Bruce Wiggins wrote:
An up-coming concert at Derby Theatre (UK) on 7th June should interest
this group. It's a live, 16-channel, TiMax driven surround concert.
It's the 3rd in the series, and promises to be a great show and
they'll be a Q and A session before the show if anyone wants any
insight into the technology and processes involved.
...
‘Rosetta’ is an original music suite inspired by the Europeans Space
Agency’s ‘Comet Chaser’ satellite as it attempts to meet up with and
investigate the 4.6 billion year-old comet; Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Sorry, I can't hold back... O:-)
How does music actually sound in space? Is it more like in "2001" (Loud
SILENCE!!!!), or like in "Star Wars"? (distant explosion sounds coming
closer and closer...)
The investigation of Churymov-Gerasimenko might help to clarify this
important question...
Presented in 16 channel ‘Super- Surround’ the music will be performed
live by Sigma 7, and will include live instruments, voices and
electronics.
Is 16-channel "Super-Surround" identical with TOA? The latter I do know,
the technical term "Super-Surround" I currently don't understand yet...
(and how to include the live instruments and voices? Into the mix?
Electroacoustical performance? Maybe these questions are not so
important, because the important thing here seems to be "super surround"...)
The audience will have a totally immersive, aural and
visual experience.
Well, if you say so... and what if the musicians have a bad day, or the
technical equiment will break or burn down? :-D :-[
Everybody keeps telling that things have to be < totally > < immersive
>. Hopefully this project/concert is not just about technique, but even
about some music (which might be involving or < immersive > per se, but
maybe doesn't matter so much in the context of this technological project.)
There will also be an opportunity before the show to meet some of the
team and to find out about the technology involved in putting together
a show of this complexity.
But why not after the show? Talking about the technique before even
listening to the results? But maybe it's only me who "has a bad feeling
about this".... (And would it be < allowed > to talk about the
musical/artistical results? Or should we sursound list guys stick to
what we know? But I see that you can't talk about the music and
performance before the concert, fair enough...)
You’re invited to lose yourself in sound and space!
Supported by The European Space Agency and Funded by the Arts Council."
Spatial sound = Sound in Space! (Once and for all.)
I don't want to mock anybody involved in this project, of course.
However, the style of the posted announcement doesn't look very much
related to art or music. Probably this was not the intention. But still...
Best,
Stefan
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