There are large ambisonic and WFS systems in Tod Machover's opera Death and the Powers.
The systems together are about 60 inputs and 140 outputs. 40-60 of those outputs (depending on the venue because the show tours) are 3rd order ambisonic (64 WFS). Much of the content is synthetically encoded based on a UWB RFID tracking system for robots and people on stage. There are several separate third order systems in the audience to serve different seating areas. These are time-aligned to the main PA. There is some more information here: http://powers.media.mit.edu There is some technical info about the show here: http://bot23.com/2011/01/11/death-and-the-powers-new-technologies-for-theatrical-performance/ If anyone is in the Dallas area next February and would like a backstage tour or tickets to the performance, contact me off list. Ben On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Justin Bennett <j...@bmbcon.demon.nl> wrote: > > > Subject: Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics > > To: sursound@music.vt.edu > > Message-ID: <518fb3fb.5020...@dlc.fi> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > Iain Mott wrote: > >> I wonder if people on the list have > >> other references or links on ambisonics applied in theatrical > > For a Carte Blanche Dance piece "Klunen" choreographed by Eva-Cecilie > Richardsen (2009) > I used live spatialisation of B-format (processed) field recordings and > stereo recordings > panned into B-format. The piece was "in the round" with a 4 channel square > of speakers > surrounding the audience and a smaller square of speakers in the middle > surrounding > the dancers. I could change the balance between these two squares which > gave nice > effects. Listening to a rig from outside worked suprisingly well, > especially if there were > moving sources. Unfortunately I can't find any documentation online! > > best, Justin > > > > > Justin Bennett > > jus...@justinbennett.nl > www.justinbennett.nl > http://jubilee-art.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130513/0c2087f5/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
