- Of, relating to, or designating sound reception by one ear.
- Electronics. Monophonic.
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(mon-OR-uhl)
adjective
1. Monophonic: sound recording and reproduction using only one channel.
2. Pertaining to one ear.
[From mono-, one + aural, related to ear.]
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"The Pressman monaural tape recorder was a relatively expensive unit, selling for forty nine thousand yen in Japan, and I said I wanted the first models of our new stereo experiment to retail for no more than thirty thousand yen." (Also, a mural of Mona Lisa. -Anu)
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(1) Also called "mono" and "monaural," it refers to the reproduction of sound using a single channel. Contrast with stereophonic.
(2) Playing only one note at a time. Contrast with polyphonic.
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Monaural or monophonic sound reproduction (often shortened to mono) is single-channel. Typically there is only one microphone, one loudspeaker, or (in the case of headphones and multiple loudspeakers) channels are fed from a common signal path. In the case of multiple microphones the paths are mixed into a single signal path at some stage.
Monaural sound has been replaced by stereo sound in most entertainment applications. However, it remains the standard for radiotelephone communications, telephone networks, and induction loops for use with hearing aids.
While some experiments were made with stereophonic recording and reproduction from the early days of the phonograph in the late 19th century, until the second half of the 20th century monaural was the rule for almost all audio recording.
Monaural sound is normal on:
Incompatible standards exist for:
Compatible monaural and stereophonic standards exist for:
No monaural standards exist for:
At various times artists have preferred to work in mono, either in recognition of the technical limitations of the equipment of the era or due to a simple preference. This can be seen as analogous to film makers working in black and white. Some early recordings such as The Beatles "Please Please Me" were re-released in the CD era as monophonic in recognition that the source tapes for the earliest recordings were two track, with vocals on one track and instruments on the other. This was actually intended to provide flexibility in producing a final mono mix, not to provide a stereo recording, although due to demand this was done anyway and the early material was available on vinyl in either mono or stereo formats. In the 1970s, it was common in the pop world that stereophonic versions of mono tracks were generated electronically using filtering techniques to attempt to pick out various instruments and vocals, but these were often considered unsatisfactory due to the artifacts of the conversion process.[citation needed]
Woody Allen and Stanley Kubrick both shot in mono because of personal preferences. Until Eyes Wide Shut, which used 6-track stereo (for use in an array of speakers behind the screen), Kubrick's only stereo film[citation needed] was 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Monaural LP records were eventually phased out and no longer manufactured after the early 1970s.[citation needed] During the 1960s it was common that albums were released as both monaural LPs and stereo LPs, occasionally with slight differences between the two (again detailed information of The Beatles' recordings provide a good example of the differences). This was because many people owned mono record players which were incapable of playing stereo records, as well as the prevalence of AM radio. Because of the limited quantities pressed and alternate mixes of several tracks, the monaural versions of these albums are often valued more highly than their stereo LP counterparts in record collecting circles today.[citation needed]
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| Translations: Monaural |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - for/med det ene øre
Nederlands (Dutch)
monauraal, mono
Français (French)
adj. - monophonique
Deutsch (German)
adj. - monophon, einkanalig, mit einem Ohr, einohrig
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - που ακούει από το ένα αφτί, μονοφωνικός
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - um ouvido só
Русский (Russian)
предназначенный исключительно для слуха, монофонический
Español (Spanish)
adj. - monaural, monofónico
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - enkanalig, mono-, för (med) ena örat
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
单耳的, 单声道的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 單耳的, 單聲道的
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - モノラルの, 片耳用の
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) أحادي الصوت, أحادي المسرب
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - בעל אוזן אחת, לאוזן אחת, משתשמש בכיוון שידור בודד (לא סטריאופוני)
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