Detritus 821 – Music of Sound

▶ Mechanical Techno 6.1 Technical Developments (PhD documentation) – Graham Dunning

▶ Good news feels like a scarce commodity right now, so here is some:
Jason Momoa, Taika Waititi and Cliff Curtis buy Studio West (Auckland, NZ) in major screen industry deal – same studio that new Evil Dead movie is shooting in…

▶ OpenAI’s Sora Was Reportedly Losing Around $1 Million Per Day Before Being Shut Down

▶ The Sudden Fall of OpenAI’s Most Hyped Product Since ChatGPT – was losing $1million/day worth the hype?

▶ ‘Thank You for Generating With Us!’ Hollywood’s AI Acolytes Stay on the Hype Train

Agentic douche:

my bio says ‘noAI’ – how’s that fit, agentic dipshit?

▶ Interview: nobonoko, Master of the Minimal Sequencer
mentioned & fun to jam in your browser: JummBox and UltraBox

▶ Post-Music with Subwoofers as Instruments

▶ lol now THAT is how to troll…
I think the “Never heard of her” line is a Clint Eastwood quote?

▶ A blogger writes: “Can I hear a difference between MP3s and uncompressed audio?” but I dont really recommend reading it as the author really needs to do a bit more work to make their opinions more valid.

First, what speakers were they listening on and in what environment? If attempting to do critical listening, you do not use low quality speakers in a reverberant listening space with room mode colouration & cancellation.

Second, why not do a null test? Invert phase of MP3 and mix it with uncompressed WAV file. The remaining audio IS the difference, and it is audible.. But it is only significant if you have a good sound system & have ears capable of critical listening.

Third, what volume SPL were they listening at? A compressed JPG looks ok on a small screen but project it large and the image becomes blocky. Same applies to audio.

Fourth, tester fails to mention age and results of a recent hearing test. Maybe they have no perception over 12kHz? We do not know.

Failed test.
Confirmation bias.

But do you know what does sound fckng GREAT?
Uncompressed audio. No streaming, no latency.
Its the open secret of every studio owner.

The other thing with such ‘tests’ is that they ignore modes of listening. For example I can happily listen to an mp3 in my car because the sound system is already compromised & I’m paying most attention to driving… & surviving. Put the exact same MP3 up in a studio, with a WAV to blind A/B test against, with full attention. Different story.

Bob Marley stage rig – 1979 Western Springs, Auckland