RTV Theory and Practice - Special Issue

the possibilities of language as play. Моге and more listeners аге being expected to be previously informed, to develop their listening sensitivity for such forms, to sharpen their ears in order to catch and fohow the new polyphonic sound. TECHNICAL CONDITIONS In order to understand this better, we recall the preamble of the Radio Belgrade јигу presided over by engineer Mile Marjanović for the presentation of the annual awards for sound recordings. It was based on the following expert appraisal: »Starting from the assumption that the basic task of sound engineering and the engineer is to create a high-quality fmalised radiophonic image of the given subject, this јигу based its decision on the quality of the recording, that is of the creative work of the sound editor. In doing wo, we looked for the presence, level and apphcation of the following positive and negative factors as the inevitable ог incidental characteristics of the sound picture: 9 impression of space and plasticity, in the use of several sound levels; © stereophonic impact; © tone colours and balance; 9 musical balance i.e. (balance relationships between groups of musical instruments and individual instruments in terms of artistic interpretation, and mixing); 9 transparence; 9 brilliance; 9 dynamics, range and manner of reduction (mixing); 9 application of natural or artificial reverberations; 9 selection and creation of acoustic (Sound background) ambiance; 9 application and choice of effects; 9 interference, intruding sounds, »distortions«. Ву »distortions« in the last section we mean the many electronic effects which transform the whole sound material, speech, proper sounds, etc, into a new sound being, while at the same time creating new sound units and groups. With the cooperation of the Electronic Studio, this opens up a huge creative field; the studio workers have shown unusual interest in cooperation with the Drama Department. RESEARCH EFFORTS IN RADIO BELGRADE It is difficult in a short review of this kind to enumerate all experiments conducted over the past few years, as they аге scattered over different parts of different programmes. Nor is it easy to Ust the quality extracts from Vugoslav and foreign literature which inspired the different radio programmes. Therefore we shall restrict ourselves to those works which were experimental from their very beginning.