Sorry to hear about your friend. Yes can we have a list of equipment available ? I will ask around about housing his work - e here is it all based ? best Gus
On Sunday, 20 December 2015, David Pickett <d...@fugato.com> wrote: > Richard, > > Sad to hear that he has died. His Garage Door recording is a classic -- > although I only have it on the HFN CD, and assume that somewhere there are > ambisonic files! > > I was thinking only the other day that most of my stuff would instantly > lose value when I shuffle off my moral coil. Nobody will know or care how > to use the gear I have built, and the significance of the recordings that I > have will probably be unknown to those who have to clear up after me. > (Unless I do something about this...) > > It seems that Mike's recordings are one thing and the gear another. What > gear is available? If a list can be published here, there would probably > be stuff of value to members of this list. > > David > > At 12:00 20-12-15, Richard G Elen wrote: > >> Hi, everyone... >> >> I heard yesterday from my friend John Whiting that the veteran recording >> engineer specialising in stereo and spatial sound, Mike Skeet, has passed >> away. I knew him from the days of my Editorship of Studio Sound, where he >> made several contributions, and over many years he recorded and privately >> released an extensive collection of unique recordings including binaural, >> Ambisonic and other surround-sound material that makes an important >> contribution to our understanding of spatial sound recording. >> >> Mike leaves an extensive collection of master tapes and equipment, much >> of the latter specially built, that has nowhere to go. John Whiting put it >> thus: >> >> ...the master tapes of all the dozens if not hundreds of fine compact >>> cassettes and then CDs that he produced over the years will probably end up >>> on a scrap heap. A close professional friend has been trying to find a home >>> for them and no one is interested, all the way up to the National Sound >>> Archive. None of his surviving familiar is likely to give it house room. >>> Even most of his sound equipment, much of it unique and all of it first >>> rate, has over the last few months proved to be unsaleable and even >>> unwanted as a gift. >>> >> >> I wonder if any of you can think of anyone who might be able to give this >> landmark collection a home, or if you can pass this information on to >> someone who might have thoughts on the subject. >> >> I will happily pass on any suggestions to John Whiting - I am not sure >> whether he is on this list. >> >> Many thanks, >> --Richard Elen >> _______________________________________________ >> Sursound mailing list >> Sursound@music.vt.edu >> https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, >> edit account or options, view archives and so on. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -- www.augustineleudar.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20151220/f1aeef5d/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
