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Brian Gaff August 10th 17 10:22 AM

Why don't ears pop?
 
I've often wondered this. If somebody speaks into your ear, you do not hear
the pop you often get on a microphone in the same position do you. Likewise
when listening to music in a hall with your ears and then over headphones
from a set of mikes you notice the echo on the latter but not on your ears.
People say its the way the brain processes the sound, but if that is the
case maybe now we can actually emulate this in some way for recording?
No I don't mean going back to a close miked up every single instrument and
a mixer you need to be Twizzle to operate.
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Don Pearce[_3_] August 10th 17 12:48 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:22:47 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

I've often wondered this. If somebody speaks into your ear, you do not hear
the pop you often get on a microphone in the same position do you. Likewise
when listening to music in a hall with your ears and then over headphones
from a set of mikes you notice the echo on the latter but not on your ears.
People say its the way the brain processes the sound, but if that is the
case maybe now we can actually emulate this in some way for recording?
No I don't mean going back to a close miked up every single instrument and
a mixer you need to be Twizzle to operate.
Brian


Ears are pressure transducers. This means that the ear drum almost
doesn't move when sound hits. A blast of air from a pop has very
little pressure, but a lot of velocity. Any microphone that isn't omni
will respond to air velocity - it is a combination of velocity and
pressure response that sets directivity. All pressure is omni, all
velocity is figure 8. A mixture of the two is one of the many flavours
of cardioid.

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Brian Gaff August 10th 17 02:32 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
Sometimes I wish I'd never asked.
OK then, I was under the impression that directivity was due to phase of
the wavefronts on both sides of a diaphragm. In the case of the ear, there
is only one clear side though. Also ears are log, and most amps are linear,
so I'd always assumed that it was the loudness ratio that caused the effect
in the ear and using headphones etc makes the ears perform differently.
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On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:22:47 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

I've often wondered this. If somebody speaks into your ear, you do not
hear
the pop you often get on a microphone in the same position do you.
Likewise
when listening to music in a hall with your ears and then over headphones
from a set of mikes you notice the echo on the latter but not on your
ears.
People say its the way the brain processes the sound, but if that is the
case maybe now we can actually emulate this in some way for recording?
No I don't mean going back to a close miked up every single instrument
and
a mixer you need to be Twizzle to operate.
Brian


Ears are pressure transducers. This means that the ear drum almost
doesn't move when sound hits. A blast of air from a pop has very
little pressure, but a lot of velocity. Any microphone that isn't omni
will respond to air velocity - it is a combination of velocity and
pressure response that sets directivity. All pressure is omni, all
velocity is figure 8. A mixture of the two is one of the many flavours
of cardioid.

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Don Pearce[_3_] August 10th 17 03:06 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:32:44 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Sometimes I wish I'd never asked.
OK then, I was under the impression that directivity was due to phase of
the wavefronts on both sides of a diaphragm. In the case of the ear, there
is only one clear side though. Also ears are log, and most amps are linear,
so I'd always assumed that it was the loudness ratio that caused the effect
in the ear and using headphones etc makes the ears perform differently.
Brian


Nope - none of that. Sorry. It is about phase, but also amplitude. The
velocity response of a mic - the figure 8 aspect - has a positive
phase for air approaching from the front, and obviously a negative
phase for sound from the back. It has an amplitude response that is
the Cos of the approach angle. Take the vector sum of the pressure
response, which is unity and constant phase all the way round, and the
velocity response which is as I just described, and you get a
cardioid. From the rear the pressure response and velocity response
are the same amplitude and opposite phase so they cancel.

And that is pretty much it.

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Iain[_2_] August 10th 17 04:21 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:22:52 UTC+3, Brian Gaff wrote:

No I don't mean going back to a close miked up every single instrument and
a mixer you need to be Twizzle to operate.
Brian

With the exception of classical, and some jazz recordings, close mic is and has been for many years, standard practice. One also adds "air mics" in a pair or Decca tree. So on a multitrack recording, 48 channels, each recorded close mic is by no means unusual.

Iain

Don Pearce[_3_] August 10th 17 05:27 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Thu, 10 Aug 2017 09:21:18 -0700 (PDT), Iain
wrote:

On Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:22:52 UTC+3, Brian Gaff wrote:

No I don't mean going back to a close miked up every single instrument and
a mixer you need to be Twizzle to operate.
Brian

With the exception of classical, and some jazz recordings, close mic is and has been for many years, standard practice. One also adds "air mics" in a pair or Decca tree. So on a multitrack recording, 48 channels, each recorded close mic is by no means unusual.

Iain


This pic of how the BBC handle St. John Smith Square is helpful. There
are two Blumlein pairs high above the orchestra, and a single spot mic
on the solo harpsichord. Just visible on the high balcony on the right
is one of the ambience mics.

https://www.gearslutz.com/board/atta...t_johns_01.jpg


In the past when I have been there, they have also had a Jecklin disc
a few yards behind the conductor. I'm betting they aren't going to use
the output from all of there, but tracks are cheap so why not record
them all?

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Dave Plowman (News) August 10th 17 05:46 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
I've often wondered this. If somebody speaks into your ear, you do not
hear the pop you often get on a microphone in the same position do you.


The closest type of microphone to the ear is an omni type. And those are
also the least prone to popping. Look at some old TV studio shows where
the hand mics were much smaller/neater than today's incredibly large and
ugly devices. All omnis.

Sadly the vast sounds levels of just about everything these days requires
a directional and or noise cancelling type. Most of which pop just by
looking at them.

Sadly, many seem to think the mic their favourite pop star uses must also
be the best mic for any use. And they are very very wrong.

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Iain[_2_] August 10th 17 07:10 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Thursday, 10 August 2017 20:46:30 UTC+3, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Look at some old TV studio shows where
the hand mics were much smaller/neater than today's incredibly large and
ugly devices. All omnis.


By hand mics used in TV, do you mean hand held mics? If so they have never been serious contenders in high quality recording.

Sadly the vast sounds levels of just about everything these days requires
a directional and or noise cancelling type. Most of which pop just by
looking at them.


Vocalists and solo instrumentalists who are taught correct microphone techniques rarely have a problem, and modern pop shields are very effective.

Sadly, many seem to think the mic their favourite pop star uses must also
be the best mic for any use. And they are very very wrong.


Do they ever get the chance to find out? A Telefunken 47 costs as much as a small car.

Iain

Iain[_2_] August 10th 17 08:37 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:22:52 UTC+3, Brian Gaff wrote:

when listening to music in a hall with your ears and then over headphones
from a set of mikes you notice the echo on the latter but not on your ears.


What you are hearing from you "set of mikes" is often not representative of
the acoustic sound in the venue, in many other respects. But it can be. A good example is a classical ensemble recorded with a tree (three omnis, or one omni and two cardioids, with or without outriggers - there are many possible variations) The main mics, (the tree) are set above the conductor's head. During rehearsals, I like to sit at the top of a step ladder, just behind the conductor's rostrum at about the same height as the tree. I listen with wireless headphones (Sennheiser 1200) and am impressed by how close the tree sound (headphones on) is to the acoustic sound (no headphones)

Iain

Phil Allison[_3_] August 10th 17 11:59 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
Brian Gaff wrote:

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I've often wondered this. If somebody speaks into your ear, you do not hear
the pop you often get on a microphone in the same position do you.


** Likewise when outside in a wind, microphones produce a roaring noise that ears do not normally hear. However, if you blow air directly into your ear via a flexible tube they certainly do.

Wind impinging on a flexible surface causes it to vibrate at a low frequency, so all mics are subject to "wind noise". Cardioid types produce more since they have the proximity effect boosting low frequency output.


Likewise
when listening to music in a hall with your ears and then over headphones
from a set of mikes you notice the echo on the latter but not on your ears.
People say its the way the brain processes the sound,


** Yes, ears "listen through" room reverberation and the longer you remain in the same reverberant space the better they get at it - so it is very much a brain thing.

Microphones have no such ability so when you monitor a mic with headphones you hear the true ratio of direct to reverberant sound.


...... Phil


Phil Allison[_3_] August 11th 17 01:08 AM

Why don't ears pop?
 
Don Pearce wrote:

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Ears are pressure transducers. This means that the ear drum almost
doesn't move when sound hits.



** That is a non sequitur.

Ignoring proximity effect, diaphragms of omnidirectional (ie pressure) mics move the same amount as those of cardioids when exposed to the same sound. The cardioid has to be pointed at the source to get max output.

If the mic is a dynamic, excursion is inversely proportional to frequency cos output depends only on voice coil velocity.

If it is a condenser type, excursion is independent of frequency cos output depends only on diaphragm displacement.




A blast of air from a pop has very
little pressure, but a lot of velocity.


** But is not a sound at all.

See my other post in this thread.


..... Phil


Phil Allison[_3_] August 11th 17 03:35 AM

Why don't ears pop?
 
Brian Gaff wrote:

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OK then, I was under the impression that directivity was due to phase of
the wavefronts on both sides of a diaphragm.


** Correct.

A cardioid mic has openings that make the amplitude and phase of a sound the same on both sides of the diaphragm when arriving from the rear - resulting in no output. If the sound source moves to one side, a significant imbalance rises and the diaphragm moves accordingly.

A figure 8 mic has a null for sounds arriving at right angles to the diaphragm for the same reason.


...... Phil






Brian Gaff August 11th 17 07:28 AM

Why don't ears pop?
 
Well, I still find that recordings of orchestras with a pair of mikes sounds
more realistic. However in other situations, as some instruments are quiet
compared to others, I can see why they need close miking.

Also of course there is the background noise whether it be audio in a venue
or just hiss.
I have heard some awful Piano recordings where the his plays along as if a
noise gate is being used at a low level. Church organ recordings are often
very audio noisy, as one cannot move a church away from traffic and
sometimes the pump can be heard and with dodgy microphone placement the
chuffing noises are out of proportion to the notes.. Also of course both
piano and Organs have huge dynamic ranges.
With more popular recordings one obviously uses some compression. Some are
bad and you can hear it, others more sane and nice sounding!


However even some pop recordings from eh past made by emi, seem to have a
lot of problems with the pop effect, which were no obvious back in the day
on a scratchy 45!
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On Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:22:52 UTC+3, Brian Gaff wrote:

No I don't mean going back to a close miked up every single instrument
and
a mixer you need to be Twizzle to operate.
Brian

With the exception of classical, and some jazz recordings, close mic is and
has been for many years, standard practice. One also adds "air mics" in a
pair or Decca tree. So on a multitrack recording, 48 channels, each
recorded close mic is by no means unusual.

Iain



Iain[_2_] August 11th 17 07:46 AM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Friday, 11 August 2017 10:28:15 UTC+3, Brian Gaff wrote:
Well, I still find that recordings of orchestras with a pair of mikes sounds
more realistic. However in other situations, as some instruments are quiet
compared to others, I can see why they need close miking.


For orchestral realism, a pair, or tree is very good. The internal balance has to be right, but that's the responsibility of the conductor, A solo piano or harpsichord needs a spot mic to bring it into focus.

Multi microphone technique is particularly useful if you want a band recording with punch and presence. I can't imagine Thad Jones/Mel Lewis recorded with a pair of mics :-)))

Iain

Don Pearce[_3_] August 11th 17 09:00 AM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 08:28:10 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Well, I still find that recordings of orchestras with a pair of mikes sounds
more realistic. However in other situations, as some instruments are quiet
compared to others, I can see why they need close miking.

Also of course there is the background noise whether it be audio in a venue
or just hiss.
I have heard some awful Piano recordings where the his plays along as if a
noise gate is being used at a low level. Church organ recordings are often
very audio noisy, as one cannot move a church away from traffic and
sometimes the pump can be heard and with dodgy microphone placement the
chuffing noises are out of proportion to the notes.. Also of course both
piano and Organs have huge dynamic ranges.
With more popular recordings one obviously uses some compression. Some are
bad and you can hear it, others more sane and nice sounding!


However even some pop recordings from eh past made by emi, seem to have a
lot of problems with the pop effect, which were no obvious back in the day
on a scratchy 45!
Brian


Try this. This me in my local church, which is closed for refurb. Just
a pair of mics stood in the nave. Sorry about the playing - I
completely screw the timing at one point (I blame Claire who was
turning pages for me).

Anyway, this is totally raw - no compression or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/donpearce/widor-toccata

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Phil Allison[_3_] August 11th 17 09:15 AM

Why don't ears pop?
 
Don Pearce wrote:

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Try this. This me in my local church, which is closed for refurb. Just
a pair of mics stood in the nave. Sorry about the playing - I
completely screw the timing at one point (I blame Claire who was
turning pages for me).

Anyway, this is totally raw - no compression or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/donpearce/widor-toccata



** Wow - Don can really play !!!!

Plus a rather nice recoding of a sweet sounding instrument.

Please tell us something about it - Don.

The Bach T&F is well worth a listen too.

Talk about " hiding your light under a bushel " !!




..... Phil








Don Pearce[_3_] August 11th 17 09:28 AM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 02:15:30 -0700 (PDT), Phil Allison
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:

----------------------


Try this. This me in my local church, which is closed for refurb. Just
a pair of mics stood in the nave. Sorry about the playing - I
completely screw the timing at one point (I blame Claire who was
turning pages for me).

Anyway, this is totally raw - no compression or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/donpearce/widor-toccata



** Wow - Don can really play !!!!

Plus a rather nice recoding of a sweet sounding instrument.

Please tell us something about it - Don.

The Bach T&F is well worth a listen too.

Talk about " hiding your light under a bushel " !!



Thanks...

Kind of a bog standard three manual church organ from the late
Victorian period. It had its manual bellows replaced by a motor in the
early fifties, so I never got to play it hand-cranked. But they did
know how to make nice instruments around the 1880s. I think it got
tuned up and serviced about five years ago.

Vox Humana and Diapason are its strong voices and I used both on these
recordings.

The recording was made with a pair of Rode NT1-A cardioids in a rough
ORTF arrangement.

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Phil Allison[_3_] August 11th 17 09:53 AM

Why don't ears pop?
 
Don Pearce wrote:

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Try this. This me in my local church, which is closed for refurb. Just
a pair of mics stood in the nave. Sorry about the playing - I
completely screw the timing at one point (I blame Claire who was
turning pages for me).

Anyway, this is totally raw - no compression or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/donpearce/widor-toccata



** Wow - Don can really play !!!!

Plus a rather nice recoding of a sweet sounding instrument.

Please tell us something about it - Don.

The Bach T&F is well worth a listen too.

Talk about " hiding your light under a bushel " !!



Thanks...

Kind of a bog standard three manual church organ from the late
Victorian period. It had its manual bellows replaced by a motor in the
early fifties, so I never got to play it hand-cranked. But they did
know how to make nice instruments around the 1880s. I think it got
tuned up and serviced about five years ago.

Vox Humana and Diapason are its strong voices and I used both on these
recordings.


** Must sound spectacular live in the actual church.


The recording was made with a pair of Rode NT1-A cardioids in a rough
ORTF arrangement.



** Good Aussie built mics used cleverly !!

OFTF is a variation on the famous "Blumlein pair" method which gives natural sounding ambience to a recording.

Even on my PC speakers, the "sound" of the church was obvious.

Nice going.



...... Phil


RJH[_4_] August 11th 17 10:02 AM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On 11/08/2017 10:00, Don Pearce wrote:
On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 08:28:10 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Well, I still find that recordings of orchestras with a pair of mikes sounds
more realistic. However in other situations, as some instruments are quiet
compared to others, I can see why they need close miking.

Also of course there is the background noise whether it be audio in a venue
or just hiss.
I have heard some awful Piano recordings where the his plays along as if a
noise gate is being used at a low level. Church organ recordings are often
very audio noisy, as one cannot move a church away from traffic and
sometimes the pump can be heard and with dodgy microphone placement the
chuffing noises are out of proportion to the notes.. Also of course both
piano and Organs have huge dynamic ranges.
With more popular recordings one obviously uses some compression. Some are
bad and you can hear it, others more sane and nice sounding!


However even some pop recordings from eh past made by emi, seem to have a
lot of problems with the pop effect, which were no obvious back in the day
on a scratchy 45!
Brian


Try this. This me in my local church, which is closed for refurb. Just
a pair of mics stood in the nave. Sorry about the playing - I
completely screw the timing at one point (I blame Claire who was
turning pages for me).

Anyway, this is totally raw - no compression or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/donpearce/widor-toccata


Impressive!

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Cheers, Rob

tony sayer August 12th 17 06:41 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
In article , Phil
Allison scribeth thus
Don Pearce wrote:

-------------------------



Try this. This me in my local church, which is closed for refurb. Just
a pair of mics stood in the nave. Sorry about the playing - I
completely screw the timing at one point (I blame Claire who was
turning pages for me).

Anyway, this is totally raw - no compression or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/donpearce/widor-toccata



** Wow - Don can really play !!!!

Plus a rather nice recoding of a sweet sounding instrument.

Please tell us something about it - Don.

The Bach T&F is well worth a listen too.

Talk about " hiding your light under a bushel " !!



Thanks...

Kind of a bog standard three manual church organ from the late
Victorian period. It had its manual bellows replaced by a motor in the
early fifties, so I never got to play it hand-cranked. But they did
know how to make nice instruments around the 1880s. I think it got
tuned up and serviced about five years ago.

Vox Humana and Diapason are its strong voices and I used both on these
recordings.


** Must sound spectacular live in the actual church.


The recording was made with a pair of Rode NT1-A cardioids in a rough
ORTF arrangement.



** Good Aussie built mics used cleverly !!

OFTF is a variation on the famous "Blumlein pair" method which gives natural
sounding ambience to a recording.

Even on my PC speakers, the "sound" of the church was obvious.

Nice going.



..... Phil


Couldn't agree more a very nice "light" sound to it and yes, those
simple mic arrangements sometimes cam be excellent, sounds fine here on
the Quads:)

Used to do this sort of thing many years ago wife was in the Long
Melford choral society, pub first practice or performance second! OK
there were a few errors but with simple mic arrangements was this very
real "there" sound, still got the tapes done on a high speed Revox.

As the Widor remember one day was at Ely Cathedral and there was an
excellent rendition of this work someone just having a practice in the
middle of the afternoon. Just after it fished there was a slip of a girl
can't have been much more that around 12 or so years old just asked her
was it you playing she nodded, seemed in a way that she was just too
young! but she was real fan of his and one of his French contemporaries
Henri Mulet who it seems still undiscovered a very talented girl and
knowledgeable too.


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Don Pearce[_3_] August 12th 17 06:48 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Sat, 12 Aug 2017 19:41:09 +0100, tony sayer
wrote:

In article , Phil
Allison scribeth thus
Don Pearce wrote:

-------------------------



Try this. This me in my local church, which is closed for refurb. Just
a pair of mics stood in the nave. Sorry about the playing - I
completely screw the timing at one point (I blame Claire who was
turning pages for me).

Anyway, this is totally raw - no compression or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/donpearce/widor-toccata



** Wow - Don can really play !!!!

Plus a rather nice recoding of a sweet sounding instrument.

Please tell us something about it - Don.

The Bach T&F is well worth a listen too.

Talk about " hiding your light under a bushel " !!



Thanks...

Kind of a bog standard three manual church organ from the late
Victorian period. It had its manual bellows replaced by a motor in the
early fifties, so I never got to play it hand-cranked. But they did
know how to make nice instruments around the 1880s. I think it got
tuned up and serviced about five years ago.

Vox Humana and Diapason are its strong voices and I used both on these
recordings.


** Must sound spectacular live in the actual church.


The recording was made with a pair of Rode NT1-A cardioids in a rough
ORTF arrangement.



** Good Aussie built mics used cleverly !!

OFTF is a variation on the famous "Blumlein pair" method which gives natural
sounding ambience to a recording.

Even on my PC speakers, the "sound" of the church was obvious.

Nice going.



..... Phil


Couldn't agree more a very nice "light" sound to it and yes, those
simple mic arrangements sometimes cam be excellent, sounds fine here on
the Quads:)

Used to do this sort of thing many years ago wife was in the Long
Melford choral society, pub first practice or performance second! OK
there were a few errors but with simple mic arrangements was this very
real "there" sound, still got the tapes done on a high speed Revox.

As the Widor remember one day was at Ely Cathedral and there was an
excellent rendition of this work someone just having a practice in the
middle of the afternoon. Just after it fished there was a slip of a girl
can't have been much more that around 12 or so years old just asked her
was it you playing she nodded, seemed in a way that she was just too
young! but she was real fan of his and one of his French contemporaries
Henri Mulet who it seems still undiscovered a very talented girl and
knowledgeable too.


Every organist has to be able to play it virtually from memory -
weddings!

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Iain[_2_] August 13th 17 08:26 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Friday, 11 August 2017 12:00:19 UTC+3, Don Pearce wrote:


Try this. This me in my local church, which is closed for refurb. Just
a pair of mics stood in the nave. Sorry about the playing - I
completely screw the timing at one point (I blame Claire who was
turning pages for me).

Anyway, this is totally raw - no compression or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/donpearce/widor-toccata


Most enjoyable Don. Many thanks.

I have another version from 1962, played on the organ at St Nicolas Parish Church, by my brother. I recorded it (in mono) with a single Film Industries M8 microphone on an EMI TR51, at 15ips. Saga Record (London)Ltd bought the
rights. I was still at school, and terribly excited to have made my first "pro" recording.

The definitive version has to be Peter Hurford (King's College Cambridge IIRC)
on Argo or Decca. His interpretation beats yours by a hair's breadth, probably because he did not have Claire turning pages for him:-)

Iain


Don Pearce[_3_] August 13th 17 08:45 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 13:26:32 -0700 (PDT), Iain
wrote:

On Friday, 11 August 2017 12:00:19 UTC+3, Don Pearce wrote:


Try this. This me in my local church, which is closed for refurb. Just
a pair of mics stood in the nave. Sorry about the playing - I
completely screw the timing at one point (I blame Claire who was
turning pages for me).

Anyway, this is totally raw - no compression or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/donpearce/widor-toccata


Most enjoyable Don. Many thanks.

I have another version from 1962, played on the organ at St Nicolas Parish Church, by my brother. I recorded it (in mono) with a single Film Industries M8 microphone on an EMI TR51, at 15ips. Saga Record (London)Ltd bought the
rights. I was still at school, and terribly excited to have made my first "pro" recording.

The definitive version has to be Peter Hurford (King's College Cambridge IIRC)
on Argo or Decca. His interpretation beats yours by a hair's breadth, probably because he did not have Claire turning pages for him:-)

Iain


I shall tell she is responsible for the descent from perfection (I
wish!)

d

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Don Pearce[_3_] August 13th 17 08:51 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 13:26:32 -0700 (PDT), Iain
wrote:

On Friday, 11 August 2017 12:00:19 UTC+3, Don Pearce wrote:


Try this. This me in my local church, which is closed for refurb. Just
a pair of mics stood in the nave. Sorry about the playing - I
completely screw the timing at one point (I blame Claire who was
turning pages for me).

Anyway, this is totally raw - no compression or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/donpearce/widor-toccata


Most enjoyable Don. Many thanks.

I have another version from 1962, played on the organ at St Nicolas Parish Church, by my brother. I recorded it (in mono) with a single Film Industries M8 microphone on an EMI TR51, at 15ips. Saga Record (London)Ltd bought the
rights. I was still at school, and terribly excited to have made my first "pro" recording.

The definitive version has to be Peter Hurford (King's College Cambridge IIRC)
on Argo or Decca. His interpretation beats yours by a hair's breadth, probably because he did not have Claire turning pages for him:-)

Iain


OK, Just listened to Hurford's version on Youtube. A little more than
a hair's breadth. And that organ at King's sounds amazing. Some of the
dirtiest pedals ever (real 16's?). And much wider dynamics than I
could get.

d

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Iain[_2_] August 13th 17 11:43 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Sunday, 13 August 2017 23:51:59 UTC+3, Don Pearce wrote:

OK, Just listened to Hurford's version on Youtube. A little more than
a hair's breadth. And that organ at King's sounds amazing. Some of the
dirtiest pedals ever (real 16's?). And much wider dynamics than I
could get.


Yes. He was a remarkable player, and a very pleasant man to work with.
He is still going strong at 86 years.

Iain

Iain[_2_] August 13th 17 11:54 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Saturday, 12 August 2017 21:43:36 UTC+3, tony sayer wrote:

Couldn't agree more a very nice "light" sound to it and yes, those
simple mic arrangements sometimes cam be excellent.


Indeed. Phil mention ORTF, which was at one time very widely used. Don mentioned the Jecklin disc - that was also very popular, and with two omnis, gave a wonderful open sound. XY and AB pairs seem to be the order of the day these days in most concert halls.

Iain

tony sayer August 14th 17 11:18 PM

Why don't ears pop?
 
In article , Don Pearce
scribeth thus
On Sun, 13 Aug 2017 13:26:32 -0700 (PDT), Iain
wrote:

On Friday, 11 August 2017 12:00:19 UTC+3, Don Pearce wrote:


Try this. This me in my local church, which is closed for refurb. Just
a pair of mics stood in the nave. Sorry about the playing - I
completely screw the timing at one point (I blame Claire who was
turning pages for me).

Anyway, this is totally raw - no compression or anything.

https://soundcloud.com/donpearce/widor-toccata


Most enjoyable Don. Many thanks.

I have another version from 1962, played on the organ at St Nicolas Parish

Church, by my brother. I recorded it (in mono) with a single Film Industries M8
microphone on an EMI TR51, at 15ips. Saga Record (London)Ltd bought the
rights. I was still at school, and terribly excited to have made my first "pro"

recording.

The definitive version has to be Peter Hurford (King's College Cambridge IIRC)
on Argo or Decca. His interpretation beats yours by a hair's breadth, probably

because he did not have Claire turning pages for him:-)

Iain


OK, Just listened to Hurford's version on Youtube. A little more than
a hair's breadth. And that organ at King's sounds amazing. Some of the
dirtiest pedals ever (real 16's?). And much wider dynamics than I
could get.

d


Was the recording pre or post the recent restoration there Don?...

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Don Pearce[_3_] August 15th 17 05:05 AM

Why don't ears pop?
 
On Tue, 15 Aug 2017 00:18:20 +0100, tony sayer
wrote:

OK, Just listened to Hurford's version on Youtube. A little more than
a hair's breadth. And that organ at King's sounds amazing. Some of the
dirtiest pedals ever (real 16's?). And much wider dynamics than I
could get.

d


Was the recording pre or post the recent restoration there Don?...


I have no idea. I just searched on Youtube.

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