Re: [Sursound] S(PACE) Symposium

hi dylan! On 01/25/2011 12:08 AM, Dylan Menzies wrote: > Also we are looking for people interested in presenting. If this is you > please contact me with a brief summary of what you would like to talk > about and any questions. There are some funds to support this. i could talk about recording

[Sursound] S(PACE) Symposium

An afternoon symposium on the use of use of spatial sound techniques in music will be taking place at De Montfort University, Leicester UK on Wednesday 4th May. It will feature talks from members of the Music Technology and Innovation Group and from outside. The idea is intersperse the talks w

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 02:47:25AM +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > it does not correspond to any particular point on the sphere, but it > is a sample nonetheless. Yes, a sample in the spectral domain. > when explaining that to students, i often > use an image analogy: > when i want to transmi

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

Keith Howard's article on Trifield is also in the Motherlode: http://decoy.iki.fi/dsound/ambisonic/motherlode/source/Trifield1.pdf Eero ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] AMB Playback

Thankyou Justin and Ronald, interesting gear but way out of my price range. The Halo anyway. I'm currently trying to work up the courage to spend a bunch of $$ on a mid to high end shotgun mic. It would be nice though to be able to listen to surround without having to burn a dvd rw. Getting i

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

Eero Aro wrote: > J?rn Nettingsmeier wrote: >> in theory, you can. in practice, you can't, because you'd have to know >> what stereo technique was used during recording > > Yes you can. > > Just one word: Trifield. Steven Dive wrote: ... > I understand that Trifield is derived from the same gro

[Sursound] Fwd: Re: 3rd International Symposium on Ambisonics and Spherical Acoustics

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Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

nfigurations like ortf or ab. However... spaced microphone configurations on the input (which was the context of this discussion) is more difficult. I've put some work into it, but haven't got anything to show for it yet. Svein -- next part -- An HTML attachment was

Re: [Sursound] AMB Playback

On 24 Jan 2011, at 13:04, Justin Bennett wrote: > I use an RME fireface audio interface. It has a built in Matrix mixer which > allows you to route and mix any software output (or hardware input) to > any hardware output. Because you have quite fine control over the > mix levels and you can flip t

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

Hi Daniel, On 24.01.2011, at 18:55, Daniel Courville wrote: > Le 11-01-24 10:23, Andrew Levine a écrit : >> I imagine it would require quite a complex piece of software that could >> differentiate sound sources by grouping their spectral components, >> reconstruct the original positions and then r

Re: [Sursound] AMB Playback

On 24 Jan 2011, at 18:00, sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote: From: Bill de Garis Subject: [Sursound] AMB Playback To: Surround Sound discussion group Message-ID: <4d3c6a88.2050...@dgvo.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed On 23/01/2011 5:25 a.m., Justin Bennett

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

Le 11-01-24 10:23, Andrew Levine a écrit : >I imagine it would require quite a complex piece of software that could >differentiate sound sources by grouping their spectral components, >reconstruct the original positions and then recreate a LCR-soundstage. Hum... Probably Svein Berge's HARPEX proc

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

On 24 Jan 2011, at 08:36, Eero Aro wrote: > I agree that UHJ can be useful for certain single productions, but when > somebody is here on the list asking about Ambisonic decoding, in my > opinion you should give realistic answers. The realistic answer is that stereo, with over-compressed dynamics

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

On 01/24/2011 02:36 PM, Eero Aro wrote: (Ordinary) people use the AV amplifier which they already have in their livingroom. The amplifier has Dolby Digital and DTS. People are not going to buy an Ambisonic decoder. The late Mark Decker at the BBC didn't raise a citizen movement either, and he re

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

Hi Steven, On 24.01.2011, at 15:31, Steven Dive wrote: > I almost never see any info on recording techniques on record labels and I > can't foresee any record labels ever stating which microphone techniques were > used. DMP Digital Music Products used to do so when they ere in existance, Sheffi

Re: [Sursound] 3D audio event in Italy

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Re: [Sursound] 3D audio event in Italy (Sampo Syreeni)

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Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

From my perspective as a home user of a commercial home surround decoder (Ambisonic UHJ, Trifield, Dolby etc.), I almost never see any info on recording techniques on record labels and I can't foresee any record labels ever stating which microphone techniques were used. The manual for my Me

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

Phew! We have had this discussion before. Should dig the threads from Sursound archives. Never mind, here we go: Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: i beg to differ. it is still very useful. > i have done all my client's productions in HOA, even if they weren't interested > in any other target format t

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: in theory, you can. in practice, you can't, because you'd have to know what stereo technique was used during recording Yes you can. Just one word: Trifield. Eero ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

On 01/24/2011 05:57 AM, Robert Greene wrote: Actually, I think the remarks below represent a bit of a misconception about stereo playback. In actuality, if one used more speakers one could make stereo playback better in the sense that one could widen the spot in which it sounded reasonably corre

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

--On 23 January 2011 16:48 +0200 Eero Aro wrote: In my opinion, you can skip the on-going discussion about UHJ, I tend to agree, when considered as a carrier for (2D) surround - there are simply no facilities out there to make use of it - even computer decoding requires nerdy setup at prese