Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.00.1205230121130.23880@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: analog
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 01:22:41 -0400 (EDT)
analog http://www.alansondheim.org/152.mp3 analog recording with 1971 Sony TC-152SD cassette recorder and Radio Shack Stereo Electret microphone from the same era, using TDK high bias SA90 tape. this is fed through Audacity into a .wav file fed into Audition where normalization and studio reverb are added and outputted as .mp3. the reason for all of this is analog's ability to handle high-onset/format sound, resulting in greater fidelity to the overall envelope of the instrument, even though the high end cuts out around 15hz. I've been fascinated by the results: this is what I 'hear' in the room or directly through headphones. the tape is edited to bring out oud, sarangi, pipa, and cura cumbus. the sarangi could have been better; I've been bleary. I've been working with harmonics and 'grating' the bow. oud, pipa, and cura cumbus are fine.