Umashankar, Any idea when brahma will be available for non-kickstarters? I've just gotten into all of this (and am new to this mailing list as well) so I missed the campaign.
-Levi On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 7:45 AM, umashankar manthravadi < umasha...@hotmail.com> wrote: > dear john > > do not despair. many of the requests for brahma have come from film > people, especially those who use dslrs. but the attraction for them seems > to be the fact that they can rotate and tilt the mic in post. I have had > film makers come to my house and listen to ambisonics recordings (one > lovely steam train is my personal favourite) and I think it will stick to > the backs of their minds. I just wish I have better playback set up. > > umashankar > > > From: j...@johnleonard.co.uk > > Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:10:21 +0100 > > To: sursound@music.vt.edu > > Subject: [Sursound] I despair, sometimes. > > > > I posted a message on the Film Sound Design list to see if there was any > interest in a B-Format effects library now that there's a free > mainstream-compatible decoder plug-in from TSL/Soundfield. Here are some of > the responses: > > > > "I don't know... Call me old school but having to deal with that plug > on every channel? Ugg! Maybe I don't understand it but I really don't > like 5.1 source material. It more than doubles the tracks and I still want > little single one off things that I can pan and move... Pain to do with a > 5.1 source." > > > > "As much as it pains me, I'm going to agree with Coll. B-Format is > fascinating in theory and in isolation allows for some amazing > manipulations, but in practice in a film (narrative or documentary) it is > at best overkill and in fact can even be distracting. I think there may be > some exceptions in experimental work and I'd love to see more of that. But > those are situations where the use of library sounds is not likely - more > likely would be the capture of production atmospheres in b-format or custom > fx work." > > > > "I agree as well. B-format is a bit to (sic) niche for my tastes. > Flexibility is king. If I did want surround recordings, I think I'd > almost prefer double MS... that schoeps plugin awesome!" > > > > > > And from another list, where a current discussion is about depth of > field in music recording: > > > > "I have heard an auro 3D demo, adding or taking away the height layer of > a recording of street sounds definitely made a huge difference, basically > going from surround to almost real. > > I think recording height could be a really cool thing." > > > > "Recording with height is amazing. A friend of mine has been > experimenting with this and 5.1 sounds flat and horrible in comparison. > > His system even sounds better than Auro 3D." > > > > "I think this might be the right thread for posting my question... I > often use a M/S setup for recording stereo. The composer of a forest sound > installation has asked me to record a multi channel piece which has > speakers set high in the canopy, so that sounds/music also moves up and > down as well as left to right. Is there a set up I can use that will > portray this extra dimension. The composer proposes hiring a Soundfield > SPS200, though I'm not convinced that condenser capsule will give me high > quality sound. Is there a way I can add capsule to my Neumann kma120/184 > M/S setup, perhaps another stereo pair, or a second figure 8 capsule... Any > ideas?" > > > > > > Makes me want to weep. > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sursound mailing list > > Sursound@music.vt.edu > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20140428/2f5b317c/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20140428/ef3de9f6/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
