Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:28:33 -0500
From: Anthony Palomba apalo...@austin.rr.com
Does any one know if somethings like this exists for MAX/MSP?
Thanks,
Anthony
Hi,
There have been several things over the years.
The first was Spat~ from Ircam, a whole load of Max/MSP objects to do
ambisonics, binaural and other spatial sound processing. Some high
level objects which incorporated reverb, and which made modest
computers of the time slow to a crawl when trying to use more than
one or two instances. A lot of more basic objects which worked, but
the documentation didn't explain them and inputs and outputs were
unlabelled, so you had to play around a lot to understand what they
did and how to control them.
They were only available by subscribing annually to Ircam, and after
a few years I couldn't really justify the expense and decided to
build my own from scratch in Max/MSP. At least then you know what is
going on inside, can tailor it to what you are trying to do, and
modify it in the light of better knowledge. I thought about turning
them into a 'toolkit', but decided to try and make a whole
application that could handle multiple inputs and outputs, with a
global reverb.
When I visited Ircam some 6 years back they said that they were
planning to overhaul the lot and improve the documentation, but I
don't know whether this happened. I suspect that a lot of it went
into Spat and Verb from Flux plug-ins.
There's a good set of Max objects by ICST
http://www.icst.net/research/downloads/ambisonics-externals-for-maxmsp/
And another set by Graham Wakefield, dated 2006 and they look like
Max 4. Possibly still work in Max 5 or 6.
http://www.grahamwakefield.net/soft/ambi~/index.htm
There are also ambisonic and other spatial audio processors as part
of Jamoma.
I've never really investigated any of these, though I have heard of
several people using the ICST ones.
Ciao,
Dave Hunt
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 3:49 PM, j.l.ander...@phonecoop.coop wrote:
Hello All,
On the behalf of the Ambisonic Toolkit's development team, I'm
pleased to
announce the Ambisonic Toolkit v1.0.0 library for SuperCollider3
has been
released and is now available for download and installation:
http://www.ambisonictoolkit.**net/wiki/tiki-index.php?
page=**Downloadshttp://www.ambisonictoolkit.net/wiki/tiki-
index.php?page=Downloads
NOTE: The Ambisonic Toolkit requires SuperCollider version 3.5.
---
The Ambisonic Toolkit (ATK) brings together a number of classic
and novel
tools for the artist working with Ambisonic surround sound. The
toolset in
intended to be both ergonomic and comprehensive, framed so that
the user is
enabled to ?think Ambisonic?. By this, the ATK addresses the holistic
problem of creatively controlling a complete soundfield, facilitating
spatial composition beyond simple placement of sounds in a sound-
scene. The
artist is empowered to address the impression and imaging of a
soundfield
?taking advantage of the native soundfield-kernel paradigm the
Ambisonic
technique presents.
Along with powerful soundfield transforms?the spatial filtering tools
enabling soundfield-kernel reshaping?the ATK provides a
comprehensive set
of Ambisonic encoders (including pseudo-inverse) and decoders (5.1,
binaural, UHJ, full-3D) allowing users to thoroughly leverage the
power of
the Ambisonic technique.
---
The SuperCollider3 version of the Ambisonic Toolkit (ATK) is free
software, and is published under the GPLv3 free software license.
---
We welcome contributions that help make the ATK a comprehensive
solution
for artists and musicians. If you are interested in contributing
to the
codebase and becoming an ATK developer, please join the community.
---
Also of note, we'll presenting the ATK at two upcoming events:
25th AES UK Conference: Spatial Audio in Today?s 3D World
in association with the
4th International Symposium on Ambisonics and Spherical Acoustics
York, UK
25 - 27 March 2012
http://www.aes-uk.org/uk-**conference/25th-conf-spatial-**
audio-in-todays-3d-world/http://www.aes-uk.org/uk-conference/25th-
conf-spatial-audio-in-todays-3d-world/
AND
SC.symposium.play(s)
A week-long festival dedicated to the SuperCollider audio programming
environment.
London, UK
12 - 19 April 2012
http://www.sc2012.org.uk/
Enjoy!
-Joseph Anderson
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