...ii Cisco TelePresence Fundamentals Cisco TelePresence Fundamentals Tim Szigeti, Kevin McMenamy, Roland Saville, Alan Glowacki Copyright©2009 Cisco Systems, Inc. Published by: Cisco Press 800 East 96th Street Indianapolis, IN 46240 USA All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review. Printed in the United States of America First Printing May 2009 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cisco TelePresence fundamentals / Tim Szigeti ... [et al.]. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-593-5 (pbk.) ISBN-10: 1-58705-593-7 (pbk.) 1. Multimedia communications. 2. Computer conferencing. I. Szigeti, Tim. II. Title. [DNLM: 1. Cisco Systems, Inc. ] TK5105.15.C57 2009 006.7--dc22 2009013062 ISBN-13: 978-1-58705-593-5 ISBN-10: 1-58705-593-7 Warning and Disclaimer This book is designed to provide information about Cisco TelePresence. Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible, but no warranty or fitness is implied. The information is provided on an “as is” basis. The authors, Cisco Press, and Cisco Systems, Inc. shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this book or...
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...surroundings the bath rooms lay below a grass roof structure half buried into the hillside. The Therme Vals is built from layer upon layer of locally quarried Valser Quarzite slabs. This stone became the driving inspiration for the design, and is used with great dignity and respect. “Mountain, stone, water – building in the stone, building with the stone, into the mountain, building out of the mountain, being inside the mountain – how can the implications and the sensuality of the association of these words be interpreted, architecturally?” Peter Zumthor This space was designed for visitors to luxuriate and rediscover the ancient benefits of bathing. The combinations of light and shade, open and enclosed spaces and linear elements make for a highly sensuous and restorative experience. The underlying informal layout of the internal space is a carefully modelled path of circulation which leads bathers to certain predetermined points but lets them explore other areas for themselves. The perspective is always controlled. It either ensures or denies a view. The fascination for the mystic qualities of a world of stone within the mountain, for darkness and light, for light reflections on the water or in the steam saturated air, pleasure in the unique acoustics of the bubbling water in a world of stone, a feeling of warm stones and naked skin, the ritual of bathing – these notions guided the architect. Their intention to work with these elements, to implement them consciously and to...
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...Evolution of Musical Instruments Music, the concept is something almost instinctually recognized. Rhythm, is it appropriated from our culture, or is it something innately recognized between living beings? From beating on walls to humming tunes, making music is something we are almost all capable of doing. But over time we have evolved our way of procuring these sounds, these vibrational patterns, and it has helped us evolve the actual concept of music to newer and grander concepts. To better understand this, I have drawn up the following timeline, demonstrating the evolution of musical instruments. • ??? Our first musical instruments were natural our lungs. Dating back to the beginning of human history • 45,000 years ago Neanderthals carve a flute from the leg bone of a young bear, in the region that is now Slovenia • 8000 BC Aborigines develop first Didgeridoo • 4000 BC Harps and flutes played in Egypt • 3500 BC Lyres and Double Clarinets played in Egypt • 3000 BC Chinese court musician cut first bamboo pipes • 2800 BC The harp and the lyre are in use as musical instruments in Mesopotamia • 2000 BC Percussion instruments added to Egyptian orchestral music including Bells • 1500 BC A copper trumpet is in use in Egypt, forerunner of the brass instruments of the orchestra • 1500 BC Hittites use guitars, lyres, trumpets, and tambourines in music • 1000 BC Bagpipes first used • 800 BC Five tone and Seven tone scales appear in Babylon • 800 BC Earliest...
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...05 May 2007 The Lumanog name is synonymous with Philippine made acoustic guitars. As far as I can remember, when someone in the family wanted an acoustic guitar the reply is always to "get a Lumanog" 'cause "it's the best". And since the family hails from Pampanga, everyone knows where the best of the best Lumanog guitars can be found - at the hub of guitar and music instrument shops all bearing the name Lumanog in San Anton, Guagua, Pampanga. Thus, when it was my turn to get my first acoustic guitar - as soon as we changed Apo Ando's $100 gift into pesos - we rushed straight to San Anton in Guagua, me and my cousin haggled the hell out of the C.B. Lumanog music shop. My first acoustic guitar was a classical guitar with nylon strings - it had a spruce top and rosewood fingerboard. This guitar served me well, and I player her a lot, she ushered me into the world of music. Three months into playing the guitar, I was in the school Banduria - and my Apo was actually able to watch the banduria's recital with me proudly plucking his gift guitar. Ah, the good old days. Anyhow, back to the Lumanog guitar thing. Since I was quite determined to get a local guitar that I can have lying around the house - a guitar I can pickup anytime to just strum out melodies and ideas buzzing in my head - I decided to trek to Sta Mesa Manila and get one. But heck, I checked out five shops and the quality of the "Lumanog" acoustic guitars there were simply horrendous. These are the plywood type...
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...Steve Vai From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Steve Vai SteveVai 2.jpg Steve Vai in 2007 Background information Birth name Steven Siro Vai Born June 6, 1960 (age 53) Carle Place, New York, United States Genres Instrumental rock, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Progressive rock, Progressive metal, Experimental rock & Speed Metal Instruments Guitar, Keyboards, vocals Years active 1980–present Labels Favored Nations, Relativity, Urantia Records, Akashic Records, Epic Associated acts Joe Satriani, Frank Zappa, Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Zappa plays Zappa, Devin Townsend, Billy Sheehan, G3 Website www.vai.com Notable instruments Ibanez JEM Ibanez Universe Steven Siro Vai (born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer of Italian origin who has sold over 15 million albums. After starting his career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai recorded and toured in Zappa's band for two years, from 1980 to 1982. He began a solo career in 1983, has released eight solo albums and won three Grammy Awards. He has also recorded and toured with Public Image Ltd., Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth and Whitesnake. Vai has been a regular touring member of the G3 Concert Tour which began in 1995. In 1999 Vai started his own record label Favored Nations, intending to showcase as he describes, "...artists that have attained the highest performance level on their chosen instruments."[1] Contents [hide] 1 Biography ...
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...entrance, across from the Philharmonic’s old home at the Music Center. PROJECT DIARY The story of how Frank Gehry’s design and Lillian Disney’s dream were ultimately rescued to create the masterful WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL By James S. Russell, AIA P H OTO G R A P H Y : © L A R A S W I M M E R / E S TO Fleischmann and a committee assembled to manage the construction visited many of the world’s great halls. Two that particularly impressed the group were not on the usual greatest-hits lists. One was the Berlin Philharmonie, a dramatically expressionistic composition of terraced and overlapping tiers completed in 1963 to a design by Hans Scharoun with acoustician Lothar Cremer. The other acoustical standout was Suntory Hall, 1986, in Tokyo (Yasui Architects), where the acoustical consultant had been Nagata Acoustics, a firm well known only in Japan. In the meantime, an architectural subcommittee winnowed a list of 80 architects down to four who would compete for the commission: Gottfried Böhm, of Cologne, Germany; Hans Hollein, Vienna; Project: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles Client: Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, the Music Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Architect: Gehry Partners—Frank Gehry, FAIA, partner; James M. Glymph, partner; Craig Webb, project designer; Terry Bell, project manager Consultants: Nagata Acoustics, L’Observatoire (lighting); John A. Martin & Associates (structural); Theatre Projects Consultants; Rolf Jensen & Associates...
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...Careers in Communication Technology 1. Audio/Visual Technician Job Description; as an audio-visual technician you would install and operate multimedia equipment, such as video, TV, sound equipment and lighting at venues like conference centers, art galleries or schools. To do this job you will need to have excellent technical and IT skills. You will need good organizational skills, be able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines. There is set entry route in to this job. Experience is highly valued by employers so it may improve your chances of finding employment if you have worked with audio-visual (AV) technology before. Potential salary or wages; salaries for AV technicians can start at around $16,000 a year. With experience this can rise to between $25,000 and $30,000 year. Senior AV technicians and project managers may earn up to $40,000 a year or more. Overtime payments can increase earnings. Figures are intended as a guideline only. You would normally work 35 to 40 hours a week. Conference and exhibition work will often include evenings and weekends, and some school or college jobs may be during term-time only. Most of your work would be indoors, and may involve some lifting and carrying of heavy equipment. You would often spend time travelling between jobs, for example when working at different conference locations. Post-secondary education or training required in gaining employment in this field of technology: Before looking for work you may find it useful...
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...Theory 4.2.2 Analog . . . . . . . . . . 4.2.3 Digital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “You ain’t heard nothing yet” Al Jolson 1 Introduction The movie theater is a creation of the 20th century. While both pictures and reproduced sound existed earlier, their joining didn’t occur until the 1920’s. The movie theater requires syncronization between the eyes and ears of the producer to the projectionist. The technology required to create and show a movie is vast; optics, acoustics, mechanics, psychology and electronics only scratch the surface. This paper only concerns the sound reproduction acoustics of the modern movie theater. The paper discusses three fundamentals: Sound Transmission and Recording, Theater...
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...what equipment I have decided to put and use in my studio. And I will also be explaining why I have chose to use such equipment. For the mixing desk I have chosen to go with Audient ASP8024 “Each of the input channels features Audient’s impressive Class A preamp and 4 band EQ – a combination so versatile that many ASP8024 equipped studios no longer find the need for outboard preamps and EQ. The console features 24 bus routing, 12 auxes, 2 dedicated cue sends, 4 stereo returns, stereo bus compressor and a comprehensive monitor section.” Frequency Response Mic input to Mix output <+0,-0.3 dB 20Hz-20kHz @ 6-40 dB gain. Line input to Mix output <+0,-0.3 dB 20Hz-20kHz @ 0 dB gain. T.H.D. and Noise at +20 dB Output Mic XLR input to any output <0.005% at 1kHz Line input to any output <0.005% at 1kHz Tape input to any output <0.003% at 1kHz Noise Mic EIN (20-20kHz, 150R source) <-127.5 dBu Bus noise (no inputs routed) <-93 dBu Bus noise (36 inputs routed) <-78 dBu Mic C.M.R.R. 70 dB (Min gain) 75 dB (Max gain) Crosstalk and Mute Attenuation at 1kHz Short fader Mute >90 dB Long fader Mute >90 dB Mix assign >90 dB Bus assign >90 dB Maximum Input Mic >+21 dBu (min gain) Line >+30dBu (min gain) Insert return >+21dBu Maximum Output Into 2 kΩ Mix output >+26 dBu Bus output >+26 dBu Aux output >+26 dBu Insert send >+21 dBu Monitor, Studio, F/B outputs >+21 dBu Dimensions (mm) ASP 8024-24...
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...TERM PAPER A STUDY ON LOTUS DESIGN STUDIO Submitted by Reema Karnika L.S. 13MBM025 Under the guidance of Mr M Venkatesh Prabu BCom MBA MSc(UK) (PhD) Assistant Professor April 2014 GRG School OF Management Studies PSGR KRISHNAMMAL COLLEGE FOR WOMEN Peelamedu, Coimbatore - 641004 TABLE OF CONTENTS S.NO. | TOPIC | PAGE NUMBER | 1 | DRIVEN BY PASSION | 1 | 2 | THE WORLD OF INTERIOR DESIGN | 1 | 3 | TRIGGERED BY ACHIEVEMENTS | 2 | 4 | THE DAWN OF A NEW EVOLUTION IN DESIGN | 3 | 5 | AN INSIGHT INTO STUDIO LOTUS | 3 | 6 | DESIGN PHILOSOPHY | 4 | 7 | THE TEAM OF CREATORS | 4 | 8 | COLLABORATIONS FOR A DIFFERENCE | 6 | 9 | FACILITIES USED BY THE FIRM | 6 | 10 | FEATHERS IN THE CAP | 6 | 11 | CUSTOMER IS THE KING | 7 | 12 | NEED AND NECESSITY FOR ORGANISATIONS | 8 | 13 | WHY LOTUS | 9 | 14 | STRATEGIES ADOPTED | 9 | 15 | COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE | 10 | 16 | PRODUCT/SERVICE LIFE-CYCLE | 11 | 17 | BRAND LEADERS | 11 | 18 | REASONS BEHIND THE SUCCESS: CLIENTS TO BRICKLAYERS | 11 | 19 | SWOT ANALYSIS | 16 | 20 | CONCLUSION | 17 | 21 | REFERENCES | 18 | A Study on Lotus Design Studio Driven by passion If you find yourself admiring a building’s bas-relief, the perfect curve of an archway, or the magnificence of a skyscraper, architecture may be your calling. Simply put, architects design buildings. From Rome’s Colosseum to New York’s Empire State Building, great architects have left their marks on history. Creation is a powerful...
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...MUS410 Artist Analyses Jason Wang 208557 Ableton is a very highly regarded digital audio workstation program in the music industry. Even though professionals all around the world use this program, many up coming musicians, students and education facilities use this program to teach and better themselves as a musician or student. The reasons why Ableton is such a great DAW lie in many different areas. Major areas include, the ability to flick from arrangement screen to session screen, applying VST with ease and how the software itself comes with quality effects units. All these attributes makes workflow in Albeton very flexibile. Professionals prefer to use a DAW that feels comfortable to themselves and Ableton is the number one choice for many professionals in the industry. One such industry professional group is of course, Daft Punk. Daft Punk formed in 1993. They are a French duo with musicians Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem Chirsto (Last FM 2013). According to Last Fm, Daft Punk have been considered one of the most successful electronic music collaborations of all time (LastFM, 2013). Since forming in 1993, Daft Punk has had an incredibly successful and impressive career. They have released seven albums, sixteen compilation album, one soundtrack album; three remix albums, one video album, twenty-two singles and eighteen music videos (Allmusic, NA). Albums include Homework (1997), Discovery(2001), Alive (1997), Human After All (2005), Alive (2997), Tron...
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...of Digital Audio Recording A Practical Guide for Home and Studio Steve Savage With photos by Robert Johnson and diagrams by Iain Fergusson 3 3 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2011 by Steve Savage Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Savage, Steve. The art of digital audio recording: a practical guide for home and studio / Steve Savage; with photos by Robert Johnson and diagrams by Iain Fergusson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-19-539409-2; 978-0-19-539410-8 (pbk.) 1. Sound studios. 2. Sound—Recording and reproducing—Digital techniques. I....
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...SCHOOL OF AUDIO ENGINEERING Diploma in Audio Engineering RA 101: INTRODUCTION TO STUDIO STUDIES RA 101.1: INTRODUCTION TO AUDIO RT 101.1 INTRODCUTION TO AUDIO Identifying the Characteristics of Sound Sound and music are parts of our everyday sensory experience. Just as humans have eyes for the detection of light and color, so we are equipped with ears for the detection of sound. We seldom take the time to ponder the characteristics and behaviors of sound and the mechanisms by which sounds are produced, propagated, and detected. The basis for the understanding of sound, music and hearing is the physics of waves. Sound is a wave which is created by vibrating objects and propagated through a medium from one location to another. In this subject, we will investigate the nature, properties and behaviors of sound waves and apply basic wave principles towards an understanding of music. The Elements of Communication Communication: transfer of information from a source or stimulus through a medium to a reception point. The medium through which the information travels can be air, water, space or solid objects. Information that is carried through all natural media takes the form of waves - repeating patterns that oscillate back and forth. E.g. light, sound, electricity radio and TV waves. Stimulus: A medium must be stimulated in order for waves of information to be generated in it. A stimulus produces energy, which radiates outwards from the source in all directions. The sun...
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...The Study on Stealth Design Technology Abstract—In this report we study some basic ideas on stealth technology. Loosely speaking, the stealth technology can be divided into two categories: the study on target shape design and the study on radar absorbing materials. In this report, we explain the basic principles of these two categories, and give some simulations by CST Microwave Studio and Feko to show the effects of stealth technology. I. I NTRODUCTION The purpose of stealth design is to protect the target from being detected by the enemy’s radar and to increase the target survivability. Ideally, for an object to be ”stealth”, it needs to have a low optical visibility in addition to being low observable in the infrared spectrum and at all radar frequency bands, also the emission of acoustic noise should be low. However, this goal is difficult to achieve, and the recent research is mainly focus on the low observability in a certain radar bandwidth. In some degree, the term ”stealth design” is equivalent to the technology of reducing target’s the Radar Cross Section (RCS). RCS is the parameter to characterize the strength of backward scattering of the target, the formal definition is σ = lim 4πR2 R−>∞ Fig. 1: B-2 stealth bomber |Es |2 , |Ei |2 (1) Fig. 2: F117 stealth fighter plane where, R is the distance from target to radar, |Es | is the scattered electric field intensity and |Ei | is the incident electric field intensity. Radar equation can be used to estimate...
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...Chapter 15 By Standard Modified True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If false, change the identified word or phrase to make the statement true. ____1.Sound needs a medium through which to travel. _______________ ____2.Sound waves travel slower in water than in air. _______________ ____3.The distance from one crest of a wave to the crest of the next wave is the wavelength. _______________ ____4.When a car passes you, the sound changes as it gets closer and then farther away. This is called the acoustical effect. _______________ ____5.Things sound louder outside than inside because of absorption. _______________ ____6.A music hall is designed with good echoes so that everyone can hear the music well. _______________ ____7.Sounds are produced when matter cools. _______________ ____8.The greater the energy of a sound wave, the higher the pitch. _______________ ____9.The hertz is the unit to measure the intensity of a sound. _______________ ____10.As your vocal cords become thinner, the pitch becomes higher. _______________ ____11.Bats use reverberation to locate insects. _______________ ____12.Brass and wind instruments make sound by vibrating a membrane. _______________ Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____13.Sound is a form of _____. a. | potential energy | c. | mechanical energy | b. | kinetic energy | d. | thermal energy...
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