Re: [Sursound] Auro 3D

2014-03-18 Thread Aaron Heller
There were three 'with height' workshops at the 2012 AES meeting in San Francisco* that featured an Aura 3D playback setup. David Bowles (Swineshead) and Paul Geluso (NYU) played some recordings that were quite nice -- height in front, with convention surrounds -- but the remainder, including

Re: [Sursound] Auro 3D

2014-03-18 Thread John Leonard
The mic rig that I've seen on the Tonsturm site (http:www.tonsturm.com) consists of five Schoeps omnis and then four Schoeps wide cardioids about a metre above them, which doesn't really seem that groundbreaking to me. But, as always, I'm happy to be proved wrong. Worth keeping an eye on,

Re: [Sursound] Auro 3D

2012-10-17 Thread Dave Malham
Hi, It does all really depend on what full gain on the amps gives you - and what the mixer can put out. On a properly matched system where the amplifiers at full gain result in the nominal maximum output of the mixer being such as to just drive the speakers fully, this is fine. If setting full

Re: [Sursound] Auro 3D

2012-10-15 Thread Andrew Horsburgh
[sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Jörn Nettingsmeier [netti...@stackingdwarves.net] Sent: 14 October 2012 00:09 To: Surround Sound discussion group Subject: Re: [Sursound] Auro 3D On 10/13/2012 06:43 PM, David Pickett wrote: At 05:51 13/10/2012, Dave Hunt wrote: I have long been dubious

Re: [Sursound] Auro 3D

2012-10-15 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On 2012-10-13, Dave Hunt wrote: http://www.auro-technologies.com/uploads/Auro3D-Octopus-White-Paper-v2-7-2017.pdf Will read. If ambisonic relevant, will put into Motherlode in time. It concludes that although 24-bit operation is advantageous for audio creation purposes it is inadvisable

Re: [Sursound] Auro 3D

2012-10-13 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 05:26:57PM -, Michael Chapman wrote: Because the knobs on the amp's are at the other end of the room (or if not there, it would mean bending one's back). Modern PA gear is remote-controlled and monitored. And even if not, that's no excuse :-) Ciao, -- FA A

Re: [Sursound] Auro 3D

2012-10-13 Thread John Leonard
Most commonly, I've come across this in PA systems hired in by performers: the most heinous being that of a concert for a friend of mine, where the balance engineer (a studio engineer, not a live sound one, which didn't help) could barely lift the faders without the system going into feedback.

Re: [Sursound] Auro 3D

2012-10-13 Thread John Leonard
Non-existent on the systems I'm talking about. John On 13 Oct 2012, at 20:16, Dan d...@db-av.co.uk wrote: Level control will be done on the DSP managing the speakers. ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu

Re: [Sursound] Auro 3D

2012-10-13 Thread Michael Chapman
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 05:26:57PM -, Michael Chapman wrote: Because the knobs on the amp's are at the other end of the room (or if not there, it would mean bending one's back). Modern PA gear is remote-controlled and monitored. And even if not, that's no excuse :-) No, no, no

Re: [Sursound] Auro-3D

2010-11-26 Thread Helmut Oellers
...there is written at page two sounds coming from everywhere around and above the listener That's the problem. We are surrounded, not include in the sound. Really immersive solutions are existing today, per example search holophony in Google. Regards, Helmut 2010/11/26 Eero Aro