On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 16:08:00 +0200 David Kastrup <dak@xxxxxxx> wrote: > To add some data point from a marginally related field: I am playing > accordion and also have a first generation Roland FR-1b digital > accordion. Thanks for the comment which shows yet another aspect. You have a term which is quite fitting, 'tonal intensity'. Less vague and misleading than simply 'energy', 'tonal intensity' reflects clearly the overall musical effect which sits within an audio loudness range. And now tonal intensities are a creative field on their own. I wouldn't be surprised to see that there are people who are experts at that and not so much at music itself since tonal intensities are perhaps the first wave to reach listeners, before the chords and notes and melodies and rhythms do. We have all the tools today to produce music that can go from the softer pizzicato to the most amazing forte of classical music yet we manage to stay within a range. And even worse, to compress that range to extract all dynamics and offer a 'wall' of sound literally to the listeners. The tools and techniques are all easily available to make productions that will take the listeners on (short) journeys through valleys and hills. Cheers. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
