Re: [Sursound] Recording B-Format

2015-03-28 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi Ricky, > On 05 Mar 2015, at 17:39, Ricky Graham wrote: > Does anyone have any experience recording B-Format with multiple microphones > set to specific polar patterns (i.e. if you don’t have access to an ambisonic > / tetramic?). Is it possible? If so, what are some of the issues / problems

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, Andrew ___

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

Re: [Sursound] Dolby Atmos

2012-05-25 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi Stefan, On 24.04.2012, at 20:54, Stefan Schreiber wrote: > It is a pity that the so-called music industry (not that I belong to that…) > didn't and doesn't care, (…caring a lot about surround) > but in the end probably there has to happen something. Because the question > might be asked wh

Re: [Sursound] Dolby Atmos

2012-05-25 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi Fons, On 24.04.2012, at 22:09, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > More than 96 dB dynamic range ? I've done some 20th and 21st > century music recordings that had 60 dB or so of dynamic range, > but that's about the widest I've ever seen. For any practical > use you have to reduce that anyway. > > For

Re: [Sursound] Dolby Atmos

2012-05-25 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi Robert, On 25.04.2012, at 03:44, Robert Greene wrote: > Moreover, if we had compressed one very brief thing(and unless you are meter > reading you may not know which thing it is--it does not sound as loud as it > actually is), we could have pulled the overall level up 6 dB. That one moment

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

2011-05-03 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi Jörn, On May 1, 2011, at 9:39 PM, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > for me, 1st order horizontal is nice but on the brink of collapsing due > to ambiguous source localosation, 1st order peri tips it over the edge. > that's with my sound engineer's ear, not with my music appreciation ear. > > paul's

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

2011-04-16 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi John, On 16.04.2011, at 10:53, John Leonard wrote: > You only need phantom turned on on Channel 1 - try turning it off on all > other channels and see if the noise goes away. is that recommended behavior? I currently phantom power all four mics. Also, has anyone thought about assembling a bo

Re: [Sursound] VVaudio site difficulties

2011-04-13 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi Tim, On 13.04.2011, at 23:06, Tim BC wrote: > Is it me or what? I am trying to access VVaudio to download the latest > versions of VVTetraVST and VVMic but I keep getting redirected to a Zoneedit > page which seems to be a web-hosting page. This happened to me yesterday as well. It appears t

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 https://mail.mus

[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. > There is al

Re: [Sursound] Multichannel audio players (hardware)

2011-03-23 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi Simone, On 23.03.2011, at 14:47, Simone Fontana wrote: > Are you aware of any hardware device able to play several audio channels (up > to 16 let say) without the need of a particular encoding format? two CoreAudio / ASIO audio 8ch audio interfaces connected to a computer should do. And I'll

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, Andrew ___ Su

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

2011-01-25 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi Augustine, On 26.01.2011, at 06:33, Augustine Leudar wrote: > I am now utterly intrigued by > ambisonics and cant wait to try it out the more I read the more I get sucked > in I know what you're talking about :-) > Gaps in the image are plugged with other speakers with say > cicadas on them -

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
Hi Steven, On 24.01.2011, at 15:31, Steven Dive wrote: > I almost never see any info on recording techniques on record labels and I > can't foresee any record labels ever stating which microphone techniques were > used. DMP Digital Music Products used to do so when they ere in existance, Sheffi

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

2011-01-23 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi Robert, On 24.01.2011, at 06:26, Robert Greene wrote: > Does anyone really like the sound of the human voice > from four inches away for example? Actually that's quite a distance ;-) Really, spot miking can come in handy. Sometimes you want to capture an intimacy that can only be had at clos

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

2011-01-15 Thread Andrew Levine
On 14.01.2011, at 23:42, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: > What we really need is someone with the mechanical skills to produce > four angled pieces of metal tubing, with threads at both ends, to screw > in between the NT5 (or any other SD condenser) capsule and the > grip/amplifier, so that 4 x NT5 can

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

2011-01-14 Thread Andrew Levine
On 14.01.2011, at 21:46, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: > Augustine Leudar wrote: > >> Between £80 and £180 Uk pounds each more or less > > I suppose your jungle isn't too windy in which case I'd recommend a > bunch of Rode NT5. I second that. Regarding how to strap six of them together you might b

[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 Sursound@m