Dynamic range  --  1. Of a recording, the range within which its volume fluctuates. (The term is applied to the original sounds and to the electric currents produced by them.) 2. In a musical instrument, a measure of the span between the quietest and loudest sounds it is capable of producing. 3. In a tape recorder, the dB interval between the noise level and the level at which distortion occurs.

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