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For the first time, the [[information]] in a process — the ''content'' — became completely abstracted from the ''[[form]]'' of that process. This was a proper dislocation: a punctuation of the equilibrium. Overnight everything — operating protocols, institutions, economics, functions, parameters — were shot to hell. | For the first time, the [[information]] in a process — the ''content'' — became completely abstracted from the ''[[form]]'' of that process. This was a proper dislocation: a punctuation of the equilibrium. Overnight everything — operating protocols, institutions, economics, functions, parameters — were shot to hell. | ||
Classic example: [[email]]. The unit cost of a single communication went from paper, ink, envelope, stamp, postal system, and three days | Classic example: [[email]]. The unit cost of a single communication went from paper, ink, envelope, stamp, postal system, and three days, with total loss of access to the information encoded in the communication, to ''zero'', with total preservation of the encoded information. The entire distribution infrastructure built around written communication, which had evolved lazily over thousands of years, was ''vaporised'', and the information encoded in written communications was preserved in digital form. | ||
Another example: amplifier emulation. The faithful recording of a guitar amplifier required the amplifier, the speaker cabinet, the room, the microphones, the placement, and pre-and post- amplification signal processing. Each amplifier, microphone and room type had different tonal characteristics. This cost a lot of money, and took a lot of room. Along comes Line 6,<ref>https://reverb.com/news/past-is-present-amp-modeling-and-the-contemporary-player</ref> and released the “Pod”, a kidney-shaped device about the size of a kebab. It could emulate 12 amplifiers, 10 speaker cabinets, four microphones, five room types and an array of signal processing options reverb units and multi-effects into a single palm-sized unit. | Another example: amplifier emulation. The faithful recording of a guitar amplifier required the amplifier, the speaker cabinet, the room, the microphones, the placement, and pre-and post- amplification signal processing. Each amplifier, microphone and room type had different tonal characteristics. This cost a lot of money, and took a lot of room. Along comes Line 6,<ref>https://reverb.com/news/past-is-present-amp-modeling-and-the-contemporary-player</ref> and released the “Pod”, a kidney-shaped device about the size of a kebab. It could emulate 12 amplifiers, 10 speaker cabinets, four microphones, five room types and an array of signal processing options reverb units and multi-effects into a single palm-sized unit. | ||