Sound FormatsMonauralStereophonicBinauralQuadraphonicSurround SoundFrontCenterRear (Surrounds)

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Sound Formats Monaural Stereophonic
Binaural Quadraphonic Surround
Sound Front Center Rear
(Surrounds)
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Analog and Digital
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Sound
Frequency (Pitch) Hz frequency
response Loudness (Volume) db/SPL dynamic
range Timbre (harmonics and overtones) Attack
and Decay Duration Reverberation
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Theory and Music Recording

• Stuart Hall Encoding/Decoding Culture as
  lived v. Culture as structure
• Walter Benjamin Aura and Authenticity
• Jacques Attali Representation/Preservation v.
  Reproduction/Repetition
• Adorno (and Horkheimer) (via Gedron) Culture as
  commodity and control
• Roland Barthes Semiotics
• K. Peter Etzkorn The benefits of technology
  Diffusion
• Glenn Gould The transformation of music and
  musical performance