Perfecting Sound Forever An Aural History of Recorded Music

Name: Perfecting Sound Forever An Aural History of Recorded Music
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ISBN: 9780865479388

ISBN-10: 0865479380

ISBN-13: 9780865479388

Edition: 2010

Authors: Greg Milner

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In 1915, Thomas Edison proclaimed that he could record a live performance and reproduce it perfectly, shocking audiences who found themselves unable to tell whether what they were hearing was an Edison Diamond Disc or a flesh-and-blood musician. Today, the equation is reversed. Whereas Edison proposed that a real performance could be rebuilt with absolute perfection, Pro Tools and digital samplers now allow musicians and engineers to create the illusion of performances that never were. In between lies a century of sonic exploration into the balance between the real and the represented.Tracing the contours of this history, Greg Milner takes us through the major breakthroughs and glorious…

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 5/25/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.48" wide x 8.38" long x 1.17" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Greg Milnerhas written on music, film, and technology forSpin,Salon,The Village Voice,andWired, among other publications. He is the co-author with Joe Berlinger ofMetallica: This Monster Lives.



Liner Notes


Intro: "Testing, Testing ..."


Acoustic/Electrical



The Point of Commencement



From the New World


Analog



Aluminum Cowboys: A Pretape Parable



Pink Pseudo-Realism



Presence


Digital



Perfect Sound? Whatever



The Story of the Band That Clipped Itself to Death (and Other Dispatches from the Loudness War)



Tubby's Ghost


Outro: "Testing, Testing ... (Reprise)"


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index