Happy to help with this, Robin, and couldn't agree more. I just wish
that European and S/N American homes were better-designed listening
environments. But alas...
Bernie
On Mar 24, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Robin Parmar wrote:
>
> Bernie Krause wrote:
>
> > Even though all of our current titles are mixed so that they are
> > encoded in surround (readable in all formats),
> > beyond our studio, I do not believe that more
> > than two or three people
> > have ever heard these pieces in other than stereo.
>
> This is why live playback of music, especially electroacoustic
> compositions designed with multiple channels in mind, is so
> relevant. For three years I have been co-curating a series here in
> Ireland that has presented works from Xenakis, Wishart and others in
> configurations of up to 8 channels... all high quality Genelec
> speakers.
>
> The sound can only be described as other-worldly. Though correct
> diffusions of something like La Legende d'Eer might be rare (even
> with a multichannel DVD commercially available), those occasions are
> cause for great joy.
>
> I hope to work on a piece for my thesis that will incorporate
> phonography (perhaps even live streams of location recordings) into
> a multichannel performance environment.
>
> -- robin
>
>
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