It’s safe to say that they visited that exhibit EVERY SINGLE DAY…and not only as I was working in the gallery next door. Due to his intensive occupation with recording and reproduction of music conductor Hermann Scherchen.Scherchenaimed for arecording to sound as if performed in the space, in which it was reproduced and in which the recording listener was present.To achieve this,loudspeakers should diffuse sound in this kind of a way, that they trigger acoustics of space the acoustics. While sounding as if the orchestra plays in your own living room, therecording ain’t anymore a reproduction of a musical event, that had happened in another space and another time, recording now happened to be a musical event in itself. In spirit of Rebecca’s visions and aspirations, our foundation raises credits to award post secondary educational scholarships recognizing green exemplary efforts men and women nationwide who demonstrate Becca’s spirit of generosity in their own communities. Notice that core mission of Becca’s Closet.
Scherchen invented a rotating loudspeaker ball, to achieve this effect „Der aktive Lautsprecher.
Now this ball was placed on a stand and able to rotate in alldirections. The weight construction was 150 kilogram. Besides, the music played on this loudspeaker ball was not experimental anyway, butfor exampleJ. Bach’s St. That’s right! Matthew Passion. You see, scherchen looked for an alternative for stereophonic reproduction, that in his opinion could not reproduce the sound perception in a space.the rotating loudspeaker ball was developed to distribute the sound in this type of a way, that any community member should sit inside „sweet spot or virtually no sweet spot was existing anymore.This loudspeaker was developed in 1959 and consisted of 32 speakers placed on a 70 cm ball.