2nd Edition
Sonification
"...scientists still rely on their eyes and algorithms to spot interesting phenomena. That looks set to change as more scientists, engineers and even designers and artists look to exploit better what the seismologists and Voyager scientists knew decades ago: sound can be the key to scientific discovery."
"How to Listen to Music"
Thanks to reader Angelo P. for pointing me to How to Listen to Music: Escaping algorithms and musical ruts, a review of Ben Ratliff's book Every Song Ever: 20 Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty. Spencer Kornhaber discusses Ratliff's book and puts it into our musically abundant context...
Lovely Recordings: Hosted by Steven Neil Simon
My taste in music is fairly omnivorous. If there's a thread running through these selections it's the sense of place and emotional content conveyed by the performances. By place I don't mean the acoustics of the recording space or the soundstage.
Download of the Week: Erik Satie
Regular Download of the Week (DotW) reader's may have noticed I have a penchant for difficult music. Difficult music, however, does fit my every mood or situation. Sometimes I want to be soothed, calmed, tickled and delighted, ideally carried away.
Lovely Recordings: Hosted by Jared Beebe
I would have to say that my listening habits are different from most people because I spend so much time in different locations out in a bush camp or some remote third world country. I do the majority of my listening while on the job with a set of headphones either hooked into a laptop or personal audio device.
Download of the Week: Wolfgang von Schweinitz
Like a sleepwalker, he [von Schweinitz] prods around in (sonic) space with delight, finding what he needs in these contorted sound worlds of computer-supported genesis of audible material.
Aurender N100H Caching Network Streamer
The N100H can play just about any file you care to run through it at PCM resolutions up to 32-bit/384kHz and DSD128. Aurender have trickled down some of the technology from their flagship W20 Music Server including "a dedicated USB Audio Class 2.0 output.
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Industry Voice blog
Our Industry Voice blog is where we interview the engineers and designers behind the products. Learn about computer audio from the people who make it.
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