John Curl's Blowtorch preamplifier part II

[SY]

Originally Posted by jlsem

Your own recordings of Southpaw Jones and others ought to sound utterly different than what they'd sound like at a live venue.

Nope, they sound remarkably the same (I frequent small venues), even when doing a comparison minutes after the recording. Come down for the Lee Barber show/taping and find out for yourself. Live music, no PA- that's my reference point.

[jan.didden]

Originally Posted by SY

Nope, they sound remarkably the same (I frequent small venues), even when doing a comparison minutes after the recording. Come down for the Lee Barber show/taping and find out for yourself. Live music, no PA- that's my reference point.

THIS year, I fully agreed; the recording was remarkable 'live' sounding. I remember when the applause came out of the speaker and several people just looked up, startled, who was applauding at that point. Nope, was the recording.

But at last years concert at your place Stuart I thought there was appreciable difference between the live and recorded. I don't remember the exact recording/mike setup from that time, but this year's mike set with the artificial head Scott brought along must have made the difference.

jan

[SY]

A few differences in the recording setup. Scott's mikes are terrific- I'm lusting after a pair. The year before, the mikes were quite crude- for the concert/taping on December 3, we'll use my newer ribbon/Blumlein mikes- the comparison with Scott's should be very interesting.

One of the songs from the Southpaw Jones show will end up on your site as supplementary material for Part 2 of the mike article.

[jlsem]

Originally Posted by SY

Nope, they sound remarkably the same (I frequent small venues), even when doing a comparison minutes after the recording. Come down for the Lee Barber show/taping and find out for yourself. Live music, no PA- that's my reference point.

I want clarify my point by saying your recordings should sound different than the PA system at a live venue.

John

[jlsem]

Originally Posted by janneman

THIS year, I fully agreed; the recording was remarkable 'live' sounding. I remember when the applause came out of the speaker and several people just looked up, startled, who was applauding at that point. Nope, was the recording.

jan

Did anyone's wife come out of the kitchen and ask who was applauding?

John

[SY]

As a matter of fact, yes. My wife, who doesn't care about audio (I mean, the cliches keep piling up!), was startled, and immediately declared it the best reproduced sound she's ever heard. She didn't have to come out of the kitchen, it's all of one piece with our living room.

She already thought highly of Scott, this just confirmed her opinion.

[SY]

Originally Posted by jlsem

I want clarify my point by saying your recordings should sound different than the PA system at a live venue.

John

Jeez, I certainly hope so.

[PMA]

Originally Posted by SY

My wife, who doesn't care about audio (I mean, the cliches keep piling up!), was startled, and immediately declared it the best reproduced sound she's ever heard.

Most probably thousand times better

[scott wurcer]

Originally Posted by janneman

THIS year, I fully agreed; the recording was remarkable 'live' sounding. I remember when the applause came out of the speaker and several people just looked up, startled, who was applauding at that point. Nope, was the recording.

But at last years concert at your place Stuart I thought there was appreciable difference between the live and recorded. I don't remember the exact recording/mike setup from that time, but this year's mike set with the artificial head Scott brought along must have made the difference.

jan

Jan, just to clarify I was experimenting with what Rob Danielson calls a "head spaced barrier pair" which is a simplified dummy head setup. It gives a semi-binaural effect that seems to work on headphones and speakers alike. Here is more on similar stuff... caperteebirder.com - birdsongs and landscapes

[jan.didden]

Originally Posted by jlsem

Did anyone's wife come out of the kitchen and ask who was applauding?

John