"Reading for the weekend": 30 materials about the amazing properties of sound and audio technology
Today we have prepared for you a selection of interesting news, interviews, expert opinions and research, so that you can get to know the worlds of sound, learn how music affects people.
In addition, we added materials on the sound component of cinema, the development of audio systems and the listening culture, emerging and resurgent technologies, and even new musical instruments.
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Myths and reality: What you need to know about modern audio systems What really distinguishes home and professional audio systems, how to choose the right audio equipment, how to improve the sound and whether the channel headphones are dangerous. We destroy popular myths and tell the whole truth.
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In addition, we added materials on the sound component of cinema, the development of audio systems and the listening culture, emerging and resurgent technologies, and even new musical instruments.
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Emotions and physiology
"I do not see, but I hear": On the role of sound in horror moviesThe article talks about how soundtrack helps to create the right atmosphere, how music in films has changed since 1895, and why sound is the best friend of the horror. For example, did you know that it is non-linear frequencies that create an atmosphere of tension?
Cry and dance: Why music makes us emotionDoes music affect all people equally or differently? What happens in a person’s brain when he hears a melody? Why animals do not enjoy music? Find answers to these and other answers in the article.
“Listomania”: musical abilities make a person sexually attractiveAbout what won the women one of the greatest pianists, who lived in the second half of the 19th century, and why many modern rock musicians could envy his fame. Or a guide to attracting female attention through music.
"Goosebumps ran": How music and physiology are connectedFor the "goosebumps" of music came up with a special word - Freesson. The article provides a scientific justification for such a phenomenon, and even examples of music, which is likely to cause you this very Freesson. You can listen to the songs and test the theory on your own "skin".
How music affects our emotional stateScientists believe that physiologically music affects all people equally. But the same emotions can not transmit. So what really happens to the listener and what does our musical taste depend on?
Movies and podcasts
"Sound factory": How to create a sound design for the movieInterviews with sound engineer and sound engineer Yevgeny Pereyaslavtsev, who told us about existing professions related to sound in the world of cinema, how sounds are created and what makes sound more tasty. And also advised good movies in terms of sound.
Dolby Atmos: The Future of CinemasLearn more about how a sense of “infinite dynamics” is created with the help of Dolby Atmos. Description of the design of the system in cinemas at all stages: from sound recording to the layout of the speakers themselves.
“New in the world of sound”: Dolby Atmos soundtracks will be recorded on MosfilmNow at Mosfilm there is a studio that fully meets international standards and allows you to record sound in a new format. In the news, read more about the equipment used and cooperation with Dolby.
"Talk Show": How to create, develop and listen to podcastsThe history of the industry and a small guide on how to record podcasts: where to start, what equipment and software to use, and most importantly, how to make money on it.
House sound
"We look at home": Dolby Atmos and his friendsWho can be interested in home theaters? What system to choose: budget and professional? And also about innovations in the field of sound - says the expert of Audiomania in the field of home theater design.
Home Cinema: An Alternative to the Big Cinema ScreenThe quality of sound and video at home can be no worse than in the cinema, especially with the advent of "immersive" formats. The main thing is to choose the right equipment and set it up, and not to forget about preparing the room for the home cinema.
"We look at home": We discuss technologies and formatsIn the interview, read more about the difference between Dolby Atmos, DTS, Auro-3D, why you should not use an office projector for home theater and how to upgrade an existing system to the present level without a complete replacement of equipment.
Visualization
How to "draw" and "read" soundNow even a stack of chips can “tell” about your conversation, if researchers from MIT, Microsoft and Adobe, who learned to extract audio signals from vibrations, take it. And other ways to decipher sound works recorded in graphic form more than 1000 years ago.
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Visualization of music: from traditional approaches to modern interfacesIt is a little about musical notation and transfer of features of performance of compositions when it comes to blues or jazz. What graphic tools and visualization systems exist today and what they can tell, or rather, show, about music - read the article.
Audio systems
Sound Ecosystem: Why Engineers Are Continuously Improving Existing Audio ModelsThe main rule for improving audio systems is to take into account the tastes and desires of listeners. And also a little about the sound in cars, psychoacoustics, and how the future of sound technology will change if we learn to transmit electricity through the air.
"Conservative sound": Talk Arslab and PenaudioThe founder of Audiomania, Artem Faermark, talks about customer preferences, the development of new models and the refinement of existing systems, the specifics of speaker production and the different approaches to their creation. Also in the article you will find out why most connoisseurs of Hi-Fi and High-End are conservative.
Myths and reality: What you need to know about modern audio systems What really distinguishes home and professional audio systems, how to choose the right audio equipment, how to improve the sound and whether the channel headphones are dangerous. We destroy popular myths and tell the whole truth.
Musicians and other sound professions
Why Queen band is so popularWe are looking for the answer to the question: what influenced the phenomenal success of the group? - high level of education, guitarist-astrophysicist, charming frontman, theatrical performances or a balance between high-quality and popular music.
Why Rachmaninov played Concert №3 faster than othersThe article briefly introduces readers to the biography of Sergei Arkadyevich and the opinion of experts who interpret the style of his quick game. Someone “blames” all over his big hands, and someone thinks that the composer was just trying to make a variety of music that he was tired of playing.
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Discussion: Why not everyone likes The Beatles and their musicIt is impossible to dislike The Beatles, as well as to deny their influence on the entire rock industry, including the modern one. Do you believe that in every modern rock song you can find something related to the Beatles?
"Master of his craft": The art of mastering audio recordingsWhat kind of beast is a mastering engineer and where does he live? And why pay for the services of this incomprehensible specialist, if the program can do all the processing? Or can not? We will understand the article.
Instruments and Concerts
Why is it hard for guitarists to read the tune from the sheet?Opinions on this score were divided: someone thinks that guitarists simply play tabulatures easier, so they don’t bother with studying musical notation. Or maybe the whole thing is in the device of the instrument itself, on which one and the same note can be extracted in completely different and different ways.
“More Than Audiomania”: How To Learn To Play DrumsLet us examine the pros and cons of self-study, determine which installation is better to choose at the initial stage and find out whether it is possible to do without drums at all. As a bonus - some useful video lessons.
A tool that opens the door to the future of electronic musicHow difficult is it to master a new musical instrument? If it was created by Roger Lynn, one of the most well-known developer of instruments for musicians, then you can be sure that this will be a matter of a few minutes.
Electronic music live: How electronic musicians present their performancesFrom the article you can learn about improvisation as an integral part of such music, about the peculiarities of live “electronic” performance, about the types of modern instruments: from special tables to controllers, and features of electronic music perception.
"Backstage": What is behind the magic of the concertDid you know that work on the concert sound and light begins about a month before the performance itself? And there are many behind-the-scenes secrets, for example, about how and why viewers and musicians hear the concert in different ways, why they need timecodes and what minimum set of equipment is needed for a concert.
Revival
New-old formats: HD-vinyl and DIY-platesAn article about how outdated technology gets a new life. Who would have thought that creating a vinyl record could be much faster and cheaper using 3D printing. The article also describes the standard methods for the production of vinyl records, which have not changed much since the 1960s.
Vinyl died long live vinylPractical guide for choosing vinyl records even through the Internet, proper storage system and player settings. As well as a couple of tips for those who really want, but have not yet decided to get acquainted with vinyl.
Playlists
How and why music services form playlists.The Internet has given users access to all the music in the world. But how to find in this variety what you like? Especially in a world where you even have to pay for listening to music. Thanks to streaming services you can now pay for what you like.
Join the stream: The present and the future of music streamingLearn more about what algorithms streaming platforms use to find the perfect compositions, about the existing competition in the market of streaming services and industry problems.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/400257/
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