Lovely, articulate response, Andrew. Congrats and stay with it.
Definitely on the right track.
Bernie
On Jun 11, 2012, at 8:19 PM, Andrew Skeoch wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I feel this thread touches upon a really important issue. In
> deciding appropriate technological approaches, we need to first be
> clear about why we're listening.
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> It occurs to me that using multiple mic sources is actually an
> attempt to synthesize a soundscape that accords more to our visual
> sense than our auditory one. We are trying to hear the landscape the
> same way we see it - separating it into discreet objects and
> recombining. But listening is not seeing. Expansive listening gives
> us holistic information about what is around us, and our
> relationship to it. And this is referenced upon the human-scale
> listening experience of two ears hanging in the breeze.
>
> For me; I want to reawaken my listening from its post-industrial
> torpor, and enrich my relationship with the world around me. I
> utilise audio technology, taking that human-scale listening as my
> reference point.
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> I could imagine an artistic agenda in exploring 'alternate sensory
> viewpoints' though mixing multiple sources, but I can't help feeling
> that there is nothing culturally radical in this, just an extension
> of our human fascination with how much we can abstract and
> manipulate nature. Legerdemain. How far can we go?
>
> Personally, I'm with you on this one Geoff :) Single point stereo;
> simple technology, coherent information, fieldcraft, personal
> presence in the landscape, deep listening (not to mention less time
> farting around in the studio afterwards!).
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> To me, the important issue is not what I can DO with audio
> technology, but how it can help me BE in the world.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew
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