Wow, thanks for the great info all... will review all of these and post
back soon...
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On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com
> wrote:
> oohh - another thing I forgot to mention - Jack audio server is brilliant
> for routing different things into different things - so if you did want to
> use logic you could and just output channels via Jack into Max . It also
> works on Linux, OSX or windows - I would also highly recommend reaper
> though if your not overly used to logic ....
>
>
> On 27 September 2012 11:26, Joseph Anderson <j.l.ander...@phonecoop.coop
> >wrote:
>
> > Hello Steven,
> >
> > I'm going to throw in a quick plug for the Ambisonic Toolkit (ATK):
> >
> > http://ambisonictoolkit.net/
> >
> > Our goal is to have a complete system conveniently encompassing the tasks
> > of encoding, processing, and finally decoding for artists and composers
> > interested in working with Ambisonics. Regarding the notion of
> > completeness, the idea is, if something can be done with Ambisonics, we'd
> > like to make that possible with the ATK.
> >
> > Here's an intro page to the documentation (55 pages!), to give you an
> > overview:
> >
> > http://www.ambisonictoolkit.net/Help/Guides/Intro-to-the-ATK.html
> >
> >
> > And the library browser page:
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.ambisonictoolkit.net/Help/Browse.html#Libraries%3EAmbisonic%20Toolkit
> >
> >
> >
> > I see that you're working with Max/MSP at the moment. Our currently
> > release of the ATK is as a SuperCollider library. We've gone w/
> > SuperCollider as it gives a tremendous amount of flexibility--as does
> > Ambisonics, so we feel they're a good match.
> >
> > At the moment we haven't implemented HOA features, but there are plans to
> > begin with this aspect from January.
> >
> >
> >
> > My kind regards,
> >
> > ~~
> > Joseph Anderson
> >
> > Artist: http://joseph-anderson.org
> > Ambisonic Toolkit: http://ambisonictoolkit.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 27 Sep 2012, at 12:45 am, Steven J. Dale wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm new to Ambisonics, but very interested in writing music/sound for
> an
> > > installation in this format.
> > > I'm getting bits and pieces from many sources, but having a hard time
> > > piecing it all together.. I am wondering what's the most economical,
> DIY
> > > way of creating my own array of speakers to get started, and these
> > specific
> > > questions
> > >
> > > - Are identical speakers needed for each speaker of the array, or can I
> > DIY
> > > it buy mixing and matching speakers from old hi/fi and found systems?
> > > - I was reading that the exact layout of an HOA is not so important,
> > > there's tolerance for different configs, unlike traditional 5.1 channel
> > > based systems which have specific locations that they should live in..
> if
> > > so, what is the determining factor for accurate localization? If I rig
> up
> > > my studio with one config, will it translate to a much larger space by
> > > scaling up ? (assuming enough power in the loudspeakers?)
> > > - What are ways of writing original music for this format? I use Logic
> > and
> > > Max... does this format need specific compatible syths/instrument with
> > > multiple out, or is the source irrelevant and it's all in the host
> > routing?
> > > - What's the easiest way of using my existing stereo samples/recordings
> > to
> > > convert them for use and reproduction ? Is this even possible? If I
> > > convert, will I then have to manually 'map' movement across the field?
> > >
> > > So many questions! If anyone has time, would love to chat with you
> about
> > > all of this.... much appreciated.
> > >
> > > Sounds like a ripe opportunity to create a set of tutorials, podcasts,
> > > screencasts of how to get started (if there aren't already)
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
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> > > @lifeinchords <http://www.twitter.com/lifeinchords>
> > > sounds<http://soundcloud.com/lifeinchords>
> > > Sound Artist : Designer : Web Architect
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