數位聲音的媒介考古：基德勒、拉岡與傅立葉

A Media Archaeology of Sonic Digitalization: Kittler, Lacan and Fourier

本文以德國媒介理論的科技／數學取徑來探討聲音場域的數位化過程。根據基德勒提出的字母、類比以及數位媒介三個階段，本研究特別著重於類比和數位媒體之間的關係，探究物理聲音事件如何能被轉化為可儲存、傳輸和處理的數位編碼。藉由連結拉岡的真實界概念以及傅立葉轉換，本文嘗試揭示數位電腦如何能依據離散數值進行音樂的模擬和操弄，從而凸顯基德勒後期對於文化數學的關切。

This paper addresses the digitalization of the sonic field by employing the techno-mathematical approach of German media archaeologies. Following Kittlerian’s three marked stages of the alphabet, of analogue media, and of digital computer, the project places special emphasis on the relation between analogue and digital media to investigate how physical sound events can be transformed into digital codes that can be stored, transmitted, and processed. To do this, it is crucial to address Kittler’s articulation of Lacanian Real and Fourier Transform such that the temporal Real can be symbolized with the aid of Fourier mathematics, thus creating the necessary precondition for a method that Kittler termed Time Axis Manipulation. Finally, the techniques of simulating and manipulating any sound events, with the digital computer as a universal machine, which can be regarded as a musical instrument in creating any music in operation of numerical values, highlights Kittler’s later concern with cultural mathematics.