Re: [Sursound] The BBC & Quadrophony in 1973

2017-01-10 Thread Andrew
According to Wiki the former name is a common shortened version of the latter. Andrew Sent from my Samsung device Original message From: David Pickett Date: 10/01/2017 18:49 (GMT+00:00) To: rica...@justnet.com.au, Surround Sound discussion group Subject: Re

Re: [Sursound] Professor I Lirpa Quad Matrix

2017-01-06 Thread Andrew
Looks good. I'm off to the forest now to find some phase coherent twigs and zero group-delay wicker.Wish me luck ;-) :-) Andrew Sent from my Samsung device Original message From: Eero Aro Date: 06/01/2017 11:28 (GMT+00:00) To: sursound@music.vt.edu Su

Re: [Sursound] The BBC & Quadrophony in 1973

2017-01-05 Thread Andrew
Eero, It can be downloaded here:-http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Wireless_World_Magazine.htm Andrew G3NR Sent from my Samsung device Original message From: Eero Aro Date: 05/01/2017 13:57 (GMT+00:00) To: Surround Sound discussion group Subject: Re: [Sursound

Re: [Sursound] The BBC & Quadrophony in 1973

2017-01-05 Thread Andrew
Was that the design published in 'Wireless World' Alan? Best regards Andrew Sent from my Samsung device Original message From: Alan Varty Date: 05/01/2017 11:19 (GMT+00:00) To: Surround Sound discussion group Subject: Re: [Sursound] The BBC & Quadr

Re: [Sursound] The BBC & Quadrophony in 1973

2017-01-05 Thread Andrew
I still have some off-air recordings of the BBC's Matrix H system. Never tried to decode them but they have a pleasing surround sensation when listened to on headphones. Must have been the mic. placements 😉 All the bestAndrew Birt Sent from my Samsung device Original message ---

[Sursound] External phantom battery source for TetraMic PPAc

2016-07-22 Thread Halasz, Andrew
batteries insatiably. I'm looking for an alternative phantom power source. andrew halasz -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20160723/b5979beb/attachm

Re: [Sursound] Recording B-Format

2015-03-28 Thread Andrew Levine
s / problems > with this approach? I’ve used 4 x fig-8, 4 x Omni, 4 x M/S and 3 x XY (http://xytri.blumlein.net/XYtri.html) with results I was happy with. Cheers, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/m

[Sursound] AES69-2015 standard for file exchange - Spatial acoustic data file format

2015-03-16 Thread Andrew Castiglione
Universities, UPMC Paris, France Piotr Majdak Psychoacoustics and Experimental Audiology Acoustics Research Institute Austrian Academy of Sciences Vienna, Austria --- Cheers!!! Andrew Castiglione ~ You're not a failure because you don't make it; you're a success be

Re: [Sursound] www.michaelgerzonphotos.org.uk offline?

2014-08-08 Thread Andrew Castiglione
Hi Paul, A BIG +1... ;^) Cheers!!! Andrew Castiglione ~ You're not a failure because you don't make it; you're a success because you tried. -Original Message- From: Sursound [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Hodges Sent: Friday, August 08,

Re: [Sursound] Fwd: [4]

2014-04-13 Thread Andrew Castiglione
Hey Thomas, You have virus... ;^( Happy hunting... Cheers!!! Andrew Castiglione Think awesome, build awesome and be awesome. -Original Message- From: Sursound [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Chen Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 4:43 AM To: sursound

[Sursound] Connecticut could be 1st state to curb loud movies... that exceeded 85 decibels

2014-03-09 Thread Andrew Castiglione
http://news.msn.com/us/connecticut-could-be-1st-state-to-curb-loud-movies NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut could become the first state to curb loud movies under proposed legislation that's drawing opposition from the Motion Picture Association of America. The legislature's Public Safety and

Re: [Sursound] Encoding a 7.1 audio DVD ?

2014-02-18 Thread Andrew Levine
H Augustine, this is a while back, but I have been using this DTS encoder for a while. On Dec 18, 2013, at 3:32 PM, Augustine Leudar wrote: > http://www.dts.com/professionals/audio-software/dts-hd-master-audio-suite/overview.aspx > > anyone used it ? Me for one :-) Cheers

[Sursound] Listen to Strange Sounds Recorded in a Hole 5 Miles Deep

2014-01-09 Thread Andrew Castiglione
indischeschenbach, Germany, and turned it into a fascinating art installation. How would one be able to get the correct X,Y,Z azimuths for a surround recording for playback? Cheers!!! Andrew Castiglione Think awesome, build awesome and be awesome. -- next p

[Sursound] Beyond MP3: New push for high-resolution music so clear you can hear a pin drop

2014-01-09 Thread Andrew Castiglione
; on Tuesday it launched the website http://www.hiresaudiocentral.com/ And like a longtime McDonald's eater who finally tastes foie gras, ears may be permanently changed. Cheers!!! Andrew Castiglione Think awesome, build awesome and be awesome. -- next

Re: [Sursound] B-Format test signals 5.1

2013-11-11 Thread Andrew Castiglione
Hi, Are we all talking about this as the standard... http://www.ambiophonics.org/AES_Munich_1.htm So we are all the same page correct? Cheers!!! Andrew Castiglione Think awesome, build awesome and be awesome. I grab this microphone... it was a shocking experience! --- Oh Hmm

Re: [Sursound] Very inexpensive surround speakers

2013-10-20 Thread Andrew Castiglione
into DC Cheers!!! Andrew Castiglione Retired WDI A/V - Imagineer Think awesome, build awesome and be awesome. -Original Message- From: Sursound [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Matthew Palmer Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 6:16 AM To: Surround Sound discussion

Re: [Sursound] Sursound Digest, Vol 62, Issue 15

2013-09-25 Thread Andrew
sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote: >Send Sursound mailing list submissions to > sursound@music.vt.edu > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >

Re: [Sursound] Volume question WRT 7.1 sound recorded at listening position. (dw)

2013-09-24 Thread Andrew Levine
See Bob Katz' K-20: http://www.digido.com/how-to-make-better-recordings-part-2.html Regards, Andrew Levine -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20130924/7cd3e952/attachm

[Sursound] Esfera Mic: IBC launch

2013-09-13 Thread Andrew Horsburgh
Anyone at this year's IBC might be interested in the launch of Sennheiser's new microphone: the Esfera. http://www.noodls.com/view/84DDC0FB08F1DCD3D116474D5EC49E93382C4A5F Not sure on any other details as of yet so if anyone is going - could you report back? Thanks! Please consider the environ

[Sursound] Beck's beer bottle sound recording

2013-06-13 Thread Andrew Castiglione
http://hackaday.com/2013/06/13/becks-beer-bottle-sound-recording/ So what is the best format for recording? BEER Dare I say. CHEERS!!!;^) -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

[Sursound] Measurement, Analysis, and System Implementation of the Head-Related Transfer Function

2013-05-22 Thread Andrew Castiglione
http://people.ece.cornell.edu/land/courses/ece5030/FinalProjects/s2013/pmd68 _ecs227_hl577/pmd68_ecs227_hl577/index.html -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

[Sursound] Adding stereo to monophonic audio

2013-05-22 Thread Andrew Castiglione
Interesting http://hackaday.com/2013/05/22/adding-stereo-to-monophonic-audio/ -Original Message- From: Hack a Day [mailto:comment-re...@wordpress.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:00 AM Subject: [New post] Adding stereo to monophonic audio Post : Adding stereo to monopho

[Sursound] Anechoic chamber: The room that 'sucks out' sound

2013-03-08 Thread Andrew Castiglione
Quite. I'm hearing things I never heard before.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21708581#.UTpj08oflDE.email Cheers. or should that be Shhh! -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Re: [Sursound] 256 channel out system - recommendations ?

2012-12-07 Thread Andrew Horsburgh
the matrix, including gain. They released a fair amount of publicity at AES133 in SF - so I'd be surprised if the audio community hasn't already dug out some of the details. Andrew J. Horsburgh, Researcher andrew.horsbu...@uws.ac.uk Ambisonic & Spatial Audio Research Group U

[Sursound] Upgrading a voice recorder with a hex editor - TEAC VR-20 to Tascam DR-08 audio recorder

2012-11-10 Thread Andrew Castiglione
m firmware. After that, it's a simple matter of upgrading his TEAC and getting the ability to record at 96kHz. Cheers!!! Andrew Castiglione -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/at

Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA

2012-11-02 Thread Andrew Castiglione
AMEN... +1 -Original Message- From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Fons Adriaensen Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 4:02 PM To: sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA On Fri, Nov 02, 2012

Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA

2012-11-02 Thread Andrew Castiglione
+1 -Original Message- From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Hodges Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 1:37 AM To: Surround Sound discussion group Subject: Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA --On 02 November 2012 02

Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA

2012-11-01 Thread Andrew Castiglione
+1 AMEN... -Original Message- From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Peter Lennox Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2012 3:25 AM To: 'Surround Sound discussion group' Subject: Re: [Sursound] Patent application: Data structure for HOA Download t

[Sursound] The quietest place on Earth : Tours & Classes, USA

2012-10-24 Thread Andrew Castiglione
http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20121022-the-quietest-place-on-earth Whispering. cheers!!! -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ___

Re: [Sursound] Auro 3D

2012-10-15 Thread Andrew Horsburgh
y to go. (*this includes main UK and European festivals as well as touring for 2,000+ cap shows). Andrew J. Horsburgh, Researcher andrew.horsbu...@uws.ac.uk Ambisonic & Spatial Audio Research Group University of the West of Scotland, www.uws.ac.uk F

Re: [Sursound] Hybrid Hi-Fi (HyFi?), IRs, etc.

2012-10-03 Thread Andrew Horsburgh
x27;t to the ITU 775 standard shape. Perhaps someone on here can correct me? Andrew J. Horsburgh, Researcher andrew.horsbu...@uws.ac.uk From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Michael Chapman [s...@mchapman.co

[Sursound] Surround sound baths in California

2012-09-10 Thread Andrew Castiglione
http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20120910-worldwide-weird-surround-sound-baths -in-california Cheers! -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: _

Re: [Sursound] Dolby Atmos

2012-05-25 Thread Andrew Levine
ese, get permissions from all parties involved, decide on a delivery format and generally keep going until successful. Cheers, Andrew P.S.: Here is a link with samples: http://surround.blumlein.net/listen.html All created before my getting involved with Ambisonics, so please

Re: [Sursound] Dolby Atmos

2012-05-25 Thread Andrew Levine
. I can definitely second that. I'm never unhappy when switching between the 24 bit original and the 16 bit dithered file--although I do spend some time selecting which of the available dithers to use, and I'm paranoid about the introduction of another level of dit

Re: [Sursound] Dolby Atmos

2012-05-25 Thread Andrew Levine
ne moment > made us give up 6 dB! In a situation like that I'd definitely tuck in the peak. Regards, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

[Sursound] Stonehenge's eerie sounds revived

2012-04-27 Thread Andrew Castiglione
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/26/11418090-stonehenges-eerie-s ounds-revived?lite British researchers conducted experiments at a fake Stonehenge as well as the actual 5,000-year-old monument to determine how sounds echoed within the ancient circle of stones - and they found that the

Re: [Sursound] OT: Spatial music

2012-04-13 Thread Andrew Horsburgh
ir opinion, too. Andrew J. Horsburgh, Researcher andrew.horsbu...@uws.ac.uk Ambisonic & Spatial Audio Research Group University of the West of Scotland, www.uws.ac.uk From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of ne

[Sursound] Home Theater Speakers Getting a Wireless Standard... ; ^)

2012-01-12 Thread Andrew Castiglione
It's about time. Home Theater Speakers Getting a Wireless Standard http://www.pcworld.com/article/247998/home_theater_speakers_getting_a_wirele ss_standard.html CHEERS!!! -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

[Sursound] CobraNet-based whole-home system

2011-09-13 Thread Andrew Castiglione
SpeakerCraft introduces CobraNet-based whole-home system at CEDIA - audio and video over CobraNet http://www.interconnectionworld.com/index/display/wire-news-display/14951150 25.html Very cool system leveraging CobraNet as the network infrastructure. As far as I know, this is the first CobraNet

[Sursound] Sound, the Way the Brain Prefers to Hear It

2011-09-13 Thread Andrew Castiglione
Sound, the Way the Brain Prefers to Hear It By GUY GUGLIOTTA Published: September 5, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/science/06sound.html CHEERS!!! ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/su

Re: [Sursound] BBC - Travel - 3D audio may revolutionize travel

2011-08-21 Thread Andrew Horsburgh
I'm getting an error page, as it seems to be content created outside of the UK (and therefore isn't covered by the fee). I presume it's a blog page, not video / audio content? Perhaps someone from the BBC can ask for a reproduction just for the mailing list? Andrew J. Horsbu

[Sursound] BBC - Travel - 3D audio may revolutionize travel

2011-08-21 Thread Andrew Castiglione
http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20110818-3d-audio-may-revolutionise-travel Cheers!!! -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

[Sursound] Ambisonics featured in BBCs Click

2011-08-13 Thread Andrew Horsburgh
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b013pdnf Some exposure on the telly for Ambisonics, WFS and general good quality sound! Andrew J. Horsburgh, Researcher andrew.horsbu...@uws.ac.uk Ambisonic & Spatial Audio Research Group University of the West of Scotland, www.uws.ac.uk Please consider

[Sursound] Where are Ambisonics headed / Was: Re: Minim AD7 for sale

2011-05-03 Thread Andrew Levine
ollection I've used it on nearly every recording session. It's a great center mic, you can nicely extract directional "spots", and in some contexts it even constitutes a usable Hauptmikrofon--for (Ambisonic) surround as well as stereo. Cheers, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] TetraMic and/or Sound Devices 788T question: weird noise at record start?

2011-04-16 Thread Andrew Levine
ling a box that outputs all four channels on standard XLR rather than the four separate cases? This seems to me to be a more efficient approach. Regards, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] VVaudio site difficulties

2011-04-13 Thread Andrew Levine
t appears to be working again now. maybe a glitch in the DNS? Regards, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] B format recording

2011-04-01 Thread Andrew Levine
Harpex-B is out! http://harpex.net/presskit20110331/ (Press release) http://harpex.net/download.html (plug-in trial version / free player app for Win, Mac & Linux) Regards, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu h

[Sursound] Sorry…

2011-03-24 Thread Andrew Levine
…about the last post. Please just ignore it for the time being. Regards, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

[Sursound] Exciting news anyone?

2011-03-24 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi Svein, don't you want to announce something on this list? ;-) Regards, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] R: Multichannel audio players (hardware)

2011-03-23 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi again Simone, On 23.03.2011, at 15:18, Simone Fontana wrote: > Thank you Andrew, BlackBox looks exactly like what I was looking for! It > should cost around 2000 euro (in Italy only the recorder is distributed, at > 1950 euro) > I would like to avoid a computer in the chain. OK.

Re: [Sursound] Multichannel audio players (hardware)

2011-03-23 Thread Andrew Levine
/www.joeco.co.uk/main/BBP_introduction.html Regards, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] Subject: Re: Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

2011-01-26 Thread Andrew Levine
On 26.01.2011, at 08:56, Eero Aro wrote: > Dave Malham: > http://www.dmalham.freeserve.co.uk/vst_ambisonics.html > http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/mustech/3d_audio/vst/welcome.html these have not worked for me on a Mac runnig OSX 10.6. Cheers

Re: [Sursound] Subject: Re: Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

2011-01-25 Thread Andrew Levine
Wiggins (http://www.brucewiggins.co.uk/?page_id=78) and Daniel Courville (http://www.radio.uqam.ca/ambisonic/b2x.html). Regards, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

2011-01-24 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi Daniel, On 24.01.2011, at 18:55, Daniel Courville wrote: > Le 11-01-24 10:23, Andrew Levine a écrit : >> I imagine it would require quite a complex piece of software that could >> differentiate sound sources by grouping their spectral components, >> reconstruct the origin

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

2011-01-24 Thread Andrew Levine
und sources by grouping their spectral components, reconstruct the original positions and then recreate a LCR-soundstage. Cheers, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] Why do you need to decode ambisonic/b format signals ?

2011-01-23 Thread Andrew Levine
ditional carriers. Regards, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] good quality low noise yet miraculously cheap cardiod/unidirectional microphones ?

2011-01-15 Thread Andrew Levine
0/C (http://bit.ly/gSxO6N), or if your budget is larger the Schoeps CCM 4 (http://bit.ly/dIkMCa) or a DPA 4011C (http://bit.ly/foEPJM). Cheers, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] good quality low noise yet miraculously cheap cardiod/unidirectional microphones ?

2011-01-14 Thread Andrew Levine
six of them together you might be interested in this suggestion: http://XYtri.blumlein.net/ Cheers, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

[Sursound] Happy new year!

2011-01-03 Thread Andrew Levine
interesting discussions :-) Cheers, Andrew Levine ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] Link to Ambio Newspaper article

2011-01-02 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi Ralph, On 02.01.2011, at 22:59, Ralph Glasgal wrote: > www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/112171169_A_leap_in_audio_technology.html It seems the link is this one: http://bit.ly/hW4kwD Cheers, Andrew ___ Sursound mailing list Surso