On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:35:34 -0400, "Soundhaspriority"
wrote:
Thank you. Are there any free sources of information on the changes in
recording technique you mentioned, or are they best covered in the document?
Neither. The original techniques used in the referred to recording
placed the listener in the center of four channels with the performers
spread in a full circle all around. That was used in most of the old
"Quadrophonic" recordings. For info on that, there's an active forum
at
www.quadrophonicquad.com
Newer recordings, of course, have the performers up front with
ambience in the rear. Thus, Sony/CBS had to remix/remaster the old
stuff to simulate the new expectations.
This Friday evening, I'm recording a vintage jazz group in a club in the
Village with very fine equipment. It occurs to me that I could make a stab
at producing masters suitable for multichannel at a later point -- if I knew
how to do it. The plan is to record four channels at 88/24, but it could be
expanded to six without too much additional overhead.
Is there anything I could quickly grab ahold of?
Not by me. I have never made recordings.
Kal