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Re: Three recent SACDs (and an observation about "live" recordings)

Posted by Johnno (A) on December 12, 2005 at 15:33:04

In Reply to: Three recent SACDs (and an observation about "live" recordings) posted by Doktor Brahms on December 12, 2005 at 09:59:14:

I'm not sure whether one can generalise about live recording techniques. The shape of the hall, the position of the stage in relation to audience seating etc will differ from place to place. A technique used in one venue might not necessarily work in another. As I have never visiited the Barbican Centre, I cannot possibly know whether audience noise could be a problem unless the microphones are positioned close to the orchestra. It would be interesting to hear from someone who attends concerts there regularly.

Obviously an interesing experiment would be for Tony Faulkner, or someone similar, to make a recording with the LSO present but when the Centre is otherwise empty. He would then have the luxury of being able to play around to obtain what he considers to be optimum microphone positioning -- and we would be able to assess whether it was worthwhile.

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Topic - Three recent SACDs (and an observation about "live" recordings) - Doktor Brahms 09:59:14 12/12/05 (10)

Re: Three recent SACDs (and an observation about "live" recordings) - sacdsucker 20:26:33 12/13/05 (0)

Re: Three recent SACDs (and an observation about "live" recordings) - Jeremy123 18:43:24 12/13/05 (0)

Speaking as someone who has actually been to the Barbican ... - Christine Tham 13:09:23 12/13/05 (1)

Re: Speaking as someone who has actually been to the Barbican ... - Jamie F 14:38:50 12/14/05 (0)

Audience coughs etc. are usually edited out - High-end Dreamer 08:46:35 12/13/05 (0)

I obviously reached an erroneous conclusion based upon insufficient evidence! - Doktor Brahms 08:38:12 12/13/05 (0)

Re: Three recent SACDs (and an observation about "live" recordings) - Johnno 15:33:04 12/12/05 (0)

Re: Three recent SACDs (and an observation about "live" recordings) - Thornhill 13:34:50 12/12/05 (0)

Re: Three recent SACDs (and an observation about "live" recordings) - TGT 12:02:48 12/12/05 (0)

Live recording reaction - TGR 10:58:42 12/12/05 (0)

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Re: Three recent SACDs (and an observation about "live" recordings) - Johnno 15:33:04 12/12/05 (0)

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