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. Nobody will
know or care how to use the gear I have built, and the significance
of the recordings that I have will probably be unknown to those who
have to clear up after me. (Unless I do something about this...)
It seems that Mike's recordings are one thing and the gear
another. What gear is available? If a list can be published here,
there would probably be stuff of value to members of this list.
David
At 12:00 20-12-15, Richard G Elen wrote:
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 recorded and privately released an extensive collection of
unique recordings including binaural, Ambisonic and other
surround-sound material that makes an important contribution to our
understanding of spatial sound recording.
Mike leaves an extensive collection of master tapes and equipment,
much of the latter specially built, that has nowhere to go. John
Whiting put it thus:
...the master tapes of all the dozens if not hundreds of fine
compact cassettes and then CDs that he produced over the years will
probably end up on a scrap heap. A close professional friend has
been trying to find a home for them and no one is interested, all
the way up to the National Sound Archive. None of his surviving
familiar is likely to give it house room. Even most of his sound
equipment, much of it unique and all of it first rate, has over the
last few months proved to be unsaleable and even unwanted as a gift.
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.
I will happily pass on any suggestions to John Whiting - I am not
sure whether he is on this list.
Many thanks,
--Richard Elen
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