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Post Subject: Re: the sounds of different venues.Posted by guy sergeant on: 1/24/2005
Hi Romy,
I suppose I carry in my head, a general approximation of the sound of an orchestra. Whether that is how it sounds in a hall in Birmingham, London, Tallin, Paris or wherever else I've been to concerts doesn't matter. While the acoustics of all those places may vary to a degree, I'm usually thrilled but never startled by hearing a orchestra play live. That sound is always readily recognisable despite the venue. The common and agreeable characteristics that each experience has are what I try to recreate at home.
The loudspeakers attempt to reproduce the spread and depth of the sound and are therefore best placed in front of you to give the same 'viewing angle' as you might get a few rows back in the auditorium.
Stereo imaging is, I believe, a contrivance which for some helps to recreate the illusion. However if you step outside the concert hall when the orchestra is playing it still sounds real without any specific left/right information to help you visualise it.
The same applies to a Jazz trio or indeed to the wonderful harpist I went to see on saturday.
You can take the memory away with you and strive to recreate it at home.
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