[78-L] records by sight or feel - was: record cartoon this time

Kristjan Saag saag at telia.com
Mon Jan 10 14:32:27 PST 2011


But those of us who work with audio files have a similar experience to 
that which made Mr Lintgen a master. The waveforms of each musical piece 
is unique, and I bet there are guys who can identify works by studying 
these forms.
Here's how they look:
http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/Dave/Multimedia/cubase_wave.gif
Kristjan

David Lennick wrote: 2011-01-10 23:13:
> Okay, smartass, can you tell whether the conductor observes the repeats?
>
> The CD really did take all the fun out of music. Not to mention the art work.
>
> dl
>
> On 1/10/2011 5:10 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
>> http://www.snopes.com/music/media/reader.asp
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lintgen
>> Kristjan
>>
>>
>> Rodger Holtin wrote 2011-01-10 22:25:
>>> Reminds me of the news story in the 1990s (?) - some NPR affiliate classical music jock would win bets by identifying classical music records with the labels covered.  The light reflection patterns made by the loud and soft passages were different, as most of you know intimately.  I did the same thing in Music Appreciation class when the teacher was about to play the wrong side of the album.  No magic, just a little experience.
>>>
>>> Anybody remember that story - or know who the guy was??
>>>
>>> Rodger
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