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> the acoustics of the auditorium, which was designed around the sound of the instruments, had to be studied, as well. Seems like the room was made specificall

• mrob 8y ago
  So sample the impulse response of the auditorium, at as many locations within the auditorium as you like, and apply a convolution reverb to the dry samples of the violins. If you sample both the violin and the auditorium together then your virtual violins will always have to play in the exact same location they were recorded. You're losing flexibility for no good reason.
  • sudhirj 8y ago
    The point is to record the violins in a hall that was designed for them in the town that they were made. Think there are already enough clean studio samples available.
  • kibibu 8y ago
    The violins are not omnidirectional point sources. They have complex, frequency-dependent energy radation. A regular impulse response isnt going to cut it. There are ways to capture non-point-source IRs, but none are the same as playing the instrument in the space. Additionally, and perhaps more open to argument, the movement of the performer is part of the sound of an instrument. If the violin is locked in place, with a fixed IR applied, that's not really "what a strad sounds like" when its played for real. I would suggest that having many more microphones would be a nice idea though.
  • air7 8y ago
    Similarly to how farm cows get pregnant, with bull sperm being harvested with a machine and cows later manually inseminated, it is perhaps more efficient than the traditional way, but arguably lacks some... oomph.