Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2022-08-10 02:19
Paul, thanks again for your patience in trying to address my question.
Your reasoning: Quote:
Because the faulty notes are wonderful just a few seconds earlier on the 'good ligature.' which indicates a ligature change (and subsequent repositioning of the reed, embouchure, et al) has occurred between the comparisons. So your thought process confuses me a bit. Why would we expect the recorded sound to be the same? The reed has been moved to some degree, the embouchure has been reset, the oral cavity reset, the angle/distance of the applicable toneholes in relation to the mic has changed, and we have no idea of what type of filtering/shape is built into the microphone which might be effecting the shapes you see in the software - especially as the mic is most likely in a slightly different position in relation to the instrument after each ligature change.
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So for some strange reason that defies logic, one or more of the factors you listed just happened to occur on that one ligature for only every other note (and the Eddie Daniels on every note) Doesn't really defy logic for me at all. Perhaps he belched or has something stuck in his teeth. Perhaps he has inadvertently weighted one side of the reed more than the other. Perhaps the reed isn't seated as squarely...or is in/out more at the tip. Perhaps his tongue is fatigued. Perhaps he is more/less relaxed during those two examples. Perhaps he is losing interest in the project and lacking focus? Perhaps his tongue is hitting the reed slightly different because of the difference in position of the reed? On and on.
For me - It doesn't defy logic, it just shows the problem with trying to measure such precise things using imprecise methods when so little is actually known.
No harm, no foul - I just can't reach the same conclusion you do. It seems (for me) to rule out too many other valid options. That's fine. As I've said before, if people all came to the same conclusion when looking at the same data, we'd all be stuck at the same problem perpetually.
I would, however (in the spirit of this thread), encourage people - especially beginners/intermediate - to avoid the gear trap to whatever extent is possible, and instead encourage them to question, self-test, gain personal understanding, and retain as much freedom from gear as they can.
I'd tell them, "Be a gear skeptic!"
Fuzzy
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