Comments on: Virtuous Circle: Björk Live https://www.audiotechnology.com/features/virtuous-circle-bjork-live Everything for the audio engineer, producer & recording musician. Tue, 16 May 2023 23:32:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: alchemedia https://www.audiotechnology.com/features/virtuous-circle-bjork-live#comment-42743 Mon, 08 May 2023 05:58:53 +0000 https://www.audiotechnology.com/?p=75127#comment-42743 In reply to Aidan d’Adhemar.

Hi Aidan. Interesting feedback. I was lucky enough to be about 25m from the stage and probably about 15m from centre. I think the choir was almost the most impressive aspect of the spatial sound for me. It wasn’t spectacular, but it was very convincing — like I wasn’t listening to a PA. Some of the spatial stuff was intentionally a bit chaotic (the FOH mixer was at pains to point that out!). I’d suggest the vast majority of the audience would have no expectation of what ‘spatial’ might sound like but you most certainly did have an expectation, which wasn’t met from your seat. — Chris.

]]> By: Aidan d'Adhemar https://www.audiotechnology.com/features/virtuous-circle-bjork-live#comment-42740 Wed, 03 May 2023 05:15:47 +0000 https://www.audiotechnology.com/?p=75127#comment-42740 Hi, I went to see this show in Perth – the hype marketing of an immersive sound space set an expectation that this would be something very special. I was seated about 3/4 of the way to the rear of the seating in the hoekker, and I was dissapointed to say the least. Immersive? God no – there were some occassional sound effects to the rear from some satellite speakers but the overall sound was no different than a regular gig – big – but at times incoherent, muddy and not even a perceived tereo field! Main speaker placement seemed to be in two rows – one at the stage and one about 1/3 down the hanger. Normal FOH and delays? I dont know, but the bulk of the sound was singular and in front. Did I sit in a bad spot for audio? Dont know but I still paid $180 for a ticket expecting way much more.

]]>