Currencies riffle out of alignment, foreign markets turn more chaotic than ours and downside earnings surprises sound like staccato drum beats.

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Listen out: it will sound like a quickening drum beat followed by a bottle of champagne being uncorked and poured.

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Sound travels through the ear drum, the middle ear, and is then processed by the inner ear.

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" says Val Kolton, Chief Visionary Officer and Founder of V-MODA. "VAMP is a statement that you march to your own drum and appreciate sophisticated sound and style.

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The remaining 8 x 4 pads above now function as a step-sequencer -- with a sound selected, tapping these adds drum hits in the respective position in the drum loop.

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And it was her idea to include the sound of the tabla, an Indian drum, in NDTV's signature tune before newscasts.

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It is easier to dress soldiers in bright uniforms and have them march to the sound of a fife-and-drum corps than it is to have them ride six hundred miles through the desert on the back of a camel.

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It worked not only as a sound bite, but also as a resonating drum of action for generations to come.

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On "False Idols, " the dreamy orchestral strings that enrich "Nothing's Changed, " sung by Francesca Belmonte, began as an experiment with a synth sound, as did the song's skippy drum loop.

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