- Guitar
... ound without amplification. [[Electromagnetic]] [[Pickup (music)|pickup]]s convert the vibration of the steel strings into [[electrical signal]]s which are f ...
In electric guitars, [[transducer]]s known as [[Pickup (music)|pickups]] convert [[vibrating string|string vibration]] to an electric signal, which in turn ...
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- Bass guitar
The first fretless bass guitar was made by [[Bill Wyman]] in 1961 when he converted an inexpensive Japanese fretted bass by removing the frets.<ref>Roberts, ...
... ic]] pickups are non-magnetic pickups that use a [[transducer]] crystal to convert the vibrations produced by the string into an electrical signal. They prod ...
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- Microphone
... ng|ˈmaɪk}}) is an acoustic-to-electric [[transducer]] or [[sensor]] that converts [[sound]] into an [[electrical signal]]. Microphones are used in many app ...
... of some materials to produce a voltage when subjected to pressure—to convert vibrations into an electrical signal. An example of this is [[Rochelle sal ...
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- Tremolo arm
... fferent shape and position, requiring an impractical amount of woodwork to convert from one to the other, and the mounting plate is of a different shape with ...
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- Tattoo
... . A decline often occurred in other cultures following European efforts to convert aboriginal and indigenous people to Western religious and cultural practic ...
... ent) while deeper in the skin [[granulation tissue]] forms, which is later converted to connective tissue by [[collagen]] growth. This mends the upper dermis ...
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- Universal Serial Bus
The maximum length of a standard USB cable is {{convert|5.0|m|ft|1|sp=us}}. The primary reason for this limit is the maximum allow ...
... while others pass through the data lines to a host PC. USB Power adapters convert utility power and/or power from a car's electrical system to run attached ...
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- Los Angeles, California
... = 2008-10-14| date = 25| year = 2008| month = 07}}</ref> and spans over {{convert|498.3|sqmi|km2|1}} in [[Southern California]]. Additionally, the [[Greater ...
Los Angeles is irregularly shaped and covers a total area of {{convert|498.3|sqmi|km2|0|sp=us}}, comprising 469.1 square miles (1,214.9 km²) of ...
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- Seattle, Washington
... 42.5|sqmi|km2}}),{{GR|1}} {{convert|83.9|sqmi|km2}} of which is land and {{convert|58.7|sqmi|km2}} water. The total area is 41.16 percent water.
... g a few summer days. Seattle's hottest official recorded temperature was {{convert|100|°F|°C|1}} on July 20, 1994; the coldest recorded temperature was 0&n ...
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- Boston, Massachusetts
... ion and re-development, and it was the first federal housing project to be converted to private, mixed-income housing in the United States.
... ef> Periods exceeding {{convert|90|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in summer and below {{convert|10|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in winter are not uncommon but are rarely prolonged. ...
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- New York City
... lation is also the nation's highest, estimated at 18,815,988 people over {{convert|6720|sqmi|km2}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/popest/metro/fil ...
... {{convert|228|mi|km}} driving distance from New York City, and Boston is {{convert|217|mi|km}} driving distance from New York. - [http://maps.google.com/ Goo ...
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- London
... d a new settlement called [[Anglo-Saxon London|Lundenwic]] approximately {{convert|1000|yd|km}} upstream from the old Roman city,
Greater London covers an area of {{convert|609|sqmi|km2}}.{{Fact|date=November 2008}} Its primary geographical featur ...
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- Sydney
... [[Bondi Beach, New South Wales|Bondi Beach]]. Sydney's urban area covers {{convert|1687|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}} as at 2001.<ref name="abs_2016_0">{{cite web | t ...
... 71220079feee!OpenDocument#M | accessdate = 2008-12-21}}</ref> and covers {{convert|12145|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="abs_2032_0">{{cite web | title = 203 ...
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- Rome
... on}} above sea level (at the base of the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]]) to {{convert|139|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} above sea level (the peak of [[Monte Mario]]).<ref>{{ ...
</ref> The Commune of Rome covers an overall area of about {{convert|1285|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}, including many green areas.
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- Wal-Mart
... }} to {{convert|224000|sqft|m2|1}}, with an average store covering about {{convert|102000|sqft|m2|1}}.<ref name="annrep"/> They carry [[general merchandise]] ...
... newly built Supercenters. All of the Bud's Discount City stores closed or converted into Wal-Mart Discount Stores by 1997.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/ar ...
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- Sam's Club
... n 1993, Wal-Mart acquired [[PACE Membership Warehouse]] from [[Kmart]] and converted many (but not all) PACE locations into Sam's Clubs.
... m's Club store; its largest is located in [[Utica, Michigan]], with over {{convert|145000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. of retail space.
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- Class action lawsuit
... here a number of individual bond-holders sue to determine whether they may convert their [[Bond (finance)|bonds]] to [[common stock]]. Refusing to litigate ...
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- ITunes
... As with any digital music management, users must use an analog-to-digital converter to import analog recordings (such as [[Compact Cassette|audio cassettes] ...
iTunes 8 can currently read, write and convert between [[MP3]], [[Audio Interchange File Format|AIFF]], [[WAV]], [[MPEG-4 ...
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- Las Vegas, Nevada
... sus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] led by William Bringhurst to the area to convert the [[Paiute]] [[Native Americans of the United States|Indian]] population ...
... n early 2005 there were 20 residential development projects of more than {{convert|300|acre|km2}} each underway.
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- Electronic drum
*[http://www.edrum.info/ eDrum – Trigger MIDI Converter] : Create a Trigger to MIDI Controller yourself.
*[http://www.megadrum.info/ MegaDrum – Atmega based Trigger MIDI Converter] : Another DIY Trigger to MIDI Controller.
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- Electronic drum module
... a combination of two components: an [[analog to digital converter]], which converts the drum play (analog) into digital signals, with the the latter task ''a ...
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