Kieren MacMillan <kieren_macmil...@sympatico.ca> writes: > Hi David, > >>> Not at all, I think… and very useful. >> Obviously I disagree. > > Obviously. =) > >> The trend seems more in the direction of understimulation to me. > > Obviously, I disagree. =) > > Twenty (never mind fifty) years ago, we [apparently] didn't need: > subwoofers at +10dB, and over-emphasized bass+drum hits, in order > to "feel the music"; > a visual cut every 4-5 seconds in a movie in order to stay > focussed on the film; > high levels of compression and limiting in order to feel like an > audio recording was "full"; > etc. etc. etc.
Well, doesn't that speak towards understimulation to you? If you need to turn up the light, it is more a sign of too little than too much to see. > Of course, if you were referring to *mental* stimulation (i.e., higher > than the limbic brain), I agree with you 100%. But I'm talking about > sensory stimulation -- and the trend is clearly towards > overstimulation. Background is not stimulation. It is not taken into account by perception much. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
