{"id":113,"date":"2016-03-05T23:36:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T23:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peterchilvers.com\/?p=113"},"modified":"2016-03-05T23:37:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T23:37:35","slug":"brian-enos-the-ship-in-geneva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterchilvers.com\/?p=113","title":{"rendered":"Brian Eno’s The Ship in Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve just returned from a fun, but exhausting week in Geneva setting up the latest installation version<\/a> of Brian Eno’s new album The Ship.<\/p>\n

The album has been reworked to play across many assorted speakers, ranging from modern PAs to ancient hifi components, scattered through the room.<\/p>\n

The launch itself was an arresting experience ; one of the final steps is to export the piece from a “working” form to a “playback” form (essentially creating a separate track for each speaker.) This takes several hours, and I’ve done it several times without hitch. This time, something went wrong…<\/p>\n

A software glitch caused all of the tracks to be reduced in volume by up to 5db, and we discovered this only after the process completed, an hour before opening.<\/p>\n

With no time to reexport, we hastily rebalanced it by ear, getting a working mix two minutes before opening. Then after the launch evening was over I had an “entertaining” experience repeating the export, working around the glitch and testing it, finishing at around 3:30 a.m.<\/p>\n

Many of these photos were taken during that time, when for the first time in my life I found myself alone in a museum at night. Spooky. It might make a good film.<\/p>\n

I slept well last night.<\/p>\n