David: I have a modern Casio Keyboard that can play many different pipe
organ sounds.

The Casio Keyboard has build in reflex speakers. Knowing how real pipe
organs works, I was amazed on all of the different parts those speakers
were able to produce at the same time. With depth and separation.

It's almost like a 3D audio experience. -If you will!

We had this crude technology for a very long time. Considering the
history of the organ pipes. The human ear had always been conscience of
the direction of sound.

But unfortunately, I think that many recording studio were either very
expensive to record or not equipped with this type of equipment when
Quadraphonic came out.

Most of pop/rock/rock&roll is usually a piece of music that is usually
less then 4 min long and most of the instruments are playing at the same
time. So a Quadraphonic recording of that might not have much of an effect.

Whereas, with Jazz or Classical music, the pieces are much longer. The
different musical instruments will have individual parts to play and the
many different combinations. Music of these types would be far better
for Quadraphonic recording.

I guess if Quadraphonic technology came out 50 years earlier, it might
of caught on better during the swing/bebop era.

Funny that 3D photography is about 100 year old if not more!

73----73----73---- 73----

Steven





David wrote:

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 00:56:49 GMT, Bob Miller
wrote:


On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:47:00 -0400, SR wrote:


I am interested in learning more about Quadraphonic stereos and it's music.

Stereos usually had 2 speakers.

But if the stereo had four speakers or more, did that makes it Quadraphonic?

To know if the stereo was Quadraphonic, must the word Quadraphonic be
mention in the manual? -Describing it as a Quadraphonic Receiver?

And what about Quadraphonic music being broadcast from the radio? How
did that worked?

Does Joe Franklyn, Danny Styles, Symphony Sid or Phil Shapp plays any of
this?

Ah those beautiful stereos with silver faces, needle light and silky
turner. Those were the days!


QTH New York City
73, SR!

I seem to recall quadraphonic LPs came and went in a year or two in
the Seventies. No one could figure out what to put in the rear
speakers. It didn't make sense to be sitting in the middle of a band,
sound-wise.

bob
k5qwg


SQ worked on the radio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrophonic