Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded MusicIn 1915, Thomas Edison proclaimed that he could record a live performance and reproduce it perfectly, shocking audiences who found themselves unable to tell whether what they were hearing was an Edison Diamond Disc or a flesh-and-blood musician. Today, the equation is reversed. Whereas Edison proposed that a real performance could be rebuilt with absolute perfection, Pro Tools and digital samplers now allow musicians and engineers to create the illusion of performances that never were. In between lies a century of sonic exploration into the balance between the real and the represented. |
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... radio pop song may have the structure of a selfcontained performance, of musicians playing off one another, but there is a good chance that none of these musicians were ever in the same room at the same time—if the record contains ...
... radio. The sound will travel through our ears and brains, and then it will filter through our recording consciousness, the set of beliefs we have developed about what sounds good. Years later, we'll hear that same rhythm recycled as ...
... radio telegraphy station in Tuckerton, New Jersey. A relay key was automatically activated, causing powerful electrical waves to emanate from an 835foot tower. They traveled across the continent and were received by two antennas 400 ...
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Contents
From the New World | |
Digital | |
Death and Other Dispatches from the Loudness | |
Liner Notes | |
Notes | |
Acknowledgments | |
Notes | |