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Music, Audio, Sound, Instruments2012 Upcoming Music Artist Michael Kiwanuka
The ‘BBC: Sound of’ has been a countdown of music artists expected to do big things in the coming year. It’s been around since 2003 now and has predicted a number of now-successful artists. Much like the Mercury Music Prize, the BBC aims to give credit to up-and-coming artists for outstanding work in their genre, and to the music industry as a whole.
Each year 15 nominations go up for debate across a number of genres before a lucky winner is then decided. The winner obviously gets plenty of exposure across ...
Congress Stops Innovation with SOPA and PIPA
The way in which we surf, contribute, share, and enjoy the Internet is being threatened by two bills currently in Congress. It is crucial that everyone become aware of the issue as it puts into jeopardy the very nature of how the Internet operates and could drastically alter the landscape for the worse.
Image what would happen if congress, who has ZERO CREDIBILITY on innovation or technology were allowed to pass their ill conceived ideas:
Orrin Hatch (R-UT), who once proposed that Congress give copyright holders a special exemption allowing ...
What is Sound Quality?
I think the point is that even most people who are into sound are unaware of the differences in sound “quality.” As an engineer, I have to come up with operational definitions for things all the time – my sanity depends on it.
So what is quality? I would attest that there are multiple elements involved, and all of them require accuracy. You need accurate frequency response and accurate dynamic response. There is some added fun in that different volumes by their nature play games with perceived loudness of different frequencies ...
Fender Guitar: Johnny Marr Jaguar
Fender are proud to unveil the Johnny Marr Jaguar signature guitar which has always been a long time coming. The iconic Mancunian is of course best known for his dynamic guitar playing and successful song writing with The Smiths where he essentially redefined the face of British pop with unique chiming guitar melodies, influenced from a variety of past genres of music and liberal waves. Johnny Marr’s famous passion for perfection began in his early days with the Smiths and has stretched over a long career with The The, Electronic ...
BambooSK8 and Out of Step Entertainment Promote Sustainability
The Greenwashed Ritual, an idea dreamt up by BambooSK8′s President Geoff Koboldt, brings together the action sports and music communities in a singular fight towards sustainability. BambooSK8 is the leading eco-friendly skateboard company and strives to not only promote sustainability, but also strives to inspire other companies to become more environmentally conscious. In addition to skateboarding, BambooSK8 has also organized a digital music compilation called the “Greenwashed Music Ritual”.
Geoff Koboldt says, “There is no doubt that music has the power to change the world. We are honored ...
Hearing Audio Frequency at 20 kHz
I read quite a few “experts” here with the absolute, unequivocal statement that nobody can hear about 20KHz. First, the human ear is an analog system. There is no 20KHz “cutoff” beyond which nobody can hear. Everyone has a curve of decreasing perception and some point where the curve falls below the level of perception. The 20Khz frequency cited was chosen for two reasons:
1) the vast majority of people cannot hear anything above that frequency (note that I did not say all) and
2) it’s a nice round number. ...
Audio Encoding
This was a very good test. You, sir, picked a very good song for this test (in the sense that it’s very hard to tell the difference). It took me several listenings to pick out the correct one (which i did manage).
Now i want to point out a few things here.
First of all, you didn’t specify how the encoding was done and with which encoder. You see, 128 kbit MP3′s are typically ALWAYS encoded in Joint Stereo by most modern encoders, while 320 kbit MP3′s can often vary between normal ...
Contest for Creative Sound Enthusiasts
How exactly does one go about putting together sounds to portray ideas not inherently suited for the medium? For example, what sounds portray the color red or “the birth of an idea”? If you’re the creative type and up for the challenge, take a look at the following sound challenge:
Vancouver Film School is teaming up with SoundCloud to create a contest for creative sound enthusiasts. The Full Scholarship Challenge offers the winner a full-tuition scholarship for Vancouver Film School’s one-year Sound Design for Visual Media program. Open globally to all ...
Clutch – only Album using Digital Recording
A year and a half ago, I bought Clutch’s Blast Tyrant album on CD. Immediately, something seemed…off. I am still new to the audio nerd scene, and was newer then, and I could not place the weirdness.
Later, I read a couple articles in Guitar World about recording music – especially hard rock and metal – and the author discussed mixing and mastering. Also, in reading up on the loudness wars, I became more and more attuned to the concept of over-compression. As I listened to Blast Tyrant more, it seemed ...
Digital Audio Quality – Vinyl LP Forever
I used to think that audio files were basically a collection of snapshots of a spectrum analyzer with various frequencies at various levels. Then I realized, That isn’t how audio works!
On any given track, all the various frequencies superimpose to have a single oscillating voltage. Think about it: if you have only two frequencies – a very low bass and a high-mid, for example – the speaker will be movinng roughly slowly, but if you zoom in, it is oscillating to the frequency of the higher frequency even as the ...
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