Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio (Fons Adriaensen)

2014-03-19 Thread Steve Boardman
sub set for each order? In which case not sure on the best sub set. This is where it will get really complicated! Cheers, Steve Message: 4 Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:20:20 + From: Fons Adriaensen f...@linuxaudio.org To: sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose

Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio (J?rn Nettingsmeier)

2014-03-13 Thread Dave Malham
I would definitely second Jörn. We had a 16 speaker array (4-8-4) in a room which was hexagonal (with a pitched roof) that comes out as near a hemisphere as far as audio is concerned. It had an awful focusing effect at the centre until a brilliant guy in our estates department came up with a

Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio (J?rn Nettingsmeier)

2014-03-13 Thread Paul Hodges
--On 13 March 2014 07:30 + Dave Malham dave.mal...@york.ac.uk wrote: It had an awful focusing effect at the centre until a brilliant guy in our estates department came up with a relatively low cost solution which was to get a large (~3-4 metre diameter) end dish from a beer brewing

Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio (J?rn Nettingsmeier)

2014-03-12 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 03/10/2014 11:50 PM, Steve Boardman wrote: Hi J?rn (not sure what the character '?' is as it always displays that way) an o with double dot. the way i approach it is: * keep the early reflection paths clean for every speaker, like you would for stereo. no reflections 10 ms is a good

Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio.

2014-03-11 Thread Richard Furse
-Original Message- From: Sursound [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Steven Boardman Sent: 08 March 2014 01:13 To: sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio. Hi all. I am about to embark on the construction

Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio.

2014-03-11 Thread John Leonard
I've been to Richard's place and can confirm that the system sounds great. Heard some of my recordings in gloriously full surround and impressed myself no end! Regards, John On 11 Mar 2014, at 16:13, Richard Furse rich...@muse440.com wrote: Hi there - sounds like a good venture!

Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio. (Aaron Heller)

2014-03-10 Thread Steve Boardman
, as to date I have only used the platonic solids, or only horizontal decodes. Cheers Steve Message: 10 Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 20:26:17 -0800 From: Aaron Heller hel...@ai.sri.com To: Surround Sound discussion group sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built

Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio (J?rn Nettingsmeier)

2014-03-10 Thread Steve Boardman
Hi J?rn (not sure what the character '?' is as it always displays that way) Wow, thanks for al the info! still holds for ambisonics. try to get as many different room modes as possible. This is good news, and obviously what I presumed but it is the idea of the same response from each

Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio. (Aaron Heller)

2014-03-10 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 09:50:43PM +, Steve Boardman wrote: Stanford's CCRMA room does look (and undoubtably sound) good, but the space below is maybe a bit over board for what I want to achieve, in the space I have. The actual area of the build space is probably around 180 square foot

Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio.

2014-03-09 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 03/08/2014 02:13 AM, Steven Boardman wrote: I have constructed many studios in the past but never one where all the speaker positions have equal importance. Normally with stereo it is beneficial for the sides of the space not to be divisible into each other. still holds for ambisonics. try

Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio.

2014-03-08 Thread Kan Kaban
This could be an interesting thread. I hope it keeps growing. ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio.

2014-03-08 Thread Aaron Heller
Steve, I'm not sure I follow everything you're saying about angle errors, but there are a few installations that work well here in the SF Bay area that I have personal experience with. The Listening Room at Stanford's CCRMA is a 3rd-order periphonic facility, described here

[Sursound] Construction of purpose built ambisonic studio.

2014-03-07 Thread Steven Boardman
Hi all. I am about to embark on the construction of a purpose built ambisonic studio, which will also double as a 5.1 suite. I have constructed many studios in the past but never one where all the speaker positions have equal importance. Normally with stereo it is beneficial for the sides of the