“Over the past decade and a half, a revolution in recording technology has changed the way albums are produced, mixed and mastered — almost always for the worse. Engineers do that by applying dynamic range compression, which reduces the difference between the loudest and softest sounds in a song.”
Tag: 12.26.07
The Bible On The Head Of A Pin
Israeli scientists have printed the entire Old Testament onto a silicon chip that is only 1/1000th of an inch square–tinier than a pinhead.
Did Bell Steal The Idea For The Telephone?
A new book claims to have definitive evidence of a long-suspected technological crime — that Alexander Graham Bell stole ideas for the telephone from a rival, Elisha Gray.
A Different Way Of Thinking About Classical Music’s Place In The World
“With some holdouts, the official intellectual world has decided that if most people no longer think classical music is more complex and deep than any other music, then it isn’t. They raise the dread specter of “elitism”, that politically-correct but intellectually dishonest category that condemns the smarty pants who thinks he or she may have more knowledge and understanding about art than the untutored folk themselves.”
Teachers Turn To Superheros To Teach Reading
“It’s very much a teacher-led kind of movement in that teachers are looking for ways to engage their children, and they’re finding some of that in comic books. For kids who may be struggling and for kids who may be new to the English language, that visual sequence is a very powerful tool.”
Saving The Great Architect From Himself
Oscar Niemeyer – who celebrated his 100th birthday this month – in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s established himself as one of Modernism’s greatest luminaries. But “some of his most revered buildings — from the BrasilÃa Cathedral to the grand Monumental Axis of the city itself — have been marred by the architect’s own hand.” So “at what point do we — that is, the public that idolizes him, his government and private clients — have an obligation to intervene? Or is posing the question an act of spectacularly bad taste?”