Is Music in Danger?

Is Music in Danger?

Sep 24, 2009 First Published:Jan 24, 1988

When I attended the Audio Engineering Society convention in October 1987 (my first time in over eight years; full report in this issue), I was impressed by the incredible technology now available to composers of music. I was also dismayed, however, by the extent to which so-called purist audio, as well as "acoustical" music, have been consigned to oblivion by the pro audio community. It was clear, both from the exhibits and the many conversations on which I eavesdropped, that audio professionals are no longer concerned about fidelity, in the sense of trying to <I>re</I>produce sounds accurately. A "real" sound has become to them merely raw material of no value except as something to be processed, manipulated, folded, bent, and spindled to produce any sonic effect except the original one. About a third of the products displayed at the 83rd AES convention were tools for doing that.

J. Gordon Holt and Richard Dyer-Bennet

J. Gordon Holt and Richard Dyer-Bennet

Sep 24, 2009

<i>Stereophile</i>'s founder, <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/historical/66/index.html">J. Gordon Holt</a>, who passed away in July, was also a recording engineer. Here we see one of his projects, a rare 1958 LP of British-born American folk singer, Richard Dyer-Bennet, the "twentieth-century minstrel."

Wow! Obama looked into Medvedev's soul today, and he liked what he saw!

Submitted by Buddha on

Remember when Shrub/Chimp said he looked into Putin's soul?

Classic!

Anyway, Medvedev probably did the same thing to Obama today.

______________________

I know a secret about Russia - they want Israel dead.

If Obama says Israel should stop with the illegal settlements, then the Ukraine gets fewer poisoned politicians and Europe gets gas.

Quid pro quo?

ANTHEM

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Amplification
Submitted by deacongreg on

One thing about this hobby I love, is that there are still a few companies who make products that approach the state of the art, have al the necessary features, codecs, etc. and do not charge in the stratsphere for their products. Bravo for Anthem. Their new preamp-processor looks to be excellent, like the rest of their products.

RANDY WESTON

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The Blue Room
Submitted by deacongreg on

I`m sure you guys are familar with this one. Where you have a particular lp, that you and your friends believ is classic, but it seems next to impossible to find. Then, one day you look on Amazon, and there it is!!
For those of us that remember the glory days of CTI and its sister label KUDU, comes now finaally as a Japanese import - Blue Moses by Randy Weston. Classic music and arrangement. Freddie, Grover, and Hubert doing their thing, and the recording is clean and crisp. To

me, a must have!!

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