On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 19:39 +0100, Wolfgang Woehl wrote: > Let's say that convolution comes close. Can you relate to, say the > impulse response of the Cathedral of Reims? You'd remember your frozen > nose from sitting there. If you had played an instrument in there like > its organ that would have made an inspirational difference. Choosing > "cath_reims.ir" from a list of presets instead ... well, wouldn't that > be a bit thin? I think you're dangerously close to saying that recorded music sucks and only the live one is "true music". :-) Anyway, yeah, i listened to all kinds of records with pre-classic music played on organs. It was pretty cool, sort of. But then i listened to The Real Thing, a true, breathing organ at Biserica Neagra (The Black Church) in Brasov, Romania. It blew my mind. Light years ahead of any canned music. Unfortunately, not everyone can go to the Cathedral of Reims or to Biserica Neagra whenever they feel like. Hence, the need for procedures that emulate that sound. And you know what? If i record music live in the cathedral, and then i record the same music in the studio but then run it through convolution, and the sound is the same, who cares? It's just recorded music in both cases. It does not compare with live performance. But if it sounds the same, who cares? (and, with modern reverbs, it will sound pretty damn much the same on a CD) -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/
