The splitting of sounds from their sources coincided with the soundscape’s decline into lo-fi
Evidence
Two new techniques were introduced: the discovery of packaging and storing techniques for sound and the splitting of sounds from their original contexts—which I call schizophonia. The benefits of the electroacoustic transmission and reproduction of sound are well enough celebrated, but they should not obscure the fact that precisely at the time hi-fi was being engineered, the world soundscape was slipping into an all-time lo-fi condition. — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 319
Categorization
- DEFINE: Introduces the central term schizophonia that the chapter pivots on.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 319
- XREF: connects to: Lo-fi soundscapes erase the distinction between signal and noise; Before electroacoustics every sound was unique and unfalsifiable — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 328
Broader Connections
- Before electroacoustics every sound was unique and unfalsifiable
#corroborates(0.85) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 328