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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Koenig" data-source="post: 6973" data-attributes="member: 416">I&#039;m not talking about the OTHER search engine, but the gorgeous new concert hall at Stanford. I have attended two shows there so far: the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) open house and concert, and Alarm Will Sound performing Steve Reich, who was present.CCRMA was great because during the afternoon before the concert they had everything opened up and we were free to take a thorough self-guided tour. I had a very nice chat with the contract sound engineer who had spent the last two days flying and pole-mounting the 20 or so QSC powered speakers for CCRMA&#039;s ambiophonic system.For Steve Reich they had deployed an odd looking system of 10 obviously custom-built full-range cabinets in addition to 2 ground-stacked clusters of subs. I would have taken a picture but no pictures were allowed. I tried to talk to the FOH engineer during intermission (Yamaha CL at FOH and monitors) but he looked pretty stressed and didn&#039;t want to talk to me. I&#039;m really curious what that system is, who designed it, and whether it belongs to the Bing or was brought in.But here&#039;s the Bing thing. Everyone I&#039;ve talked to who&#039;s heard anything there thinks it&#039;s really live. I, too, found it that way, especially for Reich, which bordered on mud at times. So either all of us listening public are wrong, which is possible, or the hifalutin acousticians have some more work to do.In any case, I look forward to hearing a lot more music there and learning more about what makes it tick. I imagine it&#039;s only a matter of time before our own Lee Brenkman, or another one of you, does a show there, if not already.--Frank</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Koenig, post: 6973, member: 416"] I'm not talking about the OTHER search engine, but the gorgeous new concert hall at Stanford. I have attended two shows there so far: the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) open house and concert, and Alarm Will Sound performing Steve Reich, who was present. CCRMA was great because during the afternoon before the concert they had everything opened up and we were free to take a thorough self-guided tour. I had a very nice chat with the contract sound engineer who had spent the last two days flying and pole-mounting the 20 or so QSC powered speakers for CCRMA's ambiophonic system. For Steve Reich they had deployed an odd looking system of 10 obviously custom-built full-range cabinets in addition to 2 ground-stacked clusters of subs. I would have taken a picture but no pictures were allowed. I tried to talk to the FOH engineer during intermission (Yamaha CL at FOH and monitors) but he looked pretty stressed and didn't want to talk to me. I'm really curious what that system is, who designed it, and whether it belongs to the Bing or was brought in. But here's the Bing thing. Everyone I've talked to who's heard anything there thinks it's really live. I, too, found it that way, especially for Reich, which bordered on mud at times. So either all of us listening public are wrong, which is possible, or the hifalutin acousticians have some more work to do. In any case, I look forward to hearing a lot more music there and learning more about what makes it tick. I imagine it's only a matter of time before our own Lee Brenkman, or another one of you, does a show there, if not already. --Frank [/QUOTE]

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