> 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 ( > http://www.icst.net/research/projects/ambisonics-tools/). > The comment has already been made: You don't need a mic to make digital audio ... For ambisonics, anything other than first order must (almost) certainly have been created (with or without mics).
> I'm primarily interested in taking a mix for my speaker array and being > able to tilt / rotate / reflect etc. all of the tracks simultaneously. > That sounds like ambisonics, but I would (for ambisonics) phrase it as: Making a mix fo any speaker array, being able to tilt, etc., and being able to listen to the result on 'any' array ... including my own. > - Any advice on speaker placement for 8 speakers in a small bedroom? I'm > currently thinking the 6 corners of a cube and then left and right on the > wall at ear level. > Think we'd need to see the bedroom .... or at least hear about it .... Eight sounds like the corners of a cube (you mention six ... that would be the faces, and not as 'simple' to deal with (nor (?) anything like as good)). > - Are ambisonics techniques the best/only way to do this given that I > don't > have B-format? > Everyone with a computer 'has' B-format ;-)> > - Any references that would be good for a newbie to read? My background is > in math and programming, so technical material is fine. > Good luck, Michael _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
