[78-L] Producing acoustic sounds for the movies

[Jim Shulman]

Ah, where was the Auxetophone when you needed it?

Jim



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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of DAVID BURNHAM
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 8:51 PM
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Subject: [78-L] Producing acoustic sounds for the movies

This has nothing to do with the movies but a couple of years ago I was
working on a CBC broadcast with a concert dedicated to the music of Fritz
Kreisler.  About a half a dozen violinists came and performed various
Kreisler compositions including his string quartet.  Throughout the concert,
a narrator told Kreisler's story and at the end, the last word, (note), was
given to Kreisler himself.  I brought in from home my Brunswick table model
Gramophone and an acoustic recording of "Midnight Bells" by Kreisler. 
Dramatically, as the announcer said, "...the last thing we'll hear this
evening is the sound of Fritz Kreisler's violin", all the lights in the
studio went down with only one spot illuminating the Brunswick as the host
violinist walked over and placed the arm on the record.  We found out at the
rehearsal that the sound of the Gramophone wasn't near loud enough to fill
Glenn Gould Studio.  We didn't want to artificially play a recording through
 the PA system.  So we placed a small Pressure Zone Microphone on the table
in front of the Brunswick, fed its sound to a small speaker under the table
and was able to produce the sound of the record sonically from that location
and managed to fool everyone in the audience that what they were hearing was
the Gramophone itself.

db