Re: [Sursound] What does a mic with more than 4 channels give you?

2013-04-29 Thread Dave Malham
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[Sursound] Lectureship/Senior Lectureship at the Sonic Arts Research Centre

2013-04-29 Thread Stephanie Bertet
Apologies for cross postings -- Lectureship/Senior Lectureship at the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University Belfast The Sonic Arts Research Centre is looking to appoint a full time, permanent member of academic staff. This position is an opportunity to contribute to the

[Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread Jon Honeyball
Has anyone heard the new work by DTS called Headphone:X? I heard it recently at NAB. I was very impressed by the front and rear positioning, but not so convinced by height. Rather oddly, they have to apply a room measured impulse response as part of the simulation, to simulate the real speakers

Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread Augustine Leudar
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Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread Eero Aro
Jon Honeyball wrote: I have a pcm-f1 tape of the Zuccherelli stuff from 30 years ago, for those with long memories. Must pull that into a wav file, but my f1 has no digital output. Hmmm Don't bother. There's lots of clips in Youtube. Search for Holophonics or Zuccarelli. However, not

Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread Jon Honeyball
Mine is a direct copy from zuccharelli himself On 29/04/2013 12:08, Eero Aro eero@dlc.fi wrote: Jon Honeyball wrote: I have a pcm-f1 tape of the Zuccherelli stuff from 30 years ago, for those with long memories. Must pull that into a wav file, but my f1 has no digital output. Hmmm

Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread Augustine Leudar
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Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread Eero Aro
Mine is a direct copy from zuccharelli himself My respect! Then, out you dig them and re-release. I run a audio restoration company, but unfortunately I don't have a F1. Most other formats can do. Eero ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu

Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread John Leonard
A whole bunch of Zucharelli-recorded stuff was released as a hugely expensive set of 10 sound effects CDs. I waited until they were discounted to a tenner each and bought them. Happy to provide copies to anyone who wants to play. John On 29 Apr 2013, at 12:21, Eero Aro eero@dlc.fi wrote:

Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread Jon Honeyball
John, that could be fun - I remember the tape from when I worked for Angus McKenzie all those years ago. The bees flying around the head was the best I have got results using Harpex in Binaural mode from my Soundfield ST350 jon On 29/04/2013 12:32, John Leonard j...@johnleonard.co.uk wrote: A

Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread umashankar manthravadi
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[Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X)

2013-04-29 Thread Richard Dobson
On 29/04/2013 11:53, Jon Honeyball wrote: I have a pcm-f1 tape of the Zuccherelli stuff from 30 years ago, for those with long memories. Must pull that into a wav file, but my f1 has no digital output. Hmmm As it happens, I have a Sony PCM-701ES (incl SPDIF) with the CDP digital port

Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread Eero Aro
umashankar wrote: I will try and locate it. will have to digitize it of course Even though the thread is going towards off-topic, here you are: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22100835/Holophonics_demo_cd.wav This is a Holophonics demo CD, which contains the barber shop and other thingys.

Re: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X)

2013-04-29 Thread umashankar manthravadi
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Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread David Pickett
In Firefox, you just need to hit file/save page as to download. David At 09:53 29-04-13, Jon Honeyball wrote: Could you zip it? Would make it easier to download here, otherwise it tries to play in web browser. Or I am being very dim today (which is entirely possible!) Thanks jon On

Re: [Sursound] what mics do you use?

2013-04-29 Thread Martin Kantola
Eero Aro skrev 29.4.2013 14:28: Discussions about the various miking systems for surround sound and Ambisonics can be found in the Sursound archives. This subject surfaces every now and then. Another one also with Pearl capsules here: http://nu47.com/NU-880F.pdf Yes, I finally got this far...

Re: [Sursound] what mics do you use?

2013-04-29 Thread Mauricio Gargel
Yes Martin! This is in my wish list for sure Hope you are well... Mauricio Sent from my iPhone On Apr 29, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Martin Kantola mar...@nordicaudiolabs.com wrote: Eero Aro skrev 29.4.2013 14:28: Discussions about the various miking systems for surround sound and Ambisonics can

Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread umashankar manthravadi
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Re: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X)

2013-04-29 Thread Dave Malham
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Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread Len Moskowitz
Augustine Leudar augustineleu...@gmail.com wrote: have you ever heard the Realiser by Smyth Research ? Incredible thing that imitates speakers - even using someone elses HRTF it worked amazingly well There's also the Focusrite VRM (Virtual Refernce Monitoring) Box for about US$100. No

Re: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X)

2013-04-29 Thread David Pickett
At 10:59 29-04-13, Dave Malham wrote: A few months ago I had to sort out a PCM701 with one of my spdif cards in (the ones I used to do for Audio Design). We went through three PCM units before we found one that worked fully in replay mode (the original, one from the Uni and the final one, off

Re: [Sursound] what mics do you use?

2013-04-29 Thread Dave Malham
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Re: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X)

2013-04-29 Thread Dave Malham
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Re: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X)

2013-04-29 Thread Richard Dobson
On 29/04/2013 16:59, Dave Malham wrote: A few months ago I had to sort out a PCM701 with one of my spdif cards in (the ones I used to do for Audio Design). We went through three PCM units before we found one that worked fully in replay mode (the original, one from the Uni and the final one, off

Re: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X)

2013-04-29 Thread Kees de Visser
FWIW, I've got a few working systems, F1, 601, 701 and two Betamax VCRs (PAL only). The 601 and 701 have a SPDIF output. They are still used in our studio for clients who require transfers. Kees de Visser Galaxy Classics On 29 Apr 2013, at 17:59, Dave Malham wrote: A few months ago I had to

Re: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X)

2013-04-29 Thread Kees de Visser
On 29 Apr 2013, at 18:42, umashankar manthravadi wrote: many years ago, I tried to convince people it is worth producing a software PCM F-1 decoder, using a low cost video card and a a VHS player (all our PCM F1 recordings are on VHS). I thought it would be simple, but nobody showed any

Re: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X)

2013-04-29 Thread Dave Malham
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Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

2013-04-29 Thread Eero Aro
Hi All, I renamed the file in such a way, that a browser shouldn't see it as a wav file: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22100835/Holophonics_demo_cd.wav.remo Please try to download and when you've got it downloaded, edit the .remo part away from the filename. Please report. And - now

Re: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X)

2013-04-29 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2013-04-29, Dave Malham wrote: Pretty certain it could be done with an ARM with C or C++ these days. Yes, though the data rate of the incoming video stream is a bit steep (20-30MB/s), so that you need a rather muscular DSP to keep up, and you probably won't want to go the easiest way

Re: [Sursound] what mics do you use?

2013-04-29 Thread Eric Benjamin
AES convention that deal with some of these matters, in particular the diffuse-field response. They are: Calibration of Soundfield Microphones using the Diffuse-Field Response http://www.aes.org/tmpFiles/elib/20130429/16453.pdf A second-order soundfield microphone with improved polar pattern

Re: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X)

2013-04-29 Thread David Pickett
At 11:34 29-04-13, Dave Malham wrote: It is possible but I wasn't at all sure that it wasn't the ceramic resonator used in the oscillator. What mechanism causes deterioration in one of these? David ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu

Re: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X)

2013-04-29 Thread David Pickett
At 12:37 29-04-13, Kees de Visser wrote: Great idea though (same for a software Dolby A/SR decoder, which isn't avaialble AFAIK). A standalone Windows app that would decode Dolby-A encoded wavefiles and output a restored non-Dolby 24-bit wavefile would be most useful. I have several

Re: [Sursound] Sony PCM? (was Re: DTS Headphone:X)

2013-04-29 Thread Kees de Visser
On 30 Apr 2013, at 04:56, David Pickett wrote: A standalone Windows app that would decode Dolby-A encoded wavefiles and output a restored non-Dolby 24-bit wavefile would be most useful. I have several recordings that I have had transfer to hi-res files still in Dolby-A format. ... even