Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-21 Thread dw
fer.de Senior Adjunct Research Fellow, Australian National University. david.worr...@anu.edu.au -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20131221/90a012e3/attachment.html> ___

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-21 Thread Stefan Schreiber
dw wrote: On 12/12/2013 12:40, Marc Lavallée wrote: Hi Étienne. etienne deleflie a écrit : ... and then ambisonics is suddenly available to masses of people, for very cheap, and with a consistent and quality spatial experience (assuming the HRTF decoding can be done right). Etienne HRTF

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-21 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 12/21/2013 04:40 AM, David Worrall wrote: I remember reading that, with exposure, human's audio-processing "hardware" can adapt to/learn how to use a non-optimal HRTF, given a bit of time. Does anyone have a reference for this? purely anecdotal, but i was surprised (and just a little bit s

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-21 Thread dw
On 21/12/2013 10:58, Stefan Schreiber wrote: dw wrote: On 12/12/2013 12:40, Marc Lavallée wrote: Hi Étienne. etienne deleflie a écrit : ... and then ambisonics is suddenly available to masses of people, for very cheap, and with a consistent and quality spatial experience (assuming the HRT

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-21 Thread dw
a blind, unthinking acceptance of scientific doctrine" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology The < undeniable > tag doesn't help a lot, BTW. Thanks for that. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailm

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-21 Thread Stefan Schreiber
dw wrote: On 21/12/2013 10:58, Stefan Schreiber wrote: dw wrote: On 12/12/2013 12:40, Marc Lavallée wrote: Hi Étienne. etienne deleflie a écrit : ... and then ambisonics is suddenly available to masses of people, for very cheap, and with a consistent and quality spatial experience (ass

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-21 Thread Marc Lavallée
Fri, 20 Dec 2013 22:02:26 -0800, Aaron Heller a écrit : > On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 7:40 PM, David Worrall > wrote: > > > I remember reading that, with exposure, human's audio-processing > > "hardware" can adapt to/learn how to use a non-optimal HRTF, given > > a bit of time. > > Does anyone have a

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-21 Thread umashankar manthravadi
onal waves coming from the speakers (one directional wave per speaker). Understanding Ambisonics is already difficult, and I'm less comfortable with this concept based on the "superposition of natural HRTFs". -- Marc ___ Sursound mailing

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-21 Thread dw
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Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-21 Thread dw
On 21/12/2013 16:24, Marc Lavallée wrote: My comprehension of Ambisonics is that the listener's head (in the "sweetest spot") is exposed to one coherent approximation of a reproduced (or synthesized) sound field, not to a set of directional waves coming from the speakers (one directional wave p

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-21 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 11:24:45AM -0500, Marc Lavallée wrote: > My comprehension of Ambisonics is that the listener's head (in the > "sweetest spot") is exposed to one coherent approximation of a > reproduced (or synthesized) sound field, not to a set of directional > waves coming from the speake

Re: [Sursound] Upcoming Android apps ambisonic related

2013-12-21 Thread Marc Lavallée
Sat, 21 Dec 2013 18:40:19 +, Fons Adriaensen a écrit : > On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 11:24:45AM -0500, Marc Lavallée wrote: > > > My comprehension of Ambisonics is that the listener's head (in the > > "sweetest spot") is exposed to one coherent approximation of a > > reproduced (or synthesized)

Re: [Sursound] Cowboy Junkies - Whites Off Earth Now UHJ Encoding

2013-12-21 Thread Martin Leese
"Mark Anderson" wrote: > The recording engineer for Whites Off Earth Now has confirmed that the > recording is UHJ encoded. I saw this at the following site > > http://www.quadraphonicquad.com/forums/showthread.php?8022-Cowboy-Junkies-WHITES-OFF-THE-EARTH-NOW!!-SACD&p=197549&viewfull=1#post197549