Introduction to ‘Hi-Fi’ and selected listenings
with special guests Peter Laurence and Seth Torres
This listening based workshop will introduce Hi-Fi audio reproduction – the concept, its problems, and charm. Following this, our guest presenters will preface several listenings selected from both their personal vinyl collections and the Universities extensive vinyl archive.
Vinyl listenings for this workshop include Taylor Swift, Miles Davis, and Karlheinz Stockhausen, among others. Our HiFi system will feature a vintage Thorens turntable and modern Genelec studio loudspeakers.
about our guests
As the Loeb Music Library’s Sound Recording Librarian, Peter Laurence is the Harvard Music Department’s resident vinyl expert. Peter is responsible for the library’s exhaustive collection of over 50,000 vinyl and shellac records.
Seth Torres is a Live Recording and Mix Engineer, and the Technical Director of the Harvard University Studio for Electro-acoustic Composition (HUSEAC). His focus for this workshop will be on stereo mastering for the vinyl format as illustrated by a recent example.