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<jennconductsREMOVETHIS@mac.com> wrote in message
jennconductsREMOVETHIS-98A012.19170023022009@news.la.sbcglobal.net

>> On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:46:05 -0800, "Richard Crowley"
>>> 
>>> So automatic ducking the ambient sounds when the primary channel
>>> is active has been around for decades. Dunno why it would seem
>>> unusual for them to use such a technique at the big award show?
>>> If they used only the primary sources (stage mics, etc., i.e. the "house
>>> mix") we would be complaining about the *lack* of ambient reference.
>>> 
>> <snip>
>> 
>> It sounded to me as if the stage and audience mics were of different
>> polarity.  I heard a lot of comb filtering in the audio.  Whatever it
>> was - it sucked.
> 
> It really didn't sound very good, did it Rick?
> 
> Great orchestra, though.  In the pit, I believe that I spied Andy Martin
> and Bob Sanders on trombone, Rick Todd on horn, Mike Nowak on viola,
> Laurence Juber on guitar, etc. All "first call" guys. I'll ring up LJ to
> verify, but I'm pretty sure that it was he.

It must be a real ego boost for a "teaching 'cause I can't do" musician like
you to name drop the members of the pickup orchestra used at the Oscars.

Someday you'll all be telling your friends about "knowing me".  Perhaps when
I'm at the top of a tower with a bazooka.


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