You guys have different ideas regarding what's boring. I have plenty of old jazz recordings made with just a few mics, live or in-studio - some stereo, some mono - all upon which the piano is mono without a sense of key imaging. They're not boring. Evan's "Waltz With Debby" is not boring, and it's definitely an audience perspective piano recording. Miles' "Round About Midnight" is a studio recording, but mono, period. Not boring.
With that said, if you're going to do a modern studio recording of a piano, give me that sense of spread and space. Why not? Trying to emulate a concert hall experience from a modern studio recording is futile. Enjoy the art you have, not the reproduction you imagine you could have.
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As I've mentioned here before, I think that one of the two main obstacles to achieving a reasonable facsimile of concert hall sound at home is how commercial recordings are made. A case in point is recordings of classical or other acoustic (unamplified) music played by solo piano.
Hello Mario. Warm welcome to the forum. I must say, this is the first instance I have read about trying to match the recording with the venue. I downloaded the demo and listened. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of ambiance in there and very enjoyable recording. Found one issue on my laptop that I will PM you about but otherwise, very well done! Seems like some shopping is in my near future from your site!
Thank you Amir,
Yes, I do not think this has ever been tried before (at least not to my knowledge). This type of project is not commercially viable (we did not know how long it was going to take or if we were ever going to be able to complete our project) so I can see why. The good thing is we did get there, and now that it is done it can be used to record basically anything always with the same results. From a large piano, to a flamenco guitar, a drum set or a rock band.
I can think of many applications for this technology but right know we are just trying to let people know about it.
We are currently holding a master file giveaway at another audiophile forum. I would feel bad if you actually bought the album since we are currently giving them away next door.
If you do not mind me doing so, I will PM you a Gift Code so you can download the complete album.
Actually what I would like to do is open a thread to offer that master file giveaway here at WBF
Hi Mario and indeed welcome to WBF
Your offer I am certain will be well received by members and thank you for it. Feel free to start the thread
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