Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music

[David Kastrup]

Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi David,
>
>>> Not at all, I think… 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