Meeting Topic: 1.The optimum reverberation volume for musicians/2.Education of the Tonmeister and Classical Music Recording in Germany
Moderator Name: Hiroshi Nakamura
Speaker Name: 1.Hideo Irimajiri / Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc./2.Kazuya Nagae / Nagoya University of Arts
Other business or activities at the meeting:
1. The consideration about optimal mixing level of an anechoic room recording source and a sound using electronic reverberator.
The lecturer Mr.Irimajiri has done the experiment that some subjects mix an anechoic room recording music and erectronic reverberation. As a result, he finds the formula that predictable optimum reverberation volume.
2. The lecturer Mr.Nagae reported the research on Tonmeister education and classical music recording that was carried out while he stayed in Berlin for one year from April,2012.
Mr.Nagae introduced the German educational system Tonmeister, intended to train specialists who will be fully talented as recording producers as well as balance engineers. That system began in 1949 at universities of music in Germany. He also demonstrated several examples of recording made by Tonmeisters.
Meeting Location: Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. / Osaka