Multichannel or multi-channel may refer to:
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Stereophonic sound
Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. This is usually achieved by using two independent audio channels through a configuration ...
, namely two channel audio
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Surround sound
Surround sound is a technique for enriching the fidelity and depth of sound reproduction by using multiple audio channels from speakers that surround the listener ( surround channels). Its first application was in movie theaters. Prior to sur ...
, more than two channel audio
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Ambisonics
Ambisonics is a ''full-sphere'' surround sound format: in addition to the horizontal plane, it covers sound sources above and below the listener.
Unlike some other multichannel surround formats, its transmission channels do not carry speaker si ...
, a studio or live way of recording with many channels
* Offering multiple audio tracks on a broadcast channel: see
Sound multiplex in broadcasting In broadcasting, sound multiplex is a method to deliver alternative audio feeds on television and radio channels.
Usage
This way, a television or radio channel can carry surround sound (like stereo or 5.1 surround sound), or alternative audio prog ...
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Multichannel television sound
Multichannel Television Sound, better known as MTS, is the method of encoding three additional audio channels into an analog NTSC-format audio carrier. It was developed by the Broadcast Television Systems Committee, an industry group, and somet ...
, an American standard for analogue television
* Having or offering multiple television channels: see
Multichannel television
A multichannel television service, also known as simply a television provider, is a type of service provider who distributes television programming to its customers for a subscription fee. Subscription television providers distribute television ch ...
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Digital multicast television network
A digital multicast television network, diginet, or multichannel is a type of national television service designed to be broadcast terrestrially as a supplementary service to other stations on their digital subchannels. Made possible by the conve ...
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Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS), a standard for analogue television
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Multichannel television in Canada
Canada is served by various multichannel television services, including cable television systems, two direct-broadcast satellite providers, and various other wireline IPTV and wireless MMDS video providers.
Canadian multichannel television provi ...
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Multichannel television in the United States Multichannel television in the United States has been available since at least 1948. The United States is served by multichannel television through cable television systems, direct-broadcast satellite providers, and various other wireline video pro ...
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Multichannel marketing
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Multi-channel network
A multi-channel network (MCN) is an organization that works with video platforms to offer assistance to a channel owner in areas such as "product, programming, funding, cross-promotion, partner management, digital rights management, monetizati ...
, a YouTube classification of for-profit channels
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Multichannel News
''Multichannel News'' is a magazine and website published by Future US that covers multichannel television and communications providers, such as cable operators, satellite television
Satellite television is a service that delivers television ...
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MPEG Multichannel
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MPEG Multichannel is an extension to the MPEG-1 Layer II audio compression specification, as defined in the MPEG-2 Audio standard (ISO/IEC 13818-3) which allows it provide up to 5.1-channels (surround sound) of audio. To maintain backw ...
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MADI Madi may refer to:
Places
* Madi, Chitwan, a municipality in Chitwan District in Nepal
* Madi Municipality, Sankhuwasabha, a municipality in Sankhuwasabha District in Nepal
* Madi Rural Municipality, Rolpa, a rural municipality in Rolpa Distric ...
, Multichannel Audio Digital Interface
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McASP McASP is an acronym for Multichannel Audio Serial Port, a communication peripheral found in Texas Instruments family of digital signal processors ( DSPs) and Microcontroller Units ( MCUs).
The McASP functions as a general-purpose audio serial port o ...
, Multichannel Audio Serial Port
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Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer The Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) ronounced ''simmer''was a five-frequency microwave radiometer flown on the Seasat and Nimbus 7 satellites. Both were launched in 1978, with the Seasat mission lasting less than six months until ...
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Joint multichannel trunking and switching system
The Joint multichannel trunking and switching system is that composite multichannel trunking and switching system formed from assets of the Services, the Defense Communications System, other available systems, and/or assets controlled by the Joint ...
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Multibus
Multibus is a computer bus standard used in industrial systems. It was developed by Intel Corporation and was adopted as the IEEE 796 bus.
The Multibus specification was important because it was a robust, well-thought out industry standard with ...
, Multichannel I/O Bus
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MVDDS, Multichannel Video and Data Distribution Service
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MMDF MMDF, the Multichannel Memorandum Distribution Facility, is a message transfer agent (MTA), a computer program designed to transmit email.
History
MMDF was originally developed at the University of Delaware in the late 1970s, and provided the init ...
, Multichannel Memorandum Distribution Facility
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