The talkies (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
00055
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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CHAPTER II THE WRITING OF SOUND It is not intended to pad out this chapter with a lot of scientific figures which can be found in any textbook, and we are lucky in not having to plough through a long rigmarole, or over page after page of diagrams and mathematical formulas which look like the name of a Welsh town. The only thing which we have to know a little about is the question of sound, because after all that is what the book is about. There is no need, however, to be musty about it, or to put on a "cap and gown" air, because, like many things which seem very mysterious, the reasons for them are frequently to be found in our own back garden or lying about in the road. The "unusual" frequently turns out to be the "commonplace" dressed up in a paper cap and standing on its head. An important point about this film sound-record business is that, whereas it looks as if the manufacturers of gramophone records have reached a stage when they are going to be hard put to it to reproduce very much better records, there seems no reason whatever why the film record