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Octophonic sound

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Octophonic sound is a form of audio reproduction that presents eight discrete audio channels using eight speakers. [1]

21 relations: Audio signal, Gérard Pape, Glissando, Height channels, John Cage, Jonathan Harvey (composer), Karlheinz Stockhausen, Klang (Stockhausen), Larry Austin, Loudspeaker, Mittwoch aus Licht, Oktophonie, Pitch (music), Quadraphonic sound, Rhythm, Sirius (Stockhausen), Sound recording and reproduction, Spatial music, Steps and skips, Unsichtbare Chöre, Williams Mix.

Audio signal

An audio signal is a representation of sound, typically as an electrical voltage for analog signals and a binary number for digital signals.

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Gérard Pape

Gérard Pape (born April 22, 1955 in Brooklyn, New York) is a composer of electronic music, author, and psychologist.

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Glissando

In music, a glissando (plural: glissandi, abbreviated gliss.) is a glide from one pitch to another.

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Height channels

Height channels are audio channels in surround sound multichannel audio.

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John Cage

John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist.

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Jonathan Harvey (composer)

Jonathan Dean Harvey (3 May 1939 – 4 December 2012) was a British composer.

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Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen (22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries.

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Klang (Stockhausen)

Klang—Die 24 Stunden des Tages (Sound—The 24 Hours of the Day) is a cycle of compositions by Karlheinz Stockhausen, on which he worked from 2004 until his death in 2007.

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Larry Austin

Larry Don Austin (born 12 September 1930) is an American composer noted for his electronic and computer music works.

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Loudspeaker

A loudspeaker (or loud-speaker or speaker) is an electroacoustic transducer; which converts an electrical audio signal into a corresponding sound.

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Mittwoch aus Licht

(English: Wednesday from Light) is an opera by Karlheinz Stockhausen in a greeting, four scenes, and a farewell.

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Oktophonie

(Octophony) is a 1991 octophonic electronic-music composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen.

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Pitch (music)

Pitch is a perceptual property of sounds that allows their ordering on a frequency-related scale, or more commonly, pitch is the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" in the sense associated with musical melodies.

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Quadraphonic sound

Quadraphonic (or Quadrophonic and sometimes Quadrasonic) sound – equivalent to what is now called 4.0 surround sound – uses four channels in which speakers are positioned at the four corners of the listening space, reproducing signals that are (wholly or in part) independent of one another.

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Rhythm

Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός, rhythmos, "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions".

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Sirius (Stockhausen)

Sirius: eight-channel electronic music and trumpet, soprano, bass clarinet, and bass is a music-theatre composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen, composed between 1975 and 1977.

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Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical, mechanical, electronic, or digital inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects.

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Spatial music

Spatial music is composed music that intentionally exploits sound localization.

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Steps and skips

In music, a step, or conjunct motion,Bonds, Mark Evan (2006).

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Unsichtbare Chöre

Unsichtbare Chöre (Invisible Choirs) is an eight-channel electronic-music composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen.

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Williams Mix

Williams Mix (1951–1953) is a 4'15" electronic composition by John Cage for eight simultaneously played independent quarter-inch magnetic tapes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octophonic_sound

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