Is it worth considering the different experiences of ‘listening to music at home’ and ‘going to a concert’. In my experience concert going is considerably more sonically rewarding. I would also say that this was not genre specific. I work a lot in rock, pop and dance music but I have recently been attending a lot of classical concerts as my son is a percussionist. As you can imagine most of these concerts contained a reasonable amount of percussion. I found myself experiencing the same mechanosensations at the crescendos when the orchestra was going full tilt with tympani and bass drum that I would at a jazz or popular music gig. The complex dynamics I found totally immersive in a way that I had not experienced listening to the same music on even very expensive HiFi. Working on a successful DVD release a few years ago of a show I had been the live sound engineer on, I went to the premier cinema release in the west end. This was music I had listened to over many concerts and I was struck at how well the surround had been mixed, putting me in the centre of the crowd as well as providing a great mix of the group. However the sensation for me was incomplete as their did seem to be something missing which was I believe was the ‘velocity at LF’ referred to by Richard. Now I am not arguing that it was musically important but I believe it contributed greatly to the experience of concert going. The sensation during loud crescendos that the air is moving I and I am sure some others find exciting. I don’t want to hear it all the time, dynamics are essential, but I do miss it when it’s not there. The use of subs is evolving and as ‘digital’ amplifiers become more prevalent, and the costs fall, many advances are being made. How we use this sub is of great interest to me and is prompting my research.
Thank you all for your variety of comments many have been most helpful. Bouncers are there for your safety! Jon Jon Burton Research Student MSc University of York. jgb...@york.ac.uk > On 25 Apr 2015, at 00:01, mgra...@mstvp.com wrote: > > flapping -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20150425/2ada01d7/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ 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.
