Re: [Sursound] The Mike Skeet Collection

2015-12-20 Thread Eric Benjamin
was half the world away. He will be remembered, for the legacy of his many recordings. Eric Benjamin -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20151220/7c98e8ea/attachment.h

Re: [Sursound] The Mike Skeet Collection

2015-12-20 Thread Dave Hunt
Hi, Very sad to hear of Mike's demise. He was a unique and precious individual. Experienced, dedicated, knowledgeable, and practical, with a quirky sense of humour. I am the lucky possessor of one of his binaural CDs. The first time I met him at his house I was greeted with one of his h

Re: [Sursound] The Mike Skeet Collection

2015-12-20 Thread Richard G Elen
Hi, John... Yes, I am in touch with Heather on this topic. Thanks for the offer, which I've passed on and I expect someone will be in touch. -_R On 12/20/2015 4:31 PM, John Leonard wrote: Is it worth contacting the AES about his archive? Heather Lane knew Mike quite well until they lost to

Re: [Sursound] The Mike Skeet Collection

2015-12-20 Thread John Leonard
I have some storage space available in London for the master tapes, depending on how much there is. I did try and find out exactly what kit Mike was selling through a friend of his and indeed I bought his DPA5100: I believe someone else bought his Soundfields and Sennheiser MKH30s. As far as I r

Re: [Sursound] The Mike Skeet Collection

2015-12-20 Thread Richard G Elen
Thanks for the responses so far. I've asked John Whiting for additional info. -_R ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.

Re: [Sursound] The Mike Skeet Collection

2015-12-20 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 12/20/2015 12:00 PM, Richard G Elen wrote: I wonder if any of you can think of anyone who might be able to give this landmark collection a home, or if you can pass this information on to someone who might have thoughts on the subject. How much of it is digitized? I would be willing to host

Re: [Sursound] The Mike Skeet Collection

2015-12-20 Thread Augustine Leudar
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Re: [Sursound] The Mike Skeet Collection

2015-12-20 Thread Augustine Leudar
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Re: [Sursound] The Mike Skeet Collection

2015-12-20 Thread David Pickett
Richard, Sad to hear that he has died. His Garage Door recording is a classic -- although I only have it on the HFN CD, and assume that somewhere there are ambisonic files! I was thinking only the other day that most of my stuff would instantly lose value when I shuffle off my moral coil.

[Sursound] The Mike Skeet Collection

2015-12-20 Thread Richard G Elen
Hi, everyone... I heard yesterday from my friend John Whiting that the veteran recording engineer specialising in stereo and spatial sound, Mike Skeet, has passed away. I knew him from the days of my Editorship of Studio Sound, where he made several contributions, and over many years he record