[microsound] Re: installation people

[Jim Warchol <jwarchol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I did a sound art piece with 3 colleagues this past spring that 
involved 5 portable cd players into a mixer. The cd players were 
turned on and set on repeat each day by the gallery staff, and lasted 
just fine (the installation ran for about a month). We used an 8 
channel Behringer mixer, which you can get for about $129 US, and 
that held up really well too. No problems at all.

Our piece was meant as a generative looped work, so synchronizing the 
cd players was not an issue. I would imagine you could achieve the 
same with portable minidisc players, but they are more expensive. We 
found our cd players for around $30 ea, and we left a couple extra in 
case any fried out. Luckily, they all lasted. Good luck.

Jim


> From :   Bernard Elsmere <belsmere@xxxxxxxxxxx>   
>
> I know this is a tech question, but...
> are there any art installation people out there who've set up multiple
> (8 or more) channel sound works on a budget? I'm wondering about synchronising
> cheap CD players versus multiple ADATs and the whole amplification
> issue...
> Any suggestions/resources would be lovely.
>
> Bernard
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>
>
> don't expect portable cd players to be in sync, especially cheap ones.
> decks are more useful in such arenas,
> but cheapest (quality, as well as, cash) would be to put the sound 
> on tape, splitting the tracks for
> multiple channels.
>
> best
> kelly
>
> kelly_davis@xxxxxxx

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