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MUSICAL CULT CONTROL — HOWTO Convert any 440 Hz song to 432 Hz Using Adobe Audition or freeware AUDACITY

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AUDACITY — pitch shift by amount -1.776% AUDITION — pitch shift by -0.31 semitones   See the paper MUSICAL CULT CONTROL by Dr Leonard Horowitz which details the weaponization of A440 tuning standard and its A432 alternative. PDF — Musical_Cult_Control – A440 vs_A432 – Dr_Leonard_Horowitz   === From https://crumplepop.com/a432-vs-a440-which-tuning-standard-is-better/ Before the standardization, each composer would tune … Read more

Do semiconductors inherently digitize the sound?

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Abstract What’s interesting to note is the random quantization of the pulse bursts (in a vacuum tube operated in ‘cold cathode’ mode). Does crystalline lattice semiconductor, operating a lower voltage due to direct surface contact and coupling, suffer similar quantization bursts of current flow?  Guitar amplifier legend Howard Dumble spoke of the “crystalline lattice” having … Read more

Fault in Digital Radio Reception — Searching for the last true analog radio – Panasonic & 5 Core

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8:50 in shows the awful, “hunting” “reception” of digital tuner, vs noisy but stable and solid reception of true analog AM radio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1thDa4zeog   Community Radio Stations: Some small, independent community radio stations may still broadcast in analog format, particularly in remote or rural areas where digital infrastructure is limited. Shortwave Radio: Shortwave radio broadcasts, … Read more

Insight into why the musical magic of Muscle Shoals / FAME, stellar at first, then “faded”

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Spot-on, I think, Comment from the video — “It’s funny that it starts out mentioning that the engineer knew and made (or at least serviced) all the equipment, and the sound quality was great. But then, technology moved in, and the engineer became disconnected, and there hasn’t been “that sound” or any true hit ever … Read more