Early recording technology stripped music of all sense of space
Evidence
Sound reproduction has endured decades of directional and spatial deprivation. It began with the first sound reproduction technology, monophonic sound, which stripped music of any semblance of soundstage, space and envelopment. This was further aggravated by the need to place microphones close to sources; early microphones had limited dynamic range and high background noise. Adding further to the spatial deprivation was the use of relatively dead recording studios and film soundstages. — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 637
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Small playback rooms impose their own early reflections on recorded sound; Stereo recordings strip away the delayed sounds essential to live music — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 805; Before electroacoustics every sound was unique and unfalsifiable — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 328 (+2 more)
Related
- Stereo recordings strip away the delayed sounds essential to live music (similarity 0.84)
- Recording technique is the prime determinant of spatial impressions in sound reproduction (similarity 0.82)
- Recorded spatial content, not loudspeakers, dominates stereo perception (similarity 0.81)
- A small listening room’s first reflections mask the recorded acoustic space (similarity 0.80)
- Listeners perceive the larger of two superimposed spaces in sound reproduction. (similarity 0.80)
- Recorded vocal sound is no longer tied to a specific body or place (similarity 0.80)
- Recording methods and cues for stereo are chosen independently of the listening arrangement. (similarity 0.80)
- Most recordings are manipulated creations rather than live replicas (similarity 0.80)
- Multichannel and immersive audio reduce the perceptual importance of small-room reflections. (similarity 0.79)
- Room reflection effects are masked by spatial information already in recordings (similarity 0.79)
- Stereo reproduction injects room and speaker location cues unrelated to the recording (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Stereo recordings strip away the delayed sounds essential to live music
#corroborates(0.82) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 805 - Small playback rooms impose their own early reflections on recorded sound
#qualifies(0.75) - Mixing recorded spaces creates a new kind of listening space
#expands(0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 280 - Before electroacoustics every sound was unique and unfalsifiable
#expands(0.72) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 328 - Maximizing the initial time delay gap restores the original recorded acoustic space
#contradicts(0.72)