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Äthe "Feelies" of the future?

	A 26 year old Italian scient-
ist living in London has invented
a new sound technique that
broadcasts a frequency pattern
directly to the brain, by-passing
the ears altagther.

	Originally developed in re-
search to help the deaf, holo-
phonic sound is set to be one of
the major technological break-
throughs of the '80's that puts
stereo, quad or any other conven

útional spatial effect very much
in the kiddie's playpen division.

	"Holophon~c Sound" is in the
patent process in nine Europaan
countries. CB5-U.K. will soon
release an eIbum of holophonic
sou nd effects.

, . .

	Major recording artists like
Paul McCartney and Peter Gab-
riel have approached the inventar
HUGO ZUCCARELLI and his
partner sound engineer, Mike
Ki ng.

Zuccarelli believes the ear/

	brain generates its own refer-	~ l_y,
	ence beam. Using a technique	~ ~-:~
	analogous to the laser beam in	- V ~ ~.~ a_

	holograms external sounds are re-	-	~_~
	corded with synthesized referen-	~
	ce sounds. The brain provides	The total effect of a holo-
	its own second reference beam	phonic recording is li{<e a multi-
	and "decodes" the holophonic	dimensional "picture" created by
	record reproducing the original	phese interference patter-
	ambrent conditions.	ns or, quite simply, sound.

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	Not only does holophonic
sound create a third-dimension
sound environment, it triggers
other sensory modalities as well.
This extraordinary "synesthesla"
couid launch a majar new dir-
ection in brain research and her-
ald tha-t entertainment of the
brave new world, The "Feelies".
For example7 the sound of a
match being struck elicts the
smel I of sul phur. A voice wh isp-
ering ciose to the ear is accomp-
anied by a sensation of warm
breath. The super reality of the
perceived sound either triggers
off compiementary sensations, or
other sensory "information" can
also be encoded onto the frequen
-cy phase waves directed to the
brain.

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	Country airwaves are sudden
Iy alive with the sound of music.
The remarkable expiosion of in-
terest in comrnunity FM radio
and participation media over the
past two years has turned the FM
dial in many local areas into a
"homegrown" treat. Well over
a thousand new community FM
licences have been applied for
putting most recent applicat.
ions on an 18 month waiting
listWith the new community rad

io station. 2RBMÄFM buddina

1-

	We checked in an a collect-
ive meeting at each station and
discussod program tapas "inter-
swap" between comrnunity stat-
ions, a5 well as arranging for
future Maggie's Farm radio pro.

nrams

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Listeners typically describe the
effect as "realer than real'~. It
has a strange penetrating inten-
sity.Holophonic sound is appar-
ently audible to many hearing
impaired individuals. Blind list-
eners report strong visual ;mag-
ery. People waar~ng head-sets in
groups together report surprising
telepathic effects.

	Zuccarelli has approached
sound recording from a thorough
knowledge of brain physiology
rather than acoustics OF electron-
ic engineering. If Zuccarelli's
biologically-based technology all-
ows for the encoding of more
than sou nd, we enter a wh ole
new reaJm of being able '`o re-
play a total experience. A future
holophonic recording played on
digital t3pe equipment couid
create its own compelling envir-
onment. CONTACT: - Zuccarelli,
78 priary Rd, London~, N8.

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	The rapid increase in citizen
initiative networks and "altern-
ative"media has Maggie's Farm
blitzed by fresh data and pub.
Iitations from all over the world
-always far more than cen be
collated into one little msaazine.

near the Maggie's Farm southern
base in The Blue Mountains-
first test broadtast in May-some
of the Maggie's crew visited
2BOBFM in Taree and 2BBB FM
in Bellingen to swap notes.

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We have been looRinq at veri us
ways of snaring this "over ~pili"
ideas with the network at large.

field, giv9en birnOtaedrVieWs ~n the
cen be shared on community ',~
radio, going into much more
range and depth thal print media ~

	As interaction between key ,~*
network graups and blossoming ,~a
cornrnunityt trhdiojcdn variety

"alternative" media and citizen k~
initiative graups to lend much ~
flavour to the airwoves. ``
-Editoral Collective t~

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MAGGIE'S FARM Alternative Network plagazine - Issue 35 -1987

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