Marvelous playing from the quartet. Always wondered what an ensemble of carbon instruments would sound like and now I finally can rest me eyes easy at night.
La nostalgia y el pasar por puristas impide ver y oír que el futuro está tocando las puertas de los antiguos instrumentos. Un reloj suizo eran una maravilla pero vino el digital y democratizó la perfección a una fracción del costo. Al igual que la fotografía tradicional y la digital, solo es cuestión de tiempo para que la fibra de carbono sustituya la madera. Siempre quedarán románticos aferrados a la tradición con lo cual está asegurada la continuidad marginal. Seguro que el sonido tiene sus particularidades entre la fibra y la madera, pero es cuestión de ir apreciando esa nueva sensación y seguro que así será. Es probable que, como la música antigua sigue copando la escena de los conciertos (cosa que hallo extraño pero que habla muy bien de la "oscuridad" en la que se gestó la música occidental), los instrumentos clásicos se resistirán a desaparecer y esto sucederá más lentamente que en las otras ramas del arte.
Speaking as a recording engineer, in order to properly gauge the sound of these instruments it would have been better not to have recorded them with such distant microphoning in such a reverberant location. Because of these obvious sonic limitations, no conclusions can be drawn about the instrument sound quality. There are other RUclips channels that better allow such assessments.
I promise you it's the environment they're playing in; watch any of these videos: ruclips.net/video/cc5t3c2LzXE/видео.html ruclips.net/video/8KUVXNKxooc/видео.html&feature=emb_title&fbclid=IwAR1G0trGDeVhhiS31wS0scVlTd4Gbq7jdTHnXnGykQG-wMj0kpJLsTMspcM
You may be biased, in a blind competition a Mezzo Forte violin beat other wood instruments: www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/carbon-fiber-beats-wood-at-instrument-competition/
Agreed, just as i suspected. Really sterile and clean. Maybe even closer to what the composer would have thought it would sound like. Think about it, it would be really hard to imagine the subtle nuances of resonating woodfibre into a composition. Instead the rigid nature of carbon fibre would be more in line with there intentions after all. Maybe after all these years of classical music we finally get to hear the true intention of the pieces of music left for us.
I thought classical music was more about performing what's written down, rather than a musician's "efforts"? I'm an Irish fiddle & whistle player, since 2000, so this isn't my "forte" no pun intended. I just ordered a carbon violin in the hopes that it works for Irish music... but folk music is far more reliant on musicians improvising, and adding personal touches; I wonder how it will end up working now.
The ones made by Glasser are a lot nicer-looking. I don't know how they compare on sound, save for the videos on Fiddlershop. It would be nice if somebody did a comparison of the Mezzo-Forte vs. the Glasser.
I believe these designs are the way forward, while most classical music may be timeless, it’s visual style isn’t. I think it’s time we did away with the overly formal dress codes, the tails and the overly fancy/flashy instruments.
I like the performance BUT the carbon fibre instruments lack that "organic" resonance, that lively tone that wood produces. I would never trade a traditional violin to carbon fibre! If you want the tinny, electronic sound, go with a Yamaha electric violin, and if you're after a true acoustic sound, stick with wood. This is sort of in-between that has no purpose other than a weather-proof factor if you are a busker and want to take your instrument onto the street. IMHO.
You may be biased because in a blind sound competition a Mezzo Forte violin won: www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/carbon-fiber-beats-wood-at-instrument-competition/
Is not the fault of the instruments, is the venue and the microphones. Here, this sounds god damn organic to me: ruclips.net/video/csFQvJD4O9A/видео.html
Videos were autoplaying in the background while I was working and this came on. Immediately I thought there was something wrong with my computer because the sound was so tinny and unnatural, checked it out and realised it's Carbon Fibre instruments. Not a big fan of this, you just need to close your eyes to realise how hollow it really sounds.
You are correct. The sound is thin and less resonant. It isn't totally unpleasant, but it wouldn't be my first choice for listening. I do note that they have wood bridges and likely wood sound posts. These make a big difference on carbon fiber instruments,
I'm not an expert on sound, but the black of the carbon fiber matches damn well with their suits!
I like the chairs.
Marvelous playing from the quartet. Always wondered what an ensemble of carbon instruments would sound like and now I finally can rest me eyes easy at night.
We probably hear the future of stringed instruments in this video ...
the body still sounds bit lean and hollow
I fell in love with Carbon Fiber strings. Gonna get one.
adequate maybe. The cello has the best sound. The violins are harsh and lack volume and bite.
Not only sound but depth
I wonder if you play these under water.😀
La nostalgia y el pasar por puristas impide ver y oír que el futuro está tocando las puertas de los antiguos instrumentos. Un reloj suizo eran una maravilla pero vino el digital y democratizó la perfección a una fracción del costo. Al igual que la fotografía tradicional y la digital, solo es cuestión de tiempo para que la fibra de carbono sustituya la madera. Siempre quedarán románticos aferrados a la tradición con lo cual está asegurada la continuidad marginal. Seguro que el sonido tiene sus particularidades entre la fibra y la madera, pero es cuestión de ir apreciando esa nueva sensación y seguro que así será. Es probable que, como la música antigua sigue copando la escena de los conciertos (cosa que hallo extraño pero que habla muy bien de la "oscuridad" en la que se gestó la música occidental), los instrumentos clásicos se resistirán a desaparecer y esto sucederá más lentamente que en las otras ramas del arte.
lovely played, its the musician not the instrument that makes music beautiful.
Speaking as a recording engineer, in order to properly gauge the sound of these instruments it would have been better not to have recorded them with such distant microphoning in such a reverberant location. Because of these obvious sonic limitations, no conclusions can be drawn about the instrument sound quality. There are other RUclips channels that better allow such assessments.
Bravissimo!
Carbon Strings are amazing..better than wood
These carbon fiber instruments sound horrendous.
Metallic. Hollow. Muffled. Like tin cans with strings on them.
I promise you it's the environment they're playing in; watch any of these videos:
ruclips.net/video/cc5t3c2LzXE/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/8KUVXNKxooc/видео.html&feature=emb_title&fbclid=IwAR1G0trGDeVhhiS31wS0scVlTd4Gbq7jdTHnXnGykQG-wMj0kpJLsTMspcM
What are you talking about? In which way the sound is "muffled" and "hollow". It sounds like any other performance with wood instruments.
Honestly these instruments sound like ghosts. They really lack any warmth of sound, despite the efforts of the musicians
You may be biased, in a blind competition a Mezzo Forte violin beat other wood instruments: www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/carbon-fiber-beats-wood-at-instrument-competition/
My bet is that the bottleneck is with the mic of whoever is working the recording.
Agreed, just as i suspected. Really sterile and clean. Maybe even closer to what the composer would have thought it would sound like. Think about it, it would be really hard to imagine the subtle nuances of resonating woodfibre into a composition. Instead the rigid nature of carbon fibre would be more in line with there intentions after all. Maybe after all these years of classical music we finally get to hear the true intention of the pieces of music left for us.
I thought classical music was more about performing what's written down, rather than a musician's "efforts"? I'm an Irish fiddle & whistle player, since 2000, so this isn't my "forte" no pun intended. I just ordered a carbon violin in the hopes that it works for Irish music... but folk music is far more reliant on musicians improvising, and adding personal touches; I wonder how it will end up working now.
@@erikm8372 how's your carbon fiber ?
It is an enchanting sound but I wonder if a red/brown color might make the instruments more appealing visually.
The ones made by Glasser are a lot nicer-looking. I don't know how they compare on sound, save for the videos on Fiddlershop. It would be nice if somebody did a comparison of the Mezzo-Forte vs. the Glasser.
I believe these designs are the way forward, while most classical music may be timeless, it’s visual style isn’t. I think it’s time we did away with the overly formal dress codes, the tails and the overly fancy/flashy instruments.
I like the performance BUT the carbon fibre instruments lack that "organic" resonance, that lively tone that wood produces. I would never trade a traditional violin to carbon fibre! If you want the tinny, electronic sound, go with a Yamaha electric violin, and if you're after a true acoustic sound, stick with wood. This is sort of in-between that has no purpose other than a weather-proof factor if you are a busker and want to take your instrument onto the street. IMHO.
You may be biased because in a blind sound competition a Mezzo Forte violin won:
www.limelightmagazine.com.au/news/carbon-fiber-beats-wood-at-instrument-competition/
Is not the fault of the instruments, is the venue and the microphones. Here, this sounds god damn organic to me: ruclips.net/video/csFQvJD4O9A/видео.html
"Organic resonance"? "Lively tone"? Man. Seriously? It sounds like any performance with wood instruments. All of that sounds the same to me.
Videos were autoplaying in the background while I was working and this came on. Immediately I thought there was something wrong with my computer because the sound was so tinny and unnatural, checked it out and realised it's Carbon Fibre instruments. Not a big fan of this, you just need to close your eyes to realise how hollow it really sounds.
What are you talking about? There's no difference between this and wood instruments.
@@diegosepulveda2222 I can't tell if you're joking
You are correct. The sound is thin and less resonant. It isn't totally unpleasant, but it wouldn't be my first choice for listening. I do note that they have wood bridges and likely wood sound posts. These make a big difference on carbon fiber instruments,