Sonic Experience Transcended - Posted on 2017-09-18 by Trevor OBrien

Biologically we as human beings are able to experience sound and music based on the laws of physics and the laws of human anatomy working together to produce understanding. We are able to interpret many different combinations of sounds that become information stored in our minds as music, speech or even aspects of our environment. 

This chapter takes these ideas a step further and describes the discoveries we have made in digital and analogue circuitry that allow us to communicate sound as information through an incredible medium, electricity. The fact that we are able to use electricity as a method of transmitting sound information is an amazing feat. From the most basic elements of binary data transmission to the massive amounts of sound data that can be effectively created, stored, rendered and transferred today, early discoveries in the behavior of electricity are the building blocks of the modern age of recording sound.

The information presented was intriguing to me not only because of its applications but its role allowing careers in Audio Engineering and Digital Audio Production to even exist. I am excited to see how our scientific knowledge of electricity and how to use its power to transfer and interpret sound data will influence the future of how music is created, shared, performed and recorded.