Hello Jeff, I wasn't criticizing the preferred miking technique; just saying the demo itself had inherent limitations. One of my favorite mic techniques is the Blumlein arrangement, but this isn't terribly popular in the US. The disadvantage of the Blumlein is that sound sources from the rear of the mics get reversed. For ambience recording, this goes unnoticed. The technique assumes that the live source is *stereo* too; that is, a stage ahead of the mics with musicians aligned in rows that have L-R orientations. My work has a lot to do with hearing and the perception of environmental sounds that have random spatial orientations (or moving sound sources)--and sounds come from all directions (at least above ground level--usually): I guess that's why I like to experiment. A lot of music recordings are hyper-real (as I like to put it) in that the clarity and spatial imaging is better than what I experience in most live venues. Recording is an art, and I encourage novices and professionals to explore. I've created a few listening demos to showcase certain mic techniques, but I'm aware of the shortcomings of the demos (nothing's perfect).
Best regards, Eric ________________________________ From: JEFF SILBERMAN <[email protected]> To: Eric Carmichel <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 7:32 PM Subject: Of stereo miking, Fourier analysis, and Ambisonics I agree with your criticism, of course, but the demonstration is nonetheless instructive as it highlights the localization deficiencies of spaced techniques apart from the obvious other advantages. I readily acknowledge miking is a trade-off, but I fear that too few recordists fully appreciate the advantage of coherent localization NOT to spoil the listener's suspension of disbelief in the illusion of stereophony as do incoherent "spaced mono" techniques. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130627/00851048/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
