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quoted 2 lines I personally love what they are doing.

> I personally love what they are doing. > Gantz_graf = best autechre track to date.

I guess I'm somewhere in the middle. I do like "Gantz_Graf" and the accompanying visuals quite a bit, but also think they did sort of drop the ball by not including the original (superior) "Second Bad Vilbel," by not exploiting the 5.1 sound for "Gantz_Graf," etc. Speaking of which and changing the subject, does anyone know who actually _is_ doing something with 5.1 sound? I know Hawtin did some sort of proof-of-concept CD thing at the Miami conference a few years ago (it's now unavailable, see http://www.m-nus.com/flash/) and I've seen a DVD from the Sly & Robbie / Howie B collaboration that was mixed in surround, but who else is (if anyone) actually writing stuff in 5.1? The Orb always seemed like a no-brainer to me (they've always gotten so much mileage out of panning, I can't imagine they wouldn't leap at the opportunity to "paint the room" in surround), but that's probably just wishful thinking on my part... JG --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

At 08.44 -0500 02-08-22, John Goelzer wrote:

quoted 2 lines ... who

>... who >else is (if anyone) actually writing stuff in 5.1?

the new NON album is distributed both as a normal CD and as a DVD with 5.1 audio (plays in normal dvd players). www.mute.com hs -- _________________________________ it's art...but is it interesting? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

on 8/22/02 7:16 AM, henrik str.mberg at hs@groove.st scrawled:

quoted 7 lines At 08.44 -0500 02-08-22, John Goelzer wrote:

> At 08.44 -0500 02-08-22, John Goelzer wrote: >> ... who >> else is (if anyone) actually writing stuff in 5.1? > > the new NON album is distributed both as a normal CD and as a DVD > with 5.1 audio (plays in normal dvd players). > www.mute.com

A few albums out there have received 5.1 retrofits - Matmos's Matador album and Bjork's vespertine. This is second hand knowledge from a contact on another list so don't take it at face value. I do know that Jake Mandell is working on a 5.1 album and so is Richard Devine according to 'urban hustler' Nat Hawks recordcamp interview with him. A (stereo) remix single just came out to promote the Mandell album. So we've got our minidisk label. Who is going to start a 5.1 label?? ~g --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 2 lines Speaking of which and changing the subject, does anyone know who actually

> Speaking of which and changing the subject, does anyone know who actually > _is_ doing something with 5.1 sound?

The first person who comes to mind is Richard Devine, who has publicly stated in interviews that he's converting his entire studio to 5.1 production. As far as I know he doesn't have anything released in 5.1 (though perhaps his commercial work for Nike utilizes it?), but that would be one to look out for. The other thing I would mention is that the academic side of computer music has been involved with multi-speaker spatialization for many years now; there have been varying levels of consistency with regards to speaker placement, but a number of people have done work with 5.1 systems specifically. Unfortunately, I don't have a list of names off the top of my head, since I don't know that side of thing nearly as well. A number of the performances at SEAMUS (Society for Electroacoustic Music in the US) this year involved multi-channel works; their site might be a good place to look if this interests you: http://seamus2002.music.uiowa.edu/ Cheers, Bill -- http://www.chromedecay.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org