I was about to say that this is the sort of thing you get right once and then never need to touch, but actually I did see a plugin out in the wild recently with the conversion wrong!
On SN3D, my main worries are (a) losing compatibility with existing material/projects/kit and (b) it's SN3D, not N3D (which we HAD been considering and is used in MPEG-H). BUT - those are definitely very manageable issues and well worth it if there's a strong enough consensus that modern tools are all heading that way! What I'm really hoping doesn't happen is that we change convention and then some amazing new toy emerges using something different... Thanks, --Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: Sursound [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of > Dave Malham > Sent: 10 August 2016 22:47 > To: Surround Sound discussion group > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Blue Ripple Sound & SN3D? > > Awww, come on, a bit of mental exercise is good for the soul! :-) :-) > > Well, that said, (and this maybe a shock to those that know me) I'm > gradually moving towards the view that FuMa may have had its day. The only > remaining reason really is compatibility with with earlier materiel and > Soundfield mics and that can be dealt with conversion code, so long as > everything is properly documented. > > Dave > > On 10 August 2016 at 22:27, Fons Adriaensen <f...@linuxaudio.org> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 11:53:33AM +0100, Richard Furse wrote: > > > > > Blue Ripple Sound are wondering about changing their TOA plugins from > > FuMa > > > to SN3D (ACN), see http://www.blueripplesound. > > com/story/consultation-sn3d. > > > Does anyone have strong feelings on this? > > > > Just do it. > > > > During the past months I've been explaining Ambisonics to some > > people who are going to work on HOA based applications. All of > > them are something like 20 years younger than FOA, and when they > > think about Ambisonics theory that means arbitrary order. To them, > > using anything but N3D, SN3D and ACN seems like a form of masochism. > > Maybe because I made them work out X-axis rotation with FuMa in and > > out as an exercise. None of them got it right. > > > > Ciao, > > > > -- > > FA > > > > A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. > > It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris > > and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > > -- > > As of 1st October 2012, I have retired from the University. > > These are my own views and may or may not be shared by the University > > Dave Malham > Honorary Fellow, Department of Music > The University of York > York YO10 5DD > UK > > 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/201608 > 10/caba23bc/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > 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.
