Sound Platform 2 improves on the highly praised acoustic performance of the original Sound Platform offering enhanced bass at high-volume listening, larger speaker drivers, and Tone Control as well as UQ3 spatial enhancement.

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With the P7700, features like a noise reduction filter, tone level information, COOLPIX Picture Control and versatile bracketing functions open the door for even more creative control and freedom when capturing still images.

ENGADGET: Nikon intros flagship Coolpix P7700 for prosumers, diminutive Coolpix S01 for fashionistas

He set the right tone for the seriousness of the gun control debate, from having students who had written to him about gun control as a backdrop to neatly bifurcating legislative action that he could take through executive order.

FORBES: President Obama Strikes The Right Tone On Gun Control

Such documents are normally distant in tone, but this one can barely control a seething frustration at how Huawei deflected its efforts to get at the most basic kind of information about the company: who runs it, how decisions are made, its history, financial arrangements, and especially, its relationship to the Chinese government.

FORBES: Huawei To US: 'Butt Out Of Our Business'

Clint Eastwood directed with extraordinary control the mood and tone and lighting are precisely matched from one scene to the next.

NEWYORKER: Changeling

Journalists, scientists and even mission-control operators milled about, waiting for the faint dial tone that would tell them Messenger had made it safely.

NPR: New Images May Shed Light on Mercury's Mysteries

Live Guide, a graphic user interface that provides simple assistance to control settings to capture the perfect image, adjusts color and tone at the swipe of a finger.

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Back in the control room, Gonzaga explained that their teasing had a flirtatious and sympathetic tone, which was a sign that their senses of humor were aligned and that therefore they were harmonious tease-wise, at least.

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