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A factor which indicates the light-stopping power of a photographic image.

A sound track which carries lip sync speech.

A reference to a system whereby a continuously variable analog signal is reduced and encoded into discrete binary bits that establish a mathematical model of an original signal or other information.

A modification of the original signal appearing in the output of audio equipment which had not been present in the input.

The variation in response or perception for different angles of sound incidence.

This is a 5.1 channel digital film format that if optically recorded on to a film release print in the blocks of space located between the film’s sprocket holes.

Spectral Recording. An encoding/decoding noise reduction system developed by Dolby Laboratories and used increasingly in film sound.

Loss of a portion of a signal, usually due to a loss of a tape’s oxide coating or due to dirt or grease covering a portion of a tape.

This is a film sound system which utilizes a CD-ROM disc which is synchronized to film by means of timecode which is optically encoded into the exhibition film print.

The simplest type of microphone in which the capacitance (electrical charge) is varied by sound, causing movement in one plate (diaphragm) in relation to a fixed backplate.