[Sursound] Nowt new under t'sun

2011-12-21 Thread dave . malham
Folks, There is truly nothing new under the sun. (translation by Goggles). I just came across the following patent http://www.google.com/patents/US2173219 for what is essentially a native B Format microphone using ribbon microphones. The filing date? May 29th, 1937! (Actually, I was trying

Re: [Sursound] Nowt new under t'sun

2011-12-21 Thread dave . malham
And this http://www.google.com/patents/US1892646 from May 29 (again!) 1931 would be (minus the thermocouples, etc) a full 3D native B format mic! Dave On Dec 21 2011, dave.mal...@york.ac.uk wrote: Folks, There is truly nothing new under the sun. (translation by Goggles). I just came

Re: [Sursound] Nowt new under t'sun

2011-12-21 Thread dave . malham
I think I've answered my own question - here's Harry F. Olson's patent for the ribbon mic http://www.google.com/patents/US1885001 from March 31st 1931. Boy, were those guys on a roll in 1931! (But, of course, if anyone knows of anything earlier) Dave On Dec 21 2011,

Re: [Sursound] Nowt new under t'sun

2011-12-21 Thread umashankar mantravadi
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Re: [Sursound] Nowt new under t'sun

2011-12-21 Thread David Pickett
Was there also a patent for a ribbon mic in the UK, perhaps even earlier? (Blumlein?) David At 05:29 21/12/2011, dave.mal...@york.ac.uk wrote: I think I've answered my own question - here's Harry F. Olson's patent for the ribbon mic http://www.google.com/patents/US1885001 from March 31st

[Sursound] Patents, Serendipity, and Questions

2011-12-21 Thread Eric Carmichel
the AES library--I just need title/author in order to access articles). Happy Holidays to Everyone! Eric -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20111221/b1074e84/attachment.html

[Sursound] Fwd: Santa LACus (your Xmas Linux Audio Conference 2012 reminder)

2011-12-21 Thread Robin Gareus
Hi all, Just a friendly reminder that JANUARY 11 is the deadline for all submissions to the Linux Audio Conference (LAC 2012), which will take place at CCRMA (Stanford, California) in April 2012!http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2012/ Santa LACus wishes a great paper-and-music-submitting holiday to all!

Re: [Sursound] Patents, Serendipity, and Questions

2011-12-21 Thread Michael Chapman
Questions follow: Not answers, but some thoughts that might help, pending any answers ... 1. Is there any preferred method of calibrating speakers used in an Ambisonic setup? I'd look at Jörn Nettingsmeier's paper, and particularly his slides (both PDFs) on digital room correction for