The files on Ambisonia are already exposed to the world as torrents. Some could be included in the list. -- Marc
On Tue, 4 Nov 2014 02:59:01 -0700, Bearcat M. Şándor wrote : > I'd ask that any pieces that are in the public domain, copyleft, open > etc, be listed publicly so we have a good list of original, free > content for download. Perhaps they could be gathered into a torrent. > > Thanks, > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Martin Parker <martin.par...@ed.ac.uk> > wrote: > > > Dear SurSound - calling composers and field recordists > > I’m putting together a non-stop playlist of bFormat works to play > > through December as part of ‘gap in the air’, a four month-long > > sound festival at Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh - > > https://digital.eca.ed.ac.uk/gap-in-air. I’d like to invite members > > of this list to send works in if you have something that you think > > will fit. We’re trying to show a wide range of approaches to > > composing with space and recording sound. We’re interested in fully > > formed pieces, interesting/special field recordings and even > > one-off sound events. > > > > The main conditions for inclusion are that you grant us permission > > to play the sound in the space and that (if a piece of music) the > > work is yours. We’re also looking for technical simplicity so would > > like the works to arrive in four-channel WXYZ bformat .wav. > > Everything will play at 44.1kHz so please SRC the file before > > sending it in should you need to. > > > > If you want to have your work considered for this playlist please > > send me a link to a dropbox (or other) folder that contains a .zip > > of the bformat file (WXYZ), a photo/album cover if this is > > relevant, and a text file with the following information: > > > > your name > > title of the piece > > duration > > a short description of the piece (1 paragraph - for display in the > > gallery) more extended notes if you wish these to be available > > online > > > > The deadline for this is end of next week Friday 14th November, > > we’ll be glad to consider submissions after this date but given the > > time it will take to sort through everything and put the playlist > > together, this is my nominal cut off date. Preference for > > inclusion on the playlist will be shorter tracks as we want gallery > > visitors to get a sense of the range of work that’s out there and > > what’s possible with ambisonics, some longer pieces will also be > > included. > > > > A technical note: we’ll be decoding the 4 channel files to a 12 > > (possibly 16) channel rig. The room is a Georgian gallery space, so > > this will colour the sound significantly, I’ll attempt to balance > > the pieces in the room to give the best effect for each work, but > > abandon any hope of their being a clear sweetspot. The sound will > > certainly envelop the listener and fill the room but a sense of a > > solid 'image’ will be fleeting. > > > > Incidentally if you wish to come to Edinburgh, we’ll host a panel > > discussion on sound spatialisation in gallery spaces on the 15th > > December. Would be great to meet some of you at this. > > > > Best wishes > > Martin~ > > > > martin.par...@ed.ac.uk > > Programme Director, MSc Sound Design > > http://soundeducation.net > > > > Sound Lab Edinburgh: > > http://sites.ace.ed.ac.uk/sdresearch/ > > > > Tel. +44(0)131 650 2333 > > Mob. +44(0)7813 217 092 > > www.tinpark.com > > > > Postal address: > > MSc Sound Design > > c/o Dr. Martin Parker > > Edinburgh College of Art > > Alison House > > 12 Nicolson Square > > Edinburgh > > EH8 9DF, UK > > > > Google Map: > > http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=eh8+9df > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20141104/4db0ddfe/attachment.html > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... > > Name: not available > > URL: < > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20141104/4db0ddfe/attachment.ksh > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sursound mailing list > > Sursound@music.vt.edu > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe > > here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. > > > > > _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
