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arsclist Save Our Sounds



Some further comments on the Save Our Sounds TV program.
 
Overall, this show was a considerable improvement over past TV coverages of topics about which I knew something.  I'd give them a B to B+ overall.
 
The various shortcomings and problems mentioned in my earlier email and those of many others are probably a result of editing down the accumulated tape to less than an hour. 
 
What most program makers forget in the urgency to get the program ready to air is that its secondary use is more significant than its TV presentation.  It becomes an educational tool for use in classrooms and by individuals.  In the latter instance, the show becomes immediately accepted as completely accurate unless the person using it has the time and inclination to become more fully informed. The ripples that incorrect and incomplete information make will resound until there is a later program that covers the topic still more fully. 
 
I operate a small sound preservation studio and spend much time explaining these issues to the casual inquirer as it relates to their particular items.  I find myself filling in the partial information they already have so they can better understand why it takes so long and therefore "why it costs so much." 
 
Many of our list members are ear-focussed first and have trouble understanding how much more powerful information taken in by eye is to the general public.   
 
I'd love to see this program expanded to create a learning tool for future sound preservation training.  Could this be done relatively inexpensively by using the edited out material and adding to it?  And who would pay for it?
 
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Steven Smolian    301-694-5134
Smolian Sound Studios
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CDs made from old recordings,
Five or one or lifetime hoardings,
Made at home or concert hall,
Text and pics explain it all.
at www.soundsaver.com
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