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Distortion in Music Production: The Soul of Sonics

Distortion in Music Production: The Soul of Sonics

  • Editor: Bromham, Gary
  • Editor: Moore, Austin

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Contents

  • Part 1 : Technology of Distortion
  • 1. A History of Distortion in Music Production
  • 2. The Development of Audio Software with Distortion
  • 3. A browser-based WebAudio ecosystem to dynamically play with real-time simulations of historic guitar tube amps and their typical distortions
  • 4. Non-linearity and Dynamic Range Compressors
  • 5. Low Order Distortion in Creative Recording and Mixing
  • Part 2 : Perception and Semantics of Distortion
  • 6. Understanding the Semantics of Distortion
  • 7. An Ecological Approach To Distortion In Mixing Audio: Is Distortion An Expected, Rather Than Unwanted Artefact?
  • 8. Towards a Lexicon for Distortion Pedals
  • Part 3 : Retrospective Perspectives of Distortion
  • 9. Hit Hardware: Vintage Processing Technologies and the Modern Recordist
  • 10. Even Better than the Real Thing: A comparison of traditional and software emulated distortion in the contemporary audio production workflow
  • 11. 'It just is my Inner Refusal': Innovation and Conservatism in Guitar Amplification Technology
  • 12. A Saturated Market
  • Part 4 : Musicology of Distortion
  • 13. The Studio's Function in Creating Distortion Related Compositional Structures in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
  • 14. The Distortion of Space in Music Production
  • 15. Distorting Jazz Guitar: Distortion as Effect, Creative Tool and Extension of the Instrument
  • 16. 'Got a Flaming Heart': Vocal Climax in the Music of Led Zeppelin
  • 17. The Aesthetics of Distortion