The first day in audio class, I always ask people why they pay to come to class. The answers I get vary only slightly. People want to learn audio because sound is very emotional for them. It “presses their button”, so to speak. When they hear something, there is no getting around it, no ignoring it, no denying […]
Feelings and ideas can be expressed in sounds. You hear a thunder-clap or a lion roar, and you can get scared. You hear a symphony and you can get sad, or melancholy, or proud, or joyful. You hear an orator and “I have a dream…”or “Four score and seven years ago….” can take on a powerful and lifelong meaning […]
“Real” Surround vs. Fake Surround by Bernard Fox There is a lot of controversy today about how surround sound should be done. Besides the format war of SACD, vs. DVD – A, vs. DVD video, vs. Etc., and besides the 5.1, 5.0, 6.1 number of speakers confusion, and not considering the precise arrangement of those speakers, […]