(zuerst publiziert 2014 – angepasst 2019)
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45 Jahre Kunstkopfstereofonie – Vergangenheit mit Zukunft? (2018)
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Vor 45 Jahren wurde mit „Demolition“ die Kunstkopfstereophonie im Radio eingeführt. Das Hörfunkprogramm Bayern2 des BR wiederholt aus diesem Anlass diesen spannenden und packend umgesetzte Science-Fiction-Krimi am 29. September um 15:05.
Quelle: BR Historisches Archiv
In den 80er Jahren schwand dann das Interesse an der Technik. Jetzt aber wird sie wieder interessant: Die Digitaltechnik ermöglicht heute neue Ansätze, das Raumklangerlebnis via Kopfhörer zur transportieren. Aber vor allem: Hörgewohnheiten und Mediennutzung bieten jetzt bessere Voraussetzungen …
Return of the Dummies – New appoach to head related stereo
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It was 40 years ago today…that dummy head stereo was first introduced in broadcast audio production. But like quadrophony, it shares the fate as forgotten premature analogue technology. Now a comeback seems around the corner, freshly coined as HRTF, Binaural or Immersive Audio. And you don’t even need dummies to create virtual spatial sound…
Net Neutrality and Public Service Broadcasting (from the archives)
The following analysis was originally published on EBU’s EBUZZ platform in May 2013, shortly after German Telekom announced plans to end unlimited flatrates on DSL. Thus goaded, I started to think about possible relations and consequences for public service broadcasters – and their audience….
Quelle: screenshot
It stirred some discussion and activities within the broadcasting community. But unfortunately, the article is no longer available on the net, as EBU apparently has a fairly short MDD (minimum durability date) for reasons whatsoever. Therefore I put it up here again. Eventhough I amended and marked some things to make it clear: This is 2013! – please consider it being „historic“ in many other respects, too – evenmore in the light of the recent decision of European Parliament to enable an internet, with rules, that…
„….will threaten innovation, free speech and privacy, and compromise Europe’s ability to lead in the digital economy“ (Tim Berners-Lee)
A walk with Henry Steinway through Steinway Hall (1996)
On the occasion of Henry Ziegler Steinway’s 100th birthday, here’s is a document from my archive. This is a „binaural walk“ though Steinway Hall New York, which was from 1925 until the end of 2014 the center of the Steinway universe, located on 57th West Street New York, opposite of Carnegie Hall. A magic place of music history, you realized immediately, having entered through the door, leaving behind the noisy street…
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Barocker Feenzauber – Eine Entdeckung: „The Fairies“ nach Shakespeare von John Christopher Smith
Shakespeares „Sommerachtstraum“ in der Musik? Wohlbekannt: Henry Purcell, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Benjamin Britten. ….
Auch von John Christopher Smith? Noch nie gehört? Als letzte Produktion der diesjährigen Musica Franconia wird diese Oper des im mittelfränkischen Ansbach geborenen Komponisten und Händel Adlatus nach mehr als 250 Jahren erstmals wieder aufgeführt. Weiterlesen
Epen-Mythen – Die Reportage für das Goethe-Institut
A report from PASSACAGLIA’s EPICS & MYTHS-Tour in Central Asia
SOUND NOW & NEXT: Live from the BBC
I’m here at the famous and beautiful art deco BBC Radio Theatre in (the old) Broadcasting House for Sound Now & Next, a two day conference organized by BBC R&D. So it’s all about sound: surround, immersive, interactive. the present and the future of the medium. A thrilling program presented by a very charming and very competent presenter, musician and composer, LJ Rich, doing a fabulous job, whipping the supposedly nerdy sound engineer and creators bunch of people . . .
Quelle: wb