Comments on: The first e-orchestra? http://blog.osirra.com/2009/10/25/the-first-e-orchestra/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:35:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: slatfatf http://blog.osirra.com/2009/10/25/the-first-e-orchestra/comment-page-1/#comment-4261 slatfatf Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:09:57 +0000 http://blog.osirra.com/?p=3297#comment-4261 I think you are wrong. Members of orchestras do not use audio feedback to achieve what they need because even in a reasonable sized orchestra the sound from the others in terms of timing would be confusing. That's why they al watch the conductor to get the timing in and the beat. Visual clues (speed of light) are ok, speed of sound, not ok. So on the internet you would need the equivalent of a conductor. That can be accomplished by setting the tempo and aligning the clocks. Then a simple regular check of the latency between the clocks of each remote instrument would allow you to align the instruments. If you then played the final sound maybe with a 0.5 second delay you could align all the instruments in the clock signals and hey presto all would be in sync. You would not sort the tuning issue or volume but you could equally balance the sounds of the instruments electronically (simple). The tuning is just down to getting good players. I think you are wrong. Members of orchestras do not use audio feedback to achieve what they need because even in a reasonable sized orchestra the sound from the others in terms of timing would be confusing. That’s why they al watch the conductor to get the timing in and the beat. Visual clues (speed of light) are ok, speed of sound, not ok.

So on the internet you would need the equivalent of a conductor. That can be accomplished by setting the tempo and aligning the clocks. Then a simple regular check of the latency between the clocks of each remote instrument would allow you to align the instruments. If you then played the final sound maybe with a 0.5 second delay you could align all the instruments in the clock signals and hey presto all would be in sync.

You would not sort the tuning issue or volume but you could equally balance the sounds of the instruments electronically (simple). The tuning is just down to getting good players.

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