Re: [Sursound] Distance perception

2011-07-29 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 05:30:55PM -0700, Robert Greene wrote: > I am not an electronics designer but I think the causes of > current limiting and voltage limiting are in effect different. > Of course the one actually happens when the other happens: > an amp cannot maintain voltage without mainta

Re: [Sursound] [meta] about the level of discussion, and accessibility

2011-07-29 Thread Dave Malham
Can I ask a question? Where are the ambisonic high priestesses? Where have you hidden then? :-) Dave On 29/07/2011 00:06, Sampo Syreeni wrote: On 2011-07-28, Carsten Bohn wrote: I usually don't comment very often cause most threads are "out of my league knowledge-wise" ;-) [...] It ju

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-29 Thread Dave Malham
On a mac it is very easy to create an aggregate audio device from several different units, even if you can't physically lock their clocks together - which is, of course, the ideal way to do it. You chose one of them as the master device which supplies the clock and OSX itself automatically handle

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-29 Thread Michael Chapman
> Hi everyone, > > I've been lurking for only a day, but Sampo's note gives me the courage to > go ahead and ask the first question I was hoping this group might help me > answer. > See you've already had some good replies. But, I'll throw in my experiences ... some of which have been at the really

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-29 Thread Dave Malham
On 29/07/2011 11:30, Michael Chapman wrote: Now I would like to construct a higher-order sound system, ideally with consumer-level (and consumer-priced) components. I don't need a big dynamic range, high power, or the best sound fidelity possible, I just need a working prototype. This is the pa

[Sursound] Ambisonics not on the cheap

2011-07-29 Thread Ben Bloomberg
gs on this 20x20 dome and want to come down to Boston (it'll be up in September and October), we'd be honored to have you as guests! Best wishes, Ben -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/at

[Sursound] Subject: Re: Distance perception

2011-07-29 Thread Justin Bennett
Interesting. But the website is pretty useless even if you speak dutch as I do. Until they explain how this works I'll take it with an unhealthy dose of salt. the cones of the speakers are turned inside out so that they become "omni" (ish) sources. Each side has two drivers. As far as I remembe

Re: [Sursound] Subject: Re: Distance perception

2011-07-29 Thread Robert Greene
Talk about mumbo jumbo! Sounds to me as though all this(that is described) would do is to create confusion. If people like it, fine. But it is surely not suppressing HRTFs-- it is just presenting a sort of diffuse effect. The HRTFs are still there--they are just operating on a confused and c

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics not on the cheap

2011-07-29 Thread Ben Bloomberg
o, if > people are interested in testing things on this 20x20 dome and want to come > down to Boston (it'll be up in September and October), we'd be honored to > have you as guests! > > Best wishes, > Ben > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20110729/967e0688/attachment.html> ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-29 Thread Ben Bloomberg
Has anyone tried anything from ESI audio? It looks too good to be true. http://www.esi-audio.com/products/gigaporthd/ It seems like they can be had for around $100. ben On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Dave Malham wrote: > > > On 29/07/2011 11:30, Michael Chapman wrote: > >> Now I would like t

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-29 Thread umashankar mantravadi
going to order one and see. umashankar i have published my poems. read (or buy) at http://stores.lulu.com/umashankar > From: b...@mit.edu > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:07:12 -0400 > To: sursound@music.vt.edu > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap? > > Has anyone tried anything from ES

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-29 Thread Michael Chapman
One should buy any equipment that does _not_ use 1/8 inch stereo jacks ... that is a big plus! The minus would seem to be one is (for a cube) stuck with 44.1 KHz ... "different playback modes: 44.1kHz with 16-bit and 8 channels, 44.1kHz with 24-bit and 6 channels, 48kHz with 24-bit and 6 channels

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-29 Thread Hugh Pyle
I have one of these, and it's cheap and works well. The biggest issue is the sample rate limitation; with 8 channels you can only run at 44.1 kHz. On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Ben Bloomberg wrote: > Has anyone tried anything from ESI audio? It looks too good to be true. > > http://www.esi