The Distortion of Sound (2014)

Directed by

Jacob Rosenberg

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

22 min

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a short documentary-style film that argues against the use of lossy audio compression in music. It presents interviews with many well-known musicians and audio professionals who discuss what they see as a decline in sound quality.

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What happens

The Distortion of Sound is a 2014 advertisement for Harman produced by Vice Media. The advertisement presents itself as a documentary on the decline of sound quality in music distributed with lossy compression algorithms. The ad features paid interviews with vocalists, guitarists, producers, writers, rappers, film composers, mixing engineers, mixers, music journalists, acoustic researchers, loudspeaker engineers and chief engineers—including such artists as Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, Slash, Quincy Jones, Snoop Dogg and Steve Aoki. The ad was uploaded to YouTube using YouTube's lossy audio compression. The trailer of the film was also available on YouTube. The ad, as well as a trailer, was available on the official website of the film. The film was premiered at a paid event in Los Angeles on July 10, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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