Re: [Sursound] ST250 Schematic?

2015-11-30 Thread Chris
I think you'll find schematics very hard to obtain, but if you contact Peter Schillebeeckx at Soundfield (now TSL) - http://www.tslproducts.com/contact/ - he's a very helpful man. Chris Woolf On 24-Nov-15 23:28, Rudy Chalupa wrote: Hello everyone! I'm new to this list, but no

Re: [Sursound] Renting a TetraMic or other ambisonic mic

2016-01-23 Thread Chris
side of each mic to the source. Or was the engine noise so LF that it wound its way into everything anyway? Mind you, I don't suppose the spatial image from this array was terribly attractive;} Chris Woolf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.

Re: [Sursound] How to derive a good "universal" HRTF data set?

2016-01-25 Thread Chris
round our heads. So are measured HRTFs consistent over time? Or do we re-calibrate ourselves on a continuous basis? If the latter is true, then I can see that a generic HRTF could work if we were given some method (and time for) calibration. Chris Woolf On 25-Jan-16 11:45, Bo-Erik Sandholm

Re: [Sursound] How to derive a good "universal" HRTF data set?

2016-01-25 Thread Chris
"I would like to (shamelessly) promote two studies... Nothing shameful about answering a question very usefully! Thank you. Chris Woolf On 25-Jan-16 16:45, Brian FG Katz wrote: Dear list, On the topic of creating a reduced set of HRTFs from a large database and on learning non-indiv

Re: [Sursound] Soundfield ST350

2016-02-08 Thread Chris
-off work officially. Rycote will always provide alternative lyres if you are unsure what version you need - they are pretty good that way. Chris Woolf On 08-Feb-16 13:03, Steven Boardman wrote: Anyone know what compatible Rycote parts can be used with a Soundfield ST350 / ST450. I have quite a fe

Re: [Sursound] Soundfield ST350

2016-02-09 Thread Chris
vable way one could produce such a component for the minimal quantity ever likely to be sold. The SLAs This is the pain of extreme short-run engineering. Chris Woolf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www

Re: [Sursound] Soundfield ST350

2016-02-09 Thread Chris
Apologies - that email got truncated... Try again. On 09-Feb-16 16:29, Chris wrote: On 09-Feb-16 01:52, Steven Boardman wrote: Thanks John. Yes it is at a ridiculous price, ... This from the depths of Stroud The base bar, "filler strip" and underneath gubbins is all stand

[Sursound] Bela embedded audio platform

2016-02-29 Thread Chris
is not intended as a sales pitch -- our goal is to build awareness, so if you know anyone who you think might be interested please pass it along. You can find more info and social media links below. Thanks a lot! Best wishes, Chris Bela tech details: Bela is an open-source platform for high-pe

Re: [Sursound] Are mems a good choice for ambisonic microphones?

2016-04-14 Thread Chris
tside world. Chris Woolf On 14-Apr-16 11:04, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: On 04/13/2016 04:25 PM, Marc Lavallee wrote: I'm looking at this product here: http://www.invensense.com/products/analog/ics-40300-3/ Thanks for posting it, that's the first time I see actual plots of a MEMS

Re: [Sursound] Are mems a good choice for ambisonic microphones?

2016-04-14 Thread Chris
The plot is very similar to the ST Microelectronics one described in www.st.com/st-web-ui/static/active/en/resource/.../DM00103199.pdf That puts the peak down to Helmholtz resonance in the chamber air cavity. Chris Woolf On 14-Apr-16 11:04, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: On 04/13/2016 04:25 PM

Re: [Sursound] Are mems a good choice for ambisonic microphones?

2016-04-14 Thread Chris
> Btw, good to see you guys at Mikroforum the other week! Doh! I should have worn dark glasses;} Chris On 14-Apr-16 13:02, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: On 04/14/2016 01:09 PM, Chris wrote: And there's quite a lot more useful and well described material here too. http://www.edn.com/Pdf

Re: [Sursound] External phantom battery source for TetraMic PPAc

2016-07-23 Thread Chris
as much as I do... You could run your recorder off a similar (but maybe more professionally connectored) supply, and still use the recorder as the P48 supply. It does slightly depend on what you are recording on, of course. Chris Woolf On 23-Jul-16 03:12, Halasz, Andrew wrote: Is anyone

Re: [Sursound] External phantom battery source for TetraMic PPAc

2016-07-23 Thread Chris
difference. Perhaps Mr Moskowitz can translate for us;} Chris Woolf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailma

Re: [Sursound] External phantom battery source for TetraMic PPAc

2016-07-24 Thread Chris
rails. Chris Woolf On 24-Jul-16 06:31, Richard Lee wrote: The Tetramic spec declares 3.5mA x 4 capsules (=15mA) @48V - that's 720mW But to power through the PPac it's 9-12V @<10mA - that's 90- 120mW - a big difference. The P48V current consumption is pessimistic. Powerin

Re: [Sursound] External phantom battery source for TetraMic PPAc

2016-07-24 Thread Chris
Excellent points - thank you. Chris Woolf On 24-Jul-16 12:54, Fons Adriaensen wrote: On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 10:49:47AM +0100, Chris wrote: But does that mean that the impedance converters of the capsules are running on the 9V supply? If so, does the max SPL suffer, as it does on most

Re: [Sursound] the recent 2-channel 3D sound formats andtheir viability for actual 360 degree sound

2011-07-09 Thread chris
e material available) that the NON-cognoscenti recognised that they were in a space that wasn't the same as the physical room. Chris Woolf ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] 32-channel capture

2012-03-27 Thread chris
Or four Sounddevices 788T's? they lock together just fine, apparently. 96k only though Why on earth would one want anything higher than (or even as high as) 96k? Chris Woolf ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu

Re: [Sursound] Sursound Digest, Vol 44, Issue 22

2012-03-28 Thread chris
e to avoid filling Apple's coffers. Chris Woolf ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound

Re: [Sursound] Rycote shockmount with TetraMic

2011-02-03 Thread chris
hape memory brings them back to what they should be very quickly. Actually, you can take the entire INV7 mount and hurl it a concrete wall, and it will survive, which shows that modern plastics can beat metal hands down - but do take the mic out first....

[Sursound] BBC Sound: Now and Next - Call for participation

2014-09-08 Thread Chris Baume
a host of demonstrations of state-of-the-art technology. Confirmed speakers so far include wildlife recordist Chris Watson, composer and sound artist Nick Ryan, musician and inventor Tim Exile and dubbing mixer Martyn Harries. We are currently seeking proposals for contributions to the technology fair

[Sursound] Wireless Solutions for Binaural Event

2016-02-20 Thread Chris Timpson
g solution i've completely overlooked !? Many thanks, Chris Chris Timpson *Director* EarFilms T: +44 (0)7888 695770 E: ch...@earfilms.com www.earfilms.com -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursou

Re: [Sursound] Wireless Solutions for Binaural Event

2016-02-22 Thread Chris Timpson
Thanks for all the thoughts guys - i'm going to go back through the thread and do some further research on all the suggestions :) Best Chris On 22 February 2016 at 08:52, Dave Malham wrote: > Hi, > More thoughts - if you are only concerned with all the players starting > at

Re: [Sursound] YouTube now supports Ambisonics (warning....part advertisement..)

2016-04-21 Thread chris boozer
in DSD, without any PCM conversion. It simply sounds better than any PCM I have heard. I would be curios to hear b-format done entirely in DSD. Thanks in advance.  Chris Boozer On Thursday, April 21, 2016 9:45 AM, Aaron Heller wrote: On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 12:14 AM, Trond Lossius

Re: [Sursound] Rode VideoMic SoundField

2017-01-22 Thread Chris Woolf
ly to be a good market - but it make take a few more months. Chris Woolf On 21/01/2017 07:49, Bob Burton wrote: The introduction was done at a press event at NAMM. Yet neither Rode nor Freedman exhibited at NAMM. Curious. On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 8:16 PM, Gary Gallagher wrote: The propagand

Re: [Sursound] Rode Soundfield NT-SF1

2018-04-12 Thread Chris Woolf
if the product really works, but it can't be dismissed out of hand now. Chris Woolf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https

Re: [Sursound] Rode Soundfield NT-SF1

2018-04-14 Thread Chris Woolf
I'd be very interested to know the argument behind that. Although bass response is affected by size in speakers I don't know of any reason for that in microphones. Chris Woolf On 13/04/2018 18:58, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: On 04/13/2018 10:23 AM, Jack Reynolds wrote: Tha

Re: [Sursound] Multi-channel Dante Mic Pre?

2018-08-09 Thread Chris Woolf
Grace Design M108 with a Dante card? Not cheap but mic amps that behave very nicely. Chris Woolf On 09/08/2018 14:45, Len Moskowitz wrote: Does anyone know of an 8 (or more than 8) channel mic pre that operates over Dante networks? All leads appreciated! Len Moskowitz (mosko...@core

Re: [Sursound] Looking for mic advice

2018-08-11 Thread Chris Woolf
ieter Shillebeeckx and have given him freedom and budget to develop stuff. I suspect the NT-SF1 will be a lot more intersting as well as inexpensive. Chris Woolf On 10/08/2018 19:37, Søren Bendixen wrote: Hi I´m in the same situation, want to record nature (and other things) in ambisonics. and I ha

Re: [Sursound] Looking for mic advice

2018-08-11 Thread Chris Woolf
On 11/08/2018 10:59, Axel Drioli wrote: ... I use a prototype made by Reynolds Microphones. ... This mic has much lower self-noise than any other ambi mic you find around. But is that done using large diaphragm capsules? With the inevitable consequences in terms of coincidence? Chris

Re: [Sursound] Looking for mic advice

2018-08-12 Thread Chris Woolf
On 11/08/2018 18:16, jack reynolds wrote: I use 14mm electrets, so you can still get them pretty close together. They naturally have a lower noise floor and wide dynamic range. Thanks for the clarification - I'd only seen your large diaphragm mics. 14mm capsules sounds fine. Chris

Re: [Sursound] MEMS SNR Specifications

2018-08-18 Thread Chris Woolf
ure of 3 or 5%). Chris Woolf (ex editor of Microphone Data) On 18/08/2018 08:41, Bo-Erik Sandholm wrote: According to the document linked to below that relates self noise values to real world applications 110 SNR cannot be related to the commonly used reference sound level. 110 dBA SNR would be

Re: [Sursound] Zoom H3-VR

2018-09-15 Thread Chris Woolf
del, to avoid making reverse engineering too easy... and therefore losing the mass market that their product has to be based on. None of this appeals to the artisan in most of us, but the reality of it cannot be ignored either. Chris Woolf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avas

Re: [Sursound] Zoom H3-VR

2018-09-15 Thread Chris Woolf
On 15/09/2018 16:12, hacklava wrote: On Sat, 15 Sep 2018 14:52:03 +0100 Chris Woolf wrote: How open these sort of products can be in terms of internal architecture and calibration is another (commercial) problem. At least some secrecy is essential to their business model, to avoid making

Re: [Sursound] Soundfield by Rode plugin

2018-12-17 Thread Chris Woolf
e of doing this. Chris Woolf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, e

Re: [Sursound] Soundfield by Rode plugin

2018-12-17 Thread Chris Woolf
can sound pretty good. The Schoeps SuperCMIT produces excellent sound quality with gentle processing help, and only starts to show faint artefacts when things are pushed very hard indeed. Chris Woolf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com

Re: [Sursound] Speaker configs + subwoofers

2011-05-10 Thread chris boozer
dollars.http://cgi.ebay.com/KEF-Hts1001-2-Bookshelf-Speaker-w-Wall-Bracket-Each-/130516799735?pt=Speakers_Subwoofers&hash=item1e636850f7   Chris Boozer > >From: Gerard Lardner >To: sursound@music.vt.edu >Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 4:03 PM >Sub

[Sursound] Binaural Microphone options

2011-05-19 Thread Chris Pike
anks Chris Pike http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in

[Sursound] BBC job position

2011-07-18 Thread Chris Baume
rested. https://careers.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc01.asp?newms=jj&id=39432&aid=15716 Many thanks, Chris _ Chris Baume BBC Research & Development mobile: 07313331 / 07872412880 email: chris.ba...@bbc.co.uk web: http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd ___

[Sursound] Maybe we should?

2011-11-15 Thread Chris Pike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCzi75bhOcI I thought this was fun. Hope you enjoy it. Chris Pike Research Engineer - Audio Team BBC Research & Development 5th Floor, Dock House, MediaCityUK, Salford, M50 2LH E: chris.p...@bbc.co.uk M: 07714 956931 T: external: 0303 040

[Sursound] Dolby Atmos

2012-04-25 Thread chris boozer
cool new audio playback format,that seems to vbe a combination of ambisonic principals and object based rendering. Link: http://www.dolby.com/uploadedFiles/Assets/US/Doc/Professional/Dolby-Atmos-Next-Generation-Audio-for-Cinema.pdf (sent via Shareaholic)   Chris Boozer -- next

[Sursound] Olympics 22.2 audio demo

2012-06-13 Thread Chris Baume
nts/super_hivision_olympics_ pq http://www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtours/shows/events/super_hivision _olympics_pq> I'm not sure where or when the Bradford tickets are being released, but if you're interested let me know. Chris ____ Chris Baume BBC Re

[Sursound] srslabs mda audio open format appears to be b-format at the pcm level

2012-07-26 Thread chris boozer
. Here are a couple of informative links. http://www.srslabs.com/landing.aspx?id=2459  http://www.srslabs.com/landing.aspx?id=2492  http://www.srslabs.com/landing.aspx?id=2493  http://www.srslabs.com/landing.aspx?id=2495 http://www.3daa.org/   Chris Boozer -- next part -- An

[Sursound] EBU workshop on immersive audio over headphones

2013-04-26 Thread Chris Pike
. Chris Pike http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose

Re: [Sursound] EBU workshop on immersive audio over headphones

2013-04-29 Thread Chris Pike
On 27 Apr 2013, at 17:00, sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote: > Hi, Chris, > > Is anyone able to share the PPTs or audio/video of this upcoming quite > valuable conference? > Thanks a lot in advance. > > Best regards, > Junfeng >

Re: [Sursound] theatrical ambisonics

2013-05-16 Thread chris boozer
for mda play back. mda is ambisonics object oriented pcm + x,y,z spatial info.it is also backwards compatible with stereo an multi channeel audio so uhj over stereo could still be useful. Chris Boozer > > From: Martin Leese >To: sursound@music.vt.e

Re: [Sursound] wifi audio (was Re: Deconstructing soundbar marketing B.S.)

2019-05-29 Thread Chris Woolf
tilted conversation. A target figure ~has~ to be <10ms to avoid disturbing speech, and for most people/environments must be <<5ms. I find it laughable that "low latency" frequently seems to mean 30-50ms. Chris Woolf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Av

Re: [Sursound] wifi audio (was Re: Deconstructing soundbar marketing B.S.)

2019-05-30 Thread Chris Woolf
e? And I can't imaging that there is any spectrum clear in the 30-400MHz region. Chris Woolf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Sursound mailing list Sursoun

Re: [Sursound] wifi audio (was Re: Deconstructing soundbar marketing B.S.)

2019-05-31 Thread Chris Woolf
remain happy for long. Which also means that the statement "the RF issue of range, carrier frequency, channel width is quite separate from the deliverable audio path" must be very carefully qualified - it is only correct in very specific circumstances. Chris Woolf --- This

Re: [Sursound] Deconstructing soundbar marketing B.S.

2019-05-31 Thread Chris Woolf
ppose that either are compromised. Chris Woolf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinf

Re: [Sursound] Deconstructing soundbar marketing B.S.

2019-06-01 Thread Chris Woolf
cting round objects. Chris Woolf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe

Re: [Sursound] Deconstructing soundbar marketing B.S.

2019-06-02 Thread Chris Woolf
heric nitrogen atoms - just needs a few million dollars (payable directly to me) to commercialise the concept;} Chris Woolf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___ Sursound mailing

Re: [Sursound] the facebook group

2022-01-02 Thread Chris Woolf
I heartily agree. Facebook is at best a terrible nuisance, and I do everything I can to avoid being mired in it. Chris Woolf On 02/01/2022 09:13, Fons Adriaensen wrote: On Sun, Jan 02, 2022 at 06:19:03AM +0200, Sampo Syreeni wrote: Hi. How about if you all also join the Facebook-group

Re: [Sursound] Reynolds mics

2022-03-25 Thread Chris Woolf
A friend asked me about this mic. Have to admit I have never heard of it, or of the company. Does anyone on the list have any knowledge, thoughts or comments? Chris Woolf ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu

Re: [Sursound] Reynolds mics

2022-03-25 Thread Chris Woolf
He may well do! But I was intrigued by the use of 3D printing for what are always going to be very low sales numbers, and how efficient the electrostatic screening was likely to be. I also wondered about the pop screening efficiency too. Chris Woolf On 25/03/2022 12:55, Tim Cowlishaw

Re: [Sursound] Reynolds mics

2022-03-25 Thread Chris Woolf
Thank you, sir, for some helpful answers. My apologies for my ignorance of your work;} I'll continue some of the conversation off list... Chris On 25/03/2022 13:17, Jack Reynolds wrote: Hi Chris, The 3D printing does have several advantages from a design point of view. I can

Re: [Sursound] Reynolds mics

2022-03-26 Thread Chris Woolf
early managed a bit of unintentional promo on his behalf! Good to hear how many of you are using his kit and how favourable so many reactions are. I'm not in the world of making recordings nowadays but I do feel a little more up-to-date - such are the benefits of this list. Chris Woolf

Re: [Sursound] 3 point XY - Anyone ever heard about this?

2022-12-05 Thread Chris Woolf
Michael Williams is undoubtedly an oddity in our audio world, but he is a great experimenter and his ideas are all grounded in solid science. I've known him for a great many years and he's never come up with hogwash or snake-oil in all that time. Chris Woolf On 05/12/2022 1

Re: [Sursound] Dave Malham

2022-12-10 Thread Chris Woolf
Does anyone have a current email address for Dave Malham, please? I have someone who wants to contact him about an old article in Microphone Data. Chris Woolf ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman

Re: [Sursound] So long CIPIC HRTF?

2022-12-31 Thread Chris Woolf
thick collar, or a heavy scarf - all objects that should wreck the accuracy of a static HTRF - have only the most limited of effects on positional accuracy. So how much precision is really needed for an HRTF? And how inaccurate can it be for our normal correction ability to deal with it? Chris

Re: [Sursound] So long CIPIC HRTF?

2023-01-01 Thread Chris Woolf
Such a good point. Thank you. I'm too rooted in the film and TV world, where a visual anchor invariably exists. Chris Woolf On 01/01/2023 09:21, Bo-Erik Sandholm wrote: The   problem for us with ambisonics is in most cases we do not have any visual reference to confirm or adjus

Re: [Sursound] So long CIPIC HRTF?

2023-02-15 Thread Chris Woolf
isual cue, which can subsequently be dropped, because our neural correction system retains the re-calibration until something else occurs to convince our brain that it needs to correct again. No idea how you might experiment with that Chris Woolf On 15/02/2023 13:43, Sampo Syreeni wrote:

Re: [Sursound] [off-topic] Spirals

2023-03-08 Thread Chris Woolf
would need rather more than just that. This is just coffee-time thoughts - I'm not planning to go flying any time soon;} Chris Woolf On 08/03/2023 13:23, t.mich...@posteo.de wrote: Hi Panos! First of all: Welcome! Second: YES you are definitely in the right place. Third: If you hav

Re: [Sursound] [off-topic] Spirals

2023-03-08 Thread Chris Woolf
Ta - looks interesting - there's always someone who's been there before;} Chris Woolf On 08/03/2023 16:21, Marc Lavallée wrote: The article is freely available here: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20080042307 Marc Le 2023-03-08 à 11 h 15, Picinali, Lorenzo a écrit : Hello Ch

[Sursound] SRS Circle Cinema 3D Audio - Overview of SRS Circle Cinema 3D Audio (CC3DA)

2011-02-15 Thread chris boozer
looks like srs labs has an improved version of ambisonics. I wonder what the list thinks of there tech. Link: http://hometheater.about.com/od/hometheateraudiobasics/a/Srs-Circle-Cinema-3d-Audio-Basics.htm (sent via Shareaholic) Chris Boozer

Re: [Sursound] SRS Circle Cinema 3D Audio - Overview of SRS Circle Cinema 3D Audio (CC3DA)

2011-02-16 Thread chris boozer
seems like a blatant rip off to me of ambisonics to me. Chris Boozer - Original Message > From: Dave Malham > To: Surround Sound discussion group > Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 5:46:18 AM > Subject: Re: [Sursound] SRS Circle Cinema 3D Audio - Overview of SRS Circle >

Re: [Sursound] SRS Circle Cinema 3D Audio - Overview of SRS Circle Cinema 3D Audio (CC3DA)

2011-02-17 Thread chris boozer
I agree with you. Hopefully it is as you have surmised. Chris Boozer - Original Message > From: Ronald C.F. Antony > To: Surround Sound discussion group > Sent: Wed, February 16, 2011 10:08:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Sursound] SRS Circle Cinema 3D Audio - Overview of SRS Cir

[Sursound] B format recording

2011-02-23 Thread Chris Cody
ics into mono/stereo (upgradeable to surround) All using pro tools 9. :( If Pro Tools isn't an option, what do you recommend that will work with a digi 002? (until I can upgrade and remove digidesign rubbish from my life all together) Thanks in advance. Chris Cody -- next pa

[Sursound] Ambisonia hosting

2011-03-02 Thread Chris Cody
yboard (unlike some other sites) to slow things down. If the right person is on here, let me know and I'll hook you up. Cheers, Chris On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:00 AM, wrote: > Send Sursound mailing list submissions to >        sursound@music.vt.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe vi