Hi Kevin,
one more strategy i found very helpful in the past:
It seems quite logical to try to incorporate the acoustics of that
special room, rather than trying to fight it. A mixture of a dry,
low-volume nearfield with speakers pointing towards the listener and a
reverberant ambience could make a nice best-of-both-worlds blend, plus
allowing you to use the reverated/dry character as additional parameter
to build your installation around. One nice thing for reverberant sound
projection is to point the speakers onto the wall and let the sound
reflect from the wall towards the listener. Just like indirect light
from the lamp next to your sofa, this approach lets the sound blend
nicely with the room's reverberation character.
good luck, and perhaps tell the list how you did get along!
lg,P
Kevin McCoy wrote:
Hello all,
Apologies for the ot post; I've got my final thesis show coming up in early
April and I'm doing all sound work using Pd. The gallery space I am using
is actually quite poor for acoustics, as it's got a concrete floor and
metal
roofing. It's relatively small though - two hallways each about 10 feet by
30 feet large (3 by 9 meters if you like) making a "T" shape. I would like
to do two 4 channel sound installations, perhaps one for each hallway.
I know there are many sound scientists and artists on the list so I thought
I would ask if anyone knows of resources to look at for dealing with these
kinds of issues? How are other artists sorting these things out? Any
links
or recommendations would be very helpful. Low ends tend to get very muddy
and the highs and mids spill all over the place. Are there certain
tricks I
could use in mixing or placement/kinds of speakers to preserve the highs
and
mids better in a difficult space? This might be a difficult question since
you can't hear the piece in person, but even general advice would be very
helpful.
Also if any of you have documentation of your own installations, I would
love to see them.
Thanks!
Kevin
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