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Audio Post Production Knowledge Base
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D/A Converter
D1 Video
D2 Video
DA88
DA98-HR
DASH
DAT
Data Compression
Data Migration
DAW
dB
dBFS
DBX 700
DCT
De-esser
Decay
Decibel
Decibels Full Scale
Decode
Degauss
Delay
DigiDelivery™
Digital Audio
Digital Audio Tape
Digital Audio Workstation
Digital Noise
Digital to Analog...
Digitization
Distortion
Dither
DME
Dolby® A
Dolby® B
Dolby® E
Dolby® NR
Dolby® ProLogic
Dolby® Stereo
Downmix
Drift
Dropout
DTRS Cassette
Dx
Dynamic Compression
Dynamic Range
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A dropout is a momentary and instantaneous loss of program level. The term can refer either to a partial but noticeable loss of level or to a complete loss of level in program.
This nice man in a tuxedo was trying very hard to explain of the properties of sound when quite suddenly his speech was rudely interrupted by a dropout - and on the word "sound," too! Video clip courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive and The Rick Chace Foundation from A Century of Sound ©2007. All rights reserved. |
