Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-11 Thread Marc Lavallée
Stefan Schreiber a écrit : > > Right. I was speaking of 360 horizontal. Just to be clear, how > > many speakers are necessary at minimum for a "full sphere 3D" > > system? I've been told that a double twisted hex (3 in front, 3 in > > back at ear level, and 3 in front, 3 in back up high twisted

Re: [Sursound] Opinions on the Brahma soundfield mic kit

2011-07-11 Thread umashankar mantravadi
t; >http://www.oomagamma.com/brahma_kit/brahma_kit.html > > > >This kit includes the mic, a modified 4ch Zoom 24/96 recorder, cables, a > >shockmount, 2 wind shields and a wooden case to put it all in, all for 729 > >euro > > > >This all seems far to good to be true, whats t

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2011-07-11 Thread umashankar mantravadi
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Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-11 Thread Stefan Schreiber
Bearcat M. Sandor wrote: On 7/11/2011 8:30 AM, Stefan Schreiber wrote: However, the "12+ channel" audio system (for Ambisonics?) is a caricature, at best. 8 horizontal speakers would be enough for Ambisonics 3rd order, for home purposes. 1st order can be reproduced with 4 speakers, you re

Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-11 Thread Eric Benjamin
> all of my material that was on there (plus a bit more), and all of John >Leonard's, I hadn't visited your pages in a while.  I particular like the roll-over informational photos. Between your material and John Leonard's material you have Early Music and environmental sounds fairly well covere

Re: [Sursound] Opinions on the Brahma soundfield mic kit

2011-07-11 Thread Dan Andrews
true, whats the catch? > >All the best > >Dan > > >-- next part -- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20110711/4 >2815fb6/attachment.html> > >

Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-11 Thread Paul Hodges
--On 10 July 2011 22:47 +0200 Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: the demise of ambisonia.com is lamentable, Indeed. But I'd like just to remind people that all of my material that was on there (plus a bit more), and all of John Leonard's, and Richard Lee's articles, are now available from my site

Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-11 Thread Bearcat M. Sandor
On 7/11/2011 8:30 AM, Stefan Schreiber wrote: However, the "12+ channel" audio system (for Ambisonics?) is a caricature, at best. 8 horizontal speakers would be enough for Ambisonics 3rd order, for home purposes. 1st order can be reproduced with 4 speakers, you really won't need more than 6.

Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-11 Thread Bearcat M. Sandor
On 7/11/2011 8:30 AM, Stefan Schreiber wrote: However, the "12+ channel" audio system (for Ambisonics?) is a caricature, at best. 8 horizontal speakers would be enough for Ambisonics 3rd order, for home purposes. 1st order can be reproduced with 4 speakers, you really won't need more than 6.

Re: [Sursound] Opinions on the Brahma soundfield mic kit

2011-07-11 Thread Eric Benjamin
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Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-11 Thread Peter Lennox
Haven't managed to follow the whole thread, but Dave Worrall's question about adaptation to others' pinnae: I think Fred Wightman and Doris Kistler did some on this, as did Hofman, Van Riswick and Van Opstal. The interesting point is that, initially, when listening with others' ears, spatial pe

Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-11 Thread Stefan Schreiber
Bearcat M. Şandor wrote: On 07/10/2011 11:10 AM, Stefan Schreiber wrote: To clarify a few basic things: The first poster in this thread (and obviously some other people who maybe should have known better) are claiming that you could receive a 360º representation via just two (supposedly na

Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-11 Thread Stefan Schreiber
Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: On 07/11/2011 12:39 AM, Stefan Schreiber wrote: With all these efforts, why is actually nobody just marketing a headphone solution with head-tracking? smyth research makes one (called the realizer), or there's the beyerdynamic headzone. We have discussed the s

Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-11 Thread Stefan Schreiber
Well, unless the amplifier encounters some of the elusive square (freak) waves... :-D Stefan Robert Greene wrote: No speaker requires a "fast" amplifier, whatever that means. ALL amplifiers that are not defective are far faster in any reasonable sense than any speaker is. Some amps hav

Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-11 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 07/11/2011 12:39 AM, Stefan Schreiber wrote: With all these efforts, why is actually nobody just marketing a headphone solution with head-tracking? smyth research makes one (called the realizer), or there's the beyerdynamic headzone. -- Jörn Nettingsmeier Lortzingstr. 11, 45128 Essen, Te

[Sursound] Eigenmike decoding WAS: the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats and their viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-11 Thread Joseph Anderson
I suppose, another approach would be to take an active, parametric approach to decoding for the Eigenmike--upsampling to 3rd order HOA (i.e., using a technique like HARPEX) in the regions the mic isn't truely 3rd-order. j On 10 Jul 2011, at 11:02 am, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > OTOH, high order

[Sursound] Opinions on the Brahma soundfield mic kit

2011-07-11 Thread Dan Andrews
and a wooden case to put it all in, all for 729 euro This all seems far to good to be true, whats the catch? All the best Dan -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20110711/42815