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Re: [F_minor] Zenph's Gould
A fitting Memorial Day tribute!
http://zenph.com/sept25.html
"We also recorded a binaural version of the playing. In this technique,
two microphones are positioned in the ears of a dummy head, so that
headphone playback sounds quite immersive. You'll be able to hear what
Gould heard as he sat at the piano bench, an amazing experience!"
A dummy head as stand-in for Glenn Gould? Amazing!
The dummy head as pictured could use a bit more facial expression. It
seems aloof. No real listener is that unresponsive and objective.
Next edition, let's hope they also give us the tactile sensation of the
1955 bench, the plasticity of the freshly-soaked fingers (from the hot
water), and the taste and smell of the Arrowroots!
Yeah, I'll probably buy a copy of it sometime anyway. How many fresh
ways can they keep recycling that fine 1955 performance, making it sound
as if we should have been there?
(I remember once playing a concert that *was* recorded binaurally and
with a dummy head, poking up above the audience. Freaky thing to look
out at during the performance, the robot staring with no eyes.)
Brad Lehman
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