Re: [Sursound] Home Dolby Atmos: Overhead audio without the overhead loudspeaker?

if all else fails, go for LOTS and LOTS of phase distortion. And a few comb filters too. jon On 24 Jun 2014, at 12:20, David Pickett wrote: > At 13:11 24-06-14, Dave Malham wrote: > > >Interesting...maybe the clue is in the text "it all comes down to > >understanding the physics of sound wav

[Sursound] 3d headphones?

email just in — I will visit them when I am at CES I have already emailed them to see if they can ingest B format. The response will either be a) yes, b) no or c) whats B format? Shall we take a vote? Jon Media Alert – 3D Sound Labs Paris, December the 2nd 2014

Re: [Sursound] 3d headphones?

Clarisse Lazerges Licence K 27, rue Vital Paris 75116FR +33(0)9 72 33 47 63 On 2 Dec 2014, at 14:43, Jon Honeyball mailto:j...@jonhoneyball.com>> wrote: email just in — I will visit them when I am at CES I have already emailed them to see if they can ingest B format. The response

Re: [Sursound] AES London Lecture

It was an interesting presentation. The demonstration was not wholly convincing, I have to say — (a bongo drum sound that you could manually steer around the horizontal sound field) I think I have heard better surround from normal ambisonics. A claim for this system is that it is more convincin

Re: [Sursound] sounds in space - June, Derby, UK

hope to be there jon On 27/04/2015 17:15, "Peter Lennox" wrote: >Please excuse this, if you're not interested! >A one day symposium, free to attend (but registration required) -a >low-pressure event, a chance to get together, have a natter, artists, >engineers, perceptual scientists and p

Re: [Sursound] Hooke: First Bluetooth Binaural Microphone

me too if timing works — can bring ST350 and Sound Devices 788T On 24/06/2015 00:05, "Sursound on behalf of Emanuele Costantini" wrote: >Hi John, >if not busy working I could be interested in joining and I cut bring my >own "bluround" technique and a brahma mic into the lot. > >Thanks. > >E

Re: [Sursound] Sursound Digest, Vol 83, Issue 18

Maybe I am just turning into a grumpy old man, but any company that claims "We do the maths so you can focus on being awesome” deserves an arched eyebrow, Spock-style Jon On 28/06/2015 17:04, "Sursound on behalf of Anthony Mattana" wrote: >Hey Stefan, > >Below is a list of just a few of t

Re: [Sursound] Soundfield MKV callibration question

As an aside, its a point of particular annoyance that there is no test tone generator on the ST350 or ST450 control units to allow for proper level setting in a DAW, and thus to compensate for wobbly inputs on the recorder. I asked for it, and nothing happened on the redesign of the control uni

[Sursound] St.350 controls

Quick question. St350 doing a stereo mix as well as b format recording. The front stereo mix controls goes beyond fig eight? And is 10 on the width equal to proper 90 degrees fig eight or is it wider? The labelling is atrocious and the manual even worse Thanks Sent from my iPhone _

Re: [Sursound] St.350 controls

at 18:00, sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote: >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 15:18:21 + >> From: Jon Honeyball >> To: "sursound@music.vt.edu" >> Subject: [Sursound] St.350 controls >> Message-ID: <974a19fc-25bc-484d-aea8-6429184b9..

Re: [Sursound] St.350 controls

sound on behalf of David Pickett" wrote: >At 09:39 21-09-15, Jon Honeyball wrote: > > >Looking at the sound field.com site, at the ST450 instruction manual, > >I see the pattern knob now goes to fig 8 (and not beyond it, unlike > >the ST350 control). But the “Wid

Re: [Sursound] [OT] Recording uni lectures ...

smartphone with an appropriate Rode mic? On 21/09/2015, 16:18, "Sursound on behalf of Michael Chapman" wrote: > >Sorry 'off topic' but as we have so many academic list members ... > >A hearing-impaired student (not profoundly deaf) is having difficulty with >lectures and wants (with the facu

Re: [Sursound] [OT] Recording uni lectures ...

how about something which wasn’t an april fool? :-) http://en.rode.com/microphones/ixy On 21/09/2015, 17:05, "Sursound on behalf of David Pickett" wrote: >At 17:51 21-09-15, Jon Honeyball wrote: > > >smartphone with an appropriate Rode mic? > >One of these: htt

[Sursound] sound field email malware

Looks like two people at least have been hacked at sound field: I would strongly advise not going to these URLs unless you are sure you are under appropriate safe conditions. I just phoned TSL, and the lady on reception knew nothing of it. I have forwarded these back to them. I suspect the na

[Sursound] sound field email malware

Dear TSL Further to my phone call just now Looks like two people at least have been hacked at sound field. I received these on Tuesday as you can see. Thanks Jon Honeyball CEO Woodleyside IT Ltd 2 Avro Court Ermine Business Park Huntingdon Cambs PE29 6XS 01480 708060 From: Pieter

[Sursound] email

Hmmm, odd I posted to here about receiving emails from TSL which looked like their internal email system was compromised But the email hasn’t been posted here — dunno why. Be aware of anything untoward coming from them please. I have contacted them and informed them Jon -- next pa

Re: [Sursound] email

>phone +44 (0)20 3286 5942 > > >> On 30 Sep 2015, at 13:12, Jon Honeyball wrote: >> >> Hmmm, odd >> >> I posted to here about receiving emails from TSL which looked like their >> internal email system was compromised >> >> But the email ha

Re: [Sursound] Ambi Head

Interesting – much cheaper than the alternative. On 10/03/2016, 05:53, "Sursound on behalf of Paul Doornbusch" wrote: >Hi, > >Has anyone tried Ambi Head - http://www.noisemakers.fr/ambi-head/ > ? > >I’m just curious how well it works if people have tried i

Re: [Sursound] Sennheiser Ambeo

I wonder if they are even aware of soundfield? Just wait for the patent applications to come trolling in… On 17/03/2016, 14:21, "Sursound on behalf of John Leonard" wrote: >That’s because it is… > >Apparently, they played around with a couple of other variations and then >settled on a tetrah

[Sursound] B format and atoms

Are there tools out there for putting b format into atmos, and then doing atmos authoring? What are my options? Ta much jon -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL:

Re: [Sursound] B format and atoms

We’ve just put a topline atmos system into our IEC listening room – amp/decoder thing from Pioneer, and their 5.1.4 speaker arrangement (with four upward firing speakers built into the top of the four main speakers). It works well, and is interesting especially on 4k HDR UHD bluray discs. So

Re: [Sursound] Interactive Audio Systems Symposium, York, 23rd Sept: Programme now online

Have registered – staying Thursday night at the Travelodge nearby Whats parking like on campus for either a car or mbike? jon On 25/08/2016, 22:21, "Sursound on behalf of Gavin Kearney" wrote: Dear all, Apologies for cross-posting. The programme for the Interactive Audio Systems S

Re: [Sursound] Interactive Audio Systems Symposium, York, 23rd Sept: Programme now online

How many list followers are going? I am jon ___ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.

Re: [Sursound] Interactive Audio Systems Symposium, York, 23rd Sept: Programme now online

Well im staying at the Travelodge nearby on the Thursday and fridayh evenings, and it has a pub attached ☺ jon On 19/09/2016, 21:56, "Sursound on behalf of Dave Malham" wrote: Me too Dave On 19 September 2016 at 16:00, Jon Honeyball wrote:

Re: [Sursound] Interactive Audio Systems Symposium, York, 23rd Sept: Programme now online

Many thanks to Gavin and the team at the department for a really fascinating day. Lots of ground covered, many topics discussed, much thinking provoked Facilities were excellent, and the lunch and refreshments were top notch Best jon On 25/08/2016, 22:21, "Sursound on behalf of Gavin Kearney"

Re: [Sursound] Auralization Job Available

Fosterandpertners.com ? For extra-pert audio solutions? ☺ jon On 01/11/2016, 15:20, "Sursound on behalf of Philip Robinson" wrote: Dear group, A position for an auralization specialist is coming available in my research group. In addition to developing new auralization system

Re: [Sursound] Auralization Job Available

No idea what this “this sender failed our fraud detection….” Thing is about? jon On 02/11/2016, 10:32, "Sursound on behalf of Jon Honeyball" wrote: This sender failed our fraud detection checks and may not be who they appear to be. Learn about spoofing at http://aka.ms/LearnAbo

[Sursound] st350 versus st450 cable

I have st350 with the long cable drum. A friend has an ST450mk2 but no cable drum Am I right to assume that it’s the same lemo connectors wiring etc on the st350 as the 450 and that my cable drum will work for him? I would check the TSL site, but that was useless even before the rode buy-out T

Re: [Sursound] AES UK North Workshop on Capturing and Rendering Audio for VR

Have booked – hopefully bringing Tony Faulkner jon On 07/02/2017, 14:40, "Sursound on behalf of Hyunkook Lee" wrote: Hello, If you are in the UK (or nearby), I'd like to invite you to the AES UK North event on "Capturing and Rendering Audio for VR" at the University of Huddersfield o

Re: [Sursound] AES UK North Workshop on Capturing and Rendering Audio for VR

Is this fraud detection thing generated by office365 or by the SS mailing list server? I have no idea why the SS mailing list might think that office365 was a spoofed server… jon On 09/02/2017, 12:48, "Sursound on behalf of Jon Honeyball" wrote: [This sender failed our fraud

Re: [Sursound] Ambix to FuMa conversion

The wonderful thing about standards is the opportunity to have lots of them jon > On 14 Apr 2018, at 09:55, Jack Reynolds wrote: > > FuMa is WXYZ and ambiX is WYZX with SN3D normalisation. > I forget the gains off the top of my head, but will have a look and get back > if no one else has chip

Re: [Sursound] Steinberg and Multichannel files

On 14 Apr 2018, at 16:42, David Pickett mailto:d...@fugato.com>> wrote: Incidentally, one of the drawbacks of multichannel wavfiles for HOA is their large size for any reasonable length of musical composition. At 48kHz, a 9-channel 2nd order file takes c. 74MB for 1 minute of music. Alternati

Re: [Sursound] Strange 'buzz' in Ambisonic recording

Spectral analysis would be a good clue here — sounds like clipping of LF to me jon > On 7 May 2018, at 17:30, Gerard Lardner wrote: > > I'm very much an amateur here, so please forgive what might be a stupid > question! > > I recorded a concert on Saturday (John Rutter's /Gloria /and Karl Jen

[Sursound] Sennheiser Ambeo recording headphones

Bought the Sennheiser Ambeo binaural recording headphones. I wanted some on-ear mics, and this seemed a relatively cheap and easy way to solve the problem. (Background requirement — wanting to measure the spectral shape of noise in a motorbike helmet, so when i am doing noise testing using my GR

[Sursound] Newbie emerges from shadows

hi all been reading this list for a long time. But not piped up till now Hi to my old professor, Dr Pickett (Surrey Tonmeister, 1982 year!) And to Mr Elen, of course (we shared an AES London discussion panel a few years back) I've finally got my 5.1 array of Adam A3x's + Adam sub working in my

Re: [Sursound] ST450 - any user comments?

Its a pity that Soundfield won't let you upgrade the mic unit separate from the amp (or vice versa) from an ST350. jon On 16/02/2012 15:16, "Dave Malham" wrote: >We consider it a truly excellent microphone, with exemplary sound quality >- they really seem to have >got it right this time. I have

Re: [Sursound] 32-channel capture

Or four Sounddevices 788T's? they lock together just fine, apparently. 96k only though -Original Message- From: sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of tim...@btopenworld.com Sent: 27 March 2012 17:21 To: sursound@music.vt.edu Subject: Re: [Surso

Re: [Sursound] B-Format to Binaural

The rather fabulous Harpex plugin does this very well. www.harpex.net jon On 4 Apr 2012, at 09:13, Moritz Fehr wrote: > Dear List members, > > over the past months, I have been following this group with great interest. > > I would like to ask you if you can give me some advice on converting

[Sursound] sound field company sold

Press release just arrived: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TSL Professional Products Acquires SURROUND SOUND MICROPHONE specialist, SoundField TSL PPL Can Now Provide Solutions Across the Entire Broadcast Production Chain, >From Acquisition to Delivery Amsterdam, September 7, 2012 – TSL Professional P

[Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

Has anyone heard the new work by DTS called Headphone:X? I heard it recently at NAB. I was very impressed by the front and rear positioning, but not so convinced by height. Rather oddly, they have to apply a room measured impulse response as part of the simulation, to simulate the real speakers i

Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

le thing that >imitates speakers - even using someone elses HRTF it worked amazingly well > >On 29 April 2013 12:29, Jon Honeyball wrote: > >> Has anyone heard the new work by DTS called Headphone:X? >> >> I heard it recently at NAB. I was very impressed by the front and r

Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

Mine is a direct copy from zuccharelli himself On 29/04/2013 12:08, "Eero Aro" wrote: >Jon Honeyball wrote: >> I have a pcm-f1 tape of the Zuccherelli stuff from 30 years ago, for >>those >> with long memories. Must pull that into a wav file, but my f1

Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

John, that could be fun - I remember the tape from when I worked for Angus McKenzie all those years ago. The bees flying around the head was the best I have got results using Harpex in Binaural mode from my Soundfield ST350 jon On 29/04/2013 12:32, "John Leonard" wrote: >A whole bunch of Zucha

Re: [Sursound] DTS Headphone:X

Could you zip it? Would make it easier to download here, otherwise it tries to play in web browser. Or I am being very dim today (which is entirely possible!) Thanks jon On 29/04/2013 15:11, "Eero Aro" wrote: >umashankar wrote: >> I will try and locate it. will have to digitize it of course >

Re: [Sursound] Zoom H6 (Was Hmmm - gamechanger ?)

One big screwup on the ST350 and 450 from Soundfield is the lack of a tone generator which is the same at each output. Would make things much easier. I asked Soundfield for it after I bought the ST350, and they hummed and hahhed and the did nothing about it. Not that I was surprised, given how gla

Re: [Sursound] New native B-Format microphone!

And how does "The patented technology allows pickup polar patterns and direction to be freely adjusted,even after the actual recording event (in mixdown)² work with prior art from the sound field? Jon On 14/11/2013 09:43, "Emanuele" wrote: >Anyone have it and can tell us how it sounds? >Are th

Re: [Sursound] Spatial Audio Workshop: Fri Nov 22nd 4-7pm

Sounds like a “meeja luvvy” to me. Shudder. Jon (in maximum cynical mode this morning, for some unknown reason) On 21/11/2013 09:44, "David Pickett" wrote: >Dear Robin, > >More wanking, this time in Quebec! > >What the f..k is an alkemist -- see end? > >And they are going to cover all this in 3

Re: [Sursound] Surprise, Surprise

Richard You have sparked a memory in the deep recesses of my headŠ Back in 1983 (might have been early 84) you visited us at the Tonmeister course at University of Surrey, to talk about ambisonics and surround, and the sound field mic (which we had at the department ‹ it was my favourite mic then

Re: [Sursound] Surprise, Surprise

;my reference cassette and later from the master that Mr Malham had at >York. > >Four speakers would be very likely as that was (is) our standard array >and all our decoders were 4-out only. > >I'm glad we made such a good impression! > >Best, >--R > >On 31/12/2013

Re: [Sursound] TSL SoundField new, and free, SurroundZone2

I bought the previous version. Was a pile of crap. Took ages to get a 64bit AU version. And it was licensed with ilok which makes me shudder. And should have been free, given how little it did compared to Harpex. Why lock such a tool when its really of no use to anyone who hasn¹t got a sound field,

[Sursound] Soundfield 450 Mk2

Pity this *still* doesn¹t have a 1K tone generator at say -20dB, allowing you to properly calibrate the input levels and replay of your recorder, which almost certainly doesn¹t have ganged controls. The Sounddevices 788T can do this, but others can¹t. Missed opportunity. Jon

Re: [Sursound] TSL SoundField new, and free, SurroundZone2

Somewhat of a failure of beta testing? On 20/03/2014 14:32, "Paul Hodges" wrote: >> > >Note that the Windows installer puts the 32-bit VST plugin where the >64-bit one should be and vice versa. > >Paul > > >-- >Paul Hodges > > >

Re: [Sursound] Soundfield 450 Mk2

I align my 788T with my Prism dScope, but that’s cheating :-) Quite a few cheaper devices don’t have ganged inputs, and it would help. I asked Soundfield for this several times, but clearly they disagree On 20/03/2014 14:07, "Jörn Nettingsmeier" wrote: >On 03/20/2014 01:57 PM,

Re: [Sursound] TSL SoundField new, and free, SurroundZone2

I asked about upgrading my 350, or rather asked about if it was worth upgrading either the mic or the box, depending on which was the more critical. But I got nowhere ‹ they seemed to think I wanted to trade in part of the mic, which wasn¹t the case at all. Ah well. On 20/03/2014 14:40, "John Leon

Re: [Sursound] Soundfield 450 Mk2

The Roland R4 I had before the 788T didn’t, if I remember rightly (which is where the idea came from) jon On 20/03/2014 20:12, "Daniel Courville" wrote: >Le 2014-03-20 08:57, Jon Honeyball a écrit : > >>Pity this *still* doesn¹t have a 1K tone generator at say -20dB, allo

Re: [Sursound] Rode soundfield vs st350

I have both the Rode and the ST350. Just shout if you want any help j...@jonhoneyball.com > On 16 May 2019, at 15:29, Ross Adams wrote: > > Hello, > Could someone supply any links to the Sursound archives discussing the > difference between the Rode soundfield and the St350. I'm researching

Re: [Sursound] Recorder for ORTF-3D OUTDOOR SET

The one I want on my 788T is 4 (for sound field) plus 2 plus 2, for two stereo mics Closest I can get is 4 + 2 + 1 +1 which is vaguely annoying. I asked Sounddevices for this at NAB (and via support) a number of times, and got a shrug. Jon > On 20 Oct 2020, at 13:53, John Leonard Main wrote

Re: [Sursound] Into Sound - Headphone Localization Hearing Test

H You need to have “left” “center” and “right” answers too – I stopped scoring because I was getting no meaningful front/back, and so my answers would have been invalid if I continued Jon From: Sursound on behalf of Jakob Gille Date: Monday, 1 November 2021 at 11:24 To: Surround Sound d

Re: [Sursound] Into Sound - Headphone Localization Hearing Test

; I did not include hard left, right and center because my method is not > > really helping with the perception of these directions that are > > already quite good perceived. > > Another reason was to have not too many questions for the test, thus > > keeping it short. >

Re: [Sursound] Rode vs Ambeo as ST350 replacement?

I have st350 and rode. My sound field experience goes back to the original black frame box St350’is a good mix and has excellent flexibility for recording b format and a stereo mix. And has a decent headphone drive from the stereo mix The ride is quieter sweeter and a nicer. But it’s a format.