The Evening Sun Op 3 No. 2 (staffpad)

Bock - Far from the home I love

I. The Spark
Perception begins before presence, and blossoms within it.

II. Echoes of You
Definitions sometimes stand against reality.

III. Collide 
The inevitable explosion of closeness.

IV. The Absence 
The silence after the event.

1. The Spark

A lovely song about the end of the human race in a Victorian alternate history, with lots of lovely subtext about the destruction of the planet and human hubris.

Enjoy!

The Airship Is Going Down

Overwave

This recording needs some explanation: 
It is made to compare two systems 1/ a stereo binaural system with two omnis, like SASS or likewise and 2/ a system with two cardioids sitting as close as possible to one another, facing 90 degrees left and right, so called ”X-Y” stereo.
The track is continous, that is 5s taken from the binaural track, then the following 5s from the XY track, then the following 5s from the binaural track and so forth.  The two recorings were made simultaniously.
One can hear that the omnis don´t have exactly the same ”tone” as the cardioids, but it´s more interesting to hear the difference because of the distance between the omnis compared to the distance between the cardiois. As the omnis are about 150mm apart from one another they will pick up a phase stereo, while the cardioids will not, as they are too close too ane another. 
Thereby, the cardioids will ”place” the  traffic noise in the middle of the stereo picture where it becomes more (psyco acoustically) audible. 
I certainly find the sound from the omni rig much more pleasant than from the XY. In the same time I am aware of that ”all” professional people would classify the XY as more ”correct”. 
This, I think, goes back to a very old dogm. Fifty years ago, the broadcasting companies, BBC in particular, had problems with the coming stereo television sets: How can we (BBC) produce a stereo  sound that sounds good also in the mono set up´s? The best answer was M/S stereo, where the M (mid) came out nicely also in the mono TV loudspeakers. The next best was XY stereo, with the cardioid capsules so close to one another that the phase differences could be neglected. That was fifty years ago, but ”you can´t use binaural systems professionally” still lives on.
A fact is that XY stereo produces a better amplitude stereo when loudspeakers are used, which everyone with nearfield monitors will hear. It is also clearly visible if you open the track with Audacity for example. But it is a ”better sound” compared to the omnis?

Binaural stereo  vs. XY

Joseph's Song - Michael Card ( How could it be) Piano cover by Pradeep Fernando

Fr. Bryan gave this homily on the feast of St. Joseph at St. Thomas Chaldean Catholic Church in West Bloomfield, Michigan.  He preached about St. Joseph's title, "Mirror of Patience" and how he can help us be patient in our lives.

Fr. Bryan Kassa - 4th Sunday of Advent - Feast of St. Joseph

The Spiritual Scientist Podcast www.thespiritualscientist.com

Is It Really Possible To Be Happy While You Yourself See So Much Suffering In Your Life As Well As

'a cælo usque ad centrum'
Modular Hedonism.
Track created in 2018.

Tools :
O-Coast > Afterneath pedal.
Volca Bass.
Volca Sample.
Geist.
Mixed in Logic Pro 9.

Associated image : Petrus Major.

Constellation [modular hedonism]

Day 1 of February 2021's #7DaysofVGM challenge
Theme: Time Travel
Prompt: Time Machine