Damon Krukowski tells us the function of both analog microphones is the same. Their purpose is to transfer information and communication through multiple parties. Although they are intended for the same purpose, analog microphone happen to give a better perception of what the speaker is trying to say. Through analog microphones, tone and feeling can be understood directly. Digital microphones, however, are much smaller in size and do not truly convey how deep the meaning of the speaker’s speech might be. In the podcast, he states that “As Roman points out the sound of our voices on the phone have gotten worse as we’ve switched to digital but it’s not bc the mc have gotten worse… no matter how close we hold them to our mouths, there’s no proximity effect on a cell phone… the reason is that unlike the old analog phones, cell phones don’t transmit the full range of sound picked up by their mics.. they compress it to whatever engineers have decided was unnecessary data… the compression of our voices on our cell phones makes it easier to share over digital networks… they’re intended to get the essential information across… “. This proves that there is scientific backing behind why there is less character and presence in the voices over the phone since engineers want the communication simply exchanged.

2) I think that the sounds that ASMR was very interesting. I had not known that there would be different sensations, triggers, and feelings that this would bring upon me. I never truly pay attention to what I hear, it all just seems like, just a sound. It was eye-opening to realize how much of an impact sound has on the world.