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Re: [ARSCLIST] Two other N.Y. Times article on a different type of digitizing
One thing related to this I've always wondered. For instance, an old piano recording, a great
performance but a crapola 78 recording. Why couldn't modern MIDI software recreate all the subtle
attack, decay, rhythmic eccentricities, etc that make the performance unique and then play it back
on a good if not fantastic sounding MIDI Yamaha grand piano, for example? Not sure if this is doable
to the level of precision I'd want, but it's an interesting thing. Perhaps one day, all low-fidelity
recordings of great musical merit can be recreated in high fidelity. Then again, perhaps not?
-- Tom Fine
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Subject: [ARSCLIST] Two other N.Y. Times article on a different type of digitizing
The first is about the new recordings of Zenph's "recreations" of performances in old recordings
(How are we going to note these in the metadata?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/arts/music/12conn.html
This one is about preserving videogames (which, of course, include sound). You may think it is
challenging to safely point a digital file of audio to, say, the corresponding LP cover. Imagine
keeping the code and machines necessary to "preserve" these:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/arts/design/12vide.html
Marcos
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