interesting. was thinking about the symphony option. installation will not be permanant... unless i fantasize about my fabulous future artistic career... so was planning on renting everything if i can get it presented, although i might invest in one of those apogee 16 channel DAs... would probably get alot of use out of that. but does anyone know if one could chain four of those together through a firewire drive? and have it function smoothly?
the madi/adat possiblities seem too complex in some way, but still good to think about...
it is not incredibly important that the speakers be super hi-fidelity or super loud, so, unless the funding i can, hopefully
, find for this for this winds up being more than i expect it to be, was thinking smaller computer type speakers, with built in pres, might be the simplest way to go...
for those of you that might be interested-
the project is an experiment in directional sound. idea is to treat each note played on a "piano" (read VST/orwhatever instrument, impossible otherwise) as an individual instrument, coming out of an individual speaker, that surrounds the listener(s). the directionality is being composed with as much attention as a melody might be composed... using der wohl termperierte Klavier (61 keys on the harpsichord, 60 is a geometrically better number) as the music for this for now, although plan on later composing my own music (but with noisystuff) for this system and maybe arranging some modern classical things (would love to hear bartok's mikrocosmos like this) as well... would also like to get some others to work with this system... but i am daydreaming now.
but, maybe this clarification could foster other gear suggestions outside of just DAs? (the apogee stuff seems to be the best way as it is?) good sounding computer piano software? (an oxymoron, i know i know)
have been trying to figure out how to technically realize this, as i finish the compositinal side. need to apply for festivals/grants etc. in a few months and need a rough idea about gear and money before i can properly do it.
thanks for the help again again again... ok, i stop babbling now... (wine and discussion boards
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