC

66
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Billboard

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recording industry

67
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Pollstar

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live music

68
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Hollywood reporter

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film and TV

69
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Why did warner brother embrace sound on film?

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didn’t want to pay orchestras

70
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multitrack recording

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layering sound on sound, then multitrack recording with reel to reel then track counts increase

71
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Bing Crosby

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wanted his radio show recorded ahead of time

72
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Ed Sullivan

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The Ed Sullivan Show

73
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Elvis

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the Pelvis

74
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Dick Clark

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American Bandstand

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