seanadams;214252 Wrote: > I think what he was saying is that using the _same_ speakers and mics > that are used to amplify the live music, it sounds different live > (through the speakers) than when playing from a recording on the same > system (through the speakers). The question I guess is whether our > ADCs, DACs, and storage are "perfect" - the speakers, mics, amplifier, > and room are irrelevant because they're the same in both cases.
Not quite: it is assuming that the only sound the audience hears is the sound from the PA system, which isn't true at all in a live performance. (And why a lot of recordings put microphones in weird places, to pick up the subtle "live" sounds like fingers touching guitar strings...) > > It's plausible, but I don't buy it as such because it seems impossible > to control the experiment. I guess one way you might try it is to > completely isolate (both acoustically and visually) the performer from > the listener so that neither has any idea whether the listener will be > hearing him live or recorded. Then play a few bars each way (random > choice each time) and see if there's a perceptible difference. The acoustic isolation aspect is essential... see above. :) -- snarlydwarf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36503 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
