> Anahata wrote: > But what about effects such as stochastic resonance? > Add a (miniscule) amount of distortion and we hear > more of the music. > This seems to suggest the possibility of the recording of > an acoustic > performance of music sounding "better" than being present at the performance itself. > I see thin ice here! Not what I'm saying really. "Better" would imply a euphonic aspect and I'm just talking about the information content. There's also no reason why the low-level noise could not be added to a performance e.g. by the rustling of clothing ;-) I'm not an expert on this stuff but it's been proven that stochastic resonance does increase the information content of non-linear systems (Google for it, there's lots of material). One question that does arise, however, is if this added information falls below the noise floor of the reproduction system in use. Greg ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
