[Sursound] Mosca v0.3 released

2020-05-21 Thread Iain Mott
d and I presented at a conference last year: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336983923 Please let us know if you use Mosca in any projects! All the best, Iain Mott Iain Mott https://escuta.org ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@mus

[Sursound] Mosca: GUI assisted ambisonics quark v0.2 for SuperCollider

2018-02-12 Thread Iain Mott
on, a code interface and many other changes and bug fixes. The home page for the project is here: http://escuta.org/mosca A video tutorial is available here: http://escuta.org/moscavideo The git source is here: https://github.com/escuta/mosca All the best! Iain Mott -- _ Iain

[Sursound] Mosca: Ambisonic GUI for Supercollider

2016-10-31 Thread Iain Mott
ado/audio-map.html and other ambisonic resources here: http://escuta.org/en/projects/research/ambiresources.html Please let me know if you have any suggestions or discover any problems. All the best, Iain -- _ Iain Mott http://escuta.org _

Re: [Sursound] Multichannel amps

2015-12-27 Thread Iain Mott
Can't remember the price but the Crown CT8150 is very good. Has balanced inputs and does 125W into 8 ohms. Only eight channels, but is very slim and rack mountable so 4 units won't take up much space: http://www.crownaudio.com/en-US/products/ct-8150 Iain Em Dom, 2015-12-27 às 00:55 +, Augus

Re: [Sursound] Acousmatic

2015-12-04 Thread Iain Mott
John Dack made an English translation of the guide which is excellent. It's probably available online somewhere, but if not, you could email him: http://www.mdx.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-directory/dack-john Em 21-11-2015 13:11, Marc Lavallée escreveu: Thanks Ero for the reference. The c

Re: [Sursound] binaural theatre excerpts

2014-11-12 Thread Iain Mott
to my shoulders. > The far left effect was on my left shoulder and the far right effect was on > my right shoulder. When something moved across the stage in front of me, it > sounded like it slid along my forehead but was never "out in front". > > Is this what most people shou

[Sursound] binaural theatre excerpts

2014-11-11 Thread Iain Mott
hi list, Sending a link with some binaural theatre mixes I'm making with the Soundscape Renderer together with Pd, jconvolver, Ardour 3 and lots of patching in jack. The content of the recordings is all in Portuguese. There are some details on the page - but to elaborate a little, Pd serves as a g

Re: [Sursound] Sursound Digest, Vol 68, Issue 17

2014-03-19 Thread Iain Mott
Em Wed, 2014-03-19 às 20:21 +, Fons Adriaensen escreveu: > Another approach would be to sent W only (at reference level) > to the decoder, and then measure each individual speaker (by > soloing it, ambdec provides the function) and adjusting for > reference SPL - 10 * log(number_of speakers). T

Re: [Sursound] calibrating ambisonic speakers using the k-system?

2014-03-18 Thread Iain Mott
Em Tue, 2014-03-18 às 19:52 +, Fons Adriaensen escreveu: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 03:32:55PM -0300, Iain Mott wrote: > > > Thanks a lot Fons. When I pan pink noise with at W at -20dBFS RMS, the > > individual X and Y channels peak at about 3dB higher. Is that why you &g

Re: [Sursound] calibrating ambisonic speakers using the k-system?

2014-03-18 Thread Iain Mott
Em Tue, 2014-03-18 às 15:32 -0300, Iain Mott escreveu: > For my current purposes, I'd like to reproduce as best as possible, > ambiental b-format recordings over an array of speakers - and > preferably > try to match SPL measurements taken at each recording location. Do you &g

Re: [Sursound] calibrating ambisonic speakers using the k-system?

2014-03-18 Thread Iain Mott
Thanks a lot Fons. When I pan pink noise with at W at -20dBFS RMS, the individual X and Y channels peak at about 3dB higher. Is that why you said to meter at 86dB and not 83? It's curious this thing about the summing of channels. When I first read about k-system monitor calibration, I understood,

[Sursound] calibrating ambisonic speakers using the k-system?

2014-03-18 Thread Iain Mott
Hello, I've been reading about how to calibrate monitors with Bob Katz's k-system. Using the SPL meter method, I understand that each channel can be fed a -20dBFS band-limited pink noise signal - and each loudspeaker output adjusted to read 83dB SPL in the meter (or some other desired level). Thi

Re: [Sursound] 2 questions about IRs

2013-11-01 Thread Iain Mott
> > one. The above got me thinking though, if it is a simple sum, wouldn't > > it be possible to simulate the variable orientation of a speaker (human) > > by doing an equal power crossfade between adjacent angular IRs as this > > virtual human speaker turns? > > That is mathematically not correc

Re: [Sursound] 2 questions about IRs

2013-11-01 Thread Iain Mott
re. the second question - sorry, i realise what would be needed would be a series of IRs for various angles produced in advance, perhaps by an equal power summing. Using all these IRs would be a more complex proposition. iain Em Fri, 2013-11-01 às 11:14 -0200, Iain Mott escreveu: > hello l

[Sursound] 2 questions about IRs

2013-11-01 Thread Iain Mott
a simple sum, wouldn't it be possible to simulate the variable orientation of a speaker (human) by doing an equal power crossfade between adjacent angular IRs as this virtual human speaker turns? Am I oversimplifying? Thanks, Iain -- Iain Mott h

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-12 Thread Iain Mott
broadcasting? Iain Em Dom, 2013-05-12 às 18:23 +0300, Eero Aro escreveu: > Iain Mott wrote: > > I wonder if people on the list have > > other references or links on ambisonics applied in theatrical > > productions, either traditional theatre or theatrical installation? >

[Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-12 Thread Iain Mott
have examples of binaural radio-drama. Thanks, Iain -- Iain Mott www.audiocena.com.br www.reverberant.com ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] idea

2013-05-04 Thread Iain Mott
Em Sáb, 2013-05-04 às 17:46 -0400, Matthew Palmer escreveu: > http://vimeo.com/65229978#at=5 > > imagine using the oculus & a kinect to be able to assign 3 directional > information to sounds to make music, virtual speakers corresponding to real > ones, hand is a brush > -- next part -

Re: [Sursound] impulse responses and distance

2013-05-04 Thread Iain Mott
> There is one more refinement you could use to limit the amount of > CPU use. Of course the IRs for different source directions will be > different. But the *signficant* differences are only in the first 100 > ms or so. In many cases the 'tail' of the reverb will sound just the > same even if the

Re: [Sursound] impulse responses and distance

2013-05-03 Thread Iain Mott
2013-05-03 às 19:23 +0300, Sampo Syreeni escreveu: > On 2013-05-03, Iain Mott wrote: > > > Theoretically then, for a given listening position (for which we > > position a mic in order make impulse responses), if we make impulse > > responses for every possible location in the

Re: [Sursound] impulse responses and distance

2013-05-03 Thread Iain Mott
interpolate > between them - but frankly it might be better to build models based on > the recorded IR's and/or room plans and then then synthesise the IR's. > > > Dave > > On 3 May 2013 11:00, Iain Mott wrote: > Hi list, I wonder if someone could clea

Re: [Sursound] impulse responses and distance

2013-05-03 Thread Iain Mott
frequencies it has due to air > absorbtion of sound frequencies with shorter wavelengths. Also the > reverberation to soundsource ratio will be higher than for more > distant objects. These are psycoacoustic effects though so excuse me > if my answer is not relevant. > > On 3 May

[Sursound] impulse responses and distance

2013-05-03 Thread Iain Mott
Hi list, I wonder if someone could clear up some doubts I have: Does an ambisonic impulse response recorded in a space, with microphone and impulse source at specific locations, reproduce any distance cues when convolved with an anechoic mono source and decoded ambisonically over a speaker array,

Re: [Sursound] Ambisonic hydrophone?

2013-02-19 Thread Iain Mott
the worm-mic reminds me of this installation in Brazil "Som da terra" (sound of the earth) at the garden/gallery "Inhotim" - it's by American artist Doug Aitken - where 5 mics are lowered 202m down into the earth. Here's a video showing the installation and an EV re20 protected in a plastic water b

Re: [Sursound] how not to advertise binaural

2013-02-01 Thread Iain Mott
Here's my binaural haircut from 1999/2000: http://reverberant.com/cl/video.htm Iain Em Sex, 2013-02-01 às 11:34 +, Peter Lennox escreveu: > 1983 was the first binaural haircut I heard. It was billed as "Holophonics", > I think, but really it was binaural - I think (glad to be corrected if

[Sursound] ambisonic installation - video

2012-11-09 Thread Iain Mott
Dear list, I'm sending a link for some video documentation of my installation with Simone Reis as well as Nelson Maravalhas, Alexandre Rangel and others: "O Espelho" (the mirror), which is now on show in the Federal District of Brazil. Please see the first video on this page: http://reverberant.

Re: [Sursound] matching speaker gain and delay compensation

2012-02-17 Thread Iain Mott
> do i understand correctly that the listener will be sitting on this very > off-center chair for most or all of the performance? i'm asking because > ambisonics won't perform at its best so far out from the sweet spot. > you seem to have adjusted the delays already to this position, right? Yes

Re: [Sursound] matching speaker gain and delay compensation

2012-02-17 Thread Iain Mott
> > Quite a challenge I'd say, in particular if those voices have to > come near to the listener. With most the speakers at larger distance > you'll need a room that is quite 'dead' by itself, and then synthesize > the interaction of a virtual room and the voice. > > Would there be any way to mo

Re: [Sursound] matching speaker gain and delay compensation

2012-02-16 Thread Iain Mott
#x27;ve been trying to keep costs down - the other two channels of this 8 channel sound card are being used for other things). Cheers and thanks for your attention, iain On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 22:14 +0100, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > On 02/16/2012 09:59 PM, Iain Mott wrote: > > On Thu, 20

Re: [Sursound] matching speaker gain and delay compensation

2012-02-16 Thread Iain Mott
On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 20:34 +, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 06:22:15PM -0200, Iain Mott wrote: > > > To clarify, for a 6-speaker 2d array - ambdec can decode at maximum, the > > following inputs (3rd order horizontal, 0 order height): W X Y U V P Q

Re: [Sursound] matching speaker gain and delay compensation

2012-02-16 Thread Iain Mott
> > When ambi_encode is set to 4th and 5th order, it has 9 and 11 output > > channels respectively in 2D. I'm not sure how these should be named. > > Can ambdec decode higher than 3rd order on the horizontal plane? When I > > try a "new configuration" in ambdec it seems to offer only as high as >

Re: [Sursound] matching speaker gain and delay compensation

2012-02-16 Thread Iain Mott
> > One more thing: if you can go up to 3rd order or higher you may > prefer that to VBAP, in particular for moving sources. > Thanks for the suggestion - actually I was only using 2nd order encoding because I'd been unable to get the higher orders to work (using ambi_encode from iem-ambi). Look

Re: [Sursound] matching speaker gain and delay compensation

2012-02-16 Thread Iain Mott
Thanks a lot Fons. Re. near-field compensation, I'm guessing it wouldn't hurt to keep this enabled in ambdec when combining with vector-panning. Is this correct? Cheers, Iain On Thu, 2012-02-16 at 10:09 +, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 07:35:16AM -0200, Ia

[Sursound] matching speaker gain and delay compensation

2012-02-16 Thread Iain Mott
Dear list, I'd like some advice on implementing gain and delay compensation for an irregular speaker array with a listener in a fixed position. This probably is a question for Fons Adriaensen if he is here, as it concerns a hybrid ambisonic/vector-panning system using ambdec: I am combining in t

[Sursound] Wanted: ambisonic impulse resp. of farmhouse

2011-10-06 Thread Iain Mott
Dear list, I need to simulate the acoustic of a small farm house. I'm lookng for a B-format impulse response. Can anyone please suggest a public-domain source for this? Unfortunately I don't have access to a b-format / a-format mic to make my own. The type of room i'd like to simulate has a woode

Re: [Sursound] B format mic using omnis?

2011-06-20 Thread Iain Mott
There's also his article on generating ambisonic impulse responses with a single omni mic in 7 locations - might be relevant?: http://pcfarina.eng.unipr.it/Public/Papers/113-ICA98.PDF There is a fortran utility written to convert the 7 mono impulses into B-format. cheers, iain impulses On Mon,

Re: [Sursound] ambisonic spatialisation with reverberation

2011-06-04 Thread Iain Mott
ng some milliseconds off the beginning of a complete IR with an appropriate envelope? How many msecs? Just the rising part of the impulse? Good luck finding a new home! Cheers, Iain On Sat, 2011-06-04 at 22:02 +, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 09:11:35AM -0300, Iain Mot

Re: [Sursound] ambisonic spatialisation with reverberation

2011-06-03 Thread Iain Mott
i, 2011-06-03 at 17:47 +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > On 06/03/2011 02:11 PM, Iain Mott wrote: > > > Is convolution reverb a possibility for a moving source - eg. is it > > possible to cross-fade between the inputs of ambisonic IRs set up in > > jconvolver recorded

[Sursound] ambisonic spatialisation with reverberation

2011-06-03 Thread Iain Mott
n a room - so that she appears to be walking (and talking) through the space in relation to a seated listener. Cheers, Iain -- Iain Mott www.reverberant.com ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound