I played in a ensemble with a guy who was quite adept at the EWI (electronic wind instrument) and even was able to emulate a bassoon quite well. His trick was to put the (small) amplifier on it's BACK facing up behind his chair. The imaging on a chamber music stage was pretty impressive (as was his expression on that rather difficult instrument with all those different sounds possible!)
Christopher On 13-Jan-14, at 13-Jan-14 1:17 PM, David Froom wrote: > My addition to that is also to turn the speaker cabinet to face > backwards. That keeps the sound more or less coming from where the > instrument is, but gets some room reflection, avoiding the "too > present" sound that comes directly from a speaker, and it gives the > sound a chance to blend with the others according to the room > acoustic. After all, most instruments provide us with reflected > sound (horns go backwards, strings go up and sometimes back > (typically where violas sit) or sideways (typically where cellos > sit) pianos go up and hit the lid, but also send a lot of sound > directly into the floor. Most trombone and trumpet players point to > the side or down and perhaps into the stand. I think most acoustic > instrument sounds will bounce off multiple places before we hear it > (stage back and top and floor, hall side and back walls). In the > best halls, in fact, when you close your eyes, it is difficult to > know where a sound is coming from. > > DF > > >> actually, that is not so much an instrument problems as a classic >> tech / acoustic mistake -- i see (hear) it a lot, also when solo >> instruments need to be miked for whatever reason. usually the >> thinking is to put the speakers on the sides of the stage (or worse, >> around the audience) so as not to block the view of the musicians. >> the most effective way i have done it (and sometimes see it done) is >> to have the 1 or 2 speakers below / behind the instrument playing it >> (but not blocked). >> >> this way, the SOUND of the instrument seems to come from where the >> performer is actually seated. also, this approach requires less >> amplification (of acoustic instruments) to support the sound and >> therefore colours the natural acoustic sound so little that it can >> even be unnoticeable. but this requires a techie who cares. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
