Re: [microsound] digitalstress

[ian stewart <artsonics@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm really sensitive to a something like a fatiguing effect of digital  
> graininess...

I doubt this has anything to do with digital per se. The CD audio standard 
is not ideal- 16 bit doesn't cover the full dynamic range of human hearing, 
and there have always been problems encoding the highest frequencies in the 
audible range at 44.1 kHz. Add in the myriad errors and distortions 
introduced at all stages of digital production, from recording to mixing and 
processing to playback, and you can get a fatiguing product- not to mention 
the fetish in some genres of music for ultramaximizing everything til it 
sounds like an orchestra of sledge hammers. Try listening to a well-made 
digital recording at high audio standard in a proper setup, and see if the 
fatigue still sets in...

best,
Ian

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