Re: [Sursound] Is this a questionable statement?

[Geoffrey Barton]

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> From: John Leonard <j...@johnleonard.uk>
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> I?ve just looked at the Wikipedia entry for Ambisonics, which contains this 
> statement:
> 
> "Ambisonics was developed in the UK in the 1970s under the auspices of the 
> British National Research Development Corporation.?
> 
> Well, I know they screwed up my little project because of their involvement, 
> but is this really a correct statement of fact?
> 

yes.

Peter Fellgett brought NRDC into the project before filing his patent as, it 
being a university invention, NRDC at that time (since 1948) had first refusal 
to the development and commercial exploitation thereof. It is arguable whether 
he had to do this, but he did.

Geoffrey

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Re: [Sursound] Is this a questionable statement?

[John Leonard]

Thanks, Geoffrey. I wondered about that back in the early 1980s. Bit of a 
shame, really, as things turned out. And who on earth chose Boots (it was 
Boots, wasn’t it?) for the domestic set-up distribution, I wonder?

Regards,

John

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> On 24 Nov 2015, at 17:10, Geoffrey Barton  wrote:
> 
> yes.
> 
> Peter Fellgett brought NRDC into the project before filing his patent as, it 
> being a university invention, NRDC at that time (since 1948) had first 
> refusal to the development and commercial exploitation thereof. It is 
> arguable whether he had to do this, but he did.
> 
> Geoffrey

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[Sursound] Is this a questionable statement?

[John Leonard]

I’ve just looked at the Wikipedia entry for Ambisonics, which contains this 
statement:

"Ambisonics was developed in the UK in the 1970s under the auspices of the 
British National Research Development Corporation.”

Well, I know they screwed up my little project because of their involvement, 
but is this really a correct statement of fact?

Regards,

John




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phone +44 (0)20 3286 5942


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Re: [Sursound] Is this a questionable statement?

[Richard]

No, Ambisonics existed well before they came onto the scene, the word 
describing the process was used on the LP released which contained an Ambisonic 
recording (actually 45j) from 1974.

I don't believe the N.R.D.C was in existance then.

Richard


  I’ve just looked at the Wikipedia entry for Ambisonics, which contains this 
statement:

  "Ambisonics was developed in the UK in the 1970s under the auspices of the 
British National Research Development Corporation.”

  Well, I know they screwed up my little project because of their involvement, 
but is this really a correct statement of fact?

  Regards,

  John




  Please note new email address & direct line phone number
  email: j...@johnleonard.uk
  phone +44 (0)20 3286 5942


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Re: [Sursound] Is this a questionable statement?

[Paul Hodges]

--On 23 November 2015 18:18 + Richard  wrote:

> No, Ambisonics existed well before they came onto the scene, the word
> describing the process was used on the LP released which contained an
> Ambisonic recording (actually 45j) from 1974.
> 
> I don't believe the N.R.D.C was in existance then.

Peter Fellgett's patent 1,369,813 was filed in 1971 under the auspices
of the NRDC, and my understanding has always been that his subsequent
collaboration with MAG was under NRDC auspices from the start.

Paul

-- 
Paul Hodges

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