Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-03-01 Thread D. Sen
I am curious about how the following paper fits into all this: Arnaud Laborie, Remy Bruno, and Sebastien Montoya, "Reproducing multichannel sound on any speaker layout," 118th AES Convention, Paper #6375, 2005 May 28–31 Barcelona, Spain. I know the authors are not addressing ambisonics - but

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-03-01 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 07:51:28PM -0800, Aaron Heller wrote: > Good ideas. In fact, for the 3rd-order solution for the CCRMA array > (352 parameters) I had to switch to a local optimizer, PRAXIS, with > initial values from the pseudoinverse modified by the rE-max per order > gains to get it to

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-03-01 Thread Thibaut Carpentier
Le 29 févr. 2012 à 23:51, Miguel Negrao a écrit : > >> Accuracy is required if the production and reproduction environments >> are independent. If they are not there's a lot of headroom. > > Yes, my intended use is for real-time encode and decode on the spot. All the > spatial information is st

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Aaron Heller
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Aaron Heller wrote: >>  22 speakers, 3rd-order is 352 parameters so some strategy >> is needed to guide it. > > It wouldn't work for a 3D array of 22 speakers— but for an irregular > layout with the same nu

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:04 PM, Aaron Heller wrote: >  22 speakers, 3rd-order is 352 parameters so some strategy > is needed to guide it. It wouldn't work for a 3D array of 22 speakers— but for an irregular layout with the same number of speakers as a regular one (easy in 2D, fewer choices in 3D

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Aaron Heller
The code that goes with the LAC2012 conference paper does 3D and higher orders. In fact we used it to make a new 3rd-order Ambdec config for CCRMA's 22 speaker array. Its written in MATLAB/Gnu Octave, and it's not a lot of code. So plenty of opportunity for tinkering with the goal functions. O

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Sampo Syreeni wrote: > Personally what I find a bit worrisome is that this sort of optimization > retains the blackbox leanings of machine learning as a general discipline. > None of the ambisonic specific, closed form optimization literature, or the > derived spec

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Miguel Negrao
A 29/02/2012, às 21:24, Fons Adriaensen escreveu: > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 08:55:05PM +, Miguel Negrao wrote: > >> Would an automated “blind" search algorithm possibly give worse >> results then just using the equations for the symmetrical case ? >> I know many people using ambisonics for e

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Richard Furse
ents to be exported. It's well worth a listen though, honest! --Richard -Original Message- From: Richard Furse [mailto:rich...@muse440.com] Sent: 29 February 2012 22:25 To: 'Surround Sound discussion group' Subject: RE: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Eric Benjamin
ustard Ah, if only we could find some intelligence to apply to the problem. Eric - Original Message From: Sampo Syreeni To: Surround Sound discussion group Sent: Wed, February 29, 2012 2:19:46 PM Subject: Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups On 2012-02-29

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Richard Furse
nt: 29 February 2012 13:16 To: Surround Sound discussion group Subject: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups Hi list, I’ve been a bit disconnected from the ambisonics world. From my past reading on this list it is my understanding that there isn’t an explicit formula for

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2012-02-29, Gregory Maxwell wrote: Would an automated “blind" search algorithm possibly Speaking of that, you probably want to search the list archives for a thread I started in 2009 titled: "A stupid optimizer for irregular ambisonic layouts" In it I provide the source for a simplistic

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Gregory Maxwell
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Miguel Negrao wrote: > Would an automated “blind" search algorithm possibly Speaking of that, you probably want to search the list archives for a thread I started in 2009 titled: "A stupid optimizer for irregular ambisonic layouts" In it I provide the source for

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 08:55:05PM +, Miguel Negrao wrote: > Would an automated “blind" search algorithm possibly give worse > results then just using the equations for the symmetrical case ? > I know many people using ambisonics for eletroacoustic music and > I think all of them use the equa

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Peter Lennox
ations as to which of several compromised solutions is > better. > > Eric > > > > ----- Original Message > From: Fons Adriaensen > To: sursound@music.vt.edu > Sent: Wed, February 29, 2012 6:28:55 AM > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetri

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Miguel Negrao
as to which of several compromised solutions is > better. > > Eric > > > > ----- Original Message > From: Fons Adriaensen > To: sursound@music.vt.edu > Sent: Wed, February 29, 2012 6:28:55 AM > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetric

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Eric Benjamin
ing indications as to which of several compromised solutions is better. Eric - Original Message From: Fons Adriaensen To: sursound@music.vt.edu Sent: Wed, February 29, 2012 6:28:55 AM Subject: Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 01:15:4

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Dave Malham
Ah - I withdraw that about the Wigware decoders as the versions on Bruce's website are probably not sufficiently flexible for your purposes, though the actual heuristic methodology probably is. Dave On 29/02/2012 14:47, Dave Malham wrote: There's a third method - Bruce Wiggins' Heuristic al

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Dave Malham
There's a third method - Bruce Wiggins' Heuristic algorithm based methodology (http://www2.derby.ac.uk/sparg-content/pdfs/bw_aes31_paper.pdf). This is, I believe, available in his "Wigware" decoder plugins.There is also some work from China on genetic algorithm based design, but I don't know wha

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Simone Fontana
I think IRCAM Spat is doing that quite well. I do not know what algorithm lies behind. Maybe Thibaut Carpentier I sometimes see on this list could tell us something more about that... Ciao simonefontana On 2/29/12 3:28 PM, "Fons Adriaensen" wrote: >On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 01:15:40PM +, Migue

Re: [Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 01:15:40PM +, Miguel Negrao wrote: > I’ve been a bit disconnected from the ambisonics world. From my past reading > on this list it is my understanding that there isn’t an explicit formula for > decoding coefficients for non-symmetrical setups. Are there currently >

[Sursound] Decoding coefficients for non symmetrical setups

2012-02-29 Thread Miguel Negrao
Hi list, I’ve been a bit disconnected from the ambisonics world. From my past reading on this list it is my understanding that there isn’t an explicit formula for decoding coefficients for non-symmetrical setups. Are there currently available tools to generate decoding coefficients for non-symm