Some, like the great Catalan viol player Jordi Savall (who will perform at Lincoln Center in May), have tried to recreate sounds of the period.
Why Hawthorne isn't a major star remains one of the mysteries of the modern age, although one suspects, as per Chromeo, that his ability to recreate sounds makes people dismiss it as redundant pastiche or homage rather than a living, breathing original.
Owing to background noise such as camera operation, much of the ambient noise or dialogue captured on set was unusable; it was Serafine's job to create or recreate sounds to mix back into the scenes.
The room was dark, closed off and filled with equipment that flashed and beeped and recreated sound effects from early radio.
Investigators - who listen to the device over four speakers to recreate the sound of the four cockpit microphones - say they have been able to retrieve usable sounds and voices but have not been able to draw any conclusions yet.
"We can recreate that sound like that," he said.
A higher number means that more sonic information can be used to recreate the sound.
"That means not simply trying to recreate the sound of his old records but by trying to add something fresh.
As Mr. Harnick put it, the goal was "to try and recreate the sound of a period musically".
Nevertheless, in 2012 they will be melted down and replaced by nine new ones, intended to recreate the sound of Notre-Dame's original 17th-century bells.
