Waardenburg syndrome
Waardenburg syndrome is a group of rare genetic conditions characterised by at least some degree of congenital hearing loss and…
Waardenburg syndrome type 2D
Waardenburg syndrome type 2D, a subtype of the Waardenburg syndrome, is a rare congenital disorder caused by a mutation in the SLUG…
Walkdown
In country music, walkdown is a bassline which connects two root position chords whose roots are a third apart, often featuring an…
Walking the Floor Over You
"Walking the Floor Over You" is a country music song written by Ernest Tubb, recorded on April 26, 1941 in Fort Worth, Texas, and released…
Wall of Sound
The Wall of Sound is a recording approach and style of music production developed by American producer and songwriter Phil Spector at Gold…
Walla
In American radio, film, television, and video games, walla is a sound effect imitating the murmur of a crowd in the background. A group…
War Requiem
The War Requiem, Op. 66, is a choral and orchestral composition by Benjamin Britten, composed mostly in 1961 and completed in January 1962.
Warblish
Warblish is the human imitation of bird vocalizations using existing words and phrases in a human language. The term was coined in 2017 by…
Water Talkies
A Water Talkie is a colorful, cone-shaped device that amplifies voices underwater over a range of up to 15 feet (4.5 meters). Water…
Waterfall plot
Waterfall plots are often used to show how two-dimensional phenomena change over time. A three-dimensional spectral waterfall plot is a…
Watkins Copicat
The Watkins Copicat is an effects unit that produces tape delay effects. One of the first commercially available tape delay units, the…
Wave (smart speaker)
Wave (stylized as Clova WAVE in Japan or WAVE in Korea) is a smart speaker developed by Naver Corporation and Line Corporation (a…
Wave field synthesis
Wave field synthesis (WFS) is a spatial audio rendering technique, characterized by creation of virtual acoustic environments. It produces…
Wavetable synthesis
Wavetable synthesis is a sound synthesis technique used to create quasi-periodic waveforms often used in the production of musical tones…
WAVINCITY
WAVINCITY – Hong Kong Urban Soundscape Recording Project (traditional Chinese: 香港城市聲音記錄計劃; simplified Chinese: 香港城巿声音纪录计划) is a Hong Kong…
We Are Family (song)
"We Are Family" is a song recorded by American sibling vocal group Sister Sledge. Composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, they both…
We Hold These Truths
We Hold These Truths, a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the United States Bill of Rights, was an hour-long radio program that…
Weather Machine
Weather Machine is a lumino kinetic bronze sculpture and columnar machine that serves as a weather beacon, displaying a weather prediction…
Weber test
The Weber test is a screening test for hearing performed with a tuning fork. It can detect unilateral (one-sided) conductive hearing loss…
Weighting curve
A weighting curve is a graph of a set of factors, that are used to 'weight' measured values of a variable according to their importance in…
Weissenbacher–Zweymüller syndrome
Weissenbacher–Zweymuller syndrome (WZS), also called Pierre-Robin syndrome with fetal chondrodysplasia, is an autosomal recessive…
Well temperament
In Western music theory, a well temperament (also good temperament, circular or circulating temperament) is a type of tempered tuning used…
Werckmeister temperament
Werckmeister temperaments are the tuning systems described by Andreas Werckmeister in his writings. The tuning systems are numbered in two…
Were You There
"Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)" is an African-American spiritual that was first printed in 1899. It was likely composed by…
Wernicke–Geschwind model
In the study of language processing, Carl Wernicke created an early neurological model of language, that later was revived by Norman…
Whale vocalization
Whales use a variety of sounds for communication and sensation. The mechanisms used to produce sound vary from one family of cetaceans to…
Wharfedale MACH
The Wharfedale MACH series of loudspeakers consists of the MACH 3, 5, 7, and 9.
What the World Needs Now Is Love
"What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 song with lyrics by Hal David and music composed by Burt Bacharach. First recorded and made…
What'd I Say
"What'd I Say" (or "What I Say") is an American rhythm and blues song by Ray Charles, released in June 1959. As a single divided into two…
When the Saints Go Marching In
"When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as simply "The Saints", is a traditional African-American spiritual.
Whispering gallery
A whispering gallery is usually a circular, hemispherical, elliptical or ellipsoidal enclosure, often beneath a dome or a vault, in which…
Whispering-gallery wave
Whispering-gallery waves, or whispering-gallery modes, are a type of wave that can travel around a concave surface. Originally discovered…
White Book (CD standard)
The White Book refers to a standard of compact disc that stores not only sound but also still pictures and motion video. It was released…
White noise
In signal processing, white noise is a random signal having equal intensity at different frequencies, giving it a constant power spectral…
White van speaker scam
The white van speaker scam is a scam sales technique in which a con artist makes a buyer believe they are getting a good price on home…
Who's on First?
"Who's on First?" is a comedy routine made famous by American comedy duo Abbott and Costello. The premise of the sketch is that Abbott is…
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
"Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (sometimes rendered "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On") is a song written by Dave "Curlee" Williams and…
Wichita Lineman
"Wichita Lineman" is a 1968 song written by Jimmy Webb for American country music artist Glen Campbell, who recorded it backed by members…
Wild track
Wild track, also known as wild sound and wild lines, is an audio recording intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded…
Wilhelm scream
The Wilhelm scream is a famous stock sound effect that has been used in many films, television programs and other media, originating in…
Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game
Wilt Chamberlain set the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association (NBA) by scoring 100 points for the…
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (or WPPT) is an international treaty adopted in Geneva on 20 December 1996. It came into…
Wire recording
Wire recording, also known as magnetic wire recording, was the first magnetic recording technology, an analog type of audio storage. It…
Wireless speaker
Wireless speakers are loudspeakers that receive audio signals using radio frequency (RF) waves rather than over audio cables.
Wisconsin Folk Song Recording Project
The Wisconsin Folk Song Recording Project is a University of Wisconsin and Library of Congress sponsored project carried out by Helene…
WJSV broadcast day
On September 21, 1939, radio station WJSV in Washington, D.C. made an audio recording of its entire 19-hour broadcast day.
Wolf tone
A wolf tone, wolf note, or simply a "wolf", is an undesirable phenomenon that occurs in some bowed-string musical instruments, most…
Wolfbox
The Wolfbox is the name for the original passive DI unit, direct box, or DI as invented in the late 1950s by Dr. Edward Wolfrum, PhD…
Wolfram syndrome
Wolfram syndrome, also called DIDMOAD (diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and deafness), is a rare autosomal-recessive…
WOOx Technology
wOOx Technology (rendered wOOx) is a brand created by Philips to identify loudspeaker systems that employ passive radiator technology…
Workplace listening
Workplace listening is a type of active listening that is generally employed in a professional environment. Listening skills are…
World Hearing Day
World Hearing Day is a campaign held each year by Office of Prevention of Blindness and Deafness of the World Health Organization (WHO).
World Soundscape Project
The World Soundscape Project (WSP) was an international research project founded by Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer in the late 1960s…
Wow and flutter measurement
Measurement of wow and flutter is carried out on audio tape machines, cassette recorders and players, and other analog recording and…