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four-channel

American  
[fawr-chan-l, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌtʃæn l, ˈfoʊr- /

adjective

  1. Audio. quadraphonic.


Etymology

Origin of four-channel

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

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Wuorinen was 32 when he won the Pulitzer for “Time’s Encomium,” a four-channel work for synthesized sound that became the first electronic composition to earn the honor.

From Washington Times • Mar. 12, 2020

Playing behind us was a four-channel video installation titled “American Gothic 2017,” featuring footage that she’d collected in New York last Halloween.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 7, 2017

Wonderful to see is Beryl Korot's 1974 "Dachau," a probing four-channel video of a notorious killing factory turned into a queasy tourist site.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2016

Michael Pisaro’s “Fields Have Ears 1,” which uses oscillators and field recordings, situated a few delicate, deliberate gestures on piano amid a tranquil yet eventful four-channel soundscape, investigating the primacy of player and instrument.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2014

Now they want to put four speakers and new amplifying equipment in your living room and introduce a new term into the vocabulary of the sound buff�quadraphonics, or four-channel sound.

From Time Magazine Archive

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