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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: The Sound and How We Hear It
Post Subject: Random access memoryPosted by tuga on: 11/11/2008
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 drdna wrote:
 tuga wrote:
I too am very tuned into Romy's Unvollendete. The way I see it, it somehow synthesizes the way an evolved person (which we all aspire to become someday) approaches a work of art.

And I agree that "a certain" system could somehow trigger the process but couldn't it be possible that "you" are traveling about the different levels unconsciously?

Hi Tuga,

I take it for granted that a part of any process of perception must necessarily be unconscious. These are independent but not mutually exclusive. The amount of conscious perception varies with attention/focus.

Perhaps I just don't understand you correctly, as it seems a bit of a non sequitur.

I am saying:
1. All people listen differently.
2. The act of listening substantively affects the perceived sound.
3. There will be one ideal system for any individual listener but not one for all listeners.
4. The higher levels of listening perception are not independent of audio errors. A component change may simultaneously improve dynamics while lessening emotional impact, for example.

Adrian


Hi Adrian,

I agree that listening (and hearing) are very much people (individual) dependent.
Different people focus on different aspects of the (domestic) musical experience. Even the same person, depending on the mood of the moment, can have a different approach to a musical piece presented by the same system.
I think that perception and level traveling capabilities are more the subject of internal than external influences. It's up to you to consciously build the database that will then be randomly accessed by the subconscious.
I once read an interesting essay by Merleau-Ponty on the subject of perception called "L'oeil et l'esprit". I'm not sure if this is the translated version:

http://www.amazon.com/Phenomenology-Perception-Routledge-Classics-Merleau-Ponty/dp/0415278414/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226404039&sr=8-1

Best,
Tuga

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