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The concept is loosely tied to former Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, [1] [2] and is likely a play on Balmer series of hydrogen spectral lines named for the scientist Johann Balmer. [ 3 ] A San Francisco organization, Originate, has organized a “Ballmer Peak-A-Thon”, an open bar event where people were given “5 hours to find the elusive ...
As far back as Ancient Greece, sound effects have been used in entertainment productions. Sound effects (also known as sound FX, SFX, or simply FX) are used to enhance theatre, radio, film, television, video games, and online media. Sound effects were originally added to productions by creating the sounds needed in real-time.
Electric bass players often use compression effects, either effects units available in pedal, rackmount units, or built-in devices in bass amps, to even out the sound levels of their basslines. Gain pumping , where a regular amplitude peak (such as a kick drum) causes the rest of the mix to change in volume due to the compressor, is generally ...
Comedy may equal tragedy plus time, but minutes after the first plane flew into the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. on September 11, 2001, the denizens of the web forum SomethingAwful were already ...
The book Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music, by Greg Milner, presents the loudness war in radio and music production as a central theme. [13] The book Mastering Audio: The Art and the Science, by Bob Katz, includes chapters about the origins of the loudness war and another suggesting methods of combating the war.
On August 27, 2020, a tweet comparing Meme Man to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos went viral, accumulating over 400,000 likes as of July 30, 2021. [14] [15] Elon Musk has used both Meme Man and the "stonks" meme as a reaction on Twitter, [3] [16] and on January 26, 2021, he tweeted the word "Gamestonk!!" [17] with an attached link to r/wallstreetbets.
The album was recorded at United Sound Studios, Audio Graphic Services, and G-M Recording Studios in Detroit. [7] George Clinton described the recording as an attempt to "see if we can cut a whole album while we're all tripping on acid." [5] The album's gatefold cover forms something of a visual pun, echoing the sentiments of the album title ...
A phaser is an electronic sound processor used to filter a signal by creating a series of peaks and troughs in the frequency spectrum. The position of the peaks and troughs of the waveform being affected is typically modulated by an internal low-frequency oscillator so that they vary over time, creating a sweeping effect.