Coming back from a 7-day cruise, that had many live, small bands throughout the ship, I reflected back on my experience. The bands consisted of 3-4 members and the venue was located outside as well as inside the ship. All the instruments were amplified. I noticed that whereever I went, I could hear the music was live and not recorded, there were times when the bands weren't playing and they played recorded music through the same system, which I could tell. Now the equipments were all pro-type equipment that one usually sees in this type of venue, not very high end. But clearly all the set-ups were able to convey a live performance, even if listening outside at the other end of the ship. This then lead me to think about my high-end mega bucks equipment, why can't my system sound like that? The obvious difference was, the source was live vs recorded. Could I then conclude that our current commercial recording equipment, playback medium (ie: CD, LP, and tapes), playback equipment still has a long way to go before we get that "live" experience?
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Topic - Getting the "live" experience - KKM 13:48:28 08/19/04 (70)
- I get a "live" experience much of the time... - vocalion 09:58:14 08/22/04 (0)
- Re: Getting the "live" experience - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 11:25:55 08/20/04 (0)
- Re: Getting the "live" experience - middleground 10:38:29 08/20/04 (1)
- Rocktron Circle Surround works well (nt) - Magnetar 12:02:37 08/20/04 (0)
- If you want that so badly, try binaural - 4season 07:06:37 08/20/04 (0)
- Dynamics and scale - Rob Doorack 06:36:28 08/20/04 (0)
- Re: Getting the "live" experience - Ironwoods 05:35:43 08/20/04 (0)
- Les nailed it: it's the recordings . . . they are compressed out the wazoo. - markrohr 04:40:24 08/20/04 (0)
- the "live" stuff can be just as bad - Sector-7G 04:28:04 08/20/04 (0)
- Re: Getting the "live" experience - Duomike 21:30:20 08/19/04 (0)
- Try the CBC's efforts on FM - Timbo in Oz 19:06:55 08/19/04 (0)
- timing and dynamics. (nt) - kuma 18:42:27 08/19/04 (0)
- The missing factor is dynamics - LesF 17:29:10 08/19/04 (0)
- Re: Getting the "live" - another possibility, perhaps - SamA 16:56:30 08/19/04 (0)
- A fundamental misunderstanding... - David Aiken 16:50:47 08/19/04 (0)
- Re: Getting the "live" experience - Magnetar 16:41:07 08/19/04 (33)
- Re: Getting the "live" experience - OceanRoar 10:34:32 08/22/04 (0)
- All the more reason to roll your own... - morricab 04:11:43 08/20/04 (0)
- Hi-fi ain't live, period. - Rick W 18:10:18 08/19/04 (17)
- Somewhat True but more musicians care than you might think - morricab 04:19:09 08/20/04 (0)
- You (and Bob) are right. - gd 19:40:32 08/19/04 (4)
- Re: You (and Bob) are right. - Magnetar 20:10:41 08/19/04 (3)
- Jascha, Henryk, Mischa, & I came by. Where were you? (n/t) - gd 05:27:29 08/20/04 (2)
- Re: So you all live in Provo? - Dave-A 08:26:37 08/20/04 (0)
- Probably Chulak (nt) - Magnetar 05:47:07 08/20/04 (0)
- Re: Maybe for you - Magnetar 18:34:33 08/19/04 (10)
- Re: Maybe for you - morricab 04:32:53 08/20/04 (0)
- Magnetar, I didn't post under your post to attack you. - Rick W 21:09:04 08/19/04 (8)
- Re: Magnetar, I didn't post under your post to attack you. - Magnetar 21:37:55 08/19/04 (7)
- Re: Magnetar, I didn't post under your post to attack you. - Duomike 21:45:43 08/19/04 (6)
- These could a do a Violin no problem - - Magnetar 21:59:11 08/19/04 (0)
- Re: Magnetar, I didn't post under your post to attack you. - Quarter Wave 21:57:45 08/19/04 (4)
- Re: Magnetar, I didn't post under your post to attack you. - morricab 04:41:58 08/20/04 (0)
- No doubt - Magnetar 22:02:49 08/19/04 (2)
- Re: No doubt - mikebake 16:29:08 08/20/04 (1)
- Re: No doubt - Magnetar 18:31:24 08/20/04 (0)
- Re: Getting the "live" experience - Magnetar 16:57:15 08/19/04 (12)
- Read the technical stuff, and all i can say is.... - Sean 00:06:47 08/20/04 (11)
- Re: Read the technical stuff, and all i can say is.... - Magnetar 04:42:27 08/20/04 (10)
- Re: Read the technical stuff, and all i can say is.... - Sean 13:53:35 08/20/04 (9)
- Re: Read the technical stuff, and all i can say is.... - Magnetar 18:38:58 08/20/04 (8)
- This is why.... - Sean 20:27:01 08/20/04 (7)
- One more thing.... - Sean 08:48:14 08/22/04 (6)
- LOL -When/where did you hear them? (nt) - Magnetar 09:07:56 08/22/04 (5)
- When you have a speaker.... - Sean 09:26:14 08/22/04 (4)
- Yawn (nt) - Magnetar 10:06:46 08/22/04 (3)
- Facts is facts... - Sean 10:55:06 08/22/04 (2)
- Fact is you haven't heard the KEF. - Magnetar 06:25:32 08/23/04 (1)
- I didn't have to prove anything... - Sean 08:09:17 08/23/04 (0)
- Yes, alas, you are right, a long way to go. - Bob Neill 16:12:05 08/19/04 (13)
- That is So funny - Magnetar 20:23:49 08/19/04 (12)
- Re: That is So funny - Bob Neill 21:20:02 08/19/04 (11)
- Re: That is so funny - theaudiohobby 16:47:40 08/20/04 (6)
- You don't do subtlety do you? - Bob Neill 19:47:22 08/20/04 (5)
- Re: You don't do subtlety do you? - theaudiohobby 14:29:48 08/21/04 (4)
- Nor irony? - Bob Neill 14:44:10 08/21/04 (3)
- Have fun making up excuses for a lapse of good judgement -t - theaudiohobby 14:54:32 08/21/04 (2)
- Re: Have fun making up excuses for a lapse of good judgement -t - Bob Neill 16:46:44 08/21/04 (1)
- Is just too much for you to say I am sorry? - theaudiohobby 17:23:18 08/21/04 (0)
- Too bad that you can't get.... - Sean 00:22:15 08/20/04 (2)
- Re: Too bad that you can't get.... - Magnetar 04:56:07 08/20/04 (1)
- Re: Too bad that you can't get.... - Sean 14:10:29 08/20/04 (0)
- "It's absolute clarity with no effort, no edge, no strain." - Magnetar 21:50:47 08/19/04 (0)
- It is funny but - kavakidd 14:37:12 08/19/04 (0)
- Listen to reel-to-reel tape sometime. - Al Sekela 14:22:15 08/19/04 (1)
- Especilly analog tape - Cochise 18:40:34 08/19/04 (0)
- Techniques and goals - pburant 14:14:51 08/19/04 (1)
- Another factor.... - pburant 14:31:38 08/19/04 (0)
- Just put your stereo outside and have people pretend to play instruments - Richard BassNut Greene 14:08:58 08/19/04 (1)
- Re: Just put your stereo outside and have people pretend to play instruments - theaudiohobby 15:00:33 08/19/04 (0)