Acoustic may refer to:

Music

Albums

* ''Acoustic'' (Above & Beyond album), 2014 * ''Acoustic'' (Deine Lakaien album), 2007 * ''Acoustic'' (Everything but the Girl album), 1992 * ''Acoustic'' (John Lennon album), 2004 * ''Acoustic'' (Love Amongst Ruin album), 2011 * ''Acoustic'' (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album), 1994 * ''Acoustic'' (Nouvelle Vague album), 2009 * ''Acoustic'' (Simple Minds album), 2016 * '' The Acoustic'', by Ektomorf, 2012 * ''Acoustic'', by

Oumou Sangaré Oumou Sangaré ( bm, Umu Sangare; born 25 February 1968 in Bamako) is a Grammy Award-winning Malian Wassoulou musician, sometimes referred to as "The Songbird of Wassoulou". Wassoulou is a historical region south of the Niger River, where the m ...

, 2020

EPs and singles

* ''Acoustic'' (Bayside EP), 2006 * ''Acoustic'' (Britt Nicole EP), 2010 * ''Acoustic'' (Coldplay EP), 2000 * ''Acoustic'' (Lights EP), 2010 * ''Acoustic'' (Second Coming EP), an acoustic version of ''13'', 2003 * ''Acoustic'', by

Brandi Carlile Brandi Marie Carlile ( ; born June 1, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and producer whose music spans many genres, including folk rock, alternative country, Americana, and classic rock. , Carlile has released seven studio albums. She has ...

, 2004 * ''Acoustic'', by Gabrielle Aplin, 2010 * ''Acoustic'', by Press to Meco, 2019 * "Acoustic" (single), "Follow You Home" and "Refugees", by Embrace, 2014

Companies

* ''Acoustic'' (magazine) * ''Acoustic Guitar'' (magazine) * Acoustic Disc, a record label owned by David Grisman * Acoustic Control Corporation, produced amplifiers

Other music

Acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

, as opposed to electric guitar *

Acoustic bass guitar The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar ...

, as opposed to electric bass guitar *

Acoustic music Acoustic music is music that solely or primarily uses instruments that produce sound through acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means. While all music was once acoustic, the retronym "acoustic music" appeared after the adv ...

, music that solely or primarily uses non-electrical instruments *

Acoustic recording A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), or simply a record, is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove. The groove usually starts near ...

, a pre-microphone method of recording *

Acoustics Acoustics is a branch of physics that deals with the study of mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids including topics such as vibration, sound, ultrasound and infrasound. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acousticia ...

, a branch of physics that studies sound *

Musical acoustics Musical acoustics or music acoustics is a multidisciplinary field that combines knowledge from physics, psychophysics, organology (classification of the instruments), physiology, music theory, ethnomusicology, signal processing and instrument build ...

, the branch of acoustics that studies the physics of music * Piano acoustics, the physical properties of the piano that affect its sound

Technology

* Acoustic cryptanalysis, in cryptography, a side channel attack which exploits sounds * Acoustic fingerprint, a condensed digital summary, a fingerprint generated from an audio signal *

Acoustic location Acoustic location is the use of sound to determine the distance and direction of its source or reflector. Location can be done actively or passively, and can take place in gases (such as the atmosphere), liquids (such as water), and in solids ( ...

, a pre-radar and pre-sonar method of detecting hostile vehicles and vessels *

Acoustic metamaterials An acoustic metamaterial, sonic crystal, or phononic crystal, is a material designed to control, direct, and manipulate sound waves or phonons in gases, liquids, and solids ( crystal lattices). Sound wave control is accomplished through manipulat ...

, engineered materials with atypical properties * Acoustic signature, sound emitters, such as those of ships and submarines * Acoustic thermometry, observation of ocean climate using long-range instruments * Acoustic torpedo, a torpedo that aims itself

Other uses

* ''Acoustic'' (film), a 2010 South Korean omnibus film * External acoustic meatus, another name for the ear canal