[Sursound] B-format SFX libraries

2016-08-13 Thread Albert Leusink
What’s a good place to download/preview B-format SFX, either paid or royalty free? I’m looking for Winter Landscapes (snow/ice/wind) ambiance and even more specifically Lake Baikal… Maybe there are any far northerners here that have this laying around or could step outside and press record? (alt

Re: [Sursound] Oktava A-format microphone?

2016-07-19 Thread Albert Leusink
Of course it goes without saying., the same preamps should be used for every mic (Might be difficult with the MKV) and post the results as B-format so we can all use our favorite decoders Thanks! ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu

Re: [Sursound] Oktava A-format microphone?

2016-07-19 Thread Albert Leusink
Henk I Spook writes: > Hi, > > We got a test model "VR mic" from Sennheiser. We have used it in a few > 'live' situations now and like it alot. I am planning for a proper > A/B/C test in a controlled environment soon. We have a tetra mic and > probably a sound field mic as well. Hi Henk,

Re: [Sursound] Oktava A-format microphone?

2016-07-13 Thread Albert Leusink
Jörn Nettingsmeier writes: > > if you're shopping in the medium term, add this one to your shortlist > once it's out: > http://en-de.sennheiser.com/vrmic-creatorsprogram > a little gnome whispered in my ear that it's quite nice. no news on > final price and release date yet, but hey... > I'm

Re: [Sursound] Oktava A-format microphone?

2016-07-13 Thread Albert Leusink
Gerard Lardner writes: > In summary, the Oktava MK-012 4D sounds good, as good as Oktava MK-012's are reputed to sound. But as an > Ambisonic mic it is rather limited. > Gerard Lardner  Thanks Gerard, that's exactly what I was hoping to find out. Too bad they spread the capsules so far apart, ne

Re: [Sursound] Oktava A-format microphone?

2016-07-13 Thread Albert Leusink
Actually...after re-reading, it does not come with capsules, so add at least another $400 on top of that...:-( But you do get the choice between many polar patterns, that can be interchanged, interesting... http://www.oktava-shop.com/MK-012-100-Series-modular-system/Capsules/ __

Re: [Sursound] Oktava A-format microphone?

2016-07-13 Thread Albert Leusink
Sorry, I should have done a search firstit has been mentioned here before, about 3 years ago, but no info about how it actually sounds.. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.audio.sursound/4850 My bad, Albert ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@m

[Sursound] Oktava A-format microphone?

2016-07-13 Thread Albert Leusink
http://www.oktava-shop.com/product_info.php?info=p12_4-d-ambisonic-a-format-microphone.html&no_boost=1 Very economical, and Oktava has been making microphones for a while...curious if anyone has used it and what they thought of it Regards, Albert __

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the web pt.1: Web Audio FOA/HOA ambisonic objects

2016-06-23 Thread Albert Leusink
Politis Archontis writes: > > Hi Albert, > > > > > Most of the first order samples reproduce nothing above 10k and a lot of > > them sound severely saturated/clipped. > > I re-normalized the decoding filters in the examples, could you confirm if that fixes the clipping issues > you mentioned

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the web pt.1: Web Audio FOA/HOA ambisonic objects

2016-06-20 Thread Albert Leusink
Politis Archontis writes: > > Were the examples working for you at all? > > BR, > Archontis > Well done Archontis!. I was hoping this could be possible, somebody just had to put the work into it...thanks so much for this. The examples are (sort of) working for me but sound very low res and dull

Re: [Sursound] Tetra and Go Pro

2016-05-20 Thread Albert Leusink
Barry G Butler writes: > > > I'm asked by a camera person to record air puns sound for his VR shots He has a GoPro 6 unit surround unit > If I buy the Core Tetra, how do I sync the two and put the end result to a medium ?? > Thanks > B Graham Butler > www.speakeasy-digital.com > >

[Sursound] YouTube/Google Ambisonics continued..

2016-05-10 Thread Albert Leusink
Gentlemen, Some more developments I just read about, that might be of interest. 3rd order support(!) on Android: from https://support.google.com/jump/answer/6399746?hl=en : "Jump Inspector supports previewing VR video with 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-order ambisonics in a MOV container with uncompress

Re: [Sursound] YouTube now supports Ambisonics (warning....part advertisement..)

2016-05-10 Thread Albert Leusink
> > Stefan > > Happy to have mine used (with usual academic courtesies ...). > (It's on ambisonia, or I can send. > Am working on a HOA version ...) > > Michael > > Hello Michael, That would be wonderful to have a HOA version of this. I had searched on your website for the tool to make i

Re: [Sursound] YouTube now supports Ambisonics (warning....part advertisement..)

2016-04-25 Thread Albert Leusink
Aaron Heller writes: > > Is there some trick to uploading these files? The files I make upload, but > then fail during processing. > Hi Aaron, Try this, start with an MP4 video file and the 4-channel .wav ACN audio file. Maybe the issue is that you are trying to loop a still image? Also, I

Re: [Sursound] YouTube now supports Ambisonics (warning....part advertisement..)

2016-04-20 Thread Albert Leusink
Politis Archontis writes: > > Hi Albert, > > This is interesting! > I don’t have an android and I cannot test it unfortunately. I would like to ask what are you doing with the > B-format? decode it to headphones dynamically? > > Archontis > Hi Archontis, For now, the YouTube app handles the

Re: [Sursound] YouTube now supports Ambisonics (warning....part advertisement..)

2016-04-20 Thread Albert Leusink
Marc Lavallee writes: > > On Wed, 20 Apr 2016 18:09:40 +0200 > David Pickett wrote: > > > At 17:29 20-04-16, Albert Leusink wrote: > > > > >YouTube is now supporting ACN/SN3D FOA attached to a .mov video > > >container as uncompressed PCM audio.

Re: [Sursound] YouTube now supports Ambisonics (warning....part advertisement..)

2016-04-20 Thread Albert Leusink
David Pickett writes: > > At 18:39 20-04-16, Politis Archontis wrote: > > >Hi David, > > > >if you are asking if the ACN/SN3D FOA is the same as the B-format, > >yes, first-order is the B-format anyway you look at it. > >The B-format in ACN/SN3D convention is the same as in the traditional

Re: [Sursound] YouTube now supports Ambisonics (warning....part advertisement..)

2016-04-20 Thread Albert Leusink
David Pickett writes: > > At 17:29 20-04-16, Albert Leusink wrote: > > >YouTube is now supporting ACN/SN3D FOA attached to a .mov video container as > >uncompressed PCM audio. > > I am sure I should know, but if this is a multitrack thing, what do > the chann

[Sursound] YouTube now supports Ambisonics (warning....part advertisement..)

2016-04-20 Thread Albert Leusink
Hello all, Some welcome news, YouTube is now supporting ACN/SN3D FOA attached to a .mov video container as uncompressed PCM audio. This is great, as most of the world gets a lot of their content through YouTube and now they'll all get to experience the power of Ambisonics!. For now, it only wo

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics for Android and also Oculus..

2016-04-03 Thread Albert Leusink
Thank you all, It's an honor to have access to so much great knowledge, from the comfort of one's home... I'm sure many of you have believed in Ambisonics for a long time and are excited (or maybe dissapointed..) that it's finally getting its' well deserved turn in the spotlight. Let's hope tha

[Sursound] Ambisonics for Android and also Oculus..

2016-04-02 Thread Albert Leusink
Hello all, Coming soon, to a phone near you !: https://storage.googleapis.com/jump-inspector/Jump_Inspector_Quick_Start.pdf There will definitely be many user complaints initially due to misunderstandings as it uses ACN/SN3D ordering and 99% of all the tools (VST plugins etc..) currently used b

Re: [Sursound] Static stereo source in rotating soundfield, possible?

2016-03-26 Thread Albert Leusink
Jörn Nettingsmeier writes: > > are you talking about a head-tracked VR movie? Yes. > > i don't see why you would want to do that. the effect will be quite > strange... why would any part of the sound mix stay constant wrt head > position? > the effect would be a bit like rotating the music

Re: [Sursound] Static stereo source in rotating soundfield, possible?

2016-03-26 Thread Albert Leusink
Thanks for all your insights, I'll try to be a bit more specific. The delivery format is a 4 channel WXYZ .wav file that will be rotated and decoded to binaural in realtime in the video player according to the viewer's head rotation. So, there is no panning involved, just static sources, that cou

[Sursound] Static stereo source in rotating soundfield, possible?

2016-03-25 Thread Albert Leusink
Hello, Is it possible to have a non-rotating stereo source in the ambisonic soundfield, while all the other sources rotate? Let's say I have a stereo music bed in a spherical video that needs to stay in position, while the other elements (dialog, sfx etc.) respond to rotation. It works for mono

Re: [Sursound] 3D7.1 speaker setup

2016-03-21 Thread Albert Leusink
Maybe this got stuck in the haystack, but still would love to know if there are any opinions? Thanks ! ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, v

[Sursound] 3D7.1 speaker setup

2016-03-02 Thread Albert Leusink
Hello all, Now that I’m getting a bit claustrophobic from the constant headphone use when mixing 3rd order Ambisonics, it would be nice to have a speaker-based solution that would give my ear lobes some relief, but doesn't break the bank.. Does anyone have any experiences with the 3D7.1 setup de

Re: [Sursound] YouTube adds ambisonics support

2016-01-15 Thread Albert Leusink
Marc Lavallée writes: > > Albert, > > What you described is exactly the project I started. > What's missing is the zoom feature and support for HOA. > Should I continue? And make it open source? > I don't have much time now... (sigh). > > -- > Marc > Hi Marc, Yes, I've been to your site. A

Re: [Sursound] YouTube adds ambisonics support

2016-01-14 Thread Albert Leusink
That's great news!, was hoping for this big time. I hopped over to the github page, but it's all Greek to me as a code-illiterate...thankfully many of you are much smarter than I am.. Not sure if this is in the very early stages, so there are no answers yet, but if possible can somebody explain i

Re: [Sursound] HRTF optimization by using tones/noise?

2015-12-31 Thread Albert Leusink
Great insights, thank you all, best wishes for the new year! Brian, I read your article, nice work!. Would you be willing to share which were the 7 HRTF's from the LISTEN database that were considered the optimized subset? I only know them by number (1003 etc..), not by letters as you have them

Re: [Sursound] HRTF optimization by using tones/noise?

2015-12-30 Thread Albert Leusink
about the workability of my tones and noise idea... Regards, Albert. > On Dec 29, 2015, at 1:18 PM, len moskowitz wrote: > > Albert Leusink wrote: > > >> ... but what other solutions do we currently have to give binaural listeners >> the best possible outcome apart fro

[Sursound] HRTF optimization by using tones/noise?

2015-12-28 Thread Albert Leusink
Good evening, It’s been very informative reading this list and learning from all of you experts. I’m an experienced audio engineer that suddenly discovered Ambisonics due to the whole VR 360 explosion. (Although I have made some recordings with a Calrec MK4 in the mid nineties; we would just

[Sursound] WTB - Soundfield SPS422 microphone

2015-11-30 Thread Albert Leusink
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