The size of the room will vary from venue to venue. I also have to keep in mind the logistics of how much gear I will have to haul around, as well as the cost.
But I was think 12 speakers configured in a two level ring or cube around the audience. Are 12 speakers enough to effectively produce spatial placement? -ap On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Peter Lennox <[email protected]> wrote: > 1st order or second, horizontal only or full periphonic, how many > speakers, what radius, how many punters at any one time, any flying > problems? > > p.s. - I've had decent results with a 2nd order 32 speaker rig on a dome, > with crossovers in the B-format chain, using 8x subs in horizontal 1st > order - floor standing - gets rid of a lot of the flying problems > > Dr Peter Lennox > School of Technology > University of Derby, UK > tel: 01332 593155 > e: [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Anthony Palomba > Sent: 06 June 2012 18:33 > To: Surround Sound discussion group > Subject: [Sursound] Setting up my first ambisonic system > > Hey folks, > > I am looking to setup an ambisonic sounds system for use in music > performance. > > I apologize if this subject has come up already, but I tried searching the > email archive, the search feature does not work! > > The general idea is to have multiple audio tracks encoded in Max/MSP and > then > send that to a decoder which would then send the audio to speakers. > > Some questions: > 1. what kind of decoder should I use: hardware or software? > I assume is using a software decoder it will be running on another > computer. > > 2. What would be a good scalable and portable strategy to get the audio to > the speakers? > Running a bunch of cables all over the place would be a nightmare. Are > there > wireless options? > > > > > Thanks, > Anthony > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20120606/002b9f54/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > > _____________________________________________________________________ > The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and > reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was > sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. > Please direct any concerns to [email protected]. > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20120607/20058858/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
