Re: [microsound] re: 7econds - new microsound project

[graham miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

this may seem a bit obvious but what about that game show 'name that tune.'
always interesting to hear the minimum amount of sonic information required to
instigate signification... as much as i despise game shows. ..

once again i'm also reminded of akufen, where the pilfered genre becomes
instantly obvious but the actual source material is not. you can hear the
clichés and conventions - production, harmonic, or otherwise - within a
fraction of a second without any knowledge of what the actual specific source
material is... the new kid606 is great for this as well, although it's more
'weird al' yankovic meets squarepusher.


g.

pelagius pelagius wrote:

> >From: ndk <ndkent@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Now what strikes me regarding these calculations is that audio in a
> >sound art context is already intrinsically a time based medium. It
> >differs greatly from a general examination of information (including
> >info conveyed through audio) because these media have an indeterminate
> >time dimension that can be optimally assigned
>
> True but in the realm of electronic music time has become plastic so perhaps
> we can reassign the audio information in a more condensed or optimized
> arrangement.  I've considered this before and wondered why we bother with
> fancy compression schemes when we could simply time compress music and allow
> others to re-expand it or not as they wish.  The challenge then is to
> construct musical information that can survive such compression intact.
>
> Anyone remember blipverts from Max Headroom (or was that Videodrome)?  I'm
> also reminded of Raymond Scott's audio logos which were short bursts of
> electronic music used to brand a product on the radio or TV.  The concept is
> of course still in use but I believe he was the originator.
>
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