"Listening to music through speakers (on recordings, or through a
microphone feed) is like getting kissed on the telephone."
Jerry Rosen - former associate concertmaster and pianist of the BSO
(freely quoted).
"Not exactly - it's more like eating a picture of food."
Bill Dobbins - jazz pianist/arranger/composer (also freely quoted).
The only time I will allow microphones to be used in my performances
is for singers. If I perform outdoors (which I try to avoid), it is
unavoidable and rarely sounds good to me. Guitar amps - OK, a
necessity, bass amps almost never. Amplified grand pianos - ugh.
Chuck
On May 7, 2007, at 3:40 PM, John Howell wrote:
At 3:21 AM -0400 5/7/07, Raymond Horton wrote:
I don't see the fuss. A guy is trying to prove he can replace
_live_ musicians, but does so by posting _recordings_, some of
which are so badly reproduced they could never be mistaken for
live players, even though the recordings were once made from live
players. His computerized recording sounds as good, or better, as
some of the badly reproduced recordings. This proves nothing as
far as a computer replacing humans. It proves that computer
reproduced sound is inconsistent, no matter what the original source.
Put the computer producing the sounds in a blind test in the same
room alternating with live musicians, _who are playing with no
electronic amplification_. That is the only test would mean
anything.
Raymond Horton
Thank you, Raymond!! My college ensemble carried a Roland digital
piano on the road, and of course it was played through speakers.
The regional orchestra I played with had a live jazz trio (very
good, too!) as guest artists, using a large concert grand piano,
but also miked and played through speakers. My conclusion, after
listening VERY critically, was that our Roland sounded just as good
as the Steinway, when the Steinway was miked, even though it would
never come close to the actual acoustic sound of the Steinway.
John
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