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

[Reinhold Kainhofer]

Am Freitag, 25. März 2011, um 19:03:20 schrieb David Kastrup:
> Kieren MacMillan <address@hidden> writes:
> > 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.

Or it simply means that you have stared into the sun / spotlight a bit too 
long, so now everything appears dark to you, no matter how bright it actually 
is...

Cheers,
Reinhold
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