Klarinet Archive - Posting 000193.txt from 1999/10

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] VPO at Carnegie Hall--Sound Explanations
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 20:09:15 -0400

> That's a bit specious. Those broadcasts are in Hi-Fi stereo - if the
> engineers going to pander to the "2 inch speaker set", why not just do a
> lo-fi mono version and save the money for more important things?
>
> Isn't the FM band allocated for sound on television is very similar to the
> FM band allocated for FM radio?
>
> I won't argue that miking a live source is more difficult, but I
> don't know
> that I'll let the engineers use _those_ particular excuses.
>
> Cheers,
> mark C.

It all depends on the engineer. Out here in LA, when I (or anybody on my
team) goes out and records a concert, we go to the full effort to make it
sound good. I know some other engineers (that record some really good
groups and get paid well for it) that take the attitude that broadcast
destroys the sound and therefore it doesn't matter if you use inadequate
gear.

My comment is that the with the 2-inch speaker listening system, the
engineer MIGHT have put more microphones up to compensate for clarity on a
lo-fi broadcast. I don't know who did sound, so I can't comment for them on
their microphone techniques. As I explained later in my post, some
engineers feel they need to put up a huge number of microphones for a
recording, be it live or not. Listen to any of the orchestral releases on
Sony Classical to hear what I am talking about.

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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