With restrictions being eased it was a chance for my oldest g’daughter to resume softball & for my wife & I to enjoy the game. This morning 8 am we were there with some warm sun & a cool breeze very nice & with out masks.
I post this pic to show our vantage point on a hill, just us, that’s why no masks. Usually we would be in the shade of a shelter with everyone else. Something else unique about this vantage point is the sound. Much different than being close to the dug outs. The BONK of a softball came from dead center front. The cheers & coaches calls was a very nice “stereo” soundfield panned across left to right. A trash truck doing its thing was dead center right. Cars on the roadway circling the parking lot made a nice loop from left front circling around behind me & exited right back.
Also behind me there was a considerable amount of heavy machinery & earth excavation going on directly behind me:
Engine noise, dumping into excavation trucks, back up beeps. It was like a panoply of sounds going left & right behind me on a conveyor belt.
Besides the Mystic Moods Orchestra Brad Miller was all about bringing big sounds from outdoors to the smaller indoors. Lots of trains, fly overs, traffic, etc. Not really what would make me sit down with some wine for an evening. Still very ambitious challenge & he did it the best.
I thought how he would have enjoyed this outdoor organic surround sound like I was. I pondered how it would best be recorded and what it would sound like on play back. I paid so much attention to these thoughts of Brad & the sounds that I don’t think I “saw” much of the game. To other people all of this sound would just be background noise. But I think quad/surround fans notice the audio environment much more, I am in good company. I also enjoyed the company of Brad this morning if only in my mind.
Edit: There was also the occasional noisy bird or 2 flying over head. I guess that was the ATMOS part of the event.
I post this pic to show our vantage point on a hill, just us, that’s why no masks. Usually we would be in the shade of a shelter with everyone else. Something else unique about this vantage point is the sound. Much different than being close to the dug outs. The BONK of a softball came from dead center front. The cheers & coaches calls was a very nice “stereo” soundfield panned across left to right. A trash truck doing its thing was dead center right. Cars on the roadway circling the parking lot made a nice loop from left front circling around behind me & exited right back.
Also behind me there was a considerable amount of heavy machinery & earth excavation going on directly behind me:
Engine noise, dumping into excavation trucks, back up beeps. It was like a panoply of sounds going left & right behind me on a conveyor belt.
Besides the Mystic Moods Orchestra Brad Miller was all about bringing big sounds from outdoors to the smaller indoors. Lots of trains, fly overs, traffic, etc. Not really what would make me sit down with some wine for an evening. Still very ambitious challenge & he did it the best.
I thought how he would have enjoyed this outdoor organic surround sound like I was. I pondered how it would best be recorded and what it would sound like on play back. I paid so much attention to these thoughts of Brad & the sounds that I don’t think I “saw” much of the game. To other people all of this sound would just be background noise. But I think quad/surround fans notice the audio environment much more, I am in good company. I also enjoyed the company of Brad this morning if only in my mind.
Edit: There was also the occasional noisy bird or 2 flying over head. I guess that was the ATMOS part of the event.
