Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-08-03 Thread umashankar mantravadi
with. and there is plenty of decoding software. umashankar i have published my poems. read (or buy) at http://stores.lulu.com/umashankar Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 05:57:34 +0300 From: de...@iki.fi To: sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap? On 2011-07-29, Sarang S. Dalal

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-08-03 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2011-08-04, umashankar mantravadi wrote: mass production will not happen so easily, but if you dont count your computer in the cost, 200 dollars for first order, without height is very possible. Software, D/A, amplifier and decent speakers included? I agree that that all should be

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-08-03 Thread Michael Chapman
On 2011-07-29, Sarang S. Dalal wrote: I've been lurking for only a day, but Sampo's note gives me the courage to go ahead and ask the first question I was hoping this group might help me answer. And good it was. No? ;) My question then is, how to do ambisonic even cheaper. I sort of

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-08-03 Thread Marc Lavallée
Even using spare parts, a complete system can be cheap. - one plug computer with ethernet: 75 euros (or with wifi : 100 euros) - one usb 7.1 sound card: 20 euros - four or more small fullrange speakers: ? The first step would be to create a complete software system with a good user

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-31 Thread Marc Lavallée
This other module (less than $30) is limited to 16bit but seems to work at 48Khz with 8 channels: http://www.sabrent.com/category/audio/USB-SND8/ Umashankar have one. -- Marc Sat, 30 Jul 2011 01:17:57 -0400, Hugh Pyle hp...@cabezal.com wrote : I have one of these, and it's cheap and works

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-31 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2011-07-28, Eric Benjamin wrote: One thing that I learned from those is that it's difficult to get high quality audio from a computer unless you have the converters be remote from the computer itself. I don't know if this would pan out in practice, but I think it might... While outboard

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-29 Thread Ben Bloomberg
Has anyone tried anything from ESI audio? It looks too good to be true. http://www.esi-audio.com/products/gigaporthd/ It seems like they can be had for around $100. ben On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:41 AM, Dave Malham dave.mal...@york.ac.uk wrote: On 29/07/2011 11:30, Michael Chapman wrote:

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-29 Thread umashankar mantravadi
going to order one and see. umashankar i have published my poems. read (or buy) at http://stores.lulu.com/umashankar From: b...@mit.edu Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:07:12 -0400 To: sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap? Has anyone tried anything from ESI

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonics on the cheap?

2011-07-29 Thread Hugh Pyle
I have one of these, and it's cheap and works well. The biggest issue is the sample rate limitation; with 8 channels you can only run at 44.1 kHz. On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Ben Bloomberg b...@mit.edu wrote: Has anyone tried anything from ESI audio? It looks too good to be true.