yep, that was it - Paul Gillieron. They acquired the Huron to furnish the National Car Park for Popular Music with a pre-decoded set of speaker feeds, so that any idiot could press "play". At the time, I couldn't understand why anyone would build a facility costing millions, then assume it would have no resident sound engineer capable of actually operating therein. Years later, I just sort of understand that that is what people do. Nevertheless, it still seems bonkers to me that anyone would assume that you can compose/produce in one space, and expect it to fit another.
Having said that, the NCPM had the most improbable acoustics (circular, dome ceiling, plenty of glass and stainless steel, no soft furnishings - no door, plenty of spill from various other areas containing plenty of speakers)... The place was clearly specified and designed by deaf persons. I'm sure with some time and ingenuity I could come up with a worse acoustic - but it would be a lot of work, and why bother? There are plenty of people who don't understand spatial sound, even though they live in it every day. Fair enough. But the fact that they don't even know that there actually is something they don't understand - inexcusable. See: Dunning Kruger effect. Dr. Peter Lennox Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy Senior Lecturer in Perception College of Arts University of Derby Tel: 01332 593155 ________________________________ From: Sursound <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Hodges <[email protected]> Sent: 15 December 2016 17:39:56 To: Surround Sound discussion group Subject: Re: [Sursound] Sound Art gallery South London --On 15 December 2016 17:01 +0000 Dave Malham <[email protected]> wrote: > Although I visited the Brixton studio > and can even picture the inside of it, I'm damned if I can remember > the name of either the studio or the people concerned Here's their brochure: <http://www.surroundav.org/surround.AV.brochureMay2004.pdf> Paul -- Paul Hodges _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this was sent to you in error, please reply to the sender and let them know. Key University contacts: http://www.derby.ac.uk/its/contacts/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20161215/fec8bdde/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
