I have an idea for promoting Ancient Acoustics in Spotify service. As Spotify offers transmission of compressed music it was crucial to verify that ancient theatre filter impact can be perceived in compressed material. It turns out that it does if only it is applied to CD quality music and compressed afterwards. See example below.

Result

  1. Original sound Celine Dion “Immortality” CD quality compressed to mp3 320 kb/s
    https://ancient-acoustics.com/samples/C%C3%A9line-Dion-Immortality%20comp.mp3
  2. Processed sound as in the ancient theatre applied to CD quality compressed then to mp3 320 kb/s.
    https://ancient-acoustics.com/samples/C%C3%A9line-Dion-Immortality-p2%20comp.mp3

What is to be gained here?

The music with Ancient Acoustics effect explores much of the ways we hear sound and behind it stands multicentury experience of ancient engineers. You can try it yourself. But there is also a long term effect. Hearing the music with Ancient Acoustics effect enables hearing more details in the recording without this effect. It may also get addictive.

For doing this some form of agreement with the artist is needed to work on his production version. But I think Spotify can help here giving artists the hint and streamlining their interest.

I think Spotify can suggest artists this way of presenting their music and  may gain new experience for its listeners.

[ Some work should be added as clapping hands or strong percussion should be avoided but it was so in the original theatres of Antiquity. ]

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Idea-Submissions/Community-Radio-Thrilling-Experience-Ancient-acoustics-for/idi-p/5185081#M127954

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