Hello,
)-----Original Message-----
)From: address@hidden
)[mailto:address@hidden On
)Behalf Of Kieren MacMillan
)Sent: 18 March 2011 11:15
)To: Graham Percival
)Cc: address@hidden
)Subject: Re: [OT] Vivi, the Virtual Violinist, plays LilyPond music
)
) ... -- and recent studies on youth support my belief with
)evidence. On the music side, consider the fact that recent studies have
)shown a majority of young people prefer the sound of compressed audio
)(e.g., low- to medium-bitrate MP3s) to uncompressed audio. [Pause here
)to fully appreciate the horror of that statement.]
do you have any reference to those recent studies?
Not being inflammatory but am genuinely interested. My own anecdotal evidence
is that it depends on the 'depth' and how much you 'study' music as a
profession or significant hobby (i.e. amateur conductor/composer) about the
quality of the output vs the construction of the melody/music itself. That is
it doesn't matter if the music is buzzing out of a tinny radio or £5,000 pound
speakers to them, let alone worry about bit rates./compression and whatever it
is they do to make everything loud (equalize?).