Yes, I thought the sound was pretty good too, and I liked the vocals being so high up in the mix.
OTOH, with a voice of her quality, I did slightly wonder about the need for electronic amplification at all. In a place with such a good acoustic as the Barbican it shouldn't really be necessary for someone who can actually sing properly, as DCD-woman, whatever her name is, can. OK, when the rest of the band were playing then she'd have been drowned out by all the amplified sounds, but there were some songs where she was pretty much solo, but still used a microphone, which seemed a little bit of a cop-out.
The other thing that bemused me about the sound is the fact that such considerable expense and effort has gone into making absolutely sure that the Barbican, despite its size and cavernousness, doesn't have an echo. But considerable expense and effort had then also gone into putting an echo back in electronically in the course of processing and amplification of the sound. Yes, sure, I know why it happens like that, but it does seem a little nuts. :-)
Seriously, it made me think of what bloody awful sound quality most rock venues have, mainly because the Barbican's is so extremely good. Why on earth do we put up with it?
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on 2005-04-07 09:08 am (UTC)OTOH, with a voice of her quality, I did slightly wonder about the need for electronic amplification at all. In a place with such a good acoustic as the Barbican it shouldn't really be necessary for someone who can actually sing properly, as DCD-woman, whatever her name is, can. OK, when the rest of the band were playing then she'd have been drowned out by all the amplified sounds, but there were some songs where she was pretty much solo, but still used a microphone, which seemed a little bit of a cop-out.
The other thing that bemused me about the sound is the fact that such considerable expense and effort has gone into making absolutely sure that the Barbican, despite its size and cavernousness, doesn't have an echo. But considerable expense and effort had then also gone into putting an echo back in electronically in the course of processing and amplification of the sound. Yes, sure, I know why it happens like that, but it does seem a little nuts. :-)
Seriously, it made me think of what bloody awful sound quality most rock venues have, mainly because the Barbican's is so extremely good. Why on earth do we put up with it?