Orientation
📘 Executive Summary
Industry History
🎼 Early Acoustics & Analog
📀 Recording Eras & Formats
💾 Digital Audio & Compression
⚠️ Industry Fumbles & Tradeoffs
🌐 Modern Audio Landscape
VST Alignment & Clarity
🧠 Why Clarity Matters
📡 Audio as Substrate
🧭 vST Alignment Principles
🧨 Failure Modes Without Alignment
Human Ear Constraints
👂 Human Hearing Ranges
🟢 Safe & Friendly Frequency Bands
📐 Dynamic Range & Perceptual Limits
🔒 Containment of Human Audio
🧬 Parent Regime Alignment
Notation Re‑examined
📜 History of Musical Notation
🚧 Limitations of Current Notation
🜂 vST‑Informed Notation Models
🎓 Learning‑First Design Principles
✨ Successor Notation Examples
Case Studies
🔊 Loudness Wars
🌐 Spatial Audio & Surround
🧪 Remastering & Restoration
⚠️ Failures of Overextension
🎧 Noise Cancellation Tech
Conclusion
🧾 Conclusions & Future Work