Re: [LAU] New Early Music made with Linux

On 09/03/2010 08:00 PM, Giso Grimm wrote:
> Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
>> fun combination, early music and VR video...
>> at least the palestrina soundbite does not work, though. instead, your
>> provider throws up some really helpful advertisements.
>
> Sorry, I will check. Anyway, the sound samples on the web are outdated,
> I will replace them by samples of the CD.

ah, ok.

>>
>> i'd be very interested to see you guys live at some point.
>
> Next Sunday (Sept. 5th) in Großburgwedel near Hannover...

bad luck - that day is already occupied.

>> as to the mixing, i can see how it makes sense for most consumers to
>> have a very present, in-your-face mix to listen to in your car while
>> returning from a live concert, but i find the sound a tad too "loud" and
>> close-miked given the material and instruments. but then i have a taste
>> with no commercial potential whatsoever...
>
> I have to admit that the room was not very easy to use: The church was
> actually only the choir of a formerly much larger church. Where the
> transept usually begins there was a large flat (sand stone) wall, with
> quite distinct reflections. That (and also the presence of the
> surrounding noises, wind and harvesters) forced us to the close mics.
> But then, I like the presence, I like if you can hear the plain gut
> strings rasp and squeak.

ah well, i was commenting on the example sounds on the website. i
already got suspicious when i found your description of the miking a few
mails down the thread, because that's definitely not what i was hearing...

>> next time you meet for a recording session, would you mind me crashing
>> the party with an ambisonic mike in the middle?
>
> Sure, would be interesting. Actually, since the recording I bought a
> TetraMic for the university I work for, I definitely would have used it
> if I had had it already then...
>
> Actually we plan a concert with Early Music, real time ambisonincs
> processing and improvised modern dance (with tracking for 3d sound
> interaction). But this is still in the planning phase.

do keep me posted!

best,

jörn

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Received on Sat Sep 4 00:15:03 2010