Re: [ARSCLIST] Two other N.Y. Times article on a different type of digitizing

[Jeffrey Kane <jeffkane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Perhaps it's just me; I'm getting 'visuals' of all those compilations with
songs "Recorded by the ORIGINAL ARTIST!" 

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I figured it was still crude, but it's moving there. The next step will be
taking individual tracks 
of Really Badly Recorded multi-track recordings like, say Derek and the
Dominos and recreating them 
in super-fidelity. Think of the possibilities -- a whole new way to reissue
every "classic 
recording." Too much potential $$$ to leave on the table. Just to be clear,
I'm not advocating any 
of this, just looking at where it's headed.

-- Tom Fine

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> Tom,
>
> It looks like the first article is exactly about that. Only MIDI is too
crude a language (e.g. 
> only sustain pedal on/off), so I think Zenph created its own software.
>
> As the reviewer points out, though, a performer will change his
performance with the instrument. I 
> would add: a performer will also change his performance to the hall
(although maybe less in a 
> studio).
>
> I would also add that I have heard few (no?) Yamaha pianos that I like.
>
> Marcos
>
> Tom Fine wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcos Sueiro" <mls2137@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:40 PM
>> 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
>>> CU Libraries
>>>
>