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Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music
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David Kastrup |
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Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music |
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Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:03:20 +0100 |
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Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi David,
>
>>> Not at all, I thinkā¦ and very useful.
>> Obviously I disagree.
>
> Obviously. =)
>
>> The trend seems more in the direction of understimulation to me.
>
> Obviously, I disagree. =)
>
> Twenty (never mind fifty) years ago, we [apparently] didn't need:
> subwoofers at +10dB, and over-emphasized bass+drum hits, in order
> to "feel the music";
> a visual cut every 4-5 seconds in a movie in order to stay
> focussed on the film;
> high levels of compression and limiting in order to feel like an
> audio recording was "full";
> etc. etc. etc.
Well, doesn't that speak towards understimulation to you?
If you need to turn up the light, it is more a sign of too little than
too much to see.
> Of course, if you were referring to *mental* stimulation (i.e., higher
> than the limbic brain), I agree with you 100%. But I'm talking about
> sensory stimulation -- and the trend is clearly towards
> overstimulation.
Background is not stimulation. It is not taken into account by
perception much.
--
David Kastrup
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, (continued)
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Kieren MacMillan, 2011/03/18
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Graham Percival, 2011/03/20
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Kieren MacMillan, 2011/03/20
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, David Kastrup, 2011/03/21
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Dr Nicholas Bailey, 2011/03/25
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, David Kastrup, 2011/03/25
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Kieren MacMillan, 2011/03/25
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, David Kastrup, 2011/03/25
- RE: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, James Lowe, 2011/03/25
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Kieren MacMillan, 2011/03/25
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music,
David Kastrup <=
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Kieren MacMillan, 2011/03/25
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Reinhold Kainhofer, 2011/03/25
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Kieren MacMillan, 2011/03/25
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, David Kastrup, 2011/03/25
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Kieren MacMillan, 2011/03/25
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Marc Mouries, 2011/03/25
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, David Kastrup, 2011/03/26
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Peter Chubb, 2011/03/17
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Susan Dittmar, 2011/03/17
- Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music, Patrick Horgan, 2011/03/19