Sound Compression

In my car, radio stations with the most punch
[rock radio], are

heavily compressed
so that low & high volumes
have less distance separation
preventing ambient
sound interference

In playing the NASCAR IMAX dvd, I initially thought the recorded volume was too low. When I increased my playback volume,
it became clear that less coompression was used, allowing very quiet & extremely loud sounds on the same recording.

Some of my "too quiet" cd's such as the Tristano inspired Alive & Well also are more listenable now that I appreciate compression.

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I had in the past wondered why my cd's & tapes did not sound as good in the car as the radio transmission
of the same composition.

Compression

appears to be the answer.

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In my car though, compressed sound does sound better.

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Whether sound compression is good seems to depend on environment: Listening for detail requires a minimum of compression.
Defeating competing sounds such as road noise requires compression.

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Compression is also an issue with the various digital radio formats. The floor & ceiling of digital radio may be compressed too closely.

Recursive Generalizations

Is postmodern recursive? Or does

reflecting on experience as it is happening mean

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something else? Does the mirror on the playboy's bedroom ceiling
mean he is postmodern & hence reflective or reflecting for other reasons?

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A round or cannon in music is recursive.

It is reflective but not in the self-conscious sense.

An equation is a line, not a vector. It is the same on both sides of the "=" sign.

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A palindrome also makes sense bi-directionally.
So if recursiveness is musically, mathematically & literally possible,
can all 3 modes be postmodern? If postmodern can mean recursive &
reflective, are those 3 modes reflective?

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Is that bedroom mirror postmodern, & does it have all 3 modalities?

Irony

has been attributed to postmodernism.

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Is that mirror ironic as well as recursive?

Does Ironic=Sarcastic?

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Does the self-conscious mirror in any room recursively make an ironic or even sarcastic statement?

I must reflect

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When Is Enough Enough?

Is excellent image & sound overkill?

I have done

a/b tests
comparing 2 samples
alternately for quality
of sample or equipment

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of standard cd & highest resolution (24/96) dvd sound for the same
record pressing

Herb Ellis of Concord

, on the best equipment of a high end store.
There was no discernable difference between the two.

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I cannot in store compare standard & high definition images since
most show only standard images upconverted.
Much satellite & broadcast HD is also merely upconverted.

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As I age, my ability to discern differences should deteriorate.
So for me, very good analogue may be as good as I can appreciate.

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This is a test of HTML which is not working
via e-mail.

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If this is not working on site, I will need
to recheck my coding

Closed Captions

use the same kinds of cues that _ascii_ text on
the Net allows.

My television shows me text in different colours
for emphasis,
_italics_

Location

of words at different

spots

is also used by captions.

I don't think I have seen different font families or

font sizes

.

While it could be argued that blogs are for content,
_surely_ form also
delivers a message.

Is there anywhere a grammar of closed captions (or the subtitles of
dvd's)?

One thing though other than

size

that a blog with even the lowest
powered browser can handle that closed captioning cannot is text available

Asides or footnotes
can be made clickable
on the same page
as the original text
allowing 3-d writing

at

two levels at once.

John

Appropriate Technology:
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