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ZOOM VIDEO THAT MAKES YOU LOOK GOOD

January 6, 2021 By Eric Somers Leave a Comment

I know this is mostly an audio blog, but in my last post I talked about how to make your voice sound good when participating in a meeting on Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams or similar online meeting formats.  But in participating in these meetings, I have become aware that the visual image of many participants…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized, VISION RELATED TO AUDIO

Electronic Music – then/now

January 25, 2020 By Eric Somers 1 Comment

This post covers a topics touched upon also in other posts, but was inspired by the fact that the term “electronic music” has taken on new meanings over the years and now can cause confusion.  In order to set an appropriate context, however, I need to start by describing a bit about the history of…

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Filed Under: SONIC CREATIVITY, SOUND BASICS, Uncategorized

Analog vs Digital Recordings

January 4, 2020 By Eric Somers Leave a Comment

Analog vs Digital Recordings

Lately I have been reading articles and posts by people who say they love vinyl records better than CDs or downloads.  Usually they say that is because they prefer analog to digital.  In this post I will first talk about the differences in the ways analog and digital sound information is stored, then I will…

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AUDIO LevELs

May 20, 2019 By Eric Somers 1 Comment

AUDIO LevELs

This post discusses sound levels (loudness) in public places and on the radio. It is partly a rant based on what I take to be carelessness in setting or maintaining levels, but is also a discussion about aspects of sound levels that I think are important for anyone working in sound to know, including how…

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Filed Under: SONIC CREATIVITY, SOUND BASICS, Uncategorized

PAPERS-4: Abstract Sound Objects to Expand the Vocabulary of Sound Design for Visual and Theatrical Media

February 26, 2019 By Eric Somers Leave a Comment

PAPERS-4: Abstract Sound Objects to Expand the Vocabulary of Sound Design for Visual and Theatrical Media

As I looked through older published papers of mine I realized that several went into depth on topics that I have only touched upon, if at all, in my recent blog posts. Most of these were done for scholarly conferences (and reflect a scholarly writing style required of this kind of work). This paper was…

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Filed Under: SONIC CREATIVITY, SOUND BASICS, Uncategorized

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