Sounding Human

Author : Deirdre Loughridge
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Auto-tune (Computer file)
ISBN : 9780226830117

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Sounding Human by Deirdre Loughridge Pdf

An expansive analysis of the relationship between human and machine in music. From the mid-eighteenth century on, there was a logic at work in musical discourse and practice: human or machine. That discourse defined a boundary of absolute difference between human and machine, with a recurrent practice of parsing "human" musicality from its "merely mechanical" simulations. In Sounding Human, Deirdre Loughridge tests and traverses these boundaries, unmaking the "human or machine" logic and seeking out others, better characterized by conjunctions such as and or with. Sounding Human enters the debate on posthumanism and human-machine relationships in music, exploring how categories of human and machine have been continually renegotiated over the centuries. Loughridge expertly traces this debate from the 1737 invention of what became the first musical android to the creation of a "sound wave instrument" by a British electronic music composer in the 1960s, and the chopped and pitched vocals produced by sampling singers' voices in modern pop music. From music-generating computer programs to older musical instruments and music notation, Sounding Human shows how machines have always actively shaped the act of music composition. In doing so, Loughridge reveals how musical artifacts have been--or can be--used to help explain and contest what it is to be human.

Author : Richard F. Lyon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781107007536

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Human and Machine Hearing by Richard F. Lyon Pdf

This book describes how human hearing works and how to build machines that analyze sounds in the same way that people do.

Author : John van Opstal
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780128017258

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The Auditory System and Human Sound-Localization Behavior by John van Opstal Pdf

The Auditory System and Human Sound-Localization Behavior provides a comprehensive account of the full action-perception cycle underlying spatial hearing. It highlights the interesting properties of the auditory system, such as its organization in azimuth and elevation coordinates. Readers will appreciate that sound localization is inherently a neuro-computational process (it needs to process on implicit and independent acoustic cues). The localization problem of which sound location gave rise to a particular sensory acoustic input cannot be uniquely solved, and therefore requires some clever strategies to cope with everyday situations. The reader is guided through the full interdisciplinary repertoire of the natural sciences: not only neurobiology, but also physics and mathematics, and current theories on sensorimotor integration (e.g. Bayesian approaches to deal with uncertain information) and neural encoding. Quantitative, model-driven approaches to the full action-perception cycle of sound-localization behavior and eye-head gaze control Comprehensive introduction to acoustics, systems analysis, computational models, and neurophysiology of the auditory system Full account of gaze-control paradigms that probe the acoustic action-perception cycle, including multisensory integration, auditory plasticity, and hearing impaired

Author : Francesco Aletta,Bert De Coensel,PerMagnus Lindborg
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889712571

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Human Perception of Environmental Sounds by Francesco Aletta,Bert De Coensel,PerMagnus Lindborg Pdf

Author : Thom Holmes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781317224822

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Sound Art by Thom Holmes Pdf

Sound Art offers the first comprehensive introduction to sound art written for undergraduate students. Bridging and blending aspects of the visual and sonic arts, modern sound art first emerged in the early 20th century and has grown into a thriving and varied field. In 13 thematic chapters, this book enables students to clearly grasp both the concepts behind this unique area of art, and its history and practice. Each chapter begins with an exploration of key ideas and theories, followed by an in-depth discussion of selected relevant works, both classic and current. Drawing on a broad, diverse range of examples, and firmly interdisciplinary, this book will be essential reading for anyone studying or teaching the theory, history, appreciation, or practice of sound art.

Author : Leonard Landois
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1348 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Histology
ISBN : HARVARD:HC4BZJ

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A Text-book of Human Physiology by Leonard Landois Pdf

Author : Deirdre Loughridge
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 0226830098

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Sounding Human by Deirdre Loughridge Pdf

An expansive analysis of the relationship between human and machine in music. From the mid-eighteenth century on, there was a logic at work in musical discourse and practice: human or machine. That discourse defined a boundary of absolute difference between human and machine, with a recurrent practice of parsing “human” musicality from its “merely mechanical” simulations. In Sounding Human, Deirdre Loughridge tests and traverses these boundaries, unmaking the “human or machine” logic and seeking out others, better characterized by conjunctions such as and or with. Sounding Human enters the debate on posthumanism and human-machine relationships in music, exploring how categories of human and machine have been continually renegotiated over the centuries. Loughridge expertly traces this debate from the 1737 invention of what became the first musical android to the creation of a “sound wave instrument” by a British electronic music composer in the 1960s, and the chopped and pitched vocals produced by sampling singers’ voices in modern pop music. From music-generating computer programs to older musical instruments and music notation, Sounding Human shows how machines have always actively shaped the act of music composition. In doing so, Loughridge reveals how musical artifacts have been—or can be—used to help explain and contest what it is to be human.

Author : Colin Feltham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317584827

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Depressive Realism by Colin Feltham Pdf

Depressive Realism argues that people with mild-to-moderate depression have a more accurate perception of reality than non-depressives. Depressive realism is a worldview of human existence that is essentially negative, and which challenges assumptions about the value of life and the institutions claiming to answer life’s problems. Drawing from central observations from various disciplines, this book argues that a radical honesty about human suffering might initiate wholly new ways of thinking, in everyday life and in clinical practice for mental health, as well as in academia. Divided into sections that reflect depressive realism as a worldview spanning all academic disciplines, chapters provide examples from psychology, psychotherapy, philosophy and more to suggest ways in which depressive realism can critique each discipline and academia overall. This book challenges the tacit hegemony of contemporary positive thinking, as well as the standard assumption in cognitive behavioural therapy that depressed individuals must have cognitive distortions. It also appeals to the utility of depressive realism for its insights, its pursuit of truth, as well its emphasis on the importance of learning from negativity and failure. Arguments against depressive realism are also explored. This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of depressive realism within an interdisciplinary context. It will be of key interest to academics, researchers and postgraduates in the fields of psychology, mental health, psychotherapy, history and philosophy. It will also be of great interest to psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors.

Author : Katie Reus
Publisher : KR Press, LLC
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781635561111

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Darkness Rising by Katie Reus Pdf

Read the final book in the DARKNESS series as New York Times bestselling author Katie Reus wraps up this action-packed series with Darkness Rising, a National Readers Choice Award winner (paranormal category)! When a bringer of death… Awakened after millennia, dragon warrior Reaper is ready to fulfill his destiny…until he sees Greer. With one glimpse, everything Reaper has ever known throughout his very long life is irrevocably changed. Greer’s his mate, he feels it in his blood, in his soul—but convincing her is another matter. The dragon clan healer finds him obnoxious and annoying, but he knows a woman’s interest when he smells it. And Greer smells like one word: mine. Meets a giver of life… Greer has spent hundreds of years using her healing abilities for the good of others, making her the polar opposite of Reaper. The ferocious war general may be an ancient, but his arrogance proves he hasn’t spent any of that time learning about women. Greer is displeased when her Alpha sends her to New Orleans with the insufferable warrior—then she sees him in action against a menace threatening to tear the city apart. Fierce, protective, magnificent…mate-worthy. Except he’s hiding something from her. Something dark and devastating that could destroy their newly forged bond. Maybe opposites doattract, but if they want to live long enough to find out, they’ll first have to save the world teetering on the brink of obliteration. Length: NOVEL Author note: This is the final book in the Darkness series and can be read as a stand-alone.

Author : Janczewski, Lech,Colarik, Andrew
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781591409922

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Cyber Warfare and Cyber Terrorism by Janczewski, Lech,Colarik, Andrew Pdf

"This book reviews problems, issues, and presentations of the newest research in the field of cyberwarfare and cyberterrorism. While enormous efficiencies have been gained as a result of computers and telecommunications technologies, use of these systems and networks translates into a major concentration of information resources, createing a vulnerability to a host of attacks and exploitations"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Peter F. Ostwald
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110812626

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The Semiotics of Human Sound by Peter F. Ostwald Pdf

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Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on Disability Determination for Individuals with Hearing Impairments
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309092968

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Hearing Loss by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on Disability Determination for Individuals with Hearing Impairments Pdf

Millions of Americans experience some degree of hearing loss. The Social Security Administration (SSA) operates programs that provide cash disability benefits to people with permanent impairments like hearing loss, if they can show that their impairments meet stringent SSA criteria and their earnings are below an SSA threshold. The National Research Council convened an expert committee at the request of the SSA to study the issues related to disability determination for people with hearing loss. This volume is the product of that study. Hearing Loss: Determining Eligibility for Social Security Benefits reviews current knowledge about hearing loss and its measurement and treatment, and provides an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the current processes and criteria. It recommends changes to strengthen the disability determination process and ensure its reliability and fairness. The book addresses criteria for selection of pure tone and speech tests, guidelines for test administration, testing of hearing in noise, special issues related to testing children, and the difficulty of predicting work capacity from clinical hearing test results. It should be useful to audiologists, otolaryngologists, disability advocates, and others who are concerned with people who have hearing loss.

Author : David Hendy
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781847659446

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Noise by David Hendy Pdf

Prehistoric drummers used natural acoustics to recreate natural sound. In classical Europe, orators turned the human voice into a lyrical instrument. In Buddhist temples, the icons' ears were exaggerated to represent their spiritual power. And in modern metropolises we are battered by the roar of sound that surrounds us. In the first narrative history of the subject which puts humans at its centre, and following the author's major BBC Radio 4 series Noise, acclaimed historian David Hendy describes the history of noise - which is also the history of listening. As he puts it: 'By thinking about sound and listening, I want to get closer to what it felt like to live in the past.' This unusual book reveals fascinating changes in how we have understood our fellow human beings and the world around us. For although we might see ourselves inhabiting a visual world, our lives are shaped by our need to hear and be heard.

Author : Daniel Fischlin,Ajay Heble
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 1551646978

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Rebel Musics, Volume 2 by Daniel Fischlin,Ajay Heble Pdf

Daniel Fischlin is a leading Canadian humanities researcher who has written over twenty books. Also a musician and community organizer, he chairs the Board of Silence, a community art space in Guelph, and is the founding director of the newly launched MA/PhD program in Critical Studies in Improvisation at the University of Guelph. Ajay Heble is the founding director of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) and professor of English in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph. He is the founding artistic director of the award-winning Guelph Jazz Festival and Colloquium and a founding co-editor of the peer-reviewed journal Critical Studies in Improvisation. Heble is also an accomplished pianist who, with Daniel Fischlin, records and performs with the improvising quartet, The Vertical Squirrels.

Author : Raymond Wayne
Publisher : Estalontech
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788832527650

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What Is Influencer Marketing and How Do You Profit from It? by Raymond Wayne Pdf

The Guide to Profiting from Influencer Marketing Want to implement an influencer marketing campaign? Learn How to successfully understand an influencer marketing campaign and become an influencer. Some users on social media post about their experiences with a brand and earn money for doing this. Typically, the people who earn the most from these posts are popular influencers. Influencers usually have large social media platforms and are trusted by their fans and followers. Influencers are people who've got a considerable following. When they recommend something on their sites or social media channels, their followers go and check out their recommendations. Can you see where this is going? Can you see yourself using someone else's influence to promote your content? Think about how powerful influencer marketing is: if you work with a lot of influencers, your network could potentially grow exponentially! You don't need to rely on your own audience helping you get the word out. Instead, you'll be leveraging the influencers' to get to their followers. But how do you get influencers to come help you out? For starters, you can go on social media and look for people in your industry with sizeable followers. You don't just want anyone to promote your business. The exciting thing about being influencer is that you don't need a special degree, ten million followers, or fancy software What Is Influencer Marketing and How Do You Profit from It? Here's what you'll learn ; What influencer marketing is and how to profit from it Tips and best practices Understanding paid posts and takeovers Tips to pitch to influencers and how to build relationships