Re: [Harp-L]Room Acoustics - was Howard Levy playing"Amazing Graccce"

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 8/11/2007 11:38:55 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
garry@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

more  likely the poor quality is from the fact that is was recorded on
a video  recorder, vs. an audio rig.  or just the room acoustics in  
general.


I believe it is the room acoustics. I've had a lot of experience with sound  
in churches with hard surfaces and have spent the last three years studying 
real  situations acoustically in order to master the BOSE system. Reverb has a  
particular natural sound that keeps notes hanging in the air for long periods 
of  time. It doesn't occur through a recording device - video recorder or 
otherwise  without an effects loop. My ear hears natural acoustic reverberation on 
this  clip. My experience with similar looking churches (up in Detroit) lead 
me to  conclude that this reverb sound is the sound of that room. I've loved 
playing in  rooms like this - without amplification. You can truly fill the 
room with an  acoustic diatonic harmonica. In paying attention to the sound of 
the instrument,  the way it is reinforced and also how it interacts with the 
room acoustics, one  can not only play their instrument but they can "play the 
room" as well. It is  one step beyond being concerned just with the notes you 
play, or playing "in  your head". 
 
With the BOSE system, you truly "play the room" rather than playing to your  
monitor mix and the results can be amazing.
 
Opinion is based on my real life experiences of 30 years as a  musician.
 
The Iceman



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