[Sursound] Spatial Music Workshop at Virginia Tech

2015-03-15 Thread Eric Lyon
Dear All, The inaugural Spatial Music Workshop will take place at the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech from August 10 – 14, 2015. The workshop will consist of sessions on spatialization techniques, software systems for spatialization, discussions of current research in spatialization, and

Re: [Sursound] Spatial Music Artist Stories

2013-05-18 Thread Dave Malham
Pity this starts off with the story about St. Marks in Venic, which may be apocryphal. See Bryant, D. (1981) *“The „Cori Spezzati‟ of St. Mark‟s: Myth and Reality” *in Early Music History, Cambridge 1981 where he says that ..in St Marks, at least, the eight-voice salmi spetzzati of Wollaert and

[Sursound] Spatial Music Artist Stories

2013-05-16 Thread Timothy Schmele
Maybe some nice reading material: http://www.roebroeks.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Spatial-Music-Artist-Stories1.pdf ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] Spatial music

2012-04-15 Thread David Pickett
At 19:14 14/04/2012, JEFF SILBERMAN wrote: I'm thinking that the 99% own flatscreens by now. Is that really so? My tv wont die. I dont use it for anything than videos, but I see no need to replace it simply because it takes up a lot of space. David

Re: [Sursound] Spatial music

2012-04-15 Thread Ronald C.F. Antony
On 15 Apr 2012, at 15:57, David Pickett d...@fugato.com wrote: At 19:14 14/04/2012, JEFF SILBERMAN wrote: I'm thinking that the 99% own flatscreens by now. Is that really so? My tv wont die. I dont use it for anything than videos, but I see no need to replace it simply because it

Re: [Sursound] Spatial music

2012-04-15 Thread David Pickett
At 10:22 15/04/2012, Ronald C.F. Antony wrote: On 15 Apr 2012, at 15:57, David Pickett d...@fugato.com wrote: At 19:14 14/04/2012, JEFF SILBERMAN wrote: I'm thinking that the 99% own flatscreens by now. Is that really so? My tv wont die. I dont use it for anything than videos, but I see

Re: [Sursound] Spatial music

2012-04-15 Thread David Pickett
At 10:22 15/04/2012, Ronald C.F. Antony wrote: On 15 Apr 2012, at 15:57, David Pickett d...@fugato.com wrote: At 19:14 14/04/2012, JEFF SILBERMAN wrote: I'm thinking that the 99% own flatscreens by now. Is that really so? My tv wont die. I dont use it for anything than videos, but I see

Re: [Sursound] Spatial music

2012-04-15 Thread Robert Greene
This is very unlikely to be true, that one can justify getting a new TV to save electricity for the sake of the world. To save on your own bills will also take a very long time. People seldom do the arithmetic on this. When the first gas crisis occurred(in the 1970s) I did some calculation of

Re: [Sursound] Spatial music

2012-04-14 Thread Ronald C.F. Antony
On 14 Apr 2012, at 04:46, JEFF SILBERMAN ambis...@pacbell.net wrote: The solution lies in getting the home/spec builder industry to integrate in-wall loudspeakers at pre-specified locations (including ceiling) in the 21st century media room which room will become the new normal much like

Re: [Sursound] Spatial music

2012-04-14 Thread Richard Dobson
On 14/04/2012 04:27, JEFF SILBERMAN wrote: .. soundstage envelopment and spaciousness)! Indeed, I would never replace my 3 front loudspeakers with a quadrilateral layout. Why three-speaker stereophony never became an end in itself is a mystery to me. It is not nearly as financially and

[Sursound] Spatial music

2012-04-14 Thread Ambisonx
I still claim that 3 loudspeakers would have been an easier sell than 5.1! If I am not mistaken, I do believe there were a handful of 3-channel symphonic DVD's recorded with the 3 omni mic technique. In my experience, most 5.1 users correctly position the L/C/R loudspeakers, more or less. The

[Sursound] Spatial music

2012-04-14 Thread JEFF SILBERMAN
Are things really that bad? I need to get out more often!  I'm thinking that the 99% own flatscreens by now. If a homebuilder is going to place an electrical outlet on the wall suitable for mounting a flatscreen, he might as well put in suitable-located outlets for in-wall loudspeakers as

Re: [Sursound] Spatial music

2012-04-14 Thread Ronald C.F. Antony
On 15 Apr 2012, at 02:14, JEFF SILBERMAN ambis...@pacbell.net wrote: Are things really that bad? I need to get out more often! I'm thinking that the 99% own flatscreens by now. If a homebuilder is going to place an electrical outlet on the wall suitable for mounting a flatscreen, he might

[Sursound] Spatial music

2012-04-13 Thread JEFF SILBERMAN
The solution lies in getting the home/spec builder industry to integrate in-wall loudspeakers at pre-specified locations (including ceiling) in the 21st century media room which room will become the new normal much like the kitchen has certain de-facto features/standards which are now taken for