Re: [Sursound] Esfera Mic: IBC launch

Anyone at this year's IBC might be interested in the launch of Sennheiser's new microphone: the Esfera. http://www.noodls.com/view/84DDC0FB08F1DCD3D116474D5EC49E93382C4A5F Not sure on any other details as of yet so if anyone is going - could you report back? Thanks! Esfera provides 5.1

Re: [Sursound] Very inexpensive surround speakers

Hi, please let me ask a basic question. I'k like to monitor some work of mine realized mainly using ATK and Sc3 i.e. first order ambisonics. Could you plase suggest me some very small and inexpensive speakers ? Sorry not a direct answer. But it has been said on here (apologies forget

Re: [Sursound] , ambi playback configution and calibration

And, it has to be ~standard~ so that any player can talk with any speaker. Richard Dobson An interesting idea ( ... patents ... ) Ma daughter had to spend the last afternoon before a foreign trip driving into 'th big city' to get a new charger cable for her iPhone-Y, because she couldn't

Re: [Sursound] A-format panner.

Mathematically, _if_ you have a perfect A-format signal set (from some theoretical tetrahedral mic) then it can be panned. For the _simple_ case of a yaw of X degrees, then A' = ( A(1+cosX) + B(-sinX) + C(sinX) + D(1-cosX) ) /2 B' = ... etc. _I_think_ (this was very quick on the back of

Re: [Sursound] Feedback for new Ambisonics microphone and recording system

Hi All, I saw this post on a forum. The new mic will be either stand-alone or twinned with a 4-channel Zoom recorder. The company is proposing to fund it via Kickstarter. They are asking for feedback from professionals in the field of sound recording. They have the mic on their

Re: [Sursound] Questions about support of .amb file (Wave based)

rephrase after coffee (not sure if that will help) So if this was to work in with a media player the media player would have to know how many speakers you have and where they are (is 8 in a cube or eight in the azimuth) - then the media player would have to decode to .amb file depending on

Re: [Sursound] Questions about support of .amb file (Wave based)

Fons wrote: On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 11:52:17AM +0100, Richard Dobson wrote: If you find a .wav file somewhere on the net, what do expect it to contain? Audio signals of some sort... Just as a real 'use case' of how .wav files can be used (or ?abused). I created a file with one cycle of a

Re: [Sursound] Oktavia 4-D ambient microphone

Are you sure this is a less expensive option than a Tetramic? It seems capsules run at 77 Euros each and are not included. Price: capsules not included ... Availability: need to pre-order (and pre-pay) Tetramic may or may not need pre-ordering, etc. Brahama ?cloud funding? (or ... shapeways

Re: [Sursound] Oktavia 4-D ambient microphone (Dan Andrews)

Kan Kaban kanka...@alivecinema.org wrote: Hi. Is not less expensive than the Tetramic, but you can exchange capsules, so an hyper cardioid option is rounding my mind? it will cost near $1.500 with capsules. Can you tell us what the advantage is of having the ability to exchange capsules on

Re: [Sursound] A-format panner.

Thanks a lot for those papers. Beautiful. Same month year of my birth. Yes, I�ll do ambisonics and I�ll stay analogue as much as I can. There is a motive, but it is an artistic one. So, seems non sense to try to explain it here. Hey, we're all in the gutter ... but some of us look at the

Re: [Sursound] Very inexpensive surround speakers

Has anyone tried a system that was using the Z506 model for Logitech? In 2007 I played with some Logitech X-140 speakers. Was enough to convince me ambisonics works. The spatialisation was actually very convincing. http://mchapman.com/amb/hardware Michael

Re: [Sursound] Core Sound TetraMic

Eric C's two cents worth: I suppose the flimsy connectors are needed to keep size small? Something like the Game Boy connector (later to be used as FireWire connect) might be more rugged, but not circular (thus making it more difficult to machine the mic's body). One does have to be

Re: [Sursound] Core Sound TetraMic

A CAT-5 socket (in an XLR housing) on umashankar's Zoom is an interesting possibility ... Michael ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] Core Sound TetraMic

--On 03 November 2013 09:06 + Michael Chapman s...@mchapman.com wrote: The PP units invert the signal. My understanding is that the early ones did, but the later ones are different and do not. Paul Hodges Does that mean you can get away with only one (With CAT-5 there is only

Re: [Sursound] Core Sound TetraMic

Hi, The main problem in the UK is getting away from ambient noise (traffic, aircraft, people, barking dogs, wind in trees grass, rain and other water etc.). Then there's still a residual of Brownian air motion from everywhere. Apart from frogs if you're patient (or possibly bees or

Re: [Sursound] Linux ambdec b-format channel order

On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 12:00:10AM +, Andy Furniss wrote: I am not experienced with ambdec, but while trying something today I noticed something confusing when feeding direct with mplayer - mplayer -channels 4 -ao jack:port=ambdec pwh-VoiCE-Round.amb The channels are crossed as in the

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonic first approach

In that case for my ambiences and nature recordings unfortunately it will give me so issues to work with. Don't think there is _an_ answer for nature recording, though be glad to be proved wrong. Fons' TetraMic+Parabola interests me greatly ... though obviously the output is not periphonic

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonic first approach

J?rn Nettingsmeier netti...@stackingdwarves.net wrote: the tetra sounds great, but the connectors are very flimsy. The connectors are all from Switchcraft's Tini-Q (mini-XLR) series, used in many professional products and contexts. In the six years since TetraMic was introduced, we've

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonic first approach

--On 16 November 2013 06:31 + Michael Chapman s...@mchapman.com wrote: --fiddling to get the correct one of (?)24 possible permutations of the four capsules to the snake is a ! Especially in dim lighting ... and you didn't bring a lamp ... and ... A dab of four coloured paints

Re: [Sursound] Hector bird recording - SoundCloud

okay here is the link to the B-format files https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=3AEEEA022E2AD294%21227 This item might not exist or is no longer available This item might have been deleted, expired, or you might not have permission to view it. Contact the owner of this item for more

Re: [Sursound] Hector bird recording - SoundCloud

seemed to have messed up - deleted the files trying to allow downloads. I am uploading them again, and here is the link http://sdrv.ms/1baeBAI Sorry, something went wrong Please try again. If you keep seeing this message, go to Service status to check whether there's a problem with SkyDrive or

Re: [Sursound] Hector bird recording - SoundCloud

dear Augustine I sent the message from soundcloud so I thought it would include a link automatically. Here it is http://soundcloud.com/umashankar-manthravadi/hector-bird-recording Thanks. It probably did, but as a a href=urlclick here/a which did not come out in the pure text version of/on

Re: [Sursound] New Ambisonic VST Plugins

�David Pickett d...@fugato.com�wrote: How does one record in third order (or indeed any order above first order)?�� What kind of microphone array does one need, for instance, for 3rd order with no height information (WXYUVPQ)?� Is there a native format method for HOA or is it all extended

Re: [Sursound] New Ambisonic VST Plugins

Le 2013-11-22 12:12, Richard Furse a �crit : you should also be able to upsample to third order using Svein's excellent HARPEX-B plugin, although the public version of that currently generates only horizontal components at third order (for compatibility with channel count limits in other

Re: [Sursound] DeWolfe Library Music - Ambisonics confusion

How much does it cost to secure either or both? - is there an ongoing overhead? Dr. Peter Lennox I would say ambisonics is a 'dictionary word' (though I haven't looked in any dictionaries). Whatever, it has been in use a long time and unprotected. The withdrawal of the US application was

Re: [Sursound] DeWolfe Library Music - Ambisonics confusion

At 12:31 04-12-13, Michael Chapman wrote: I would say ambisonics is a 'dictionary word' (though I haven't looked in any dictionaries). Whatever, it has been in use a long time and unprotected. It doesnt hurt to ask, since it can be shown that the word has had specific useage

Re: [Sursound] DeWolfe Library Music - Ambisonics confusion

You know, i don't ever remember seeing it, anyone have it as a jpeg or png? Try http://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/1/UK1500177 or even http://www.ambisonia.com/images/icons/button_ambisonic.gif Couple of points: I don't think it is up for grabs. Rather it has become public domain. And,

Re: [Sursound] DeWolfe Library Music - Ambisonics confusion

Thanks, interesting about it's status: Dead. Guess that says it all. Dead in an IP sense, but not dead in a Monty Python sense The patent (hypothetical) on a 'hammer and nail' is dead, but the invention is still useful You know, i don't ever remember seeing it, anyone have it

Re: [Sursound] uhj and z

Is there a technical reason why z is never included in UHJ recordings? I suppose the simplistic answer to _not_ included would be channel count. As for _never_ included, the table at the base of the 'hierarchy' section of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambisonic_UHJ_format#The_UHJ_hierarchy is

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: Alan Parson's Stereotomy and UHJ

Regarding UHJ channels: I should have said, that in my (limited) experience 'UHJ' means either -all the HJ's (the top four rows in the Wikipedia table) or - what is/was known as BHJ (i.e. two channel). Others may have different experiences ... and almost certainly based on a bigger sample.

Re: [Sursound] Beyond MP3: New push for high-resolution music so clear you can hear a pin drop

Andrew Castiglione wrote: http://www.hiresaudiocentral.com/ Arn't they the folk that rent out stuff for gigs in the Brum area ??? Michael ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

[Sursound] AmbiExplorer

Persuaded one of my daughters to download AmbiExplorer --very impressed with what worked! (The rotatig head is great.) However it does not play. It's a few weeks ago, but IIRC we got a status bar (?) and a clock. Besides getting no sound neither of those two budges. No error messages. It was

Re: [Sursound] AmbiExplorer

Hi Michael, I'm sorry that AmbiExplorer didn't work on your daughter's device. If anyone experiences problems with the app please feel free to email me directly. I'm more than happy to try to figure out what's going wrong. A downside of Android development is the overwhelming variety of

Re: [Sursound] 4 D sound (!)

And now, 4-D sound http://createdigitalmusic.com/2014/03/full-immersion-audio-artists-explore-4dsound-spatial-grid-omni-speakers-ableton-max-lemur/ X, Y, Z and... Dave Excellent, I've always liked the concept of kiosk/cabin (as in telephone) individual immersion audio. ... I

Re: [Sursound] 4 D sound (!)

There is no sound without time, so time being a dimension should strictly speaking always result in a +1 on the dimension count from traditional accounting... Ronald Following Eero's notation, surely we should add + 0.5 D . . . unless we can move back in time Mind you some days I feel

Re: [Sursound] Connecticut could be 1st state to curb loud movies... that exceeded 85 decibels

http://news.msn.com/us/connecticut-could-be-1st-state-to-curb-loud-movies NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut could become the first state to curb loud movies under proposed legislation that's drawing opposition from the Motion Picture Association of America. The legislature's Public Safety

Re: [Sursound] Question about UHJ

There is another point - you can recover the B-Format horizontal information from UHj - so, notionally, using Bruce Wiggins' irregular decoding, you could display it on 5.1 Why not make a three/four track ambisonic (B-format) master and make derivatives (such as UHJ) from that ?

Re: [Sursound] Question about UHJ

than you want to do ... Michael Cheers, Marlon On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:00 , sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote: Message: 2 Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:08:22 - (GMT) From: Michael Chapman s...@mchapman.com To: Surround Sound discussion group sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: Re

Re: [Sursound] Inexpensive USB multichannel sound card

On 03/31/2014 09:14 AM, Bo-Erik Sandholm wrote: Don't ignore the Chinese :-) http://www.dx.com/p/usb-2-0-7-1ch-optical-sound-card-audio-adapter-white-orange-172008#.UzkSO4XtX5w 20 usd inc postage to EU

Re: [Sursound] Sound localisation techniques

Hello all, I'm looking into experimenting with live 3D panning of sound tracks from a DAW. The tracks will not be in B-format as I do not have a soundfield mic. I have 8 identical M-audio AV 40 speakers which I will be driving through an interface and Max/MSP code (

Re: [Sursound] old Ambisonia links -

Hi Jim. I'm the maintainer for Ambisonia. Please contact me in person I know you said the List was not the best place for 'helpdesk', but I thought this one might benefit from a wider audience. Was ADSL the deathknell for BitTorrent (for legit usages), and will fibre-optic be its death ?

Re: [Sursound] format

Does anybody know why I am receiving (only from this list and not from any other listservers) postings without any line-breaks? I find them impossible to read. Line breaks is different in each of Mac / Linux / the other one. Just a guess . . . Michael

Re: [Sursound] format

I am on Window$ 7. Using Eudora for email. The problem is not in evidence with every posting, but it has been much worse recently. David At 11:39 13-05-14, Michael Chapman wrote: Does anybody know why I am receiving (only from this list and not from any other listservers) postings

Re: [Sursound] old Ambisonia links -

On 2014-05-13, J�rn Nettingsmeier wrote: marc, i'd rather mirror the .amb files directly on my server than invest the time to maintain a permanent tracking seeder (which i used to do many years ago, but it kept breaking). let me know if you need the space and/or bandwidth. If you give me

Re: [Sursound] old Ambisonia links -

Jörn, Thanks a lot for your generous offer. Last December, Ben Bloomberg also offered hosting at MIT. So I'm thinking about a hosting model with HTTP mirrors for more than 35Gb... With the HTTP mirroring model, there could be a possibility to auto-host some files. Similarly to the

Re: [Sursound] Advice on Setting up a Listening Room

I am new to the area of ambisonics and sound fields, so please forgive me if my questions are naive. I am looking to create a Listening Room to simulate different real life listening situations as realistically as possible. The purpose is for testing and optimizing modern day hearing

Re: [Sursound] Advice on Setting up a Listening Room

-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Chapman Sent: 08 June 2014 15:58 To: Surround Sound discussion group Subject: Re: [Sursound] Advice on Setting up a Listening Room [...] 4. I don't know whether I need to consider placing speakers above (and below) the horizontal plane for the purposes

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

Sad but true... Sorry, but I must take issue, calling Microsoft sad is akin to calling a genocide 'unfortunate' !!! On 6/21/14, 12:08 AM, 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

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

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

[Sursound] [OT] The more bits the better ?

One of those : 'not so much what they are sayig, but who is saying it' things : http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/21/mp3-cd-24-bit-audio-music-hi-res which may, or may not, be of interest. . . Michael ___ Sursound mailing list

Re: [Sursound] Splitting a 10.2 file

Hi, Does anyone know any software that will allow me to split an interleaved 10.2 file into its separate channels for mixing. I've tried audition and Nuendo to no avail. I'm on a PC at the moment so soundhack is not an option, best, Gus SoX : http://sox.sourceforge.net/‎ 7 Feb 2013 ...

Re: [Sursound] Splitting a 10.2 file

nope at least not nuendo 4 - when you selcet split channels it says it cant do it - I know you can do it with 8 channel stuff. Audacity said the same. I will tr some of the other solutions on here, thanks guys ;) best, Gus The SoX page http://sox.sourceforge.net/sox.html gives: One use of

Re: [Sursound] Splitting a 10.2 file

[OT] As there has been some discussion of SoX as a command line file (channel) splitter, I thought I'd also note: You can (as with many audio tools) create slow (e.g. 0.01 Hz) sine and cosine waves as 'audio' files. What is rarer, is that you can multiply two 'audio' files, so you can produce

Re: [Sursound] Splitting a 10.2 file

of various sin.wav's/cos.wav's/etc. into a 'rotate.wav' and making files for higher orders are left as exercises for the reader ... Michael On 5 September 2014 09:20, Michael Chapman s...@mchapman.com wrote: [OT] As there has been some discussion of SoX as a command line file (channel) splitter

Re: [Sursound] Splitting a 10.2 file

​Hi Michael, My smiley was meant to indicate 'nice one' not 'yer wat??' now it's LOL. Dave​ If you don't put a beard* on a smiley ... how is one to understand ... ;-)) Best regards, Michael * They don't take long to grow ... On 5 September 2014 10:30, Michael Chapman s

[Sursound] Piézo

Was invited to an art gallery over the weekend. Some of the 'installations' were sound based : Various objects covered in nails, with (?)ceramic (well piezoelectric, anyway) discs fastened on them. Disappointingly though there were many hundreds of discs, for each 'installation' they were all

[Sursound] [OT] Dating ad surround sound

the guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/sep/28/seven-secrets-of-dating-from-the-experts-at-okcupid) reports the thirty most British online dating profile words* ... and there amongst all the monosyllables is Stereophonics (with a capital 'S'). ... bracketed between 'lecturer'

Re: [Sursound] [OT] Dating ad surround sound

As in I like the Stereophonics: they're a really good band, even though they're from Wales as someone with a poor view of the Welsh and who uses dating services might say... I thought my knowledge of dating sites was total, but it seems exceeded by my lack of knowledge of Welsh Culture. And

Re: [Sursound] [OT] Dating ad surround sound

Little tip I've found - ambisonics and discussion of theory of such has a strangely hypnotic - soporific, even- effect when used as chat up material... OK I'm ditching the romantic novel for a police procedural ... and you've earned yourself a role. Dr L., the Crown's expert witness,

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

Hopefully there is more to this than there appears to be ... ... the _impression_ of a three-dimensional (3D) soundfield [emphasis added] ... vertical width ... Michael (I did my first programing at Hudds. Tech. in about 1970 ... ... ?Elliott 4100 ...) On 10/21/14, Martin Leese

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

On 2014-10-21, Martin Leese wrote: Here is a link to the entire (brief) article: http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2014/oct/3d-sound-development.cfm So how come Lee isn't on-list already? Perhaps the _trained_ music technology students are ? [emphasis added] Michael -- Sampo Syreeni, aka

Re: [Sursound] a new UHJ album has been released

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/nov/07/microsoft-headset-blind-3d-gps-guide-dogs Headset provides '3D soundscape' to help blind people navigate cities To create the “soundscape” effect, the system uses directional audio technology to make certain directions

Re: [Sursound] Molding ears / head - materials

The resulting head should probably be in Latex, how to take the original imprint ? maybe plaster of paris? No way. Unless you know exactly what you are doing you risk serious (very serious) burns. (Plaster produces heat as it sets. The hotter it is, the faster it sets. The faster it sets the

Re: [Sursound] Molding ears / head - materials

and medical sillicone.. thanks a bunch! :) Anyone made A/B testing with e.g. a neumann head and a replica of own ears.. are there a big difference? thanks! Lasse (a guy by the way ;) Michael Chapman wrote: The resulting head should probably be in Latex, how to take the original imprint ? maybe

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

So prior knowledge is not simple - and indeed, dominates our perceptual performance. Sensory stimuli just serve as updates Peter, This must be why I find it so difficult to persuade people when I am right and they are wrong (hysteria, did you say?) ... The nice thing, of course is that

Re: [Sursound] 8+ channel players ?

Alexandre Rocca roccaalexandre@... writes: Yes, the device play 1 to 16 channel simultaneously without computer (in loop) from an USB stick. see page 21 and 22 and the manual). Just to clarify the loping track count for the future searches, the AH ICE-16 manual does NOT tell that it can

Re: [Sursound] 3D Sound Labs Neoh headphones

Somme clarifications on the discussion below: 1. It is indeed possible we are not very clear in our web communication. The main reason for that is that we try to address the average consumer and we found out that it is very difficult to explain the various abstract concepts of ambisonic,

Re: [Sursound] Converting 16 mic array recording to B format

Thanks, Richard, for your suggestion of ambisonia.com. I started there but was having trouble downloading the torrent files. (The internet access I have here (in a shared building) blocks torrent files so I need to download somewhere else then transfer.) Will continue to pursue this route.

Re: [Sursound] Directional confusion between different B-format players

I have a problem of directional confusion that depends on which B-format player is used. Well it could be something subtle ... then again it could be one of those classic coding errors ... ;-) Get Aaron Heller's Eight Positions off Ambisonia and massage that through your two bits of software

Re: [Sursound] another tasty lookingmulti-channel dsp kit

Hello all, AD have a new dual-core SHARC-based evaluation board (long URL): http://www.analog.com/en/design-center/evaluation-hardware-and-software/evaluation-boards-kits/EVAL-ADSP-SC589.html Looks interesting ... The webpage won't give me a price (some browser problem ...), about how much

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonic on Matlab

>> > >> > > Dear all, >> > > >> > > We would like to include an Ambisonic lab in our facilities and we >> don't >> > > have experience in applying it so far. >> > > >> > > We are thinking to use a big number of speakers (4th or 5th order) >> but >> we >> > > are still looking for the best or most

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

> Martin - > > To clarify the use of the subs within a tetrahedral array, it would > require > the subs to be elevated off the floor? Given the weight of most subs, this > seems a bit difficult in practice. Thoughts? > At the worst/best ... only one needs lifting. So just a bit of fishing* line

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

Fons Adriaensen wrote (Thu, October 15, 2015 6:47 pm) : > On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 03:59:46PM +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > >> We've seen all those outlandish claims of magical waveguides that >> are just fractions of the wavelength in diameter and yet shape the >> sound so wonderfully that a

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

> 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. > I should apologise for the brevity of my respone. The problem (for me at least) is that

Re: [Sursound] Google Files Trademark for ‘360-Degree Spherical Audio’ Software

> It doesn't sound quite the most robust title, really - either > tautologous or self-contradictory? > Strange, a bit like Beechams registering "Beechams Powders" or Coca Cola registering "Coca Cola Lite" or Renault registering "Renault Clito", what's the point Michael > > Richard

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

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. (Why the lecture theatre does not, in

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

Many thanks to everyone who replied / made suggestions on- and off-list. Confident a suitable 'mix' from them will do the trick! Regards, Michael ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound -

Re: [Sursound] OT: Opportunities for Study and Funding at the University of Birmingham / BEAST

> And yet another reason - with dialogue in glorious mono on one channel, > dubbing for other languages is super-easy. > > Richard Dobson > Mmm,but if the dialogue is not understandable (loosely, 'inaudible') does that matter? To descend into bad taste : What's the betting the average ISIS

Re: [Sursound] OT: Opportunities for Study and Funding at the University of Birmingham / BEAST

David Pickett wrote: > > Which brings us back to why Blumlein invented > stereo. Yet even the IMAX version of Spectre has > the voices all panned centre! Concerning which, > I sat in a good seat (very comfortable!) and was > appalled at the lack of coherence of the sound >

Re: [Sursound] 4-channel Teensy Audio

> The Teensy machine is a nice, very small, processor: 100MHz ARM Cortex > M4, > with a very nice Arduino-based toolchain. > http://www.pjrc.com/store/teensy32.html > > Apparently the latest update to the Teensy Audio Library supports > 4-channel, CD-quality, input and output. I assume this is

Re: [Sursound] Dialogue in center channel,,, not always

Peter Lennox wrote : > > maybe we should sponsor some kind of competition, to see how much > spatiallity can be got into (and out of) Dolby atmos. Sounds worth pursuing. . . Michael Don't want to dilute a good idea : but if the above 'flies' how about an annual prize for the film with

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

> Hi Martin, > > HOA are not limited to icosahedra or only uniform arrangements (which > exist also beyond the 5 platonic solids). Details, please. Michael ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu

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

Firstly, I've never got beyond twelve (two stacked hexagons), so ignore my comments at your _non_-peril ;-)> It strikes me, that it all depends on what you want from height : Your initial proposal was with the base ring at ear height. If your vertical 'stuff' is equally 'up' and 'down' you'd be

Re: [Sursound] Never do electronic in public.

> I just looked back at sursound mails and michael chapman had pointed out > that the teensy has four channel audio support. > > http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_Audio.html > > umashankar > > Must refuse the credit. I just participated

Re: [Sursound] Facebook spatial workstation

Aint Wndowxs un peu oassé ! Have 'ad window's on 'inux for (?deacades). Which cud explain why 'indpWs-passé(TM) is not 'indows(R) Michael > Jesus Christ Jorn. > /Lobs grenade. > (; > > On 24 May 2016 at 14:27, Jörn Nettingsmeier > > wrote: > >> On

Re: [Sursound] YouTube now supports Ambisonics (warning....part advertisement..)

>> Aaron Heller wrote: >> > https://youtu.be/eY9DMn8pgGA > > On Mon, 09 May 2016 00:02:49 +0100, Stefan Schreiber wrote: >> Well done. >> >> Just one suggestion: As VR is a lot about 3D, you could think about to extend the "8 positions" demo to some equivalent 3D demo. Which probably would be

Re: [Sursound] YouTube now supports Ambisonics (warning....part advertisement..)

> Aaron Heller wrote: > >>Problem solved. Here's the YouTube version of one of the most downloaded file from Ambisonia, AJH_eigtht_positions.amb >> >> https://youtu.be/eY9DMn8pgGA > Well done. > > Just one suggestion: As VR is a lot about 3D, you could think about to extend the "8 positions"

[Sursound] 26 Positions

1) With thanks to Albert Leusink for his encouragement there are now second and third order versions of "26 Positions" at . If anyone can check these on a rig, I would be grateful for comments. There is also a bad French language version (no comments

Re: [Sursound] YouTube now supports Ambisonics (warning....part advertisement..)

> Thanks to Albert I found: "A Perl script that that 'corrects' the headers on Wave Format Extensible files." It won't solve Aaron's problem, but could be modified. Michael ___ Sursound mailing list

Re: [Sursound] New FOA recorder

> Looks like the same guts as the Tascam DR-701D? 4 plus 2, but more > cleverly > implemented, what op amps does it use? > > Bit gutted, bought the Tascam recently looking for a budget ambisonic > recording solution that wasn't a Zoom H6, this F4 looks so much better in > terms of design. > Neat

Re: [Sursound] Decode options for WX only

> I've been editing some old B-Format field recordings, one of which was > made > in a very humid climate where there were issues with the mic (ST250); > such > that two channels dropped out completely for some the session. > That almost sounds as if you have two (of four) A channels. That is

Re: [Sursound] Bizarre

>> Sebastià V. Amengual wrote: > > That was one of the main cons. With the four distances that I used in my > measurements (10.44mm, 23.49mm, 48.34mm, 98.35mm) > if we wanted to cover the whole frequency range, we needed at least 3 > microphones with different spacing, and then the > signals could

Re: [Sursound] Stand alone recorder with built-in mics

> Hi, > > I presume that the name "720 VR" is for 360 degrees azimuth plus 360 > degrees zenith. > > Ciao, > > Dave Hunt > > This could get interesting : If one works with an eighth of a sphere ( a 3D ?quadrant) then that would be "180 VR" (90 azimuth plus 90 zenith). Stick eight of these

Re: [Sursound] Stand alone recorder with built-in mics

> > This could get interesting : > Could I generously offer a new (candidate) SI unt 1 Chapman = 4 pi steradians less whimsically, 1 Gerzon = 4 pi steraidians the marketing people might be able to cope with that ... or maybe not ... Michael > If one works with an eighth of a sphere ( a 3D

Re: [Sursound] Stand alone recorder with built-in mics

> >> One of the presenters on the BBC's World Service's technology programme "Click" just came out with words to the effect 'It's not 360 degrees, it's four pi steradians' during a discussionof a (not) 360 degree video of the construction of London's Crossrail. Daring departure from dumbing down

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