Hi, On Nov 12, 2010, at 6:00 PM, sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote:
> Send Sursound mailing list submissions to > sursound@music.vt.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sursound-ow...@music.vt.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Sursound digest..." > > > When replying, please remember to edit your Subject line to that of the > original message you are replying to, so it is more specific than "Re: > Contents of Sirsound-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Largest ever indoor multichannel sound art installation > in the world at Eden project, Cornwall, UK (Trond Lossius) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:45:55 +0100 > From: Trond Lossius <trond.loss...@bek.no> > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Largest ever indoor multichannel sound art > installation in the world at Eden project, Cornwall, UK > To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> > Message-ID: <3c58cc0f-c4c1-4a5b-b974-eaac24206...@bek.no> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi, > >> I am writing to let you know about the largest multichannel sound art >> installation in the world at the Eden project. For those unfamiliar with the >> Eden Project it is the largest indoor tropical conservatory in the world >> covering several acres and presently has lots of speakers hidden in the >> bushes ! Hopefully this event is something that would interest you as well >> >> http://www.edenproject.com/come-and-visit/whats-on/heart-of-darkness.php > > Sounds exciting! > >> hopefully somebody from this list will be able to get down and check it out, >> Although the installation is laid out with a very unusual speaker >> configuration which included height information as well as surround sound I >> have discovered several things during my application of large sound >> installations. Discrete sound sources (ie one speaker dedicated to one >> sound) work much better than trying to put the sound in a surround sound >> image using a surround sound panner in Nuendo or whatever). Leaves act as >> fantastic dispersers of souind and the sound of say, insects, sound much >> more realistic if the speaker is hidden in the bushes. > > Depending on how you are rendering and distributing material, DBAP > (distance-based amplitude panning) might be of interest as well. It's so far > available for MaxMSP as part of Jamoma, as part of Ircam Spatialisateur, and > included in the Flux Ircam Spat plugin: > > http://www.jamoma.org/ > http://www.jamoma.org/papers/icmc2009-dbap.pdf > http://www.fluxhome.com/products/plug_ins/ircam_spat > > DBAP doesn't make any assumptions on positioning of loadspeakers or listener, > and was developed for installation purposes. I suggest X-spat boX2 HD. you may use any speakers configuration fron 4 to 64 speakers freely positioned in a virtual cube of side from 4 to 900 metres. You can use also psychoacoustics alghtorims like ITD, Doppler, HRTF, HEAD FILTERING and many many other, for more info: http://xspat.aegweb.com/new/inglese/x_inghost.html I think that it is the better solution for you. Cheers. Simone > >> Although the installation is ambisonically laid out many of the recordings >> were only taken with surround sound microphones - I am shortly to return to >> the amazon with new equipment and would welcome any advice on a good >> multichannel recorder and low noise mics to take with me (I reckon I need at >> least six inputs for this - sound devices look good but are so expensive - >> what are peoples on the Tascam 680 ?) any suggestions welcome. I also look >> forward to discussing the best way of recording ambisonically , > > So far I'm quite happy with the Tascam 680. It's way better to use with the > Soundfield 250 than the Edirol. > > > Cheers, > Trond > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > > > End of Sursound Digest, Vol 28, Issue 9 > *************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20101115/d4493c94/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
