Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread Paul Hodges
--On 12 December 2013 01:41 + Stefan Schreiber st...@mail.telepac.pt wrote: You won't need any base station for HT, by now! If you have no fixed reference, how do you cope? Do you add a compass (and have a command to set the direction of front), or do you allow the front to drift back into

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread etienne deleflie
The first part is overdue (and many thanks to Hector!), the second part is a nice demonstration. But from a CE perspective, I highly doubt that normal consumers would glue (in my terms) their smartphone to their head. of course not ... but the point is that the demonstration is accessible by

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread Marc Lavallée
Hi Étienne. etienne deleflie edelef...@gmail.com a écrit : ... and then ambisonics is suddenly available to masses of people, for very cheap, and with a consistent and quality spatial experience (assuming the HRTF decoding can be done right). Etienne HRTF decoding is the problem here.

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread Stefan Schreiber
Paul Hodges wrote: --On 12 December 2013 01:41 + Stefan Schreiber st...@mail.telepac.pt wrote: You won't need any base station for HT, by now! If you have no fixed reference, how do you cope? GPS, relative GPS? Do you add a compass (and have a command to set the direction

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread Stefan Schreiber
Marc Lavallée wrote: Hi Étienne. etienne deleflie edelef...@gmail.com a écrit : ... and then ambisonics is suddenly available to masses of people, for very cheap, and with a consistent and quality spatial experience (assuming the HRTF decoding can be done right). Etienne HRTF

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread Stefan Schreiber
umashankar manthravadi wrote: two years ago, I acquired a motor cycle helmet with the intention of mounting eight headphones to listen to ambisonics without hrtf. i was going to use it with a 20 dollar dolby 7.1 usb device.I did not go head because I realized I would still need headtracking.

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread dw
On 12/12/2013 12:40, Marc Lavallée wrote: Hi Étienne. etienne deleflie edelef...@gmail.com a écrit : ... and then ambisonics is suddenly available to masses of people, for very cheap, and with a consistent and quality spatial experience (assuming the HRTF decoding can be done right). Etienne

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 12/12/2013 03:26 PM, Stefan Schreiber wrote: Paul Hodges wrote: --On 12 December 2013 01:41 + Stefan Schreiber st...@mail.telepac.pt wrote: You won't need any base station for HT, by now! If you have no fixed reference, how do you cope? GPS, relative GPS? i doubt it would be

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread Stefan Schreiber
etienne deleflie wrote: The first part is overdue (and many thanks to Hector!), the second part is a nice demonstration. But from a CE perspective, I highly doubt that normal consumers would glue (in my terms) their smartphone to their head. of course not ... but the point is that the

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread Stefan Schreiber
Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: On 12/12/2013 03:26 PM, Stefan Schreiber wrote: Paul Hodges wrote: --On 12 December 2013 01:41 + Stefan Schreiber st...@mail.telepac.pt wrote: You won't need any base station for HT, by now! If you have no fixed reference, how do you cope? GPS,

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread Stefan Schreiber
Hector Centeno wrote: Hello all, I just wanted to share with this list information about two Android apps I've been working on and that I will release soon. I made them because I thought it would be great to be able to listen to ambisonic recordings in a portable way without the need of a full

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread dw
On 12/12/2013 12:44, umashankar manthravadi wrote: two years ago, I acquired a motor cycle helmet with the intention of mounting eight headphones to listen to ambisonics without hrtf. i was going to use it with a 20 dollar dolby 7.1 usb device. It was not one of your better plans.. :-)

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread Peter Lennox
beg to differ... (paper to follow...) Dr Peter Lennox School of Technology, Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology University of Derby, UK e: p.len...@derby.ac.uk t: 01332 593155 From: Sursound [sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of dw

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-12 Thread dw
On 12/12/2013 23:10, Peter Lennox wrote: beg to differ... (paper to follow...) Dr Peter Lennox I was wondering where my taxes went.. School of Technology, Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology University of Derby, UK e: p.len...@derby.ac.uk t: 01332 593155