Hear
For Yourself True VR Environments Recorded Over 25+ Year
Period Using Custom Made Sonic Studios Mic Systems
Session
& Live Performance Pages
SUGGESTION:
Download MP3 Files FIRST (right-button 'save target
as' on PC) as the CONCERT length files are LARGE and download
is much faster if first saving these files to your computer
or hand-held wireless devices.
ALL
DSM recordings are naturally encoded with full multi-channel
ambient surround-sound of the environment in which they're
made.
Recordings
below are all made using DSM™ 2-channel mics
direct to an analog cassette, but mostly using digital
DAT, MD, and the newer audio flash card 24bit HD decks.
Then the master recordings are transferred as wav file
format before MP3 encoding for uploading to this site.
Read
about the specific recording equipment used in the notes
(plain text) accompanying each music or sound file.
Suggest
downloading various tracks of interest, then directly
burning a CD or DVD jukebox audio disc for playing on
any CD/DVD/Blueray DVD players.
Listen
on open-air (way better than closed) or ear-bud type
headphones (avoid noise canceling type phones), 2-channel
stereo speaker, and surround multi-channel speaker systems.
See tips
for best imaging speaker alignment.
DSM
recorded 2-channel stereo will playback the exact as-heard
360 degree surround sound the recordist experienced
during the live event on all 4, 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 cinema
type video playback systems with Dolby Pro Logic II or
DTS NEO-6 decoder turned on! Suggest using the MUSIC MODE
setting on Dolby and DTS decoders for natural sound without
decoder artifacts.
There are many live sound types and interests.
Please choose interesting recording sample categories in the
drop-box below.
Choose a Category
No
other method of recording live environmental sound consistently
captures virtual reality like DSM systems
Be
there again, or maybe for the first time!
For
over 13 years Sound-Ideas and associated recordists use
2 & 4 Channel DSM™ stereo-surround mics
Download
5.1
IMMERSION sample
files to play(DVD-Audio
authoring software required)
Dale's
music is performed on great sounding acoustical instruments.
DSM mic systems excel at multitrack
recording each instrument exactly 'as
heard live,' not the usual colored
'instrument sound' of conventional mono/stereo studio
microphone recordings. Give a listen to the true sound
of Collings exceptional guitars/mandolins.
Click
on photo below to visit Collings Guitar Web Site
Dale
recorded all selections using DSM multitrack
method. This is the recording of each song playing
a solo Collings instrument in a different relative position
using the stationary DSM
HRTF baffle mic, then mixing all stereo tracks
together to naturally sound simultaneous.
I've
just put up at Head-fi.com several links to free downloads
of binaural recordings, and your site is mentioned at the
top of that list, of course! I also just placed at the bottom
of that post (as these are all being collected in post #1)
several recordings I made of Pamela Branscum playing a laptop
mountain dulcimer by a stream. She sings in one of the tunes,
and for a finale plays a jaw-harp solo. This is recorded,
vocal and all, with just with the DSM-6S/M's worn on my
glasses.
You
are welcome to use these mp3's to demo your mics, with mine
and Pamela's permission.
(EDITOR'S
SUGGESTION: The following selections are ENCODED WAY TOO
LOUD, and heard best by TURNING DOWN usual listening volume
setting to ~50-60% for best experience.)
Though
the 6S/M is not normally used for solo acoustic instruments,
these recordings attest that they can certainly be used
with success for that application. I have made many fine
recordings of organ performances also with these mics, though
I cannot get permission to make those recordings public,
unfortunately. Have to find some organists with freer minds!
I've recorded some PA'd street concerts here in Winston-Salem,
NC but those just aren't as satisfying as the un-amplified
instruments' recordings.
Pamela
and I have just agreed to work on a whole series of mountain
and hammer dulcimer recordings featuring these mics and
will be using several of your multitrack techniques, and
a couple inspired by those. For instance, we are going to
record a lively playground, and create a composite finished
take from those tracks with some "hits" as they
say in the movies, then we are going back to the same site
during a quiet time (but same ambiance), setting up the
mic in the exact same location and recording the dulcimers.
Finally we will mix it all together! This is adopting your
rule that the "room" or space stay stationary
to establish the relative ambiance cues keeping them consistent
throughout.
We
will also be creating a good composite recording of a good
crackling fireplace, and will try playing that over speakers
in my studio while she plays the dulcimers and sings with
the sound of the fireplace being "placed" with
her in that new space. We're not sure how that will work
out, but it is worth a try. The theme of this project is
to have a continuity presented throughout the 1-hour CD
where the feeling of "being there" continues throughout
without breaks or silences between, transitioning via gentle
segues instead. I will certainly share the fruits of those
labors with you both! I'd like for you to share in the fun
your microphones are giving us!
You
may right-click and download the tunes from that website
just fine if you wish the security of serving them from
your own server. I hope you both enjoy them, even if you
do not find you wish to include them at your site at this
time.
Response
from the dulcimer recordings made with the DSM mic's was pretty
positive! I have some more recordings here made with the same
equipment of some street musicians performing on Trade St.
in Winston-Salem, NC, which is the Art District there. These
are just for fun, folks - this is just jamming with flute
and percussion - yes, and that's me playing the flute, and
friends Rico and Tabia and their kids are playing the fine
percussion, with my friend Laura wearing the DSM mics. Years
ago, I made my living as a street musician during several
periods of my life, so this was a fun way for me to relive
one of my favorite activities ever! This was recorded back
in early autumn of 2001 for a Gallery-Hop event to help out
and bring some ambiance to the scene - it was nice and warm
and southern-style nighttime summery.
There
is no processing on these other than running through mp3 gain
to take out any spikes made within the mp3. At 256 Kbps VBR,
the longer ones are large downloads (16 and 20 megs) - well,
when the download finishes, there you'll have a nice file,
so it's worth the wait for the reverbs! (On most browsers
you may simply click the link and it will play in Quicktime
as it downloads into your cache.) Music critics, just don't
even bother! This is for the ambiance and fun of the live
energy outdoors of a summer street scene! (Well, the music
is enjoyable, and several folks listen to this as a CD in
their car a lot, sure... but listen to this for the "vibe"
- the reverb tails and sonic energy of it all!)
Again,
musically, this is no big deal (especially the flute player!),
but the experience of the street ambiance is fun! There's
even a distant train whistle on the first track, and you can
hear people's car radios and a distant trumpet in a couple
places. The flute is quieter than the drums just like really
being there it is, etc. Unplugged and raw! Enjoy!
Hopefully, some great organ tracks will be coming soon! The
organist wishes to remain anonymous as these were just recorded
as school demos, but in my opinion the performances are very
nice and the sound is quite incredible! So, watch this space
for those!
Terry
__________________
"What you visualize is what you could
create... So... Be Careful What Sorts of Images You'll Accept
to be Put Into Your Mind!
(By you or anyone else!)"
Terry's
recording gear: Headworn DSM-6S/M
mic and Sony PCM-M1
DAT deck with MOD-2 mic powering
upgrade installed.
Four
out of five members of The Fixx, vocalist Cy Curnin, guitarist
Jamie West-Oram, keyboardist Rupert Greenall and drummer
Adam Woods have been together since forming in 1980 except
for a brief band hiatus in the mid-90's. Though they've
rotated through five bassists, Dan K. Brown is the de facto
fifth member, with them during their prime hit-making years
from 1983 to 1991 and also back with the band since 2007.
An intact lineup from their heyday! How often can a 30-year-old
band advertise that?
Recorded
using Sonic Studios headworn DSM-6S/L
mic into SONY PCM-M10
deck
2010 USA AC / DC CONCERT
Great
band performance at weak sound venue.
Also
was recorded at a bit too distant position from sound stage
. So instead of posting raw sound samples, in this case
I've boost enhanced the bass & highs with custom adjustable
filter software editing as shown in the CEP filter graph
screenshots at right.
Now
AC/DC concert recording really sounds GREAT!!!
Gene
Harris,
Riders in The Sky,
Michael Martin Murphey,
Emmylou Harris,
Alison Krauss
Acoustic
Alchemy,
Delbert McClinton,
Leon Russell,
Baaba Maal,
Tower of Power,
Spyro Gyra,
Dr.
John,
Riders in The Sky
Bela
Fleck & The Flecktones,
Tower of Power,
Spyro Gyra
Ladysmith
Black Mambazo
Los
Lobos,
The Wailers,
Pink Martini,
Riders
in the Sky
30th Anniversary Tour,
Brave
Combo,
Acoustic Alchemy
NOTE:
The above is a yearly list of recordings done
at the venue. Most have already been posted to the linked
page, and some are still being recovered.
Dave
Bartholomew (born December 24, 1920, Edgard, Louisiana)
is a musician, band leader, composer and arranger,
prominent in the music of New Orleans throughout the
second half of the 20th century. His band consisted
of himself, drummers Terces LaBune and Randy Quinson
and guitarists Larry Sands and Samuel Kane.
He
first learned to play the tuba but the trumpet later
became his main instrument. His professional career
began in New Orleans, when he put together a group
that included Alvin 'Red' Tyler, Earl Palmer and Lee
Allen.
External video Oral History, Dave Bartholomew shares
early moments of his life story. interview date March
27, 2003, NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants)
Oral History Library
He
began recording in 1947 for De Luxe Records, but the
company folded and he received little recognition.
In 1949, however, he began working with Lew Chudd's
Imperial Records as an arranger, bandleader and talent
scout. He produced hits from Earl King, Tommy Ridgley,
Robert Parker, Frankie Ford, Chris Kenner, Smiley
Lewis, Shirley & Lee and Fats Domino, among others.
He was responsible for the arrangements on the Fats
Domino hits in the 1950s including the best seller
"Blueberry Hill". He left Imperial in the
mid-1960s and moved between several labels, including
his own Broadmoor Records (named for his neighborhood
of New Orleans, Broadmoor).[3]
As
of 2009 he is still involved in the music business
and releasing recordings of his own. He also plays
traditional jazz trumpet at Preservation Hall, despite
his millionaire status.
Recorded
with headworn DSM-6S/M
into Sony PCM-M1
DigitaRecorder
Dr. JOHN PLAYS SOLO
OT's
Soquel, CA 1987
Malcolm
John "Mac" Rebennack, Jr. (born November 21,
1940), better known by the stage name Dr. John (also Dr.
John Creaux, or Dr. John the Night Tripper), is an American
singer-songwriter, pianist and guitarist, whose music
combines blues, pop, jazz as well as zydeco, boogie woogie
and rock and roll.[1]
Active
as a session musician since the late 1950s, he came
to wider prominence in the early 1970s with a wildly
theatrical stage show inspired by medicine shows, Mardi
Gras costumes and voodoo ceremonies. Rebennack has recorded
over 20 albums and in 1973 scored a top-20 hit with
the jaunty funk-flavored "Right Place Wrong Time",
still perhaps his best-known song.
The
winner of six Grammy Awards, Rebennack was inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by singer John Legend
on Monday, March 14, 2011
Great performance
with good to excellent recording quality as first
10-15 minutes a lot of stuff happened until getting
an acceptable place and recording setting. About half
way into the fist set the audience decided against
the dance floor chair seating removing every chair,
including my own, from the dance floor. As the crowd
danced, I took my chair and sat drectly at the piano's
end directly facing Dr. John. He took a very long
look at me seated there staring at him, but decided
after a few seconds I meant no harm continuing without
a second look.
"Grateful
Dead Concert".
. . 150-240Kbps VBR MP3 . . . 117 MEG . . . 100:18 Min. . .
Recorded
In the Summer Rain
(no kidding!) .
. . 1994 Autzen Stadium Eugene Oregon . . . Recorded
with Sonic Studios DSM-6S/M
+ GUY HRTF Baffle
+ PA-12A
DC Servo Preamp + Sony TCD-D7 DAT
1980
– 1986 – Kuumbwa continues to present jazz
and educational programs all while developing an international
reputation for artistic excellence and establishing
ourselves as a major arts institution in Santa Cruz
County. Artists presented in this time-period include
McCoy Tyner, Cedar Walton, Bobby Hutcherson, Pharoah
Sanders, Betty CarterHenry Threadgill and hundreds more.
Funding
comes from as the National Endowment for the Arts, the
California Arts Council, the Packard Foundaton, the
newly formed Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County and
the Santa Cruz City Arts Commission.
1987
– The first big remodel… space is taken from
the building next door and the stage is shifted 45 degrees
from the original stage right. Funding from the Packard
Foundation helps us buy a new Yamaha C7 grand piano,
sound equipment, and chairs, increasing our seating
capacity from 150 to 200 seats. The Cedar Walton Trio
is our opening concert in the “new” venue
with Cecil Taylor soon to follow…giving that new
piano a serious initiation into jazz!
1988
– 1991 –The club continues with weekly concerts
featuring major jazz artists on Monday nights and *local
musicians on Friday nights*.
In 1990 a series of special events is presented to commemorate
Kuumbwa’s 15th Anniversary.
The
Marimba is an idiophone that is sounded by striking
wooden bars with a mallet.
Its name is derived from Bantu languages in which
"rimba" suggests a "flattish object
sticking out" such as a note or key, and "ma"
is a cumulative prefix; thus, "marimba"
is equivalent to many keys.
Classical
African Marimbas
St.
James Cathedral
Sacred Music Festival Clips Multiple Organ, Choral, Orchestra
'DR.
DIDG' Graham
Wiggins Rocking
Didgeridoo
Dance Band
Graham
Wiggins, aka Dr. Didg, plays a 1500-year old Aboriginal
wind instrument called a didgeridoo -
traditionally a long piece of wood hollowed out by
termites.
Utilizing
looping effects, he leads his improv-heavy rock
band into magical realms of danceable bliss, spicing
up the modern musical recipe with an ancient and unusual
flavor.
The
good doctor is serious about merging the past with
the present, having earned a PhD in physics from
Oxford before living with the Australian Aborigines
to master their techniques.
The
47th Annual Roseburg Oregon Arts Festival has great food court
with music on the Main Stage.
This
time it's the band FLASHBACK with a great mix of vintage Rock
favorites recorded with one of SonicStudios.com's headworn
DSM-6S/EH + WHB/N
+ PA-24XP
+ M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 flash deck systems and Panasonic's
tiny DMC-ZS3 point-n-shoot
handheld camera.
Willem
Breuker Kollectief Johnny D's Uptown Lounge
Somerville,
MA USA, September 22, 2004 - Founded in 1974, the Willem Breuker
Kollektief has been bringing their joyous and virtuosic blend
of jazz, European traditions and Dutch humor to a worldwide
audience for well over 25 years now.
"Rarely
has any band, inside or outside jazz, combined instrumental
virtuosity and antic irreverence so thoroughly."
--The
Boston Globe
Henk
de Jonge, piano
Rob Verdurmen, drums
Arjen Gorter, double bass
Andy Bruce, trombone
Bernard Hunnekink, trombone & tuba
Willem
Breuker, saxes & clarinets
Hermine Deurloo, alto sax & harmonica
Maarten van Norden, tenor sax
Andy Altenfelder, trumpet
Boy Raaymakers, trumpet
For
more than three decades, saxophonist-clarinetist-composer
Willem Breuker and his 11-member Amsterdam-based Kollektief
have been a leading force in European new jazz.
A
circus of sounds and stage high jinks punctuate their improvised
music--one minute mining a hot Euro-jazz groove, the next
tearing into classical repertoire with vaudevillian bliss.
The
Kollektief, one of the most refreshing large ensembles on
either side of the Atlantic, has intrigued global audiences
since 1974. Its joyous big-band sound, the eclecticism and
complexity of Breuker's compositions, and the dependable tightness
of the ensemble continue to inspire musicians worldwide.
NOTES:
Sent in by kind Sonic Studios customer; . Likely recorded 2004
at Johnny D's, Sommerville, MA USA;
1st row audience with headworn DSM-6S/M into DAT or MD deck.
LOCATION:
Little Brothers Pub Street Festival, August
22, 2009 Roseburg, OR
Highest
quality MP3 Pro VBR audio available here because
YouTube conversions sometimes sacrifice audio qualities
for increasing video quality.
However,
uploaded "still photo slide shows" audio quality
is left fully intact as these video bandwidth is
minimal, and audio quality has better chance of not being
sacrificed.
Video
is from inexpensive mono sound, VGA video handheld
Panasonic FX12 still camera.
Later,
camera mono audio substituted in post edit for high
quality headworn DSM-6S/L
mic + PA-24-X
preamp + Microtrack
1 line level input 24bit - 88.2K mode stereo-surround
recording.
Audio
was converted to 24bit/44.1K for marrying to split-audio video
file, then entire video project converted to MPEG-2 file and
uploaded to YouTube.
Very
nice to have a moving image, mostly with barely OK but, sometimes
very good quality audio in the highly accessible 'YouTube'
format.
Please
enjoy both presentations.
Subj:
Bagpipe artist
Date: 6/18/02 9:48:22 PM Pacific
Daylight Time
From: -rags-@sxxxxxxxl.net (Mark Ragsdale)
Reply-to: -rags-@sxxxxxxxl.net (Mark Ragsdale)
To: guysonic@aol.com
Dear
Leonard,
You mentioned that you may want to put some
of the bagpipe files on your website
and I thought you might want the performers name. He is Greg
Campbell from Stillwater Oklahoma. He is a former Vet
Med Professor from Oklahoma State University. The recording
was made at the Marland Mansion in Ponca City Oklahoma.
I used the DSM
6S/M with a LiteGUY
on a Shure S15A 15' aluminum telescoping stand with a Sharp
SR60.
The
United States Air Force Band of the Golden West appears through
the couresy of the Commander, Air Mobility Command. If you
have comments on the performance, please write to: General
duncan J. McNabb, Commander; 402 Scott Drive, Unit 3EC, Scott
Air Force Base, IL 62225-5310
NOTES:
Partial of total program VBR MP3 encoded from high definition
24bit/88.2k stereo-surround master. Recorded left of center
2nd row audience; see photo. 50+ very mature enthusiastic
audience filled ~90% 1000 maximum.
ALSO
note the 3.5 min VBR MP3, and longer, higher quality encoded
vorbis.OGG file, and extremely large master quality wav
extended versions of TRITTICO (3rd movement).
RECORDING SYSTEM: HRTF (headworn)
DSM-6S/M stereo-surround
mic + PA-25A
mic amp + Microtrack
24/96 recorder + BC-MT4 external
USB deck power.
September 15, 2006 Culvers Restaurant, Sutherlin,
Oregon
Description
of Events:
While
driving by Culvers after all day errands in neighboring city
Roseburg, heard the clear sound of a trumpet sounding through
the open doors.
A
new group to the area was playing and the owners had thrown
wide the antique 'meat market' doors giving the dinner crowd
and surrounding area a few entertaining hours. I arrived near
the end of the first set and found the best seat in the house
near the side wall (see photo view) recording this
impromptu demo collection of cover songs.
*Hello
Dolly: Started recording song 25 foot
from band with back turned to order a glass of wine, then walked
back to side wall seat position as song finished
Paul
Bailey's 'Classic-Tuned'
Grand Piano Recordings
NOTES:
All Paul Bailey Recordings used Sonic
Studios recording equipment: DSM-6S/H
surround-stereo microphone + GUY
& LiteGUY
HRTF Baffle + PA-24NJ
mic preamp. + Sony PCM-M1 DAT or Edirol R-1 deck.
Request 78 Minute CD of Jerry Kuderna's (
above)
concert (with titles)
soon available (~8/2004)
for $12.00 USD + Shipping
($3.00 in USA) - CD
requests email guysonic@aol.com
MOLLY'S
REVENGE
(MINUS
ONE Stuart Mason)
CELTIC
MUSIC BAND
WHITE
HORSE TEA & COFFEE COMPANY LIVE PERFORMANCE
August
22, 2004
Naturally
recorded
in 2-channel (stereo) surround with Sonic Studios DSM™
HRTF system (shown at left)
Recorded
withSonic Studiios HRTF GUY baffle (at left in above photo)
wearing DSM-6S/H + WHB windscreen'd mic + PA-24XP/B Preamplifier
into M-Audio Microtrack 24/96 deck at 24bit/88.2K; then coverted
to 24bit/44.1K and MP3 VBR encoded
Take
a soundwalk on the wild side (Roseburg style); order a Judge Bean
burger, fries, some suds to share with your sweetheart, and get
down with some loud homebrew Blues with the locals.
Recorded
at perspective shown in photo to stage using headworn DSM-6S/M
mic + PA-24NJ
preamp + TCD-D100
DAT deck.
DOWNLOAD
Jersey Lily Tuesday Blues Ambient 11:28MIN 17.4MEG
The
Legendary ZERO Band
Martin
Fierro, Vocals & Sax
Plays
to a dancing crowd of 350 fans
1994 at Eugene Oregon's WOW Hall
Recorded
Using DSM-GUY HRTF Baffle System for 3-D Ambient Surround Stereo
All
these selections kindly sent by Mike Albright.
Recorded using headworn DSM-6S/M & 6S/L mics directly
into TCD-D7/D3 portable DAT decks or Sony PCM-M10 digital
deck
Named
in honor of a sketch by the Monty Python comedy troupe,
this 4-piece band of Santa Barbara, CA high school cronies
came to be known as Toad the Wet Sprocket in 1986. To
this day, their mellow, melodic folk-pop sound made
them one of the most successful alternative rock bands
of the early 1990s.
NOTORIOUS
Plays 80's TOP 40
IAT
Big Band Plays
FULL
FAITH & CREDIT BIG BAND
September 15, 2006 Culvers Restaurant, Sutherlin,
Oregon
BABA
MAAL KOSONO BAND
Patricia
Barber 
NEIL
YOUNG 
Jersey
Lily Open Mike Blues Tuesday
Medeski,
Martin, & Wood
JERRY
GARCIA BAND
MARK
KNOPFLER 
