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Topic: This is NOT about country music! |
Tony Palmer
From:
St Augustine,FL
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Posted 1 Mar 2006 4:57 pm |
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I visited the Museum of Modern Art last weekend and wandered into the the most amazing musical exhibit I've ever heard!
Picture an empty room the size of a basketball court except for 40 speakers on stands about ear height, all in a row, placed in an oval pattern.
The music was a 16th century choral work (Thomas Tallis) with 40 voices (no instruments) with each voice coming out of its own individual speaker.
It was run by banks of computers and amplifiers so that the voices would come out of some speakers when that part of the chorus was singing, then other ones, etc.
It was an other worldly experience.
Surround sound x 1000!
Here's an article about it: http://www.therestisnoise.com/2006/01/spem_in_moma_re.html |
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Pat Kelly
From:
Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 1 Mar 2006 7:43 pm
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| Ah Ha! 16th century country music. |
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Ralph Willsey
From:
Ottawa Valley, Canada
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Posted 1 Mar 2006 8:08 pm
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Yes, I heard this at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa a couple of years ago. Such a simple concept, in a way, but what a result.! Here's to Janet Cardiff (although I understand it was her husband who did the setup.)
If you get a chance to hear this, don't miss it. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 1 Mar 2006 8:12 pm
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| Hmmm. I forsee a project in the near future in which I play 40 steel guitars...... |
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Don Walters
From:
Saskatchewan Canada
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Posted 2 Mar 2006 7:25 am
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I'll take the first copy, Mike 
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 7 Mar 2006 1:59 am
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Mike...
I hope your fine intonation HOLDS UP!  |
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Bob Hoffnar
From:
Austin, Tx
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Tony Palmer
From:
St Augustine,FL
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Posted 9 Mar 2006 8:17 pm
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Hurry up, Bob, it's only there until Mar21.
But it does raise some interesting possibilities about using that technique to other types of music.
Why can't there be a CD recordings that isolates one instrument to one channel andnothing else?
Regular surround sound seems to use the rear speakers only as peripherals, not as main channels.
It'd be like sitting in the middle of a 4 piece (or more, according to how many speakers you have) band! |
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