Atonality – A Brief Introduction

March 10th, 2010

Atonality in its broadest sense describes music that lacks a tonal center, or key. Atonality in this sense usually describes compositions written from about 1908 to the present day where a hierarchy of pitches focusing on a single, central tone is not used and the notes of the chromatic scale function independently of one another.”

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The Science Of Noise

March 7th, 2010

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Active Noise Cancellation

March 7th, 2010

“Sound is a pressure wave, which consists of a compression phase and a rarefaction phase. A noise-cancellation speaker emits a sound wave with the same amplitude but with inverted phase (also known as antiphase) to the original sound.”

“The waves combine to form a new wave, in a process called interference , and effectively cancel each other out – an effect which is called phase cancellation .”

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Spaces Speak – Are You Listening ? Experiencing Aural Architecture

March 6th, 2010

Great book by Linda-Ruth Salter and Barry Blesser.

“Recommend for sound engineers, acoustic design architects, musicians and people who love music and/or are interested in the aural spaces abounding.”

“In Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?, Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter examine auditory spatial awareness: experiencing space by attentive listening. Every environment has an aural architecture. The audible attributes of physical space have always contributed to the fabric of human culture, as demonstrated by prehistoric multimedia cave paintings, classical Greek open-air theaters, Gothic cathedrals, acoustic geography of French villages, modern music reproduction, and virtual spaces in home theaters.”