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11Electronic tuner — Pocket sized Korg chromatic LCD tuner, with simulated analog indicator needle The term electronic tuner can refer to a number of different things, depending which discipline you wish to study. In the Discipline of radio frequency electronics an… …
12musical sound — Introduction any tone with characteristics such as controlled pitch and timbre. The sounds are produced by instruments in which the periodic vibrations can be controlled by the performer. That some sounds are intrinsically musical,… …
13Machine head — A machine head, also called a tuner, gear head, or tuning machine, is part of a string instrument ranging from guitars to double basses, a geared apparatus for tensioning and thereby tuning a string, usually located at the headstock. A headstock… …
14Gamelan — A gamelan is a musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones, xylophones, drums, and gongs; bamboo flutes, bowed and plucked strings, and vocalists may also be included. The term refers more to… …
15Marimba — This article is about the musical instrument. For other uses, see Marimba (disambiguation). Marimba Marimba, model Antonko AMC 12 Classification Percussion instrument (Idiophone) …
16DXing — is the hobby of tuning in and identifying distant radio or television signals, or making two way radio contact with distant stations in amateur radio, citizens band radio or other two way radio communications. Many DXers also attempt to receive… …
17Bak–Tang–Wiesenfeld sandpile — In physics, the Bak–Tang–Wiesenfeld sandpile model is the first discovered example of a dynamical system displaying self organized criticality and is named after Per Bak, Chao Tang and Kurt Wiesenfeld.The model is a cellular automaton. At each… …
18Backlash (engineering) — In mechanical engineering, backlash, sometimes called lash or play, is clearance between mating components, sometimes described as the amount of lost motion due to clearance or slackness when movement is reversed and contact is re established.… …
19Frank Zappa — Infobox Musical artist Name = Frank Zappa Img capt = Frank Zappa, Ekeberghallen, Oslo, January 16, 1977. Photo by Helge Øverås Img size = Background = solo singer Birth name = Frank Vincent Zappa Alias = Born = December 21, 1940 Baltimore,… …
20Crystal oscillator — A miniature 4 MHz quartz crystal enclosed in a hermetically sealed HC 49/US package, used as the resonator in a crystal oscillator. A crystal oscillator is an electronic oscillator circuit that uses the mechanical resonance of a vibrating crystal …
