Hello , I am writing to let you know about the largest multichannel sound art installation in the world at the Eden project. For those unfamiliar with the Eden Project it is the largest indoor tropical conservatory in the world covering several acres and presently has lots of speakers hidden in the bushes ! Hopefully this event is something that would interest you as well :
http://www.edenproject.com/come-and-visit/whats-on/heart-of-darkness.php We actually did this before in March - it is quite different to Chris Watsons in that includes many imaginary sounds as well as authentic rainforest sounds as well as several actors and native people from the rainforest who talk to the public as they walk around. The event is held in the evening and so far has got a fantastic response from the public, it is on every Friday and Saturday in November. As well as being set up ambisonically it also has a lady singing a lament floating around the biome in in a hot air balloon . hopefully somebody from this list will be able to get down and check it out, Although the installation is laid out with a very unusual speaker configuration which included height information as well as surround sound I have discovered several things during my application of large sound installations. Discrete sound sources (ie one speaker dedicated to one sound) work much better than trying to put the sound in a surround sound image using a surround sound panner in Nuendo or whatever). Leaves act as fantastic dispersers of souind and the sound of say, insects, sound much more realistic if the speaker is hidden in the bushes. Although the installation is ambisonically laid out many of the recordings were only taken with surround sound microphones - I am shortly to return to the amazon with new equipment and would welcome any advice on a good multichannel recorder and low noise mics to take with me (I reckon I need at least six inputs for this - sound devices look good but are so expensive - what are peoples on the Tascam 680 ?) any suggestions welcome. I also look forward to discussing the best way of recording ambisonically , best, Augustine Leudar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20101109/82df428c/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
