and :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambisonic_reproduction_systems#Full-sphere_systems:_Platonic_Solids

On 9 February 2016 at 12:58, Augustine Leudar <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On,y wikipedia but contains the info you need :
>
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambisonic_reproduction_systems#Horizontal-only_systems
>
> On 9 February 2016 at 12:45, Politis Archontis <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> one note on the arrangement, as far as I know, traditional ambisonic
>> decoding won’t work on hemispherical setups (due to the partial coverage of
>> the sphere by the speakers). You may have to use more recent/advanced
>> methods to get decoding matrices, such as the energy-preserving ambisonic
>> decoding with modified basis functions (EPAD), or the hybrid ambisonic/VBAP
>> All-round ambisonic decoding (ALLRAD), published by Franz Zotter (and
>> collaborators) from University of Graz.
>>
>> I know of two usable available implementations of such decoder matrix
>> calculators, one is a compact Matlab/Octave library I made available
>> recently:
>>
>> http://research.spa.aalto.fi/projects/ambi-lib/ambi.html
>> https://github.com/polarch/Higher-Order-Ambisonics
>>
>> the other is Aaron Heller’s ambisonic decoding toolbox, more extended
>> than mine, which includes scripts to produce VST plugins from the decoding
>> matrices using Faust, which may be more suitable for your workflow:
>>
>> https://bitbucket.org/ambidecodertoolbox/adt.git
>>
>> Best,
>> Archontis
>>
>>
>> > On 08 Feb 2016, at 17:19, Martin Dupras <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I'm intending to try setting up a 16-speaker Ambisonics array next
>> > week in a small TV studio. I'm trying to figure out the practical
>> > arrangements for setting up the speakers. I was wondering if anyone
>> > with experience might be able to offer some advice or point me in the
>> > right direction?
>> >
>> > What I'm planning at the moment is a half-sphere arrangement which
>> > would likely consist of:
>> >
>> > - 8 speakers in a circle of radius 2m at a height of approximately 1.6m
>> > - 6 speakers in a smaller circle at an elevation of 45 degrees
>> > - 2 speakers at an elevation of approximately 75 degrees
>> >
>> > Alternatively, I would be happy with an arrangement similar to the
>> > first 16-speakers in this diagramme:
>> >
>> http://www.matthiaskronlachner.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/loudspeaker-plan-observatory.jpg
>> >
>> > I've been trying to find out if there is a convention or "most usual"
>> > arrangement but couldn't find anything. I'm not particularly attached
>> > to the actual arrangement, I just want to find an arrangement that
>> > will work well enough with 16 speakers. Any advice?
>> >
>> > The other thing I would welcome is advice on how to mount the speakers
>> > to lighting rigs in a manner that is practical enough to offer some
>> > good compromise between precision and ease of setup. I believe the
>> > speakers we'll be using for the upper tiers will be Genelec 8060s.
>> >
>> > Many thanks. Any advice will be greatly appreciated!
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > - martin
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