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In Reply to: RE: "as little ambiance as possible" posted by Tromatic on April 18, 2014 at 20:42:10
'sound like a piano in the listening room to the maximum extent possible.'
This is not a rational argument. Put a piano in a room and there will be ambience. Put it in an anechoic chamber perhaps. But why?
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Play the recording in the room in which it was made and there will be ambiance. The ambiance is created by the listening room. It will not be the ambiance of a concert hall, unless you have a concert hall for listening room. If the speakers used have good dispersion then the resulting sound field will be similar to that of the live instrument in the listening room. This works quite well if the listening room is large enough to plausibly contain the instrument and if the actual recording venue is also used for playback, the results can be quite realistic.
This technique is well known. It was used for the successful demonstrations of live vs. recorded sound done by Acoustic Research in the 1960's, where they used a string quartet. (The recordings used for made outdoors.)
I repeat my comment about the necessity of making recordings to understand the process of sound reproduction.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
No one really lives in a house that has a separate "Concert Hall " like listening room, unless
of course your economic bracket,allows you do so. For certain genres of music the recorded
"They are here" listening perspective really does'nt serve the music.
It is much easier to set up a listening room to act as an "extension", or limit the effect the room has, on the recording, than to "create a complete listening enviornment" that never existed.
While "Recording Engineers" should be respected for their knowledge & skills , I think certain
modern recording techniques bear much further scrutiny in favor of older recording perspectives & techniques that resulted in countless exceptional recordings
I don't think you really understand the pyscho acustics of sound reproduction in a room. It is hopeless to try to mimic a concert hall especially since a piano played there will be recorded and processed to the taste of the recordist.
In any case, an instrument played in a room should not have a 1D sound stage or contain digital glare (artefacts)
" It is hopeless to try to mimic a concert hall especially since a piano played there will be recorded and processed to the taste of the recordist."
I am not going to waste any more time arguing with you Fred, because you don't seem to be capable of understanding what I write. You put words in my mouth that I never said and never would say.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
I was thinking about this thread. There is no way (baring lots of money) to reproduce what I heard there in my "listening room". Close is all I can ask for, which includes a taste of the space where the recording was made. However, if it had been recorded to TL's standards, minus the "ambiance" of the venue which was quite awesome, "flat", "this sucks" and "boring" would have been the result.Taking your ball and going home really does make the case that your ears suck despite whatever technical proficiency you claim to have above all others.
You have an informed opinion, that is all.
Edits: 04/21/14 04/21/14 04/21/14
I hope I made it clear that recordings made to transport the musicians and their instruments to the listening room will not work for large ensembles unless the listener is a billionaire and owns a concert hall. Given that pipe organs are generally huge and would never fit in a home, it would be stupid to record a pipe organ without ambiance.
The exception might be a small portable pipe organ. Here's a picture of my favorite. This one was intended to be used outside, so recording with no ambiance would be appropriate. To hear a recording of this organ follow the linked video, starting at 42:15. The movie includes brass, as well... Enjoy :-)
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
of well recorded music are listening for the "ambiance" of where the recording was made.
"I repeat my comment about the necessity of making recordings to understand the process of sound reproduction."
Yeah, we get that, but are not sure if you do.
I think it is a case of 'belief' based on 'conviction'.
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