[SCA-AE] Noise at events

[Eric France]

--- Diana Slivinska <slavicdiva at pobox.com> wrote:
> I have been holding my breath for several days now, hoping that the 
> "why not mike court?" idea would just go away...far, far away...
> 
> I loathe artificial amplification.  It has crept in as the "solution"
> to all sorts of perceived vocal ills, to the point where it's more 
> unusual to hear a natural, unassisted human voice in any capacity
> than the other way around.  It's even gotten so that "live" voices
are 
> "sweetened" electronically, so that the "performer" can gyrate madly 
> about the stage, hanging from his or her toenails, and not sound like
> they're exerting themselves at all.  Technology has even been used to
> camouflage the fact that a singer can't sing in tune to save his or
> her life!

Guiletta, YOU don't need electric amplification. ;-)

However, I have been at many, many courts in several kingdoms where the
herald's voice could not reach the middle of the hall, let alone the
back...either because he/she lacked the respiratory fortitude, or
because of the atrocious acoustics of the venue, or both.

grendel