My addition to that is also to turn the speaker cabinet to face backwards. That keeps the sound more or less coming from where the instrument is, but gets some room reflection, avoiding the "too present" sound that comes directly from a speaker, and it gives the sound a chance to blend with the others according to the room acoustic. After all, most instruments provide us with reflected sound (horns go backwards, strings go up and sometimes back (typically where violas sit) or sideways (typically where cellos sit) pianos go up and hit the lid, but also send a lot of sound directly into the floor. Most trombone and trumpet players point to the side or down and perhaps into the stand. I think most acoustic instrument sounds will bounce off multiple places before we hear it (stage back and top and floor, hall side and back walls). In the best halls, in fact, when you close your eyes, it is difficult to know where a sound is coming from.
DF > actually, that is not so much an instrument problems as a classic > tech / acoustic mistake -- i see (hear) it a lot, also when solo > instruments need to be miked for whatever reason. usually the > thinking is to put the speakers on the sides of the stage (or worse, > around the audience) so as not to block the view of the musicians. > the most effective way i have done it (and sometimes see it done) is > to have the 1 or 2 speakers below / behind the instrument playing it > (but not blocked). > > this way, the SOUND of the instrument seems to come from where the > performer is actually seated. also, this approach requires less > amplification (of acoustic instruments) to support the sound and > therefore colours the natural acoustic sound so little that it can > even be unnoticeable. but this requires a techie who cares. _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
