Re: [Sursound] FLAC and max number of channels

2023-05-01 Thread Martin Leese
Panos Kouvelis wrote: ... > I don't really know how this can be done :-( > > If you have any news please let me know. A FLAC stream can include a maximum of only 8 channels. A native FLAC file can contain only a single FLAC stream (and so is limited to 8 channels). An Ogg container can contain

Re: [Sursound] So long CIPIC HRTF?

2023-02-22 Thread Martin Leese
Fons Adriaensen A 'spiral', very different from any spin, was mentioned, > and Sampo seemed to think that recovery from that would > require regaining speed. The opposite is true, as in a > spiral your airspeed will increase [1]. Unless you recover, > there are two ways in which it can end: by

Re: [Sursound] Recording in a studio of a Jazz-Piano and singer

2022-04-26 Thread Martin Leese
Thorsten Michels wrote: > In three weeks I have the opportunity to record a Jazz Duo with a > concert grand piano (Steinway) and a singer in a recording studio, with > controled acoustic. ... > The job is to record the duo in the classical way (Stereo) and now comes > the fun part: in Surround

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonic UHJ Stereo decoder to speaker feeds

2022-03-02 Thread Martin Leese
Sampo Syreeni wrote: ... > Nota bene, we've talked about this dependency on rig diameter on-list > before. Under the topic of Martin Leese's "Big Geese". Not mine; try: From: Peter Lennox Subject: [Sursound] Distance & Ambisonics Date: Tue Jul 10 16:25:27 EDT 2007 The Sursound

Re: [Sursound] WavPack (was: Re: Ambix files)

2021-05-23 Thread Martin Leese
On 5/23/21, Martin Leese wrote: > Extending FLAC to more than eight channels > has been discussed in the past.For > example, look in the sursound archives for this > long post by me: > Subject: Re: [Sursound] octofile release > Date: Mon Jul 30 22:30:42 EDT 20

Re: [Sursound] WavPack (was: Re: Ambix files)

2021-05-23 Thread Martin Leese
Stefan Schreiber wrote: > It would be relatively easy to extend FLAC to more than 8 channels. > > (To cover ?exotic? audio formats such as 5.1.4, HOA, and a plentitude > of audio object standards.) Extending FLAC to more than eight channels has been discussed in the past.For example, look in

Re: [Sursound] Speakers for an immersive audio-video installation

2020-08-25 Thread Martin Leese
MrUnmenge wrote: > Thanks a bunch to everyone for their answers! > > @J?rgen and Martin: I am confused, if I click the link to the attachment, i > only get plaintext (google chrome) and unfortunately i'm not in the aes? > i've send you, j?rgen, a PM for that. Hi Juergen, PDF attached. (I have

Re: [Sursound] Speakers for an immersive audio-video installation

2020-08-24 Thread Martin Leese
J?rgen Peissig wrote: > Dear Max, > > just saw that the list crops attachments. > > You can find the the publication here: > https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=19522 Not crop, but you have to click on the link and enter your e-mail address and sursound list password. You can then view

[Sursound] [OT]Sonarworks SoundID

2020-05-14 Thread Martin Leese
Hi All, This post is off-topic because it is about stereo, not surround. However, it includes HRTFs, so might be of interest. Sonarworks is releasing a new product, SoundID. SoundID adjusts frequency response in three different ways: 1, Calibration of speakers and headphones; they point

Re: [Sursound] analog planner

2020-03-03 Thread Martin Leese
Dave Malham wrote: ... > Anyway, here's a link to the final .pdf of the NRDC > Report 3 on panpots, in Michael Gerzon's own handwriting. > https://www.dropbox.com/s/div42x63thc66tl/nrdc_report_3.pdf?dl=0 Hi Dave, If that is Report No. 3, I can't help wondering what was in the other reports. In

Re: [Sursound] Tetramic UK repair options?

2019-09-24 Thread Martin Leese
John Leonard Main wrote: > Jamie, > > Just a note about the HMRC import charges rip-off: someone looks at the > declared insurance value of the microphone and charges VAT on that, plus a > handling charge. You have to spend time on the phone explaining that to the > drones who answer and then ask

Re: [Sursound] practical HOA encoding

2019-06-15 Thread Martin Leese
Len Moskowitz wrote: ... > I suspect that a big part of the problem was due to the lack of ambience > in the spot mics. The ambience is a really important cue for distant > sources. For one (old) implementation of this idea, see: M.A. Gerzon, "The Design of Distance Panpots", Preprint 3308 of

Re: [Sursound] Speaker array advice

2019-06-03 Thread Martin Leese
Tom Slater wrote: > Hello, > > I?m looking for some advice on speaker speaker set ups as we?re moving > studio so have the perfect opportunity to rethink our current array. > > At the moment we have 25 x Genelec 8030s and 2 x Genelec 7050 subs. If you want to reproduce Ambisonics then if you can

Re: [Sursound] Multi-user head tracked binaural ambisonics query

2018-11-06 Thread Martin Leese
Simon Connor wrote: ... > *First, is the video individual or projected? Is this HMD/GoogleCardboard > type situation? If the first, what are the audio/video sync latency > tolerances for the piece? * > > The video will be a single large scale projection rather than an individual > VR / Google

Re: [Sursound] tetrahedral mic record

2018-09-11 Thread Martin Leese
Eero Aro wrote: > umashankar wrote: >> I read this many years ago so cannot remember a source, but I think >> on-axis is not the best direction for a tetrahedral array. > Funny that you remember that discussion, it must have been more than a > decade ago in Sursound. > > I can't remember whoever

Re: [Sursound] Looking for mic advice

2018-08-11 Thread Martin Leese
Drew Kirkland wrote: > Hi guys > > We have recently decided to record nature in ambisonic format with a > additional specific mono and stereo recordings added in at edit stage. > > I would be interested in current ambisonic mic choice, we don't have loads > of cash but want to get as transparent a

Re: [Sursound] octofile release

2018-08-02 Thread Martin Leese
Aaron Heller wrote: > There's a IETF proposal from folks at Google for "Ambisonics in an Ogg Opus > Container", based on > > Nachbar, et al., Ambix - A Suggested Ambisonics Format. 3rd International > Symposium on Ambisonics and Spherical Acoustics, Lexington, KY (2011) > > and the idea of a

Re: [Sursound] octofile release

2018-07-30 Thread Martin Leese
Marc Lavall?e wrote: ... > I don't know if the fine Xiph developers can "just" extend the > definitions of FLAC, if a special Ambisonics mode would be required, and > to what extent the 8-channel limit (as a limit) is a political issue. Extending a FLAC stream beyond eight channels is not

[Sursound] Does "gravure universelle" (universal engraving) mean Ambisonic?

2018-05-30 Thread Martin Leese
Hi All, There is an used LP on offer on eBay which is described as Ambisonic, but which is not included in the UHJ Discography. The LP is on the Erato label, STU 70221. The cover says the LP is "gravure universelle", which Google translate says means "universal engraving". Is this LP

[Sursound] Ambisonics in an Ogg Opus Container

2017-11-01 Thread Martin Leese
On 5/2/17, Martin Leese <martin.le...@stanfordalumni.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > This is yet another version of the draft standard > for Ambisonics using Ogg Opus by some guys, > one of whom is still at Google. It was > discussed on this list last year (in May an

Re: [Sursound] Soundfield mic disintegrating foam

2017-10-26 Thread Martin Leese
Michael Dunn wrote: > The foam in my MkIV ?suitcase? has turned to horrid mush. Argh. Any ideas > for dealing with it? > > I am incredibly scared to open the mic lest I find foam gunk all over those > beautiful capsules!!! Quantum physics notwithstanding, either there is foam gunk over the

Re: [Sursound] Simple Software to Play a 6-channel WAV File (Windows)?

2017-10-25 Thread Martin Leese
Marc Lavallée wrote: > Just a question: despite possible degradation of the decoded > ambisonics stream (due to phase errors), could it be that our perception > mechanisms (from the ears to the brain) can "fix" some distortions? > Also, what are the frequency ranges affected by phase errors (for

[Sursound] Free Ambisonic sound effects

2017-09-19 Thread Martin Leese
Hi, 41 Ambisonic Sound Effects (2.9 GB / 68+ minutes) for free; visit: https://www.asoundeffect.com/ambisonic-sound-effects-giveaway/ I have no connection, blah, blah, blah. Regatds, Martin -- Martin J Leese E-mail: martin.leese stanfordalumni.org Web: http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/

[Sursound] Two Draft standards for VR

2017-09-19 Thread Martin Leese
Hi, A couple of draft standards for Virtual Reality have been published, and feedback is requested. Both standards mention higher-order Ambisonics. MPEG has published their Omnidirectional Media Format; available from:

[Sursound] Project at upwork.com

2017-09-03 Thread Martin Leese
Hi, Saw this on the Web. I have no connection blah, blah, blah. Fixed Price Budget: $100 My company is producing a short 360 documentary, and we need 3 different spatial / ambisonic / 360º soundscapes that take place in the Middle East. 1) Mosque / prayer service

[Sursound] Songbird

2017-09-01 Thread Martin Leese
Hi, Google's Songbird is a JavaScript library that can render HOA to stereo and the Web; visit: https://opensource.googleblog.com/2017/08/bringing-real-time-spatial-audio-to-web-with-songbird.html https://google.github.io/songbird/ Regards, Martin -- Martin J Leese E-mail: martin.leese

Re: [Sursound] Sound Based Composition(surround)

2017-08-18 Thread Martin Leese
John Merchant wrote: > If anyone is interested, here's a copy of the paper Gus mentioned. ... > -- next part -- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Wallach article.pdf > Type: application/pdf > Size: 1472237 bytes > Desc: Wallach article.pdf > URL: >

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics in an Ogg Opus Container

2017-05-02 Thread Martin Leese
Hi All, This is yet another version of the draft standard for Ambisonics using Ogg Opus by some guys, one of whom is still at Google. It was discussed on this list last year (in May and November): https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-codec-ambisonics-03 Regards, Martin -- Martin J Leese

Re: [Sursound] summary of everything (in the guise of a Sennheiser Ambeo mic critical/comparative review)

2017-04-26 Thread Martin Leese
Dave Malham wrote: ... > Also, unless I'm mistaken (always possible), > it only seems to go back to 2011. The earliest "Ambeo" post is 2016 so, on this occasion, 2011 is plenty. I have saved the Sursound Digests in my Gmail account going back to August 2008 (Volume 1, Issue 1), and possibly

[Sursound] Ambisonics in an Ogg Opus Container

2017-03-28 Thread Martin Leese
Hi All, This is an updated version of the draft standard for Ambisonics using Ogg Opus by some guys at Google. It was discussed on this list last year (in May and November): https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-codec-ambisonics-02.html Regards, Martin -- Martin J Leese E-mail: martin.leese

Re: [Sursound] AES UK North Workshop on Capturing and Rendering Audio for VR

2017-02-09 Thread Martin Leese
Jon Honeyball wrote: > Is this fraud detection thing generated by office365 or by the SS mailing > list server? I have no idea why the SS mailing list might think that > office365 was a spoofed server? I have also seen this on the Xiph Opus list, so it is not just the sursound list server. As

[Sursound] Google's Omnitone

2016-07-25 Thread Martin Leese
Hi All, Here is a brief article about Google's Omnitone for VR surround sound. What I find interesting, and which I had not realised before, is that the binaural is obtained via eight-speaker surround. This should make it trivial to feed such a speaker array. Visit:

[Sursound] Ambisonics in Ogg Opus

2016-05-28 Thread Martin Leese
Hi, There is an draft Internet standard for encoding Ambisonics using the Opus codec in an Ogg container. Visit: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-graczyk-codec-ambisonics-00 Opus is a relatively new lossy codec defined in RFC 6716. Its encapsulation inside an Ogg container is defined on

[Sursound] Leyfðu Ljósinu by Hildur Guðnadóttir UHJ-encoded?

2016-05-15 Thread Martin Leese
Hi, There is a CD on eBay which is not in the UHJ Discography. However, the details state: Leyfðu Ljósinu (Icelandic for "Allow the light"), was recorded live at the Music Research Centre, University of York, in January [2012?] by Tony Myatt, using a SoundField ST450 Ambisonic microphone and

Re: [Sursound] Acoustic properties of round rooms ?

2016-03-06 Thread Martin Leese
Augustine Leudar wrote: > Im actually working on a sound installation which is involved with acoustic > archeology in which Im hoping to experiments with resonances , this kind of > thing : > > http://www.otsf.org/archaeoacoustics.html > > In this case a huge circular henge (3.5 m high banks)

Re: [Sursound] Acoustic properties of round rooms ?

2016-03-05 Thread Martin Leese
Augustine Leudar wrote: > Ive had a search online but cant really find much literature about this. > Can anyone tell me anything about the acoustics of circular rooms/spaces ? > How to standing waves behave in circular spaces ? There was a discussion several years ago in one of the rec.audio.*

Re: [Sursound] Different usages, different spaces, different decoders?

2016-03-03 Thread Martin Leese
Martin Leese wrote: > Peter Lennox wrote: >> Following on from discussions of decoder solutions: Forgive me if I've >> missed this (I've been watching sursound for about 20 years, or so - but >> I >> just may have missed the odd discussion!) >> >

Re: [Sursound] Sursound Digest, Vol 91, Issue 19

2016-02-20 Thread Martin Leese
Bob Burton wrote: > There is a Virtual Reality Audio session at this years NAB in Vegas. > > DTS, Dolby and Q Department. No Ambisonics. > > Big mistake in my opinion. Big mistake for whom? For companies, the big problem with Ambisonics is that it cannot be patented (because the patents have

Re: [Sursound] Advice on practicalities of 16-speaker half-spherical arrangement

2016-02-09 Thread Martin Leese
Martin Dupras wrote: > Hi, > > I'm intending to try setting up a 16-speaker Ambisonics array next > week in a small TV studio. I'm trying to figure out the practical > arrangements for setting up the speakers. I was wondering if anyone > with experience might be able to offer some advice or point

Re: [Sursound] YouTube adds ambisonics support

2016-01-15 Thread Martin Leese
Andres Cabrera wrote: > Very interesting. > > I'm wondering if it's worth considering separating the order for horizontal > vs. vertical (instead of a single unified order). This mixed order scheme, specifying #H and #P, has the disadvantage that as a source leaves the horizontal, its sharpness

Re: [Sursound] Is the LP SV-95002(D) UHJ-encoded?

2016-01-08 Thread Martin Leese
Geoffrey Barton wrote: > Yes I was, inasmuch as there was only one recording, which went straight > into UHJ 2ch PCM. Hi Geoffrey, Thank you for this. If I have understood you correctly, the B-Format was not archived (only the two-channel UHJ) so there could not have been a different mix.

[Sursound] Is the LP SV-95002(D) UHJ-encoded?

2016-01-06 Thread Martin Leese
Hi All, I have recently purchased the 1980 LP "First Men in the Moon", SV-95002(D) on the Starlog/Varese Sarabande label. This is an original motion picture score, conducted by Laurie Johnson. As far as I can tell, this is the US release of the Unicorn-Kanchana label LP DKP 9001. DKP 9001 is

Re: [Sursound] SQ QUAD

2015-10-21 Thread Martin Leese
David Pickett wrote: > I dont expect them to ever sound as good as an Ambisonic recording, > but I bought some SQ-encoded LPs today. I get pleasant results > playing them out of phase with the same on two rear channels at -6 dB. > > My reason for writing is to ask whether anyone here knows what

Re: [Sursound] Advice on new loudspeaker array... Genelec 8010 speakers?

2015-10-20 Thread Martin Leese
Charles Veasey wrote: > Martin - > > To clarify the use of the subs within a tetrahedral array, it would require > the subs to be elevated off the floor? At least one, as described by Michael. > Given the weight of most subs, this > seems a bit difficult in practice. Thoughts? Then try three

Re: [Sursound] Advice on new loudspeaker array... Genelec 8010 speakers?

2015-10-16 Thread Martin Leese
Charles Veasey wrote: > Thanks everyone for the information! > > Using four subs was mentioned a couple of times. I've never used or > experienced more than two in an array. What is the justification? I assume > that given a square room, you'd place one in each corner? With Ambisonics, using

Re: [Sursound] [OT] Recording uni lectures ...

2015-09-21 Thread Martin Leese
"Michael Chapman" wrote: > Sorry 'off topic' but as we have so many academic list members ... > > A hearing-impaired student (not profoundly deaf) is having difficulty with > lectures and wants (with the faculty's knowledge) to record them for later > listening. > > I was asked for suggestions. >

Re: [Sursound] Tiny ultrasonic ambisonics for mice

2015-05-27 Thread Martin Leese
Spencer Russell wrote: A colleague asked me a question about how to represent spatial audio to a mouse in some experiments. The mouse's head is fixed so the sweet spot can be pretty small. I was thinking about 4 speakers in a quad configuration doing ambisonics, but not sure how well the

Re: [Sursound] UHJ anyone?

2015-04-19 Thread Martin Leese
Eero Aro wrote: ... There was a thread about recognizing UHJ encoding some time ago, can't remember when. Must have been years... November 2013. The Subject for the thread was UHJ disc discovery? A quick scan of the content suggests that the Web page you cited:

Re: [Sursound] Boids for Ambisonic Panning

2015-04-15 Thread Martin Leese
umashankar manthravadi wrote: one more for youthe boid's on the wingno the wings are on the boid(cant remember it exactly or who it is by) Spring is sprung The grass has ris I wonder where the birdies is I heard the birds are on the wing Don’t be absurd, the wing is on the bird It seems to be

[Sursound] ENVELOP - 3D Sound, on Kickstarter.com

2015-04-10 Thread Martin Leese
Hi All, I fell across this Kickstarter campaign. I have no connection, blah, blah, blah. Does anybody know more? Below are some extracts. Regards, Martin -- Martin J Leese E-mail: martin.leese stanfordalumni.org Web: http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/ ENVELOP - 3D Sound

Re: [Sursound] Oculus Rift Visual Demo + Ambisonic Audio Available?

2014-11-26 Thread Martin Leese
Sampo Syreeni wrote: True. But then, at the same time, have you ever truly heard sounds from right below yourself? Does even the human auditory system *really* know what it means to hear something from below? Think about it or awhile. In the psychoacoustic sense there actually might not

Re: [Sursound] No more daily digest?

2014-10-28 Thread Martin Leese
Daniel Courville wrote: I subscribe to the daily digest, but it seems that it's now sent, well, now and then. I've just received one containing 34 messages. The one before that was on October 1st with 45 messages. And the one before that was on September 6. Am I the only one? Nope, I am in

[Sursound] £100,000 for 3D sound development

2014-10-21 Thread Martin Leese
Hi All, Spotted this in the Engineering Technology magazine: £100,000 for 3D sound development A University of Huddersfield researcher aims to bring sound reproduction into the 3D age with a new system that would allow not only horizontal but also vertical distribution of

Re: [Sursound] £100,000 for 3D sound development

2014-10-21 Thread Martin Leese
On 10/21/14, Martin Leese martin.le...@stanfordalumni.org wrote: ... Here is a link to the entire (brief) article: http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2014/oct/3d-sound-development.cfm Here are a couple more links: http://www.hud.ac.uk/news/2014/october

Re: [Sursound] Splitting a 10.2 file

2014-09-03 Thread Martin Leese
Eero Aro wrote: ... It's a command line program. Very fast. Needs lotsa careful typing. Or sloppy typing into a text editor to create a BAT file. Then execute the BAT file. Regards, Martin -- Martin J Leese E-mail: martin.leese stanfordalumni.org Web: http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/

Re: [Sursound] BBC Proms in 4.0

2014-07-19 Thread Martin Leese
David Pickett wrote: ... Regarding the lack of browser choice, I agree that it would be nice if all adhered to the HTML5 standard; but they dont. (What's the point of useful standards -- i.e. the HTML5 media tag -- if not everbody uses them?) I am sure it doesn't help that there is no actual

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics rig - loudspeakers directivity

2014-07-04 Thread Martin Leese
Dave Malham wrote: We had a rig in our original Music Technology room consisting of four Quad electrostatics (the original ones!) suspended about a metre and a half below the sloping wooden ceiling so they were above head height but angled so they were directed at a central head height point.

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics rig - loudspeakers directivity

2014-07-02 Thread Martin Leese
Sero wrote: ... What is the best loudspeaker directivity (polar pattern) for an ambisonics listening rig? I am very confused about this because I cannot find any reference on this on any pubblication or discussion on the net. The only work I know on this is a study by Dermot Furlong using a

Re: [Sursound] And now for something different...

2014-06-23 Thread Martin Leese
Bo-Erik Sandholm wrote: Is there a way to get a personalized HRTF (or even one near mine) with out spending many hundreds of the coins of your choice or travelling to a distant destination? No but, if the Microsoft stuff works out, there might be. Is there a standard format for HRTFS that

Re: [Sursound] And now for something different...

2014-06-21 Thread Martin Leese
Dave Malham wrote: Oh, for cryin' out loud. Makes you want to weep - Microsoft reinventing again what's already been done and (most of) the rest of the world believing they're the originators... I am no fan of Microsoft, but this seems a little harsh. Quickly producing an approximate

Re: [Sursound] HELP: Any methods on producing 3D audio in stereo?

2014-06-10 Thread Martin Leese
YL wrote: Hi, there, I'm radio program producer and recently my boss asked me to think about how to produce 3D audio in stereo. It is not clear to me what you hope to achieve; more information would be helpful. By produce 3D audio do you mean full-sphere surround sound, or horizontal-only

[Sursound] Ambisonia.com is down

2014-05-23 Thread Martin Leese
Marc Lavall?e m...@hacklava.net wrote: Hi Jim. I'm the maintainer for Ambisonia. Hi Marc, As requested, I am contacting you off-list. Ambisonia.com appears to be down. I get the following error when accessing http://www.ambisonia.com/: Proxy Error The proxy server received an

Re: [Sursound] MS output to 3 loudspeakers

2014-04-11 Thread Martin Leese
Oliver Thuns wrote: In the EU the patent has expired http://www.google.com/patents/EP0643899B1?cl=en#legal-events don't know about the US and Canada. Still valid in the US, visit:

Re: [Sursound] Question about UHJ

2014-03-17 Thread Martin Leese
Stefan Schreiber wrote: ... Or distribute 3-4 channel UHJ, which is the stereo-compatible form of FOA. Of course this proposal didn't catch on, even if this should work. (I see this doesn't work for a CD distribution, but this is the only case by now. But if you chose physical distribution,

Re: [Sursound] Question about UHJ

2014-03-16 Thread Martin Leese
Schumacher Marlon wrote: Hi, Thanks everybody for your well-considered comments. The reason for going for a 2-channel format is compatibility with distribution media formats (CD) - and I suppose it will mostly be listened to without a decoder. The possibility of recovering (2D) B-Format can

Re: [Sursound] 4 D sound (!)

2014-03-06 Thread Martin Leese
Michael Chapman wrote: ... I always remember one teacher commenting on speech, that you can apply* any standard effect and it is still intelligible, except playing it backwards. Not saying that it couldn't be learnt ... Indeed it can. When I was in high school, many moons ago, there was a

[Sursound] Ambisonia.com no work

2014-01-25 Thread Martin Leese
Hi, When I try to access Ambisonia.com, I get a 502 Proxy Error: The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server. The proxy server could not handle the request GET /. Other times I get nothing. Is this just me, or are other seeing the same? Many

Re: [Sursound] Surprise, Surprise

2013-12-31 Thread Martin Leese
Richard G Elen wrote: Well, this is one of mine Many thanks to Richard for the wealth of information. I will remain alert for a used copy to come up on eBay. Regards, Martin -- Martin J Leese E-mail: martin.leese stanfordalumni.org Web: http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/

[Sursound] Surprise, Surprise

2013-12-30 Thread Martin Leese
Hi All, I am trying to track down a CD in the UHJ Discography. It listed as: o M. Cang, E. Chin - Surprise, Surprise, KPM/Nimbus, KN101. (England) Does anybody have this CD? If so, could they please confirm the details (catalogue number, title, etc) and, if possible, e-mail me a list of

Re: [Sursound] Cowboy Junkies - Whites Off Earth Now UHJ Encoding

2013-12-21 Thread Martin Leese
Mark Anderson wrote: The recording engineer for Whites Off Earth Now has confirmed that the recording is UHJ encoded. I saw this at the following site http://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?8022-Cowboy-Junkies-WHITES-OFF-THE-EARTH-NOW!!-SACDp=197549viewfull=1#post197549

Re: [Sursound] DeWolfe Library Music - Ambisonics confusion

2013-12-05 Thread Martin Leese
Espen Braathen wrote: To: John Leonard j...@johnleonard.co.uk, The ambisonics trademark was registered in the US by Nimbus Records, but was abandoned i 1992 and have thus been dead for the last 20 years. The ambisonic trademark was registered and abandoned in 2009 by an individual. The

Re: [Sursound] [Bulk] Re: 45J recordings - did they / do they exist?

2013-11-29 Thread Martin Leese
Richard zoanne1uk... wrote: Thanks for the reply. I believe there is one, and i've mentioned it before. Calrec released it in 1974, and i guess the closest method of decoding is going to be 45j. I'm planning on decoding it soon. In case others want to read the sursound thread about this

Re: [Sursound] how to read common loudspeaker format (CLF) file

2013-11-21 Thread Martin Leese
Junfeng Li junfeng.li.1...@gmail.com wrote: I am now trying to develop a program to read and view the loudspeaker directivity. I came across to know the common loudspeaker format (CLF) which is detailed at http://www.clfgroup.org/index.htm. Though some CLF files are provided in binary format,

Re: [Sursound] New native B-Format microphone!

2013-11-15 Thread Martin Leese
J?rn Nettingsmeier wrote: On 11/14/2013 03:31 PM, Eero Aro wrote: ... Just by the accident, I visited an Audio-Visual Fair in the Helsinki Fair Centre this afternoon and had a chat with Martin, who has designed the microphone. I actually held the microphone in my hand. There was no

Re: [Sursound] two new BBC Research white papers on Ambisonics

2013-10-09 Thread Martin Leese
Peter Lennox wrote: Aaron Heller wrote: The second one uses basic decoding (aka velocity, matching, rV=1) decoding over the entire frequency range, which means, among other things, that the ILDs are not as large as they would be with rE_max decoding. Yes, but that's the point - for

Re: [Sursound] Sense of direction (whole new idea)

2013-10-08 Thread Martin Leese
Dave Malham wrote: ... Might be better to develop a smartphone app that took a photo of the mic, geo-tagged it and associated that with the recorded file, Rather than take a photo of the mic (bit repetitive), take a photo in the direction the mic is facing. Years ago (around 2000) I read a

[Sursound] IMF Electronics Decoders page

2013-09-18 Thread Martin Leese
Hi All, I have created a Google Site dedicated to the IMF Electronics Ambisionic decoder, the D20B. Visit: https://sites.google.com/site/imfelectronicsdecoders/ This is a sibling page to my page for Minim decoders at: https://sites.google.com/site/minimdecoders/ Regards, Martin -- Martin J

Re: [Sursound] Two new approaches for the distribution of surround sound/3D audio

2013-08-02 Thread Martin Leese
Stefan Schreiber wrote: ... To offer a backward-compatible extension of a UHJ extended AAC stereo file, you would have to include the T and Q audio channels as 3rd or 4th audio stream, somewhere. (Probably you could label such a file as stereo, the first 2 channels being L and R. Include

Re: [Sursound] Suggestions spherical loudspeaker installation observatory

2013-07-10 Thread Martin Leese
Michael Chapman wrote: Martin Leese wrote: In general, for Ambisonics, you should distribute the speakers as evenly as possible. Aim for the faces of a platonic solid; visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid Problem is ... despite many claims to be on the verge

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics - Decoding 16 channels in DAW

2013-07-03 Thread Martin Leese
Moritz Fehr wrote: ... i am going to record a space with a soundfield mic and i would like to then make a simulation of it by setting up an array of 16 speakers. one speaker circle is on ear level, the other one above. i would like to use the second circle above to add height information to

Re: [Sursound] Giving Precedence to Ambisonics

2013-06-26 Thread Martin Leese
Eric Carmichel wrote: ... Two-channel playback (both convention and binaural) is here to stay for a while, so optimizing Ambisonics for stereo is desirable to me. In fact, one of my favorite recordings from the late 80s was made with the band (The Cowboy Junkies) circled around a Calrec

[Sursound] How to play Dolby Atmos using full-sphere Ambisonics

2013-06-24 Thread Martin Leese
This is an article on Dolby Atmos. It looks like this technology is up and away, what with Star Trek Into Darkness and the Empire Cinema in Leicester Square, UK.

Re: [Sursound] Testing left, center, right...

2013-06-23 Thread Martin Leese
Eric Carmichel wrote: Over the months, I?ve read a couple of posts asking whether it is possible to extract or synthesize surround channels from binaural stereo or non-Ambisonic surround formats. I am now attempting to do something that would appear to be simpler and more straightforward:

Re: [Sursound] Eigenmike

2013-06-17 Thread Martin Leese
Stefan Schreiber wrote: For clarification: Could the eigenmike also do some 4th order recording (in a real sense, not giving some 4th order output), or is it a 3rd order microphone? When the em32 Eigenmike was in prototype form, mh acoustics promoted it as up to fourth-order (although the

Re: [Sursound] reinvention of the wheel??

2013-04-20 Thread Martin Leese
Dave Malham wrote: Just received an email which - seems someone else is reinventing the Soundfield again - see http://www.quaud.io/ This time it's based on mems microphones and is very small so it ends up using blind source separation in order to get good source-interference ratios. There's

Re: [Sursound] Meandering a bit (not a byte, but perhaps a nibble)

2013-04-10 Thread Martin Leese
Eric Carmichel wrote: ... While I was enjoying the scent of roses and honeysuckle blossoms during my visit, the thought of electronically ?recording? scents and odors came to mind (not exactly a new idea). After all, we have multiple methods of electronically recording images and sounds. It

Re: [Sursound] Surround formats and lossy compression

2013-04-07 Thread Martin Leese
umashankar manthravadi wrote: always thought only m has both cases. m - millliwatt, and M - megawatt, for example. According to my pocket diary, there are a few more: yocto, Yotta, zepto, Zetta, pico, Peta. There is also deci (d) and deca (da). Regards, Martin -- Martin J Leese E-mail:

Re: [Sursound] Surround formats and lossy compression

2013-04-06 Thread Martin Leese
Eric Carmichel wrote: ... Are all lossless formats more-or-less equal in terms of 'purity'. Eric B has already addressed this; lossless means lossless. ... Unlike kilohertz (kHz), the K is capitalized when referencing kilobytes (KB) or kilobits (Kb). In SI unit prefixes there is only a

Re: [Sursound] SuperStereo and ITU Formats: What are they like on an Ambisonic system?

2013-03-09 Thread Martin Leese
Bearcat M. ??ndor wrote: Let's say i set up a full sphere Ambisonic system. I scour the web looking for b-format files to play over Fons' awesome ambdec app. After i've listened to the few b-format files and my collection of Nimbus Records UHJ discs, i'm sitting there staring at my

Re: [Sursound] the power of doppler shift illusion

2013-02-27 Thread Martin Leese
Augustine Leudar wrote: ... The sounds and settings have to be convincing enough, believable enough, for cognitive effects to work - then you can get away with all sorts of acoustic inaccuracies - thats why I think so many sound installations in galleries leave me cold - you can see all the

Re: [Sursound] Bi-Amping the B-format

2013-02-21 Thread Martin Leese
Eric Carmichel wrote: ... Eight speakers is probably overkill and doesn?t leave me the four channels needed for a square array of subs. If you have four subs then you might want to consider arranging them in a tetrahedron. Note that subs are heavy, so there is a practical problem with mounting

Re: [Sursound] Gran Sasso - first impressions

2013-02-19 Thread Martin Leese
Gerard Lardner wrote: Here's a suggestion: a place that is publicly-accessible, but is under threat of being demolished. It's Achill Henge, a modern copy of much of Stonehenge but built on Achill Island, off the west coast of Ireland. There are a number of Stonehenge replicas dotted around

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonic hydrophone?

2013-02-19 Thread Martin Leese
Fons Adriaensen wrote: Don't know what Len will think of it, but putting a Tetramic (or any such mic) in a plastic bag isn't likely to produce anything usable. Basic problem is that the acoustic impedance of water is around 3400 times higher than that of air, so the water/air interface will

Re: [Sursound] Jason and the Argon-nots

2013-02-10 Thread Martin Leese
Eric Carmichel wrote: Greetings to All, Just a few thoughts regarding recent posts and the argon-filled sphere. Martin, I definitely boo-booed by suggesting the recording would be made in an all-argon atmosphere. But comparing the *sound* one might experience between the two conditions (air

Re: [Sursound] Sweet spot precise measurement

2012-11-07 Thread Martin Leese
Tommaso Perego wrote: Dear all, I was wondering how, knowing the diameter of a speaker octagon, using 1st or 3rd Order ambisonics, to calculate precisely the dimensions of the sweet spot area. Any ideas? If you want to make calculations of area then your first problem will be defining

Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA

2012-10-31 Thread Martin Leese
Peter Lennox wrote: Yes but...why not simply release stuff for mobiles in a generic binaural - skip the uhj altogether? Please, what is this generic binaural? Everyone has an individual HRTF. If you release binaural recording using a generic HRTF then it will work for some and not for

Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA

2012-10-24 Thread Martin Leese
Richard Dobson wrote: ... So is this, in fact, the ultimate file format that folk on this list have been arguing for (and over) for so long? No, absolutely not. The fact that it has been patented means that it should not be used. The situation is similar the the GIF image file format. When

Re: [Sursound] Trans-Dimensional Portal

2012-10-10 Thread Martin Leese
Carsten Bohn wrote: It has sort of got lost in the melee. ... This list has an amazing side-effect, which is : getting to know new words things that I haven't heard as off now, f.e. M?l?e : which Google translates in german to something like fray in naval warfare? !? My English dictionary

[Sursound] A different portal

2012-10-10 Thread Martin Leese
Here is a different portal, this one in the UK and made from rubber: http://www.jay-harris.co.uk/tag/ambisonics/ Maybe two sound portals so close together was a fluke, or maybe this the the killer app for Ambisonics. Regards, Martin -- Martin J Leese E-mail: martin.leese stanfordalumni.org

Re: [Sursound] Trans-Dimensional Portal

2012-10-09 Thread Martin Leese
Augustine Leudar wrote: so ... what's all this about a portal ? It has sort of got lost in the melee. Try: http://mur.mu.rs/?p=560 https://www.facebook.com/TransDimensionalPortal Regards, Martin -- Martin J Leese E-mail: martin.leese stanfordalumni.org Web:

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