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Recordings: Hudson Opera House
Sound samples for the flutes described on this site come
in two flavors:
- clips from commercial recordings made by various artists
on Folkers & Powell flutes (mostly baroque and classical
models), and
- recordings made specially for this web site (currently
only renaissance flutes).
The second kind are made in, or using the acoustic signature
of, the Hudson
Opera House, an 1855 Greek Revival arts and civic center
under restoration since1990 by a group of residents of Hudson,
NY, USA.
Users of Sound
Forge audio editing software can download three "impulse"
files containing the acoustic signature of the Opera House
performance space for their own use. The impulses are made
with the test tone playback equipment on stage, and the impulse
recovery setup in three different positions (to download these
files, right-click the links below and choose "Save target
as . . ."):
Here's an MP3 example of a four-part
renaissance flute consort recorded one track at a time
in an acoustically dead space and then enhanced with the HOH
third row impulse.
Here's another example of a solo
renaissance flute recorded live in the Opera House space,
with the microphone on stage and the performer standing on
the main floor immediately below.
If you are a Sound Forge user and can figure out how to put
these impulse .WAVs together with the photo into a .SFI file,
please let us know--the manual gives no details and Sonic
Foundry tech support does not answer inquiries.
Also if you live in the area and want to try making impulses
in different parts of the building, or with better equipment,
that would be a good idea and we'd be pleased to help.
Text and images copyright © 1997,1999, 2001 FOLKERS & POWELL, Makers of Historical
Flutes 
49 Route 25, Hudson NY 12534-9508, USA
VOICE: +1 518 828 9779 ~ FAX: [unpublished]
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