Crossword clues for loudness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loudness \Loud"ness\, n. The quality or state of being loud.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English hludnis "loudness, clamor;" see loud + -ness.
Wiktionary
n. 1 the perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons 2 the physical strength of the sound pressure level, measured in decibels
WordNet
n. the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume" [syn: volume, intensity] [ant: softness]
tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz]
Wikipedia
Loudness is the characteristic of a sound that is primarily a psychological correlate of physical strength ( amplitude). More formally, it is defined as "that attribute of auditory sensation in terms of which sounds can be ordered on a scale extending from quiet to loud".
Loudness, a subjective measure, is often confused with objective measures of sound strength such as sound pressure, sound pressure level (in decibels), sound intensity or sound power. Filters such as A-weighting attempt to adjust sound measurements to correspond to loudness as perceived by the typical human. However, loudness perception is a much more complex process than A-weighting.
Loudness is also affected by parameters other than sound pressure, including frequency, bandwidth and duration.
is a Japanese heavy metal band formed in 1981 by guitarist Akira Takasaki and drummer Munetaka Higuchi. They were the first Japanese metal act signed to a major label in the United States, releasing twenty-six studio albums (five in America) and nine live albums by 2014 and reaching the Billboard Top 100 in their moment of maximum international popularity, as well as charting on Oricon dozens of times. Despite numerous changes in their roster, the band continued their activities throughout the 1990s, finally reuniting the original line-up in 2001. This line-up released a further seven albums until November 30, 2008, when original drummer Munetaka Higuchi died from liver cancer at a hospital in Osaka at age 49. He was replaced with Masayuki Suzuki.
Loudness is the tenth studio album by Japanese band Loudness. It was released in 1992 only in Japan, after the band had terminated the recording contracts with US labels. Original bass player Masayoshi Yamashita was replaced with Taiji Sawada and the American vocalist Mike Vescera with former Ezo singer Masaki Yamada.
The sound of this album is much more aggressive and the rhythms much faster than the preceding offerings from the band. This fact has been interpreted as a reaction by composer and producer Takasaki to the many compromises he had to accept by US managers and producers to remain in the record market in the USA. Also, the music has a much more traditional heavy metal feel to it overall, whereas their previous output from the late 80's had a very glam-oriented melodic sound to it.
The cover art is designed by artist Tadanori Yokoo. The limited edition of the album came with a special booklet and CD case, guitar picks, band name logo sticker and a t-shirt signed by the band. The album reached No. 2 in Japan on the Oricon Charts, making it Loudness' highest-charting and best-selling album in Japan. A live album, recorded in 1992, Once and for All, and a live VHS, Welcome to the Slaughter House, also recorded in 1992 at Nakano Sun Plaza, were also released.
Usage examples of "loudness".
And because she curbed the loudness of Maizella's rather good basic voice, she was very welcome indeed - not just by the girl's disenchanted half-brothers and sisters, but by many of the adults who resided in the Hold.
His uncle Abbas, who, like the heroes of Homer, excelled in the loudness of his voice, made the valley resound with the recital of the gifts and promises of God: the flying Moslems returned from all sides to the holy standard.
I can break down chords, and timbres, and words too into all the basic frequencies and harmonics, with all their different loudnesses, and listen to them, each pure tone, but all at once.
It is the combinations of overtones-along with the resonating characteristics of the pharyngeal, nasal and oral cavities that amplify specific frequencies-that account m large measure for the vocal quality thdt makes each individual s voice somewhat unique For instance, the trained singing voice owes its richness to overtones of more than ordi nary amplitude Sktllful manipulation of Voice requires generating these overtones without altering the basic pitch or loudness of the perceived voice Each individual word or phoneme requires a unique combination of perceived tones and extraperceptual frequencies This perceptual/extraperceptual ratio (specific combination .
The ordinary bracelet cries with quite sufficient radio loudness to be heard by more than one thanatic station, when we die.