On 5 April 2012 02:22, David Pickett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> My normal method of playing first order is to load B format WXY .wav files
> into Samplitude, matrix them and add shelf filters, but I have not yet
> successfully discovered how to convert the .amb files to .wav files. I
> should be grateful for a few pointers.
>
Don't you just change the extension?
Dave
> David
>
>
> At 12:56 04/04/2012, Aaron Heller wrote:
>>Hi David,
>>
>>Thanks for listening and writing. All these recordings were made at
>>the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in upstate NY and broadcast on NPR's
>>Performance Today about 8-10 years ago.
>>
>>As for the distortion, frankly I have not listened to the DTS versions
>>that carefully. Last night, I decoded the Brahms using VLC Player and
>>note that the DTS version does sound "coarser" than the original. The
>>masters are 48kHz, so the DTS encoding also includes a sample rate
>>conversion to 44.1 kHz, and I'm not sure about the quality of the SRC
>>in the Surcode DTS encoder.
>>
>>I've uploaded the B-format files from which the DTS files were made,
>>if you'd like to listen to those
>>
>> http://ambisonics.dreamhosters.com/AMB/
>>
>>The free Harpex player makes that particularly easy (and you can play
>>with different virtual mic arrays). http://harpex.net/
>>
>>In my humble option, the Stravinsky Pulcinella recording is the best
>>of the lot. It was made with my MkIV (#99) when it still had the
>>original Calrec capsules and alignment. The Beethoven is from the
>>same concert and is the one I listen to the most often. The Dvorak
>>recording was made after an overhaul by Soundfield Research that
>>included a capsule replacement, and the Brahms after further tweaking
>>by Richard Lee and Eric Benjamin.
>>
>>Thanks....
>>
>>Aaron
>>
>>
>>On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 6:12 PM, David Pickett <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> At 14:01 02/04/2012, Aaron Heller wrote:
>>>
>>>> I put some files at
>>>>
>>>> http://ambisonics.dreamhosters.com/DTS/
>>>
>>> I downloaded, cut onto CD and listened to the finale of Brahms I, which I
>>> have conducted several times (where was this recorded?). It is the first
>>> time I have heard 4.0 from a CD and for some reason it took me a long
>>> time
>>> to establish a volume level. The wide dynamic range is nice. The
>>> instrumental timbres are realistic, and it is terrific to hear the
>>> applause
>>> from all around -- something that one unfortunately doesnt get with the
>>> DVD
>>> recordings of the Sylvester concert from the Musikverein. The image
>>> seemed
>>> stable. The worst aspect was the "distortion" (most noticeable just after
>>> Letter N from 12:10), which I take to be the 16-bit granularity. I will
>>> listen to more of these.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> David
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