Dave will be very much missed. My gateway drug into Ambisonics was Dave's and Tony Myatt's 3-D Sound Spatialization using Ambisonic Techniques [1]. The included example Csound <https://csound.com/> code got me started on the path.
I was studying at the University of Birmingham at the time. Dave invited me to visit him in York, where he assisted in making my first Ambisonic recordings with York's ST-250 Soundfield mic, recording onto an ADAT. (You can hear Dave's voice appear in Kyai Pranaja <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT5jqqRsxd4>, which is where those recordings were used.) As well as pointing me to various reference papers, he also very kindly allowed me to review his collection of unpublished notes. (Because I was in Birmingham, Dave also suggested I meet Mark Decker <https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/oct/28/obituaries.broadcasting>, who worked at BBC Pebble Mill Studios <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_Mill_Studios>—producing work in UHJ.) Dave introduced me to the world of Ambisonics and the people in that world.... [1] Malham, D. G., & Myatt, A. (1995). 3-D Sound Spatialization using Ambisonic Techniques. *Computer Music Journal*, *19*(4), 58–70. https://doi.org/10.2307/3680991 Joseph Anderson | Research Scientist DXARTS University of Washington Raitt Hall 207, Box 353414 Seattle, WA 98195 http://www.dxarts.washington.edu Affiliate Assistant Professor, Composition University of Washington School of Music Music Building, Box 353450 Seattle, WA 98195 https://music.washington.edu/ On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM eric benjamin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you for this. I had been trying to reach him. Now I know. > > On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 4:41 AM Peter Lennox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I was very sorry to read this; I was at York with him in the nineties; we > > affectionately nicknamed him ‘Q’ and appointed him Grand Vizier, Keeper > of > > the Secrets of the Grand Duchy of Ambisonia. > > He’ll be missed, and it feels like the end of an era > > Regards > > Peter > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On 29 May 2025, at 10:02, John Leonard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > It was certainly posted on other lists and sites and I thought I'd > > posted here, but it seems I didn’t. Apologies. > > > > > > He will indeed be missed, always willing to help in my early days of > > getting involved with Ambisonics. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > John > > > > > >> On 29 May 2025, at 09:47, Oliver Larkin <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> > > >> Dear All, > > >> > > >> I was surprised not to see a mention here that we lost Dave Malham > > earlier > > >> this year, as well as his friend Prof Farina, who was mentioned. Two > > >> legends of spatial audio who will be sorely missed. I hope that there > > will > > >> be fitting obituaries from e.g. the AES for both of them, if there > > aren't > > >> already. Dave was very active on this mailing list so I thought that I > > >> should share the sad news here, for those who are still here who might > > not > > >> know. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20250529/ed24540c/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
