Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-19 Thread John Leonard
I should mention this piece: Forest (for a thousand years) By Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller - their other stuff is worth a look as well. This used ambisonics and some of my B-Format recordings of the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight Lancaster Bomber. There's a short clip here ://www.yo

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-19 Thread Dave Malham
Sorry to take so long in responding but I've been driving around France in a Motorhome fo the last couple of weeks! I've used Ambisonics in theatres. There's some info published on its use for the Theatre Royal's production of the York Mystery Plays in 1992 - see http://www.dmalham.freeserve.co.uk/

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-16 Thread chris boozer
du >Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:14 AM >Subject: Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics > > >Iain Mott wrote: > >> These are excellent references, thank you! Curious to know why >> ambisonics and uhj encoding ceased to be used in the 90s? I know nothing >> about

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-14 Thread Eero Aro
Hi I think Augustine is right in many respects. What remains is a few enthusiasts. These include a few radio producers Are there any, Martin? The ones mentioned in the Discography, BBC and the Finnish Broadcasting company haven't made or sent any UHJ since the 1990's. It is true that neithe

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-14 Thread Augustine Leudar
Ha ! The essential precursor on writing on this list "Im sure someones going to rip me a new one but.." . I dont know about "correcting you" but I do beg to differ. Previously ambisonics was very hard to access and that may have contributed to it dissapearing to the private domain of a few enth

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-14 Thread Augustine Leudar
that last message sould read "now changed" not "no changed" ... important distinction that. On 14 May 2013 18:07, Augustine Leudar wrote: > Ha ! The essential precursor on writing on this list "Im sure someones > going to rip me a new one but.." > . I dont know about "correcting you" but I d

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-14 Thread Martin Leese
Iain Mott wrote: > These are excellent references, thank you! Curious to know why > ambisonics and uhj encoding ceased to be used in the 90s? I know nothing > about digital radio - but is dolby surround or some other surround > format being used presently in Europe, elsewhere? What is the present

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-12 Thread Ben Bloomberg
nnett wrote: > > > Subject: Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics > > To: sursound@music.vt.edu > > Message-ID: <518fb3fb.5020...@dlc.fi> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > Iain Mott wrote: > >> I wonder i

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-12 Thread Justin Bennett
> Subject: Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics > To: sursound@music.vt.edu > Message-ID: <518fb3fb.5020...@dlc.fi> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Iain Mott wrote: >> I wonder if people on the list have >> other referenc

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-12 Thread Aaron Heller
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Iain Mott wrote: > > The Earfilms link is interesting. I wonder if people on the list have > other references or links on ambisonics applied in theatrical > productions, either traditional theatre or theatrical installation? Your > own productions or the work of ot

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-12 Thread Eero Aro
I don't know about the others, but Mark Decker passed away, sadly. That was the end of the Archers in surround. I finally stopped using UHJ because the amount of people that had an Ambisonic decoder in Finland were less than you can count with your fingers. I knew them all and I could have as wel

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-12 Thread Iain Mott
These are excellent references, thank you! Curious to know why ambisonics and uhj encoding ceased to be used in the 90s? I know nothing about digital radio - but is dolby surround or some other surround format being used presently in Europe, elsewhere? What is the present state of play in surround

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-12 Thread Eero Aro
Iain Mott wrote: I wonder if people on the list have other references or links on ambisonics applied in theatrical productions, either traditional theatre or theatrical installation? In the Ancient Days (1990's), Jussi Lappalainen used Ambisonics in the Oulu City Theatre in Finland. He had a Ce

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-12 Thread Richard G Elen
On 12/05/2013 13:13, Augustine Leudar wrote: Ive used ambisonics in several site specific outdoor theatre productions - here is a review of the last one : http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Reviews/Current/Ghosts-of-Drumglass Very nice write-up for that - must have been quite an experience! -_

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-12 Thread Augustine Leudar
Ive used ambisonics in several site specific outdoor theatre productions - here is a review of the last one : http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Reviews/Current/Ghosts-of-Drumglass On 12 May 2013 13:32, Richard G Elen wrote: > On 12/05/2013 11:59, Iain Mott wrote: > >> I'd also be interested

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-12 Thread Richard G Elen
On 12/05/2013 11:59, Iain Mott wrote: I'd also be interested to know if people have examples of binaural radio-drama. ZBS Foundation have done a certain amount of binaural radio drama, and their content is quite amazing (though their best work is in stereo). See http://www.zbs.org/catalog/ind

[Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-12 Thread Iain Mott
The Earfilms link is interesting. I wonder if people on the list have other references or links on ambisonics applied in theatrical productions, either traditional theatre or theatrical installation? Your own productions or the work of others. I'd also be interested to know if people have examples