[Sursound] Nowt new under t'sun

2011-12-21 Thread dave . malham
Folks, There is truly nothing new under the sun. (translation by Goggles). I just came across the following patent http://www.google.com/patents/US2173219 for what is essentially a native B Format microphone using ribbon microphones. The filing date? May 29th, 1937! (Actually, I was trying to

Re: [Sursound] Nowt new under t'sun

2011-12-21 Thread dave . malham
And this http://www.google.com/patents/US1892646 from May 29 (again!) 1931 would be (minus the thermocouples, etc) a full 3D native B format mic! Dave On Dec 21 2011, dave.mal...@york.ac.uk wrote: Folks, There is truly nothing new under the sun. (translation by Goggles). I just came acr

Re: [Sursound] Nowt new under t'sun

2011-12-21 Thread dave . malham
I think I've answered my own question - here's Harry F. Olson's patent for the ribbon mic http://www.google.com/patents/US1885001 from March 31st 1931. Boy, were those guys on a roll in 1931! (But, of course, if anyone knows of anything earlier) Dave On Dec 21 2011, dave.mal...@yo

Re: [Sursound] Nowt new under t'sun

2011-12-21 Thread umashankar mantravadi
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Re: [Sursound] Nowt new under t'sun

2011-12-21 Thread David Pickett
Was there also a patent for a ribbon mic in the UK, perhaps even earlier? (Blumlein?) David At 05:29 21/12/2011, dave.mal...@york.ac.uk wrote: I think I've answered my own question - here's Harry F. Olson's patent for the ribbon mic http://www.google.com/patents/US1885001 from March 31st 19

[Sursound] Subject: Nowt new under t'sun

2011-12-21 Thread Justin Bennett
On 21 Dec 2011, at 18:00, sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote: Subject: [Sursound] Nowt new under t'sun That's great. I remember reading that early (1930's?, German?) radio mixing desks had a 360 degree panpot for M/S stereo, or Blumlein pairs. But I don't remember where I read that. Can

[Sursound] Patents, Serendipity, and Questions

2011-12-21 Thread Eric Carmichel
ny of the questions (by the way, as an AES member, I can download articles from the AES library--I just need title/author in order to access articles). Happy Holidays to Everyone! Eric -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.

[Sursound] Fwd: Santa LACus (your Xmas Linux Audio Conference 2012 reminder)

2011-12-21 Thread Robin Gareus
Hi all, Just a friendly reminder that JANUARY 11 is the deadline for all submissions to the Linux Audio Conference (LAC 2012), which will take place at CCRMA (Stanford, California) in April 2012!http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2012/ Santa LACus wishes a great paper-and-music-submitting holiday to all!

Re: [Sursound] Patents, Serendipity, and Questions

2011-12-21 Thread Michael Chapman
> Questions follow: Not answers, but some thoughts that might help, pending any answers ... > 1. Is there any preferred method of calibrating speakers used in an > Ambisonic setup? I'd look at Jörn Nettingsmeier's paper, and particularly his slides (both PDFs) on digital room correction for amb