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Over time, the quality of audio recording and playback increased, as did the demand for a wider variety of highly specific sounds. For example, rather than use a generic gunshot, a producer might request a gunshot from a specific type of gun, shot under precise conditions. Access to "real" sound effects became increasingly important to producers.
The original SoundFont file format was developed in the early 1990s by E-mu Systems and Creative Labs.A specification for this version was never released to the public. The first and only major device to utilize this version was Creative's Sound Blaster AWE32 in 1
Various simulants, such as fake blood, water (rehearsals), [25] glycerine (night scenes), [26] or dry substances like dust [27] and feathers (gunshot aesthetic on a down jacket), [28] are used depending on the desired effect. [5] Solid material can also be mixed with liquid simulants, such as cotton or meat, to provide solid texture to the ...
Soundboard (computer program), a web application or computer program with buttons that play short, often humorous sound clips; Soundboard, a quarterly publication of the Guitar Foundation of America; Any circuit board used to produce or handle sound Sound card; Sound chip; Sound board, building construction material used for soundproofing
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[3]: 4 A MIDI recording of a performance on a keyboard could sound like a piano or other keyboard instrument; however, since MIDI records the messages and information about their notes and not the specific sounds, this recording could be changed to many other sounds, ranging from synthesized or sampled guitar or flute to full orchestra.
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1 Acoustic Grand Piano or Piano 1; 2 Bright Acoustic Piano or Piano 2; 3 Electric Grand Piano or Piano 3 (usually modeled after Yamaha CP-70) 4 Honky-tonk Piano; 5 Electric Piano 1 (usually a Rhodes or Wurlitzer piano) 6 Electric Piano 2 (usually an FM piano patch, often chorused) 7 Harpsichord (often with a fixed velocity level) 8 Clavinet