Re: [microsound] anyone up for a .microsound project?

[Graham Miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i have never heard of 'symphony of the planets'!

what is it? sounds pretty interesting... where would one pick this up?

g.

On 10-Jan-08, at 1:15 PM, Andras Hargitai wrote:

> the original versions doesn't sound like this... lo-fi mp3s always  
> do their
> worst.
> i have downloaded the "symphonies of the planets" 5 disc set which  
> is of
> course definitely edited material, but you know.. flac vs lo-fi mp3...
> dynamics are always sensible i believe.
> so we may ask the scientists then for better encoded versions. :)
>
> 2008/1/10, Graham Miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > i like this response.
> >
> > but still, one wonders if this is what the original sound file sounds
> > like, or has it been mp3 compressed to death by scientists that
> > aren't audiophiles?
> >
> > if the original sound files are this quality, so be it. but i always
> > like to work with the best possible sounding source material before i
> > start to screw around w/ it.
> >
> > g.
> >
> > On 10-Jan-08, at 12:03 PM, Owen Green wrote:
> >
> > > Can't it be both?
> > >
> > > As representations of 'pure' phenomena - and not ones we could ever
> > > directly hear, it's worth noting - the files' limited bandwidth and
> > > dynamic range can be understood as inhibiting.
> > >
> > > As representations of an (imperfect) reconstruction of some
> > > phenomena, we hear the results of, e.g., technical ambiguity (in
> > > the construction of a sound from sensor data) and of choices (made
> > > about *how* to sonify,
> > > how much to clean up, the resolution at which to publish online  
> > > etc.).
> > >
> > > For me, it's the messy ambiguity that I find 'meaningful character'
> > > in...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Owen
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Visa Kuoppala wrote:
> > > > My thoughts also... And I don't think this adds any meaningful
> > > > "character" to the sounds, but reduces their subtle otherworldly
> > > > qualities...
> > > > I'm in anyway, but higher quality soundfiles would make it more
> > > > interesting...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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