ralphpnj wrote: > Perhaps the reason for this is that a microphone is like an ear but a > good recording is like an ear plus a brain that processes (mixes) the > sound coming from the ear (microphone) to create a more coherent overall > sonic picture. >
I think that there is no comparison between a microphone and a working ear+brain combination. Things like the Cocktail Party effect come to mind. > > I do find it interesting that even though many audience recordings are, > as you stated, made from prime listening locations, such as right in > front of the soundboard, these locations are really not the prime > recording locations. Kind of opens up one's eyes to the fact that even > the "purest" of recordings still need lots of technical "processing" in > order for them to sound good when played on even the best audio system. Audio as we currently know it is very crude. From a realism standpoint binaural recording may be about as good as it gets, but nobody has figured out how in general to make binaural recordings work with speakers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103920 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
