Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-19 Thread Dave Malham
: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones [...] Imagine a circular array. For a single distant source, AMB will use only two or three speakers, those closest to the direction of the source (the contribution of the others will be *very* small at high order). WFS will use half of the circle

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-04 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Tue, Jun 04, 2013 at 01:52:57AM +0300, Sampo Syreeni wrote: On 2013-06-03, Fons Adriaensen wrote: Note the sqrt(k) factor in eq.(4). This the 3dB/oct factor I mentioned before. It arises because in the derivation of the driving function vertical line sources are replaced by point

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-03 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 11:14:24PM -0400, David Pickett wrote: Perhaps I was not clear. Take 2: It seems to me that Sampo claimed that the omni from a double capsule mic is not the same as the W signal obtained by processing the ouputs of the four mics in the A-format tetrahedral array,

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-03 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 05:51:40AM -, Michael Chapman wrote: -If you want a horizontal W (say 'W(2)') -if you are happy to have this 'omni' as having a cardiod polar pattern (in the vertical plane) -which surely one wants to match the vertical polar patterns of X and Y (???) then: -I am

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-03 Thread umashankar manthravadi
...@linuxaudio.org To: sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 05:51:40AM -, Michael Chapman wrote: -If you want a horizontal W (say 'W(2)') -if you are happy to have this 'omni' as having a cardiod polar pattern (in the vertical plane) -which

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-03 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 08:10:29PM +0530, umashankar manthravadi wrote: I am a little confused by this discussion. No surprise, a lot of issues got mixed up in this thread: 1) Can a 2D (horizontal-only) playback system generate plane waves (that do not attenuate with distance) ? 2) Will

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-03 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2013-06-03, Fons Adriaensen wrote: No surprise, a lot of issues got mixed up in this thread: Agreed. 2) Will using some filters help to achieve this ? Here I'm not too sure yet. If you look at e.g. dafx04.na.infn.it/WebProc/Proc/P_250.pdf‎ , on the WFS side they seem to be including

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-03 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 08:10:59PM +0300, Sampo Syreeni wrote: 2) Will using some filters help to achieve this ? Here I'm not too sure yet. If you look at e.g. dafx04.na.infn.it/WebProc/Proc/P_250.pdf‎ , on the WFS side they seem to be including frequency dependent terms for the

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-03 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2013-06-03, Fons Adriaensen wrote: Note the sqrt(k) factor in eq.(4). This the 3dB/oct factor I mentioned before. It arises because in the derivation of the driving function vertical line sources are replaced by point sources, and NOT because the resulting line array of secondary sources

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-02 Thread Paul Hodges
--On 02 June 2013 02:55 +0300 Sampo Syreeni de...@iki.fi wrote: it will be reproduced wrong unless you're doing full periphony. This much is clear. But given the practical importance of a horizontal-only setup throughout the history of Ambisonics, I'd be surprised if any substantial

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-02 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 02:55:28AM +0300, Sampo Syreeni wrote: But if you then record even the ideal infinitely distant point source in the horizontal plane using the same setup, and try to reproduce it using a pantophonic/2D rig, what you get is the same problem WFS gets. The directionality

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-02 Thread David Pickett
At 19:55 1/6/2013, Sampo Syreeni wrote: On 2013-06-01, David Pickett wrote: What I take this to mean is that if one is using WXY (derived from A-format) for horizontal only playback, W will contain unwanted vertical information that should be discarded. Correct for W, but also for X and Y.

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-02 Thread Michael Chapman
At 19:55 1/6/2013, Sampo Syreeni wrote: On 2013-06-01, David Pickett wrote: What I take this to mean is that if one is using WXY (derived from A-format) for horizontal only playback, W will contain unwanted vertical information that should be discarded. Correct for W, but also for X and Y.

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-02 Thread Eric Benjamin
is a good deal of progress still to be made in this area. Eric Benjamin - Original Message From: Sampo Syreeni de...@iki.fi To: Surround Sound discussion group sursound@music.vt.edu Sent: Sat, June 1, 2013 6:55:04 AM Subject: Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones On 2013-05-31, Daniel Courville

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-02 Thread David Pickett
At 11:23 2/6/2013, Michael Chapman wrote: At 19:55 1/6/2013, Sampo Syreeni wrote: On 2013-06-01, David Pickett wrote: What I take this to mean is that if one is using WXY (derived from A-format) for horizontal only playback, W will contain unwanted vertical information that should be discarded.

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-02 Thread Michael Chapman
David Pickett wrote: Perhaps I was not clear. Take 2: It seems to me that Sampo claimed that the omni from a double capsule mic is not the same as the W signal obtained by processing the ouputs of the four mics in the A-format tetrahedral array, and I would agree. However, the former

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-01 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2013-05-31, Daniel Courville wrote: I always insist on recording 'Z', and then almost never end up using it... Not even to look down or up in a stereo decode? I use the Z quite often (if not always) when recording large ensemble and the SF mic is more than 10 feet off the floor. BTW,

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-01 Thread David Pickett
At 09:54 1/6/2013, Sampo Syreeni wrote: BTW, did you ever look through what Z really does to you *encoding* equations? Formally, in order to arrive at proper pantophony you always have to either reject Z fully or purposely subtract it from the whole B-format signal set. Otherwise, even

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-06-01 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2013-06-01, David Pickett wrote: What I take this to mean is that if one is using WXY (derived from A-format) for horizontal only playback, W will contain unwanted vertical information that should be discarded. Correct for W, but also for X and Y. That's not the end of the story either:

[Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-05-30 Thread Emanuele
Hello, anyone tried these multichannel mic? http://nevatonmics.com/mics_multichannel.php I wonder what the quad configuration is. Thanks. Ema ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-05-30 Thread Michael Chapman
Hello, anyone tried these multichannel mic? http://nevatonmics.com/mics_multichannel.php I wonder what the quad configuration is. Looking at the PDF ...it _looks_ like two 'figure of eights' mounted in the horizontal plane. I say 'figure of eights' but with four outputs, that is

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-05-30 Thread Eric Benjamin
: Thu, May 30, 2013 8:11:31 AM Subject: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones Hello, anyone tried these multichannel mic? http://nevatonmics.com/mics_multichannel.php I wonder what the quad configuration is. Thanks. Ema ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound

Re: [Sursound] Nevaton microphones

2013-05-30 Thread Michael Chapman
Eric Benjamin à écrit: The lack of a vertical component is an interesting conundrum. I always insist on recording 'Z', and then almost never end up using it... Still ... seems a pity to have _four_ capsules and no 'Z' ... Michael ___ Sursound