The logic of filtering : how noise shapes the sound of recorded music / Melle Jan Kromhout.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kromhout, Melle Jan, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sound recordings--Aesthetics.

Sound recordings.

Music--Philosophy and aesthetics.

Music.

Sound--Recording and reproducing--History.

Sound.

Noise.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

'The Logic of Filtering' offers a media archaeological perspective on sound and music that develops a new analysis of the noise that technologies add to recorded sound. It shows that this noise is not a disturbance but a central characteristic of recorded music that shapes how listeners relate to it.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Noise of Sound Media

1. The Myth of Perfect Fidelity

2. The Logic of Noise Reduction

3. Ideal and Technical Filters

4. Time and Transience

5. The Logic of Filtering

Conclusion: The "Other Music"

Bibliography and Discography

Index.

Notes:

"This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Home page.

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references, discography and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 19, 2021).

ISBN:

0-19-007016-1

0-19-007017-X

0-19-007015-3

OCLC:

1224584858