The tape recorder enables reclaiming lost aural discrimination

Evidence

By comparison, the sonological competence of Western peoples today is weak. We have ignored our ears, hence the noise pollution problem. But in addition to our ears and voices we have today an instrument which can be used to assist in reclaiming the abilities of aural discrimination—I mean the tape recorder. With this device sounds can at last be suspended, dissected, intimately investigated. — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 508

Categorization

• SEED: Supports the reader’s recording practice: the tape recorder as a tool for dissecting sounds — a methodological cornerstone for their cataloging work.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 508
• XREF: connects to: Listeners verify perception by reproducing sounds, not narrating them — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 505; Crackle and vinyl noise mark an audio scavenger’s reclamation of lost sound — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 334

Broader Connections

• Listeners verify perception by reproducing sounds, not narrating them #expands (0.75) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 505