Well, that's rather a neat find. Never saw that before!
Richard E
On 13/12/2021 19:45, Eero Aro wrote:
Hi All
I uploaded a Nimbus Records Ambisonics promotion video into YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrGJxlrv08M
All audio in the video is UHJ encoded Ambisonics. The video includes
Hello all...
Regarding Mike Skeet's collection...
Courtesy of Tony Flynn, who says: "here is a complete list of Mike's
things, excluding the home made kit, of which there is loads, and I
don't know what's there."
If you are interested in any of these items, or you have any proposals
on the
Hi, John...
Yes, I am in touch with Heather on this topic.
Thanks for the offer, which I've passed on and I expect someone will be
in touch.
-_R
On 12/20/2015 4:31 PM, John Leonard wrote:
Is it worth contacting the AES about his archive? Heather Lane knew Mike quite
well until they lost to
Thanks for the responses so far.
I've asked John Whiting for additional info.
-_R
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Hi, everyone...
I heard yesterday from my friend John Whiting that the veteran recording
engineer specialising in stereo and spatial sound, Mike Skeet, has
passed away. I knew him from the days of my Editorship of Studio Sound,
where he made several contributions, and over many years he record
On 28/04/2014 18:31, Levi Self wrote:
The tracks will not be in B-format as I do not have a soundfield mic.
Just as an aside, you don't need a soundfield mic to work in B-Format or
Ambisonics. A soundfield mic is to B-Format as a coincident pair is to
stereo: very nice if your work suits that
I'm watching these developments with interest due to my activities in
virtual worlds...
Indeed, as we're talking about VR headsets here, where head-tracking is
vital for the visual operation, I wouldn't worry about that being
available for audio - it's already there and I don't see how you cou
Hi all, and a very Happy New Year.
I wonder if anyone can suggest or even recommend a mixer with (stereo)
S/PDIF out, at least one (stereo) channel of S/PDIF in, and at least one
analogue input channel (stereo and/or mono, mic or line). Only standard
(44.1/48kHz) sample rates are required. A D
On 31/12/2013 19:32, Eero Aro wrote:
I think Richard used a VCR and
a PCM F1 for playback, so it was digital, but it was UHJ, not B-Format.
And still the surround playback was impressive.
The speakers would have been Keesonic Kubs driven by a pair of H|H FET
power amps (the latter I still hav
Hi, Jon...
It's more likely to have been the experimental mixes Peter and I created
for the Boots Ambisonic Microsystem. "Another Surprise" and "Surprise,
Surprise" were both made in 1984. There would have been a track
reminiscent of Popcorn, some orchestral tracks and other material;
perhaps
On 31/12/2013 01:11, Richard G Elen wrote:
Well, this is one of mine...
It's also, incidentally, one of the discs that Peter Carbines and I
generated G-Format DTS-CDs from back in 2006, with extremely good results.
Best,
-_Richard E
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Well, this is one of mine - it's a compilation of the primary tracks (ie
no underscores or short versions) from the two Chin & Cang albums with
those from Surprise Package (1983, engineered by George Chkiantz)
remixed Ambisonically (Another Surprise, 1984, was originally mixed in
UHJ as you not
Hi all...
I'm looking for an affordable stereo digital mixer, at least two digital
(S/PDIF) inputs and an S/PDIF output, 44.1/48kHz, capable of being
locked to an input for sample rate, knobs or faders is fine, plus an
analogue in (mic or line) would be a bonus.
In other words, not unlike a
On 09/12/2013 21:12, Richard wrote:
After re-doing it with the original release i finally heard what Alan's mix,
and those that have heard it have been amazed how good decoded UHJ can be,.
Before Peter Carbines started going through his UHJ materials and
producing pre-decoded versions in DTS
The original should definitely be properly UHJ encoded - it was my ADR
Ambisonic Mastering System wot dun it!
-R
On 09/12/2013 20:58, alan.va...@talktalk.net wrote:
I have an old CD of this album which seems to be genuine UHJ encoded.
One of the tracks on the album has a brief synthesised har
I'd agree with that. Find an original copy.
--R
On 09/12/2013 08:09, Richard wrote:
The 'expanded & remastered' version does not decode as well due to some rather
aggressive eq-ing, best to stick with the original CD release
According to wikipedia "It is a full digital production and both
This version is the one we all use these days. It was originated by Dr
Geoff Barton and originally appeared on the Audio & Design Recording
Ambisonic Mastering System modules. It eventually effectively superseded
the original which used simple rings in outline (and was used by AMS
Calrec at one
Aha, I did the same.
I own both the albums on CD - the Celts is the BBC original version and
Watermark is almost certainly the US version as I was living in the US
at the time. I am sure I would have noticed an Ambisonic logo in either
case.
Locating the CDs now will be easier said than done
Excellent, good to know.
-_R
On 05/11/2013 18:57, J. Liles wrote:
May not be entirely relevant, being that it is a rather recent release, but
it may interest some of you to know that my album is UHJ encoded.
http://jonliles.bandcamp.com/album/sad-pretty-girl
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On 05/11/2013 00:03, Mark Anderson wrote:
That is what lead me to contact you in '95 to get your
input on the rumor of Tina Turner-Break Every Rule being UHJ encoded.
Of course that story was an odd one... the vocals were UHJ encoded but
nothing else!
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On 15/08/2013 22:27, David Worrall wrote:
I've be interested to hear ...if you have some other strategy to
reawaken/refresh your palling ears?
Well, frankly, I must admit that I've found a gin and tonic works
wonders on long sessions. Presumably it's the tonic. And the break
required to go t
Not sure I see the point of bandwidth-limiting T. It was designed for a
world we no longer inhabit. We had issues with it at the time and I
don't think the considerations that made it useful for FM apply here.
--R
On 02/08/2013 17:09, Martin Leese wrote:
...
>- The UHJ article already mentio
On 03/07/2013 05:31, Robert Greene wrote:
If people want to treat recording as a pure art form
where one simply judges the results on aesthetic grounds.
it would be hard to say that was wrong. But it surely
takes recording out of the realm of science.
I am not sure that recording is a science
On 23/06/2013 21:56, Aaron Heller wrote:
The term "Ambisonics" does not appear at all in Fellgett's 9/72 article
[1], but is in the title in 11/73 [2].
The term "Periphony" incidentally was around in early 1973:
M.A. Gerzon, "Periphony: With-Height Sound Reproduction", J. Audio Eng.
Soc., vol.
On 23/06/2013 21:22, Gerald Wilson wrote:
they had settled on that terminology after some debate and apologised for mixing Greek and Latin roots; but
Felgett pointed out that a precedent had been set by the term "television", which in a
grammatically pure world would be called either "Procul-vi
On 16/05/2013 10:44, Ronald C.F. Antony wrote:
The question is if e.g. Apple would tolerate if you send them a file that's two
or three times the size it needs to be, because it adds an extended tag that
points to additional audio streams, particularly if the iTunes.app couldn't
play them back
On 16/05/2013 10:36, Ronald C.F. Antony wrote:
This is another version of the "lobby the record companies to adopt xxx
technology" argument, which never worked in the past.
Nope. Screw the record industry. This is "lobby the distributors".
Google, Apple, Amazon, these are the driving forces, th
On 16/05/2013 08:45, Eero Aro wrote:
In my thinking BluRay and DVD-Audio are delivery mediums.
Isn't DVD-Audio past and gone?
They may not be gone technically - there is still the odd release and
the odd player - but they are certainly gone from public consciousness.
I don't think any future
On 16/05/2013 09:24, Ronald C.F. Antony wrote:
At this point, just about all the relevant (not talking niche players, but
Amazon, Apple, Google, Spotify, etc.) players in the digital music delivery
business are restricted to compressed stereo audio.
Yes, and there are two problems here: "comp
On 15/05/2013 20:21, Ronald C.F. Antony wrote:
1st order could stand a chance, because it can be intuitively understood, and
once demystified and reasonably wide-spread, HOA can be the 2.0Pro and 3.0Ultra
package.
Couldn't agree more.
-_R
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Well, most of Ambisonics is in the public domain now, so what we mean by
a "commercial future" is not what we might once have hoped it would be.
A future *in* commercial products? Certainly, now and in the future. A
commercial future as itself? Probably not.
Today the technology is probably mo
On 12/05/2013 13:13, Augustine Leudar wrote:
Ive used ambisonics in several site specific outdoor theatre productions -
here is a review of the last one :
http://www.irishtheatremagazine.ie/Reviews/Current/Ghosts-of-Drumglass
Very nice write-up for that - must have been quite an experience!
-_
On 12/05/2013 11:59, Iain Mott wrote:
I'd also be interested to know if people have examples of binaural
radio-drama.
ZBS Foundation have done a certain amount of binaural radio drama, and
their content is quite amazing (though their best work is in stereo).
See
http://www.zbs.org/catalog/ind
On 11/05/2013 18:13, John Leonard wrote:
Anyone seen/heard this?
http://www.earfilms.com/
Thanks for pointing this out, John - sounds really intriguing.
--R
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FYI...
TSL Professional Products Ltd has acquired surround sound microphone and
audio processing manufacturer SoundField
Resolution Newsletter, end Sept 2012:
http://app.streamsend.com/c/17109329/2459/c5LCPeJ/SYSn?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fresolution.nodecube.net%2Fnews%2Flandingpages%2FEnd-Sep
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/magazine/janet-cardiff-george-bures-miller-and-the-power-of-sound.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120729
"...Cardiff and Miller are artists who have become known for their work
with sound, and the woods of Kassel’s normally sedate Karlsau
Well, thanks for your comment.
I don't disagree that there may be a family (let's call it "surround
sound") to which both Quad and Ambisonics belong. In the same way the
order of Primates includes both prosimians and simians.
However ambisonic.net does not claim to cover the entire family.
A
I'd be happy to host the Ambisonic Discography on ambisonic.net if that
would help. Obviously the other areas wouldn't be appropriate so if you
want to keep them together that wouldn't be too helpful.
--Richard E
On 07/12/2011 00:42, Mark Anderson wrote:
As of today, my internet provider has
On 27/11/2011 00:31, Sampo Syreeni wrote:
I'd say one of the AAC profiles would still be preferrable, because
it's eminently better as a codec, at least as well-supported by now
especially in the online world, and probably more future-proof, having
been adopted by big players like Apple.
AAC
On 25/11/2011 23:26, Marinos Koutsomichalis wrote:
about the 4 channels: they are 4 channels of audio to be played back by a quad
set-up.. In fact they are decoded from a b-format recording, but what I want to
release is a quad version of the piece.
Hi there...
Sorry not to contribute to thi
I'd also look at
http://pcfarina.eng.unipr.it/Aurora/conversion_between_uhj_and_b.htm
--R
On 23/08/2011 20:49, Eero Aro wrote:
Software decoders:
http://www.derby.ac.uk/staff-search/dr-bruce-wiggins
http://www.radio.uqam.ca/ambisonic/
http://www.dmalham.freeserve.co.uk/vst_ambisonics.html
http:
I was running KPM Studios at 21 Denmark Street - EMI Music Publishing -
and mixed quite a few UHJ albums while I was there. They're in the
Ambisonic Discography under KPM Music:
http://members.cox.net/surround/uhjdisc/uhjhtm.htm#ambikpm
Ambisonics wasn't an official policy: we used Ambisonics i
On 22/08/2011 19:49, Eero Aro wrote:
It's great that you have found another missing Ambisonic recording.
It isn't listed in the Ambisonic Discography yet:
http://members.cox.net/surround/uhjdisc/ambindex.htm
It's in here:
http://members.cox.net/surround/uhjdisc/uhjhtm.htm#Various
The entry is u
On 22/08/2011 19:42, Richard G Elen wrote:
Derrick Cantrell's Organ Recital at Hepstonall Parish Church ...AS1
Sorry, "Heptonstall". This typo actually originates in the Ambisonic
Discography, which does include this album.
-_R
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Sorry to come late to this party, I've been out of the country.
I don't know the Calrec stuff at all well. There's Derrick Cantrell's
Organ Recital at Hepstonall Parish Church, which I think was the first;
catalogue number AS1 I think.
If it's from 1974, then it could well be 45J. When I was
Hi guys,
Congratulations on doing this, first of all.
I probably have very much more "traditional" setups than most people
here, so I doubt the sort of configurations I require are the same as
most other people.
I've only played with the player so far, and only briefly. So some quick
notes:
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