lixobix wrote > Plucking an electric guitar string makes a sound, just like a voice. The > pickup, like the mic, translates the vibrations (sound) into a signal. > What is recorded is the signal, yes, but what is captured is the sound.
No, it doesn't have anything to do with sound. A pickup detects the mechanical movement of the string, which isn't sound. If you played an electric guitar in a vacuum, you would be able to record it even though there can be no sound. The pickup detects the movement of the magnetised string, and this moving magnetic field induces a current in the pickup, creating an electrical signal which can be amplified and played back to generate sound. I've updated the PiratePad with my latest proposal, which incorporates bits of the other proposals. I think I've solved the release track -> recording problem, and I'm fairly happy with audio tracks now. I agree that it's madness to list instruments or ways of making sound in the definition or recording. -- View this message in context: http://musicbrainz.1054305.n4.nabble.com/RFC-STYLE-208-New-Recordings-Guidelines-tp4651054p4652280.html Sent from the MusicBrainz - Style mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ MusicBrainz-style mailing list [email protected] http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
