Never visited the building in Sheffield, sounds like a massive flop, I know Paul had a hard time trying to get people to listen to him on that one. Anyhow that brochure looks pretty dated, for those wanting to find out a bit more, please visit these websites. www.artspacestudio.co.uk studio hire http://www.gsacoustics.org/ acoustic design And my website www.obeliskmusic.com where I create ambisonic content for spaces.
Cheers Karl On Fri, 16 Dec 2016 at 09:14, Peter Lennox <p.len...@derby.ac.uk> wrote: > Also, before the project, the land was a perfectly useful car park - so > they sort of devalued it. As Dave said it could have been really > interesting, but ended up being an exercise in spending funding. In > Yorkshire and Lancashire there's a saying: "all fur coat and no knickers" - > no pervy connotations, just that it's all show and no underlying substance. > Ah well... > > > Dr. Peter Lennox > Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy > Senior Lecturer in Perception > College of Arts > University of Derby > > Tel: 01332 593155 > ________________________________ > From: Sursound <sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu> on behalf of Dave Malham < > dave.mal...@york.ac.uk> > Sent: 16 December 2016 08:40:43 > To: Surround Sound discussion group > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Sound Art gallery South London > > Add to that a space for performance with no dressing rooms, an Ambisonic > rig where the architect didn't like the position of the lower speakers and > had them raised up to almost ear height without first talking to any of the > sound guys, an exhibition space that was dressed by a company who > specialised in......stage sets....you know, the ones where you don't have > to worry about what things look like when people are close up....Argh, so > many bad memories have been drug up by this thread :-( It could have > been brilliant as the original concept was excellent but, ah well..... > > Dave > > PS for those of you off-shore, Peter's comment about the "National Car Park > for Popular Music" refers to the fact the UK's largest chain of private car > parks is called National Car Parks or NCP. Unfortunately, somebody (no > names, no pack drill) spotted the close resemblance to NCPM and once the > words were said, they stuck..... > > On 15 December 2016 at 21:28, Peter Lennox <p.len...@derby.ac.uk> wrote: > > > yep, that was it - Paul Gillieron. They acquired the Huron to furnish the > > National Car Park for Popular Music with a pre-decoded set of speaker > > feeds, so that any idiot could press "play". At the time, I couldn't > > understand why anyone would build a facility costing millions, then > assume > > it would have no resident sound engineer capable of actually operating > > therein. Years later, I just sort of understand that that is what people > > do. Nevertheless, it still seems bonkers to me that anyone would assume > > that you can compose/produce in one space, and expect it to fit another. > > > > Having said that, the NCPM had the most improbable acoustics (circular, > > dome ceiling, plenty of glass and stainless steel, no soft furnishings - > no > > door, plenty of spill from various other areas containing plenty of > > speakers)... > > > > The place was clearly specified and designed by deaf persons. > > > > I'm sure with some time and ingenuity I could come up with a worse > > acoustic - but it would be a lot of work, and why bother? > > > > > > There are plenty of people who don't understand spatial sound, even > though > > they live in it every day. Fair enough. But the fact that they don't even > > know that there actually is something they don't understand - > inexcusable. > > See: Dunning Kruger effect. > > > > > > Dr. Peter Lennox > > Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy > > Senior Lecturer in Perception > > College of Arts > > University of Derby > > > > Tel: 01332 593155 > > ________________________________ > > From: Sursound <sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu> on behalf of Paul Hodges > < > > pwh-surro...@cassland.org> > > Sent: 15 December 2016 17:39:56 > > To: Surround Sound discussion group > > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Sound Art gallery South London > > > > --On 15 December 2016 17:01 +0000 Dave Malham <dave.mal...@york.ac.uk> > > wrote: > > > > > Although I visited the Brixton studio > > > and can even picture the inside of it, I'm damned if I can remember > > > the name of either the studio or the people concerned > > > > Here's their brochure: > > <http://www.surroundav.org/surround.AV.brochureMay2004.pdf> > > > > Paul > > > > -- > > Paul Hodges > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and > > reserves the right to monitor email traffic. > > If you believe this was sent to you in error, please reply to the sender > > and let them know. > > > > Key University contacts: http://www.derby.ac.uk/its/contacts/ > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/ > > attachments/20161215/fec8bdde/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. > > > > > > -- > > As of 1st October 2012, I have retired from the University. > > These are my own views and may or may not be shared by the University > > Dave Malham > Honorary Fellow, Department of Music > The University of York > York YO10 5DD > UK > > 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20161216/a6bf539b/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. > > > The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and > reserves the right to monitor email traffic. > If you believe this was sent to you in error, please reply to the sender > and let them know. > > Key University contacts: http://www.derby.ac.uk/its/contacts/ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20161216/6bf7cabb/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. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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