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| re: Now hear this: How ‘Into the Woods’ makes the noise so joyful | |
| Posted by: sirpupnyc 12:43 pm EDT 07/31/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Now hear this: How ‘Into the Woods’ makes the noise so joyful - Chromolume 12:13 pm EDT 07/31/22 | |
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| Interesting that you note Once on This Island, which I thought had horrendous sound design. I didn't hear any live sound in the room, only what came booming out of the ceiling. If someone's singing ten feet in front of me, facing me, they should sound like their voice is coming from their mouth. I guess negating the space and the in-the-round problem by creating a design where everyone in the audience is hearing the same thing is a solution, but it's not one I'm in favor of. At OOTI it was so grating from the start that I never settled into actually seeing the show. I'd much rather hear at least some spatial relationship in the sound, as I would without amplification...if someone's over there, let them sound like they're over there. Sound design as support, not so it sounds like the whole sound. Circle in the Square presents unique problems, but it's also not so big a room that actors should need a lot of amplification to make themselves heard. |
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| Agreed re OOTI | |
| Posted by: TimDunleavy 01:54 pm EDT 07/31/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Now hear this: How ‘Into the Woods’ makes the noise so joyful - sirpupnyc 12:43 pm EDT 07/31/22 | |
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| Agreed about the horrendous sound design of Once on This Island. I was in Row F, but I couldn't follow the plot because I could barely hear the lyrics or dialog. On the song "Mama Will Provide," I couldn't understand a single word except the title of the song. Atrocious. |
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| re: Agreed re OOTI | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 04:50 pm EDT 07/31/22 | |
| In reply to: Agreed re OOTI - TimDunleavy 01:54 pm EDT 07/31/22 | |
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| I wish I could go back in time and experience the show again. Perhaps I was just so excited to see it? In any case, I don't remember having any trouble hearing things clearly (and Alex Newell's "Mama Will Provide" was a definite highlight for me). Maybe I was sitting in a place where where the sound was more favorable? I don't know. All I can say, and with a musician's ears to boot, was that I felt it worked. I'm sorry others didn't feel that way. | |
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