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Re:Zoom improvements requested by music schools by kilnr on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:11AM (#25788249)
How does this impact large orchestras? Some of these musicians have got to be (way) over 10 m apart. Even 10 m at the speed of sound is almost 30 ms.
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Re:Zoom improvements requested by music schools by saberdancer on Friday January 15, 2021 @03:34AM (#25788403)
That is the role of a conductor. He hears the piece as it should be heard and is active participant in "tuning" it. My understanding is that he can slow down/speed up various performers to get them in sync.

Performers need to learn to ignore the rest and play their instrument while looking at the conductor.

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Re:Zoom improvements requested by music schools by pishpash on Friday January 15, 2021 @04:33PM (#25796822)
That's why they rely on light in addition to sound: watching the conductor, watching each other.
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