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...Setting the Record Straight Digital Audio The Coolest Inventions item "Digital Jamming," about a new electric guitar [Nov. 24], mistakenly said that Gibson is the "first musical-instrument maker to release an electric guitar with a digitizing microprocessor and circuit board built right in." Gibson was not the first to produce this type of guitar. The musical-instrument company Line 6 began selling its Variax guitar with a digitizing microprocessor in December...
...crackly music introduced the play. A large bronze shield on the back wall and a yellow curtain hung to the side served as the only set elements. The minimalism of the props provided well-considered contrast to the complexity of the drama. The play also made unique use of audio-visual technology, presenting the suicide of Ajax as a televised clip. The TV’s blurry, black-and-white image made the suicide scene creepier and more powerful than it would have been had it been acted out on stage...
...roving thugs: they're tough, and if one gets in trouble, they will all mob you at once. The acme of the manhunter's art is the silent, solo kill: wait patiently in the shadows, follow stealthily, then take down your prey from behind. Manhunt is as much an audio game as a video game: you have to listen carefully to track your foes through the dark, dank alleyways. Rest assured they will be listening...
Rather, McNamara puts the blame on President Lyndon B. Johnson, a figure who does not come across flatteringly in Morris’ documentary. Morris unearthed audio archives for this film that present Johnson as a belligerent leader who was consumed by the domino theory (the image of dominoes falling across a map of southeast Asia recurs throughout the film) and was determined to win the conflict before it had even started...
...play DVD-Audio discs on DVD players, and many SACDs on CD players, but you won't hear the crystal-clear surround sound of either without special new equipment. One of the best current offerings is Pioneer's DV-563A ($170, below), which reads both SACD and DVD-Audio formats. This machine comes ready to play just about anything--even MP3s you snag online...