Re: noise classification problem

[Vincent Rioux <vincent.rioux@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 19:31 16/04/2004, f.maintenant wrote:
> Claire, you're right about the signature (I meant the date at the bottom of
> p.701). Yes, there's no copyright with the date 1977, only, on the back
> cover of my book, the inscription "Imprimé en France 9-77". I still don't
> understand why what seems to be the bible of electro-acoustics (can it be
> compared to Helmholtz's On sensation of tone?.... for the publication dates
> ambiguity certainly!) hasn't been translated, at least in English (German?).
>
> Frédéric Maintenant
I find at least three reasons for this:
- I found this book extraordinary but rather hard to read.
Michel Chion, an important disciple of Schaeffer, even felt the need to 
publish some sort of "digest" of the TOM: "Guide des Objets Sonores" (this 
is a very precious work which greatly helps to uncrypt the thoughts of his 
master).
I would guess that this is quite an enterprise to tackle the translation of 
the TOM.
- The typo-morphology proposed in this book often makes use of single 
French words (like "masse", "cannelures", "allure", "grain", etc.) which 
often despite their "felt preciseness" carry strong 'poetics' allusions. It 
is not easy (possible?) to find strict equivalent in other languages.
- Moreover (consequently?) there has been some kind of controversies around 
the work of Schaeffer...
What is his status today after all, scientist? composer? philosopher? 
"maître à penser"?

some attemps are still to be made probably ;-)

vincent