[?] Dave (In case anyone hasn't had their coffee yet, that's a comment on the last paragraph)
On 23 April 2015 at 16:46, Richard Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > There is an important reason to maintain full Ambisonic capability to below > 20Hz. > > It is a MUSICAL one. > > Go to a service at a large cathedral with good organ. At the end of the > service, the organist will play something to show off while everyone is > leaving. You can walk around and listen at various positions without > causing offense. > > On SOME pedal notes at SOME positions, you will experience 'pressure in the > head' sensations .. on other notes and positions the experience is 'trouser > flapping' .... Pressure & Velocity nodes in cathedral space > > A mono recording or single "high quality Sub" converts the pleasant > 'trouser flapping' to unpleasant 'pressure in the head'. > > You need at least stereo, preferably at least 4 subs in a classic Ambi > system (and a TetraMic recording) to reproduce these important aspects of > an organ performance. This isn't about LF 'localisation'. It's about > pleasant musical sounds. > > If the desired effect is Bruce Willis blowing up the universe, dinosaur > footsteps or modern music (??), your single "high quality Sub" is > sufficient. You can also achieve the same effect by having someone stand > behind you wielding a blunt instrument at the appropriate moment. > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, > edit account or options, view archives and so on. > -- As of 1st October 2012, I have retired from the University. These are my own views and may or may not be shared by the University Dave Malham Honorary Fellow, Department of Music The University of York York YO10 5DD UK 'Ambisonics - Component Imaging for Audio' -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20150423/6797e165/attachment.html> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 360.gif Type: image/gif Size: 453 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20150423/6797e165/attachment.gif> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
