[ProAudio] Pillow vs live - Re: Calibrated playback level

[Louis Judson]

Nice little story, Richard.

Years ago I worked with the vocal group Kitka and the were asked to do a television performance to promote a local concert. They had the insight to ask me to bring in my mics and sound system to put reverb into the studio - no voice amplification, just reverb like their concerts. I used a catherdral settingg, and it was stunningly fine - and I gave a feed to the control room just in case they’d know what to do with it. I never heard the broadcast, but the smiles of the singers told me all I needed to know.
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> On Sep 28, 2021, at 1:15 PM, Richard L. Hess via ProAudio <proaudio at bach.pgm.com> wrote:
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> * I must credit "pillow factory" to Dr. Gerre Hancock, the organist and master of choristers at St. Thomas Church in NY City where I recorded many things (and also attended as a parishioner). In the latter half of the 1970s, I was working at the ABC Television Network former facility on W66th Street in NY. One Christmas, the Choir of Men and Boys was invited to be on Good Morning America and later Gerre asked me, "Richard, why do you make all those studios to be like pillow factories?" Of course, the choir was used to singing in St. Thomas Church which had a reverb time of around five seconds, and the choral music did not sound as good in the studio...and I think the choristers may have even had problems hearing each other.
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