Re: [microsound] The Absence Of Theory: Track III: The Absence Of Theory

["ph!L @ c e n t i b e l" <hellomynameisphil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Good question. I got the word (and inspiration) from
>Curtis Roads' book "Microsound", in which he coins the
>word "perisonics" as "dangerous sound". I don't have
>a copy with me handy, so I'm not sure his reasoning
>(perhaps someone does?). 

"For lack of a better term, we call [intensities over 130 dB] perisonic
intensities (from the Latin periculos meaning 'dangerous')."

Roads, _Microsound_, p. 7.

ph:L


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