THX

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/thx

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the founding date?May 20, 1983
2. What is the founding entity?Lucasfilm
3. What is THX and why was it created?THX is a set of rules that make movie sound clear and loud. It was made in 1983 by Tomlinson Holman at Lucasfilm to fix bad sound in theaters.
4. How does the Deep Note sound help a movie theater?The Deep Note is a special sound that plays when a THX movie starts. It tests the theater’s speakers and shows that the sound system can play all the sounds in a movie.

Glissando: A continuous slide between two musical notes, often heard in the THX 'Deep Note'.
Acoustic Treatment: Materials and design techniques used to control sound reflection and absorption in a space.
Crossover Circuit: An electronic circuit that separates an audio signal into different frequency bands for specific speakers.
Dynamic Range: The difference between the loudest and quietest sounds a system can reproduce.