Conceptual mixing

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:51 pm

This is a bit weird, but I stumbled across this article by Walter Murch about the conceptual spectrum and mixing for clarity. The mixing in this context is sound design mixing for film, rather than purely musical mixing. Walter Murch is a very well known sound designer (to say the least) and has done many huge films.

But anyway, I thought it was very interesting; his idea of the 'conceptual spectrum', his law of 2.5 items, and his conception of 6 items being a dense 'mass'.

It made me think a little about musical mixing, all music for Murch resides at the red end of the conceptual spectrum, but I have been thinking about how this theory could create conceptually clearer mixes. vocals are obviously in the 'blue' part of the spectrum to some degree, and what about other elements. Well, you'll have to read the article to see what I mean.

the article will want to save to your local drive for some reason. Their server is set up badly I guess.
http://www.ps1.org/cut/volume/murch.html

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:15 pm

cool. Any idea on how to make that sucker load with the images, too? I have no clue

basetwo · Post by **basetwo** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:22 pm

Machinate wrote:cool. Any idea on how to make that sucker load with the images, too? I have no clue

Did a search on "dense clarity clear density" and found this:

http://www.transom.org/guests/review/20 ... urch2.html

There are pics on this one, have no idea if they are the same ones though.

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:34 pm

Conceptual. Aaaahhhrrggg...

Angstrom · Post by **Angstrom** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:21 pm

basetwo wrote:
Machinate wrote:cool. Any idea on how to make that sucker load with the images, too? I have no clue
Did a search on "dense clarity clear density" and found this:
http://www.transom.org/guests/review/20 ... urch2.html
There are pics on this one, have no idea if they are the same ones though.

thanks, that's a bit more readable and even has some of the relevant audio/video files too.

BTW - I got my original ugly link from the filmsound link list, here:
http://www.filmsound.org/theory/

I was actually drawn toward this idea of conceptual spaces by considering the visual design work of Syd Mead, and wondering about the equivalent methodologies for sound and music. Something I do anyway, but Syd Mead is such a genius I realised I could at least improve!