Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-17 Thread Simone Cercignani
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Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-16 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 12/16/2010 06:23 PM, Alex wrote: > Dear Jörn and Sascha, > > @ Jörn: If you really have to time to play around a bit, you could > assemble the individual boxes of your 8 line arrays (should be around 60 > or 70 in sum?) to set up a circular array and this way test at least an > approximation o

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-16 Thread Alex
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:36:46 +0100 From: J?rn Nettingsmeier Subject: Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays To: sursound@music.vt.edu Message-ID: <4d0a07de.8060...@stackingdwarves.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 hi sascha! On 12/16/2010 01

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-16 Thread Charlie Richmond
On Thu, 16 Dec 2010, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: i need to get a windows box anyway, so i'll have a look at SSR asap... And you could also plug in our dongle and check out SoundMan-Server ;-) Enjoy! Charlie | - Charlie Richmond - Richmond Sound Design - Skype: charlierichmond - | | - http://ww

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-16 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 12/16/2010 01:48 PM, sascha.sp...@telekom.de wrote: >> i need to get a windows box anyway, so i'll have a look at SSR >> asap... sounds like it allows for easy A/B comparison between the >> different rendering methods? > > It currenly runs only under Linux. /me punishes self with a very larg

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-16 Thread Sascha.Spors
> > Dear Jörn, > > > > did you consider using Wave Field Synthesis? WFS has no > problems with > > irregular setups, as far as no large gaps (due to doors > etc.) are in > > the array. And it fully supports model-based rendering, which means > > that you can easily generate loudspeaker feeds

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-16 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
hi sascha! On 12/16/2010 01:27 PM, sascha.sp...@telekom.de wrote: > Dear Jörn, > > did you consider using Wave Field Synthesis? WFS has no problems with > irregular setups, as far as no large gaps (due to doors etc.) are in > the array. And it fully supports model-based rendering, which means > t

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-16 Thread Sascha.Spors
, Sascha > -Original Message- > From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu > [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Jörn Nettingsmeier > Sent: Dienstag, 7. Dezember 2010 17:26 > To: Surround Sound discussion group > Subject: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with l

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-11 Thread dgm2
That was 1996 On Dec 11 2010, Eero Aro wrote: Talking about Ambisonic discos, please check out this: http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/mustech/3d_audio/ambix/ambisoni.htm Dave might be able to tell you the year of that. Eero ___ Sursound mailing list Surso

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-11 Thread Eero Aro
Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: i wonder: would this be third-order horizontal, first-order periphonic? I find it hard to believe that they would have been using third order analog decoders at that time... and like dave, i'd be very curious to know the year this system was premiered... The Pro So

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-10 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 12/09/2010 08:50 PM, Eero Aro wrote: > http://decoy.iki.fi/dsound/ambisonic/motherlode/source/Xylos%20Turbine%20Power_Caroline%20Moss_PSN_abt1989.pdf "The ambisonic soundtrack is via an 8-track audio tape through 23 speakers [...]" i wonder: would this be third-order horizontal, first-order p

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-10 Thread Eero Aro
Dave asked: Can anybody put precise dates on these? Tony or Chris would know... By the way, there is a typo in the AGM article. It's of course Chris Richards, not Cliff. Eero ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-10 Thread dgm2
Can anybody put precise dates on these? Dave On Dec 10 2010, Peter Plessas wrote: Eero Aro wrote: Peter Plessas wrote: I remember attending an AES convention in Amsterdam years ago, where some experienced british engineer told a funny story of a discotheque in the UK where they had a surro

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-10 Thread Peter Plessas
Eero Aro wrote: > Peter Plessas wrote: >> I remember attending an AES convention in Amsterdam years ago, where >> some experienced british engineer told a funny story of a discotheque in >> the UK where they had a surround setup installed. > > snip > >> Would be great if this story could be track

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-09 Thread Eero Aro
Peter Plessas wrote: I remember attending an AES convention in Amsterdam years ago, where some experienced british engineer told a funny story of a discotheque in the UK where they had a surround setup installed. snip Would be great if this story could be tracked back to its source. Could b

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-09 Thread Peter Plessas
Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > hi everyone! > > > it looks like i get the chance to build an ambisonic test rig out of six > small line arrays early next year, to make a circular array of 18m > diameter or an ellipsoidal one with 25-30ms long side. the actual > dancefloor will be at least 5 m smalle

Re: [Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays (J?rn Nettingsmeier)

2010-12-07 Thread Jan Jacob Hofmann
Dear Jörn, I am really impressed and am very curious how this all will sound. This sursound-Digest is so full of good news! Two more rigs for higher order Ambisonic! All the best, Jan Jacob sound | movement | object | space sonic arc

[Sursound] scaling it up - ambisonics with line arrays

2010-12-07 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
hi everyone! it looks like i get the chance to build an ambisonic test rig out of six small line arrays early next year, to make a circular array of 18m diameter or an ellipsoidal one with 25-30ms long side. the actual dancefloor will be at least 5 m smaller, given that we have to use ground stac