Folks: "Michael was keen to explore the possibilities of multi-channel recording. In particular, he wanted to record faithfully the ambience of the live performance, by capturing the sound arriving from all directions (including from above and below) at the listener. This would help to overcome a weakness of ordinary two-channel stereo, in which all the direct and indirect sounds appear in a narrow horizontal sound stage in front of the listener." "Michael extended his arguments to the reproduction of sound from all spatial directions about the listener, both horizontally and vertically. He christened such reproduction techniques ‘periphonic’. First, Michael had to counter the argument that height information was unnecessary. Some believed that the human ear was insensitive to height information, but Michael quoted research which showed that ‘it is possible to perceive the elevation of a sound quite accurately by means of small unconscious head movements’. He went on to state his belief that ‘height information can be of great musical importance’, and gave a number of examples including orchestral and choral music, and organ music where the instrument is high above the listener." So . . . where's the HEIGHT?? Mark Stahlman New York City In a message dated 12/3/2010 5:50:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, rica...@justnet.com.au writes:
http://cgi.ebay.com/4-Calrec-matched-vintage-CB1000-microphones-Ambisonic-/2 60699856275?pt=UK_Music_Instruments_Microphones_MJ&hash=item3cb2ec1d93 is a piece of history up for sale. It also has a link to http://www.michaelgerzonphotos.org.uk/index.html which is a fascinating portrait of a incredibly talented man. Much important stuff. Many important luminaries in the recording world were involved with the OUTRS eg. Doc Halliday of Nimbus who was better known as a pianist of romantic repertoire at that time. _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20101204/bcb86878/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
