Yup. There's not a professional recordist that I know who would
disagree with that, David. Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now sound editor
and Academy Award winner) expresses that much more eloquently than I
do in my new book, The Great Animal Orchestra, which deals with all of
these issues.
Bernie
On May 28, 2012, at 3:56 PM, Avocet wrote:
>> So, it follows logically, aesthetically, emotionally,
>> historically, philosophically, technically etc., etc., that there=92s
>> no such animal as an unadulterated recorded sound.
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> Bernie,
>
> Agreed. Perhaps I may go one step further and say there is no such
> thing as a recorded sound. What we hear is an illusion, especially
> with stereo, and our brains re-interpret it as they do with any work
> of art. A portrait is not a person. There are no birds in my living
> room (except for the occasional jackdaw), but my cats get the illusion
> as well, but quickly lose interest when they see nothing flying there.
>
> I hail from the era of the gramophone when we listened to a wiggly
> groove. I'm afraid that I tend to describe some "manufactured" music
> as tuned noise when it lacks artistic content. :-)
>
> David
>
> David Brinicombe
> North Devon, UK
> Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
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> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
> Krause.
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