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| 888.1 | 1812... | JAWS::COTE | Practice Safe Sysex | Mon Aug 31 1987 16:42 | 3 |
| How does it compare to Telarc's digital cannons?
Edd
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| 888.2 | | SURPLS::WAXMAN | | Mon Aug 31 1987 16:52 | 7 |
| I cannot say since I have not heard the digital cannons. The digital
thinder occurs during a 7'36" piece of music called cloudburst.
It is a musical picture of a Thunderstorm in the Grand Canyon. There
are two versions on the disk. The normal one played via the orchestra
and the one with Digital Thunder and wind machine added for effects.
Telarc claims that the captupe of the right thunder was a 5 year
project.
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| 888.3 | Move Over, Audiofidelity | AQUA::ROST | You used me for an ashtray heart | Mon Aug 31 1987 17:48 | 8 |
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What's next for Telarc?
A 25-year project to record a digital thermonuclear blast???
:-) :-) :-) :-)
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| 888.4 | That's thunder? | COOKIE::ROLLOW | It's OK to say the U... word | Mon Aug 31 1987 19:01 | 7 |
| I wasn't at all impressed by the thunder. It lacked the depth
and punch that I'm used to from a good proper thunderstorm (I'm
from Oklahoma...). The recording is otherwise pretty good. I
think they have two versions of the Cloudburst movement on the
disk, one with stage thunder and the other with live thunder. The
default is stage thunder, but with a programmable player you
can use the live thunder version.
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| 888.5 | Speaker makers must love "Digital" effects.... | BETHE::LICEA_KANE | | Mon Aug 31 1987 20:52 | 4 |
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Why?
-mr. bill
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| 888.6 | | QUARK::LIONEL | We all live in a yellow subroutine | Mon Aug 31 1987 21:36 | 5 |
| Re: .5
Because they do such a good business in replacement drivers, that's
why!
Steve
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| 888.7 | It Sells.... | PARITY::GOSSELIN | | Tue Sep 01 1987 14:39 | 27 |
| I believe Telarc utilizes digitally recorded sound effects for several
reasons:
1) They sell discs - consumers find it nearly irresistable to
purchase a disc with these effects.
2) Sonic realism - you can't get much more perfect than a digital
recording of a cannon/thunderstorm....full dynamic range,
uncompressed.
3) Equipment Appeal - Those audiophiles with megabuck systems can
appreciate/demonstrate the full power of these recordings. As
I recall, the cannons start at 200 hz, and roll off to 6 hz.
Now, I (or anyone in my circle of friends) can't reproduce that,
but I'm sure some folks have the capability. Some will even
purchase the disc to test their systems - and take out drivers,
fuses, eardrums......
If it didn't sell, Telarc wouldn't be in the business. Suffice
to say that there is enough demand for digitally recorded sound
effects - be it cannons, thunderstorms, or whale sounds - that the
inclusion of such in recorded music (1812 Overture) or as a special
effects disc makes it appealing.
Ken
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| 888.8 | Catfish Row | KYOA::MIANO | John M. Miano - NJO | Thu Sep 03 1987 11:11 | 12 |
| I hear Telarc is negociating with the Time Lords of Galifree to use a TARDIS
to record the Big-Bang.
On the serious side:
The Gershwin Catfish Row ( and Rhapsody on Blue ) is also performed
in by the Berlin Philharmonic with Ozawa conducting. Both works
are well done. Anyone who is familiar with this suite that Gershwin
himself did of Porgy and Bess will not tollerate the bastardized
"A Symphonic Portrait" version by Robert Russell Bennett.
-John
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