Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History Of Recorded Music (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
This book is a must-read for 'audiophiles', but is also intensely interesting for anyone who enjoys and listens closely to music. Starting with Thomas Edison and the first recorded sounds, this book is not only an informal 'history' of recorded music, but it also poses some very interesting philosophical issues on what should constitute realistic lifelike music playback. What this means in terms of sound mixing, mastering, and producing is covered in great depth.This book will be an absolute revelation for anyone who has wondered what are the differences between digital and analog recorded sound. This book is highly informative, opinionated, and as objective as a discussion of human perceptions can really be. I'd say the subject of this book is: how do we listen? how do we think we listen? are those as closely related as we think?Spoiler: No.I'm a pretty big audio geek, so any book that can spill info I never knew about both the history of the development of audio tape recording and the record "King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown" is of enormous value to me.Highly recommended to a narrow audience: you know who you are.
What do You think about Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History Of Recorded Music (2009)?
fantastic book. well researched and wonderfully presented.
—ashleynichole64
Idea for next Ken Burns doc: The Loudness Wars.
—babypandah
