Stereo recordings strip away the delayed sounds essential to live music
Evidence
Delayed sounds are an essential part of live music performances. Without them they become timbrally and spatially deprived. The irony in this is that, for the most part, the recordings that are being constructed are two-channel stereo—itself a directionally and spatially deprived format. — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 805
Categorization
- CANDY: A short, punchy irony: we remove the room from the music, then squeeze the result into a format with even less room.
- XREF: connects to: Most recordings are manipulated creations rather than live replicas; Early recording technology stripped music of all sense of space — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 637; Listeners judge reproduced sound against accumulated experience of live sound — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 49 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Listeners judge reproduced sound against accumulated experience of live sound
#responds-to(0.75) — , Toole, Floyd E - Sound reproduction-…, 49 - Delayed loudspeakers preserve direct-sound localization in public venues.
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