At 12:06 PM -0800 12/16/08, Dan Dugan wrote:
>Bernie Krause, you wrote,
>
>> Not w/ Schoeps, folks, but with a double Sennheiser kluge system, butt
>> to butt, reversing the channels on stereo playback recordings from a
>> wildlife bird refuge with about 10,000 snow geese taking off and
>> landing periodically. Recorded with 2 sync'd 722s. Four-channel
>> playback was impressive but took lots of tech to set up properly so
>> that a relative few could enjoy for a relatively short period of time.
>> More a pain in the ass in the end...
>
>I know what you mean. Sharon and I did a surround playback lecture-
>demonstration for the Yosemite Association in August that was great
>but took a couple of hours to set up. I'm trying to remain committed
>to presenting in surround, so I'll try simplifying first. No mixer,
>driving powered speakers directly from the interface output with QLab
>software? No way to equalize speaker channels that way, unless, I
>guess, I popped for a Metric Halo MIO?
Impressive surround playback isn't easy for sure! Not being able to
adjust speaker EQ is not something I'd design in,.. ;-)
>
>And setting up two computers, one for slides, one for audio. I don't
>think PowerPoint can do surround.
I route the surround tracks through Logic Audio just so I can insert
room-specific, real-time EQ. If you don't want to mess with the
multiple tracks in the complicated layout, its possible to embed the
multiple channels in a single QuickTime movie as the source. Six
16/48K tracks at should play and leave enough processing for moderate
real-time EQ on most laptops. There are cheaper cardbus/fw interfaces
than an MH to get the tracks out. Rob D.
>-Dan Dugan
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