Individual features of the sound engineer style in contemporary jazz sound engineering (on the example of J. Anderson's works)

Author(s):  
Fedor M. Shak ◽  
Vladimir V. Volchenko
2021 ◽  
pp. 46-51
Author(s):  
ALEKSEY KHMYROV

This article is about the famous sound engineer, talented musician and teacher Vitaly Nikolayevich Gushchin, who made an invaluable contribution to the development of various areas of sound engineering in Uzbekistan, including music, audiovisual and radio ones. He is one of those who carried out highly professional sound recording of classical, folk and pop music works, which made up the richest fund of national culture and are in great consumer demand. V. N. Gushchin trained several generations of specialists who successfully work in many areas of sound engineering in the republic and abroad.


Author(s):  
Toby J. Lloyd-Jones ◽  
Juergen Gehrke ◽  
Jason Lauder

We assessed the importance of outline contour and individual features in mediating the recognition of animals by examining response times and eye movements in an animal-object decision task (i.e., deciding whether or not an object was an animal that may be encountered in real life). There were shorter latencies for animals as compared with nonanimals and performance was similar for shaded line drawings and silhouettes, suggesting that important information for recognition lies in the outline contour. The most salient information in the outline contour was around the head, followed by the lower torso and leg regions. We also observed effects of object orientation and argue that the usefulness of the head and lower torso/leg regions is consistent with a role for the object axis in recognition.


2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 426-437
Author(s):  
Nikolay N. Nosov

The article is devoted to L.I. Strakhovsky (alias Leonid Chatsky; 1898—1963), a Russian writer and poet of the first wave of emigration, and his poetry and prose reflected in foreign publications of his works in Russian. Returning to our culture the name of this author, now half-forgotten in his homeland, and introducing this name into literary studies, the article tries to reveal the thematic and stylistic diversity of L.I. Strakhovsky’s poetry and prose. The research’s object is foreign publications of L.I. Strakhovsky’s artistic works in separate books, almanacs and periodicals published in Belgium, Germany, Canada and identified through collection catalogues of leading Russian libraries (the Russian State library, the Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russia Abroad) and library resources that display foreign Russian-language publications by L.I. Strakhovsky. The article highlights and analyzes the main stylistic (symbolism, acmeism, “junior acmeism”) and thematic (autobiographical, English, mystical) components of L.I. Strakhovsky’s works, reveals the components’ individual features, the originality of their constancy and mutual influence. The main of these features is that L.I. Strakhovsky’s works can be stylistically periodized on the basis of the author’s increased propensity to cyclize his works though without creative evolution in the usual sense and with the stable nature of his working throughout his life. To review the publications and analyze the nature of L.I. Strakhovsky’s works, the article draws on the context of Russian and emigrant literature of his era, creatively associated with L.I. Strakhovsky and its main figures, and notes his literary and cultural influence.


Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 594
Author(s):  
Daniela Takáčová ◽  
Lenka Skurková ◽  
Lýdia Mesarčová ◽  
Lenka Lešková ◽  
Lucia Kottferová ◽  
...  

Long-term tethering of dogs, or their keeping under unsuitable conditions can result in issues related to changes in their behavior as they may not satisfy their basic needs of life. These needs are discussed in this paper, along with cases when dogs unnecessarily have to endure cruelty and pain. The unavoidable tethering of a dog must not cause trauma and must be arranged in a way that it guarantees physical comfort. Failure to meet the basic needs of an animal may result in manifestation of fear and subsequent aggressiveness. Owners of animals are responsible for their life and health, and their obligations include eliminating the possibility of them hurting themselves or other beings. The relevant adopted legislative provisions should provide protection to animals and be enforceable, which currently appears rather difficult. Controlling and observation of the legislative provisions related to the tethering of dogs raises some difficulties for animal protection inspectors. It is necessary to focus on the specificities of keeping conditions of various dog breeds and on their individual features. Based on research and the relevant Slovak legislative provisions, this paper discusses various views on the practice of tethering dogs from the point of view of public safety and the ethical consequences of permanent dog tethering. Data on dog tethering in Slovakia were evaluated based on a survey and Slovak legal rules governing this issue were analyzed along with various views of public safety and the ethical consequences of permanent dog tethering.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aedan Yue Li ◽  
Keisuke Fukuda ◽  
Morgan Barense

Though much progress has been made to understand feature integration, debate remains regarding how objects are represented in mind based on their constituent features. Here, we advance this debate by introducing a novel shape-color “conjunction task” to reconstruct memory resolution for multiple object features simultaneously. In a first experiment, we replicated and extended a classic change detection paradigm using our task. Replicating previous work, memory resolution for individual features was reduced when the number of objects increased, regardless of the number of to-be-remembered features. Extending previous work, we found that high resolution memory near perfect in resemblance to the target was selectively impacted by the number of to-be-remembered features. Applying a statistical model of stochastic dependence, we found evidence primarily for integration of low-resolution feature memories, but less evidence for integration of high-resolution feature memories. These results suggest a resolution trade-off, such that memory resolution for individual features can be higher when those features are represented independently compared to when those features are integrated. In a second experiment which manipulated the nature of distracting information, we examined whether object features were directly bound to each other or by virtue of shared spatial location. Feature integration was disrupted by distractors sharing visual features of target objects but not disrupted when distractors shared spatial location – suggesting that feature integration was driven by direct binding between shape and color features. Our results constrain theoretical models of object representation, providing empirical support for hierarchical representations of both integrated and independent features.


Author(s):  
Виктория Георгиевна Григорьева

Одним из основных фольклорных жанров якутов (саха) является тойук - вокально-поэтическая импровизация в обрядовой, общественно значимой ситуации. Каждая локальная общность саха формирует определенный мелодический стиль тойука. Статья посвящена исследованию музыкального стиля обрядовых песнопений в исполнении выдающегося этнофора, виртуозного импровизатора, представителя приленской локальной традиции У. Г. Нохсорова (1907-1951). Предметом рассмотрения стал тойук «День Великой Победы», исполненный Устином Гаврильевичем в 1945 г. Автором выявлены индивидуальные особенности тойука У. Г. Нохсорова, которые заключаются в наличии своеобразной основы формообразования структуры песнопений - не менее трех разделов со вступлением и каденцией, зависящих от особенностей стихосложения, а также в многообразной тембровой орнаментации и распевности слогов. Основное отличие виртуозного исполнительства У. Г. Нохсорова от других тойуксутов состоит в следующих типичных приемах: преобладание трехдольного распева слогонот (что значительно преображает мелодию обрядового песнопения - эту характерную особенность напевов певец перенял от своего учителя Т. В. Захарова-Чээбия) с эпизодическим применением двудольной организации; использование особых тембровых приемов - вибрато, тремоло, нисходящее глиссандо, - значительно дополняющих ладоинтонационную ткань песнопений; мелодическая линия с широким распевом, состоящая из девяти слогонот, образует в каденции новый контур окончания тойука. Актуальность статьи связана с необходимостью изучения локальных разновидностей тойука, что является важным для продолжения практики обрядового пения в Якутии. One of the main folklore genres of the Yakuts (Sakha) is the “toyuk” - a vocal and poetic improvisation performed in a ritual, socially significant situation. Each local Sakha community has its own musical style of toyuk. The purpose of the article is to investigate the style of this ritual chant as performed by the outstanding ethnophore, virtuoso improviser, and representative of the local tradition of Prilena, U. G. Nokhsorov (1907-1951). On the basis of the toyuk “Day of the Great Victory” that Nokhsorov performed in 1945, the author examines the poetic and musical features of the genre. The author identifies individual features of Nokhsorov’s toyuk and elements that structure the singing. In a toyuk there are at least three sections with an introduction and cadence, depending on the type of versification, and there are a variety of timbre ornamentations and ways of pronouncing syllables. One of the main differences between Nokhsorov’s masterly performance and that of other “toyuksuts” is the three-part chanting of the syllable-notes (slogonoty) which predominates, and which significantly alters the melody. The singer adopted this practice from his teacher T. V. Zakharov-Cheebiya. Other differences include the occasional use of bipartite organization; special timbre techniques of tremolo and descending glissando, which complement the mode and intonational texture of the chant; and a melodic line with a protracted chorus consisting of nine syllables that creates a new configuration of the cadence that ends the toyuk. Studying local varieties of toyuk is important so that the practice of ritual singing in Yakutia will continue.


1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Spoth ◽  
Cleve Redmond

Purpose. The purpose of this article is to illustrate the application of conjoint analysis, a consumer research technique, using data from a survey of parents' preferences for prevention programs. Design. This study utilized a one-time, cross-sectional telephone survey. Setting. Data were collected from subjects living in economically disadvantaged rural midwestern counties. Subjects. Subjects were 202 randomly selected parents with préadolescents who indicated interest in family-focused prevention programs. Measures. Conjoint analysis software was employed in computer-assisted telephone interviews to evaluate relative preferences for 39 individual features of family-focused prevention programs falling under 11 categories (e.g., program meeting time, facilitator background). The software also guided computer simulations of parent choices among four types of programs. Results. Findings indicated that meeting time was the most important category of program features. Strongly preferred individual features included meetings scheduled on weekday evenings, instruction by child development specialists, and programs based on extensive research. Two multiple-session programs evaluated via computer simulations incorporated several preferred features and received higher ratings than did single-session programs. Estimated variance z-tests indicated limited differences in perceived importance of program feature categories across sociodemographic subgroups. Conclusions. Findings highlight a) differences in the relative value parents place on various features of prevention programs in the surveyed population and b) the importance of practical aspects of program delivery.


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